Yike Cup, The 5th European Go Grand Slam Tournament

By Artem Kachanovskyi | News | 04.05.2019 21:00 | Comments: 2

The 5th European Go Grand Slam Tournament, also called Yike Cup, was held 25th - 28th April in Berlin, Germany.
For those who are not familiar with the Grand Slam, let me explain in a few words what it is. Grand Slam is the most prestigious tournament in Europe with the winner's prize € 10,000. 12 selected players are qualified to participate. All EGF professionals are automatically qualified. For the rest of the players there are several ways to join, including a qualification tournament. Grand Slam is the vital part of the European Grand Prix and the European Professional system.  Read more...

Transatlantic Professional Go Team Championship: the first round is coming soon!

By Artem Kachanovskyi | International | 02.04.2019 9:13 | Comments: 6

Announcement of the 2019 Transatlantic Professional Go Team Championship and the two players to play in the first round  Read more...

European Professional Championship 2019

By Artem Kachanovskyi | European Pros | 16.03.2019 21:48

A review of the European Professional Championship 2019 and a short description of JIGS  Read more...

European Grand Prix Finale 2018

By Artem Kachanovskyi | News | 03.02.2019 10:20 | Comments: 1

A review of the European Grand Prix Finale 2018 and a description of the European Grand Prix system  Read more...

The first year of the professional promotion system in Europe

By Artem Kachanovskyi | European Pros | 29.12.2018 20:52 | Comments: 8

An overview of the professional promotion system in Europe and its first year of operation  Read more...

European Championship 2018 final game (Pavol vs Ilya): review using Golaxy

By Artem Kachanovskyi | European Pros | 23.11.2018 9:52 | Comments: 2

A review of the 2018 European Championship final using the Golaxy software.  Read more...

European pros at the 1st Tianfu Cup World Professional Weiqi Championship

By Artem Kachanovskyi | European Pros | 27.09.2018 19:30 | Comments: 1

The Tianfu Cup World Professional Weiqi Championship is a new competition in the go world. Its 1st session was held from the 20th to the 27th of September in Beijing, China. Europe was represented by two EGF professional players: Ilya Shikshin 2p (Russia) and Ali Jabarin 2p (Israel).  Read more...

Go tournament at Eastern Economic Forum 2018

By Artem Kachanovskyi | International | 18.09.2018 20:47 | Comments: 4

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