Artem Kachanovskyii is the 5th EGF Professional

By Pavol Lisy | European Pros | 09.03.2016 11:56 | Comments: 2

Artem Kachanovskyi made it to be the 5th EGF Professional and the only one certified by EGF in 2016. Artem won all his 5 games in the 3rd European Professional Qualification.Artem will become 1 dan Professional officially on 1st of April 2016. There will be a small ceremony at the Grand Slam in Berlin at end of April. In 2017, EGF will certify 1 professional again.
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Ukrainian final for the 5th EGF Professional

By Pavol Lisy | European Pros | 06.03.2016 13:36

Only 2 players are left in the 3rd European Professional Qualification and only one of them will become an EGF Professional this year. We already know that the professional title goes to Ukraine.  Read more...

Surprising First Round of 3rd European Professional Qualification

By Pavol Lisy | European Pros | 04.03.2016 14:28

The 1st round of The 3rd European Professional Qualification in Baden-Baden has just finished.
16 players are playing a double-knockout to decide who will be the 5th EGF Professional.
You can find a game commentary of a surprise in round 1.   Read more...

The 1st IMSA Elite Mind Games

By Pavol Lisy | International | 02.03.2016 13:02

The 1st International Mind Sports Association Elite Mind Games is starting today with an Opening Ceremony. The competition takes place in Huaian, China. The games begin tomorrow with Men's Team Competition and Women's individual Competition, continuing with Pair Go competition, that will finish on 3rd of March. That is a full one week of games to watch! The representatives of Europe are...  Read more...

In the "aftermath" of AlphaGo - Opinions of Professional Go Players + Some Questions Answered by FanHui

News | 11.02.2016 19:22

Some people do not want computers to undermine the mystery of Go, others are happy to have a new tool to improve their skills. I guess its impact on Go industry depends on how we publicize the new development.   Read more...

AI technologies hit the Go World

By Pavol Lisy | News | 05.02.2016 9:25

Last week, shocking news have hit the Go World. A Go-program called AlphaGo, developed by Google DeepMind beat our 3-times European Champion Fan Hui 5 to 0 in an official match played in October 2015. This is the first time that a computer beat a professional Go player in an even match. Most people expected this to happen 5-10 years later, that is why everyone is so surprised. Find an interview with a computer expert, the creator of PachiBot.  Read more...

The Russian Youth Go Championships

By Pavol Lisy | News | 21.01.2016 12:25

The Russian Youth Go Championships was held this weekend (January 16-17) in Moscow. 76 participants took part in this great event, and many of them made incredible achievement. It seems that future strong players are growing up in Russia.  Read more...

Russia wins european online youth team championship!

By Marc Oliver Rieger | News | 18.01.2016 21:54 | Comments: 1

The second European Youth Team Championship finished on 16th of January. This year, twelve teams from 15 countries took part. Newcomers were Switzerland and Austria who joined forces with the Italian team. After four rounds, the decision on the top was as narrow as possible...  Read more...

CEGO Student's life in Beijing

By Pavol Lisy | International | 28.12.2015 14:14 | Comments: 1

In September, we introduced students who were chosen to take part in the 3rd Edition of the CEGO Academic Training System 2015/2016. Now we are offering to you a few interesting stories about their life in Beijing.  Read more...