EGF Academy

By Viktor Lin | News | 23.10.2015 14:56

The EGF Academy is an initiative that started in spring 2015, made possible by a cooperation between the EGF, CEGO and Ge Yuhong Go Academy.   Read more...

The 2nd Xian Tournament

By Pavol Lisy | International | 08.10.2015 15:34 | Comments: 5

The 2nd Qinling Mountains Cup Silk Road International City Weiqi Tournament will start tomorrow! The tournament is held in Xi'an, China from October 9th till October 11th 2015.
Today, 20 representatives from Europe, our president Martin Stiassny and 19 players have attended the opening ceremony of the 2nd edition of this tournament. Together,players from 21 cities from 13 countries will participate in this team competition.  Read more...

French Championship 2015 + Lyon tournament

News | 07.10.2015 15:59

The final stage of the French Championship awards the honor of the best French player in 2015, as well as the qualification of the World Amateur Championship the next year. It therefore gathered many of the strongest French players to Lyon.  Read more...

Round 1 of the 6th PGETC

By Pavol Lisy | News | 28.09.2015 16:08

Round 1 of the 6th PGETC
The 6th Pandanet Go European Team Championship has started in September 2015. In this EGF-tournament 34 countries/teams fight for their placements in Leagues A,B,C. The best 4 teams from League A qualify for the Finals of the PGETC that will be held during the EGC in St. Petersburg. The games are played on internet on Pandanet-IGS in the EuropeanTeamChamp room generally Tuesday evenings (20:00 CET).   Read more...

European Student Championship 2015

By Viktor Lin | International | 21.09.2015 13:47

The European Student Go Championship took place in the Confucius Institute in Cluj Napoca, Romania, from 18 to 20 September 2015.

There were 14 participants from 8 countries, fighting for 1 spot of financial support to go to the World Collegiate Championship in Toronto, and one of the 4 spots to represent Europe in the 2nd World Student Pair Go Championship in Tokyo.   Read more...

Moravian Open Brno

By Pavol Lisy | News | 07.09.2015 21:54

The 14th International Brno Tournament, a Bonus Point C class tournament, was held on the weekend from 4th to 6th September 2015. The tournament took place in Hotel Santon, Brno, Czech Republic. It attracted 122 players from 10 countries from which 21 players were 5 dan or stronger. Many top players had come because of big prices, first prize 1200 euro and the top 10 players in rating before the tournament had accommodation and entry fee paid by the organizers. Top two boards were broadcasted on KGS under accounts "Brno 2015a" and "Brno2015b". Some games finished by half a point.  Read more...

Who will study in China?

By Pavol Lisy | News | 03.09.2015 13:30

The 3rd Edition of the CEGO Academic System had already started on 1st of September 2015 in Beijing, China. Thanks to EGF, CEGO and Ge Yuhong Go Academy some of our top players can study Go/Weiqi from September 2015 until beginning of February 2016 in the 3rd Edition. The Academy gives an opportunity to study during the whole year. Let me introduce you this year's students.  Read more...

EGC 2015 finished

By Pavol Lisy | News | 12.08.2015 13:06

The 59th WeiqiTV European Go Congress, held in Liberec, Czech Republic was finished by a Closing Ceremony on Saturday, 8th of August 2015. This was the first Congress where The European Championship had already finished after one week, therefore the second week was there for The Main Tournament and side tournaments such as The Omikron Rengo European Championship, 9x9 Tournament, Children Tournament, Ladies Tournament and Lightning Tournament.
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Highlights of EGC first week

News | 04.08.2015 19:42

The 59th WeiqiTV European Go Congress has started on 25th, July, taking place at the Babylon center in Liberec, Czech Republic. This yearly Go “festival” along with the charming town has attracted more than nine hundreds players and guests this year to join the event. The tournament site itself offers a lot of activities, including Aguapark, bowling and games center. Excitement can be seen everywhere in playing room on the Go board and outside at leisure time.  Read more...