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...

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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2018 Worldwide Iwamoto Awards

By Kim Ouweleen | International | 29.03.2018 10:28

The Iwamoto Awards is an international contest that rewards go projects that spread and promote the game. Anyone with a running go project can enter the competition. The top three contenders can win prizes of €1000, €500 and once again €500. The 2018 edition started on March 1 and will finish on May 31st.  Read more...

8th Qionglong Cup

By Tony Claasen | International | 26.11.2017 1:08

8th Bingsheng Cup or 8th Qionglong Cup in Suzhou/China
Manja Marz from Germany represented Europe in this tournament.  Read more...

Shanglü Cup 2017

By Johannes Obenaus | International | 05.11.2017 9:02

The Shanglü Cup is China’s biggest amateur tournament. It is hosted by the Hangzhou Qiyuan, and held in their huge 34 floor building, which combines a go school with a hotel. The attractive prize pool of roughly 35,000 € gathered 277 players together from 27th of October to 1st of November.  Read more...

14th Sankei Cup and Exchange Matches

By Viktor Lin | International | 31.10.2017 16:21 | Comments: 1

Once again, the Kansai Ki-in has invited EGF pros to participate at the Sankei Cup in Japan. This year, Europe was represented by Ilya Shikshin 1p and Andrii Kravets 1p, whereas the AGA sent Eric Lui 1p.  Read more...

Meijin Title and 7 Crowns

By Tony Claasen | International | 17.10.2017 18:27

Iyama Yuta wins Meijin Title and once more holds all 7 top titles in one hand.  Read more...

Go Teachers' Day in the EGCC

By Kim Ouweleen | International | 16.10.2017 14:02

On Friday 20 October, one day before the 25 Years EGCC Anniversary Go Tournament, the European Go Cultural Centre organises a special seminar for go teachers in Europe.  Read more...

4th Silk road tournament

By Pavol Lisy | International | 10.10.2017 13:22 | Comments: 2

The 4th Silk Road International City Weiqi Tournament takes place this year in Tianshui, China. 13 European players have come this year to fight for generous prizes and the title. 2017's European champion and the winner of 3rd Silk Road Tournament Ilya Shikshin 1p is also participating. Can he defend his title?  Read more...