Dutch Go Championships 2018

By Kim Ouweleen | Interviews | 15.02.2018 18:15

The Dutch Go Championships 2018 took place during the two weekends of 13-14 and 27-28 January in the European Go Cultural Centre in Amstelveen. A new championship system was implemented, making it open to any Dutch player. After a period of 37 years, Rob van Zeijst 7d repeated his victory of 1981 and claimed his second Dutch title. Marika Dubiel 2d became Dutch Women's champion for the eighth time in a row.  Read more...

The French Championship 2017, an interview with Benjamin Dréan Guénaïzia the champion of 2017

By Tony Claasen | Interviews | 06.11.2017 13:55

An interview with Benjamin Dréan Guénaïzia, telling us a little about himself and giving us a small insight of his impression of this years championship.  Read more...

Interview with Michiel Eijkhout, author of the book Close Encounter with the Middle Game

By Tony Claasen | Interviews | 27.10.2017 18:50 | Comments: 1

In May 2016 Close Encounters with the Middle Game, written by Michiel Eijkhout, 6 dan appeared at Kiseido publishing company as the 10th and last part in the Mastering the Basics Series (K80). The book consists of 32 in-depth analyses of the same number of propositions, yes you guessed it correctly, from 32 professional games.  Read more...

Interview with Kim Ouweleen, author of the 2016 EGF Yearbook

By Tony Claasen | Interviews | 29.09.2017 18:31 | Comments: 2

For the first time in the history of European Go, the EGF has published a yearbook. It was officially released at the European Go Congress in Oberhof and was praised ever since. We caught up with the author, Kim Ouweleen 4d from the Netherlands, in an interview.  Read more...

BIBA's view on computer go

By Kim Ouweleen | Interviews | 18.09.2016 19:00 | Comments: 2

In the article "AlphaGo and the future of go: interviews with top European players" we asked some of the best players in Europe how they experienced the historical AlphaGo matches. In this sequel, we talk more with Hungarian go player Diána Kőszegi 1p and the people she works with every day: the teachers and students of the international go school BIBA in Gunpo city, Korea.  Read more...

AlphaGo and the future of go: interviews with top European players

By Kim Ouweleen | Interviews | 19.08.2016 13:16 | Comments: 3

The historical match between Lee Sedol 9p and the computer program AlphaGo, has changed the game forever. Or has it? We interviewed some of the top players in Europe, asked them how they experienced the event and what they think the future holds for go.  Read more...

Interview with Filip Vanderstappen: winner of the Utrecht tournament

By Kim Ouweleen | Interviews | 14.07.2016 19:08 | Comments: 1

The Utrecht Go Tournament 2016, one of the bigger tournaments in the Netherlands, took place in the weekend of 25-26th of June. The top three players all won 4 out of 5 games: Filip Vanderstappen 5d took first place, followed by Robert Rehm 5d in second place and Michiel Eijkhout 6d placing third.   Read more...

Antti Tormanen made it to a professional player!

By Pavol Lisy | Interviews | 08.12.2015 19:43 | Comments: 1

On December 8, the Nihon Ki-in announced the Finnish-born Antti Törmänen (26) as a professional go player. Antti will debut as a professional player on April 1, next year. We were very happy for him and asked him for more details about it. He was so kind to answer our questions, which you can read in the following interview.  Read more...