Report on CEGO academic program (2)

By Gabriel Wagner | International | 23.09.2018 3:35 | Comments: 4

In this article, I will describe how our daily study at the go school in Beijing unfolds.
When we came back to Beijing after the Silk Road Tournament, we still had more than a week until the regular school would start. Time for some exploration of the apartment, places to eat and of course the best way to the go school and the school itself.  Read more...

Go tournament at Eastern Economic Forum 2018

By Artem Kachanovskyi | International | 18.09.2018 20:47 | Comments: 3

The Eastern Economic Forum 2018 Go Tournament was held from 11th to 13th September in Vladivostok, Russia.  Read more...

European Women Go Championship 2018

By Marika Dubiel | News | 14.09.2018 18:03 | Comments: 2

The European Female Go Championship 2018 took place in Helsinki (Finland) on 8th-9th September. With 29 participants from 9 countries, it was one of the largest European female championships, and as 16 were dan players, also the strongest one.  Read more...

Chinese C League 2018 was held from 10th to 20th June 2018 in Wuxi, China

By Artem Kachanovskyi | International | 05.09.2018 18:01 | Comments: 5

It was the second time that the European team took part in this league. The European Pro Championship 2018 in Vatra Dornei, Romania, was used to decide who would play for Europe, and the qualifiers were: Pavol Lisy 2p, Ilya Shikshin 2p, and me (Artem Kachanovskyi 1p). The last player was selected by the chinese sponsors of our team - Tsinghua University. They picked Mateusz Surma 1p, the hero of the last year's C League. Last year Mateusz won 4 games in a row.  Read more...

The AlphaGo monument and Hochhaus Herrengasse - results and impressions

By Viktor Lin | News | 01.09.2018 14:04 | Comments: 1

The dramatic showdown between the best players of Europe has concluded.  Read more...

The European Student Go Championship 2018, Leksand (and information about students championships that are relevant for European students)

By Laura Avram | News | 01.09.2018 10:59

It's been 10 years since the European Go Congress came to Leksand, that small town that extols both the beauty of rural Sweden, and the charms of quaint little wooden horses. To celebrate the anniversary two events came to town. “Ten Years After”, a Grand Prix tournament, and the European Student Go Championship. Our focus is on the latter, and moreover student go in general.  Read more...

Silk Road Tournament 2018 + 1st report on CEGO Academic Program

By Gabriel Wagner | International | 27.08.2018 14:13

This is the first article in a series of articles covering the CEGO Academic Program of this year. In this series, I want to cover all kind of interesting things that will happen during our stay in Beijing, including reports on tournaments we will play, everyday life in Beijing, interesting positions from our training games and study and hopefully many things nobody is expecting right now.
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Completion of the AlphaGo monument and Hochhaus Herrengasse Cup

By Viktor Lin | News | 25.08.2018 19:56 | Comments: 1

The AlphaGo sculpture will be completed with three additional white stones! In order to celebrate the opening of the completed AlphaGo sculpture on 30 August, the best players of Europe have been invited to compete in the 1st Hochhaus Herrengasse Cup.  Read more...

Annual General Meeting 2018, some Updates

By Lorenz Trippel | News | 05.08.2018 20:52

It was shorter than usual as the venue closed precisely at 24:00. Many commissions are looking to add more members, feel free to contact the EGF board if you want to help in one of these areas: Auditor of the EGF accounts, Appeals Commission, and Tournaments & Rules Commission.  Read more...