EGF Academy – final week of registrations for Cycle 1

By Nicholas Roussos | News | 12.09.2022 18:33

Season 16 of the EGF Academy is starting on the 19th of September. Registration deadline is this week, on Friday 16th of September. The EGF Academy is a project that provides an online training site for Europe’s most talented young players, who are 10k or stronger. Season 16 of the… Read more...

Brazilian Portuguese translation completed for the Multilingual Go book Project

By H. Kapolos | News | 23.08.2022 21:43

The Multilingual Go Project is back with another full translation of the project’s book, this time into Brazilian Portuguese, which is another milestone achieved in the project’s goal of making Go content more accessible to new players, in their native language. The Multilingual Go Project is back with another full… Read more...

EGC 2024: Nearly 100 players already registered! Wooohoooo

By Jean-Yves Papazoglou | News | 23.08.2022 21:11

Early-bird fee will last until August 31st – register today to benefit from the special early entry fee, only 90€ for the two weeks! Dear Go friends and readers of the newsletter! EGC 2024 in ToulouseOur team is back from the EGC 2022, that took place in Vatra-Dornei, Romania. It… Read more...

European Championship 2022 in Vatra Dornei, an impression

By Tony Claasen | News | 02.08.2022 20:54

On the 24th of July, 32 players met in Vatra Dornei to decide who would be the European Champion of 2022. My impressions of this tournament, where I was the main referee and scribe. European championship 2022 in Vatra Dornei The bridge over troubled water in Vatra Dornei The venue… Read more...

Pandanet European Team Championship 2022 in Vatra Dornei

By Tony Claasen | News | 27.07.2022 9:48

Before the start of the 64th European Go Congress in Vatra Dornei, 4 teams from Czechia, France, Poland and the Ukraine gathered to play for the European Team Chanpionship This year, with the help of cameras we were able to transmit and scribe 4 games remotely. None of the scribes was… Read more...

Radek Nechanický

By Ondřej Dlouhý | Articles | 10.07.2022 15:22

At the age of 50, our friend and European top level Go player, Radek Nechanicky, has left us forever. If you knew him, please give him a silent remembrance. Dear Go-friends, I find it difficult to write these sad news. At the age of 50, our friend and European top… Read more...

Issyk-Kul Cup 2022 international tournament

By Davron Yuldashev | News | 09.07.2022 20:19

Report about the first mayor international tournament in Kyrgyzstan. ⚫️⚪️ How was the largest summer Weiqi Festival and Issyk-Kul Cup 2022 international tournament  From June 10-12, for the first time in the history of Kyrgyzstan, an international Go tournament and festival was held on the shores of the Issyk-Kul mountain… Read more...

Go Magic Released and Strives to Help Go Clubs Around the World

By Vadim Efimenko | Articles | 23.06.2022 22:59

We knew it was going to be a long journey when we started it. Now that Go Magic has officially been released, we feel like it’s only the beginning.  There will be more courses, more quizzes to solve, a modern joseki database, playing with AI of varying difficulty level and… Read more...

50th Prague Go Tournament, Korean Ambassador Cup

By Tony Claasen | Articles | 13.05.2022 9:53

With 168 participants and celebrating its 50th year, the 2022 Prague tournament was a big success. Before I start my impressions of the 50th Prague Tournament, I need to apologise to all and especially to Vladimir Danek for the delay in publishing this article caused by some health issues. With… Read more...

Jan van der Steen

By Tony Claasen | News | 29.04.2022 9:51

On the 22nd of April 2022, Jan van der Steen, a Go Friend of more than 40 years, passed away Jan van der Steen, my friend and a go player, worked all his life to promote go.When we met he was active both as a player and in organizing all kind of activities… Read more...