Teach the Teachers, 5-6 October

By Kim Ouweleen | News | 09.08.2019 14:12

European go teachers and enthusiastic promoters of our sport are cordially invited to Teach the Teachers, a special event that will take place in the weekend of 5-6 October 2019 in the European Go Cultural Centre.
Three professional go players from Japan, Korea and China will be flown over to share their professional knowledge on how to teach our sport, with an emphasis on how to promote the game in schools.   Read more...

Europe 2-0 up in Transatlantic Showdown

By Kim Ouweleen | International | 15.04.2019 18:06 | Comments: 3

Mateusz Surma 2p has won the first two games of the Transatlantic Professional Go Team Championship, defeating Andy Liu 1p and Calvin Sun 1p of the United States. Surma remains the person to beat and will face Gansheng Shi 1p next, on Sunday 21st of April, 20:00 Central European Time.  Read more...

Fan Hui 2p guest of honour during Amsterdam Go Tournament

By Kim Ouweleen | News | 10.04.2019 16:16

Great news for the participants of the 48th Amsterdam International Go Tournament (AIGT)! DeepMind ambassador Fan Hui 2p will be present at the event and will present a lecture about AlphaGo. The AIGT is an EGF Bonus Point Tournament (level B) and will take place from 30th of May until 2nd of June 2019. The tournament holds a total prize money of €2125.  Read more...

Turkish Play-Offs & Turkish Women's Go Championship 2019

By Kim Ouweleen | News | 25.03.2019 0:16 | Comments: 2

Turkey is one of the most active go countries in Europe, with a large base of players and enthusiastic organisers.
In the weekend of 2-3 February both the Turkish Play-Off Tournament and the Turkish Women's Go Championship took place in İstanbul.
Tuğkan Eren (2 dan) and Birand Adal (2 dan) earned the right to represent Turkey at the KPMC and the WAGC respectively. Hülya Çolak (1 kyu) became Turkish women's champion for the second time, edging out defending champion Seval Altuğ (1 dan).  Read more...

Interview with Dutch champion Geert Groenen

By Kim Ouweleen | Interviews | 24.02.2019 20:14

The 2019 Dutch Go Championships took place in the weekends of 12-13th and 26-27th of January. Seven rounds were played to decide the winner. In the final, Geert Groenen 5 dan defeated Alexander Eerbeek 5 dan and secured his second title as Dutch champion. Yvonne Roelofs 4 kyu became Dutch women's champion.  Read more...

Dutch Pair Go Championship 2018

By Kim Ouweleen | News | 19.12.2018 9:05 | Comments: 1

On Saturday 8 December the national Pair Go Championship of the Netherlands took place in the European Go Cultural Centre. A total of eleven pairs fought for the title of Dutch pair go champions.
Yvonne Roelofs (4 kyu) and Michiel Eijkhout (5 dan) won all four matches and defended their title of 2017.  Read more...

Youngsam Kim undefeated in Amstelveen

By Kim Ouweleen | News | 28.06.2018 15:46

The 47th Amsterdam International Go Tournament took place from 10-13 May in the European Go Cultural Centre. A total of 94 players competed. Korean-born Youngsam Kim 8 dan, who lives in Jena (DE), won all 7 games and took first place. Second place was for Tanguy Le Calvé 6 dan (FR), who edged out third place finisher Dohyup Kim 7 dan (KR).   Read more...

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...

Amsterdam Tournament to take place from 10 to 13 May

By Kim Ouweleen | News | 26.03.2018 15:20

The 47th edition of the Amsterdam International Go Tournament will take place from 10-13 May. This EGF Bonus Point Tournament (Level B) will have a total prize money of €1800 in the Top Group. EuroGoTV will broadcast board one live on KGS and Dutch champion Rob van Zeijst 7 dan will be present as live commentator.  Read more...