Seong-jin Kim dominates EGCC Anniversary Tournament

By Kim Ouweleen | News | 01.11.2017 0:09 | Comments: 1

From Friday 20 to Sunday 22 October the European Go Cultural Centre in Amstelveen organised several events in celebration of their 25th anniversary. One of those events was the EGCC Anniversary Tournament, which was dominated by German resident Seong-jin Kim 8d. In a field of 87 players from 15 different countries, of which no less than 38 were dan players, Korean-born Kim defeated all opposition. Second place was claimed by Artem Kachanovskyi 1p and third place went to Lukáš Podpěra 7d.  Read more...

German Women Championship 2017

By Tony Claasen | News | 07.10.2017 18:45

The women's championship also gave us a new champion, Maike Wilms.
We have for you the results, a review of the deciding game, and an interview with the new champion herself.  Read more...

German Championship 2017

By Tony Claasen | News | 07.10.2017 15:17

This year's final was played over the course of 4 days from the 30th of September until the 4th of October 2017.
Also included is an interview with the new champion Jonas Welticke 6D from Bonn.  Read more...

Announcement: 25 Years EGCC Anniversary Go Tournament

By Kim Ouweleen | News | 20.09.2017 16:22

In 1992, the European Go Cultural Centre (EGCC) was founded in Amstelveen, the Netherlands, with the financial aid of Kaoru Iwamoto 9p and the Nihon Ki-in.

In 2017, the EGCC celebrates its 25th anniversary. To commemorate this milestone, the centre organises a special Anniversary Go Tournament in the weekend of 21-22 October!   Read more...

How was the EGC?

By Marc Oliver Rieger | News | 09.09.2017 17:58 | Comments: 5

To know what participants liked (and didn’t like) about this year’s European Go Congress, we conducted a little survey, on which around 90 people participated.

We now know that the congress was really well received! Nearly half (43%) of the participants who had already taken part in other European Go Congress thought that this year's was the best! Overall grade for this: 1.5 (1=very good, 2=good, 3=not so good, 4=bad).  Read more...

The European Go Congress - Highlights of the second week

By Yue Li | News | 09.08.2017 17:53 | Comments: 1

Following the first week, ruthless battles on go boards and the feast of friendship amongst hundreds of go enthusiasts continued to occupy the peaceful mountain village of Oberhof. As the Open European Championship entered its “yose” stage, numerous exciting side events continued to take place and brought us many exciting games.  Read more...

Annual General Meeting 2017, some Updates

By Lorenz Trippel | News | 04.08.2017 10:29 | Comments: 2

This year's general meeting didn't see any contested votes, apart from the one for the selection of the host of the youth championship in 2019. Moscow would get it by a small margin over the Croatian proposal. The board members are elected only every three years, so the next election will be in 2018. Also the selection of the congress didn't take place because the members accepted the proposal of the german federation to select the congress only two years in advance.  Read more...

Moyo Open Tournament in Pardubice attracts many strong players

By Jana Hricova | News | 18.07.2017 18:12 | Comments: 2

After the European Professional Qualification (EPQ) tournament had finished, the next day saw the Moyo Open tournament begin. All players in the EPQ also took part in the Moyo Open. They were joined by Pavol Lisy 1p and Mateusz Surma 1p, who had worked as commentators for the EPQ, the Mitic brothers, some top Czech players, and Schayan Hamrah from Austria. As a result, this edition of the tournament was one of the strongest ever held in its history. The MacMahon bar for the top group, which included 16 players, was set at the level of 5 dan.  Read more...

Who will become the 6th EGF Pro?

By Jana Hricova | News | 11.07.2017 5:48 | Comments: 10

The answer will be known this Friday (14th July, 2017) evening.
Sixteen top European players encountered in three preliminary rounds of the European Pro Qualification tournament (EPQ later) in Vienna, from 15 to 16 June, 2017. Namely, Andrii Kravets and Bohdan Zhurakovskyi from Ukraine, Viktor Lin from Austria, Lukas Podpera from the Czech Republic, Cornel Burzo and Cristian Gabriel Pop from Romania, Rob van Zeijst from the Netherlands, Csaba Mero from Hungary, Jonas Welticke, Lukas Kramer and Benjamin Teuber from Germany, Oscar Vazquez from Spain, Tangue le Calve and Benjamin Drean-Guenaizia from France, Stanislaw Freljak from Poland and Timur Sankin from Russia. Eight of them managed to score two wins, thus qualified for a final stage of the EPQ which will be held in Pardubice, 13-14 July, 2017.  Read more...