1st China vs Europe Online Go Tournament

By Artem Kachanovskyi | International | 27.03.2020 8:04

Announcement of the 1st China vs Europe Online Go Tournament As we all know, currently face-to-face tournaments are getting cancelled and postponed due to the global quarantines which COVID-19 has forced governments to impose. This crisis is not so strong as to stop all go activity in Europe: Last weekend the European… Read more...

German team wins European Youth Championship

By Marc Oliver Rieger | Articles | 26.03.2020 6:41

After Russia had won all five previous titles, this year Germany managed to finish first in the EYGTC. The competition is held online, and the awards ceremony took place at the European Youth Championship in Stubičke Toplice, Croatia, last weekend. After Russia had won all five previous titles, this year… Read more...

European Professional Online Go League starts soon

By Artem Kachanovskyi | European Pros | 16.03.2020 11:22

Announcement of the European Professional Online Go League It’s been a while since some of us, EGF pros, have got an idea of running online pro league. The idea is the following: to play on fixed days of the week, at fixed time, and to comment those games on the… Read more...

Review of the European Youth Go Yearbook 2019

By Artem Kachanovskyi | Reviews | 26.02.2020 19:52

Review of the European Youth Go Yearbook 2019 A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure to visit once again Vatra Dornei in Romania for the Winter Go Festival. There I was given a book called European Go Yearbook 2019. Being fascinated by it, I decided that it’s definitely… Read more...

Winter Go Festival 2020 in Vatra Dornei

By Tony Claasen | News | 19.02.2020 17:31

Once more Go and Skiing were combined harmoniously. Vatra Dornei saw lots of fun being had, inside and outside, playing in the beautiful and family friendly environment. Winter Go Festival 2020 Vatra Dornei! A view from my hotel room. The start of a week, meeing friends and having fun. It… Read more...

Obituary of Valery Shikshin

By egf_admin | News | 18.02.2020 20:15

Obituary of Valery Shikshin, legendary Russian go instructor Valery Shikshin passed away on the 18th of February 2020. Valery dedicated his life to training young go players in Kazan, Russia. Three of his students became professional go players: Ilya Shikshin 3p, Svetlana Shikshina 3p, and Alexander Dinerchtein 3p. His students… Read more...

A record participation for the third edition of the TIGGRE – Ellie Cup

By Dominique Cornuejols | News | 14.02.2020 20:54

The TIGGRE – Ellie Cup took place on 1st and 2nd February 2020, once again in the great venue of the WTC Congress Centre in Grenoble. There were 157 participants from 16 countries who showed up to play in one of the four competitions organised by the Grenoble Go Club… Read more...

Details of the EGC 2020 in Ukraine

By Artem Kachanovskyi | Articles | 04.02.2020 17:19

Some details of the EGC 2020 in Ukraine (transport, accommodation, volunteers, etc.) EGC 2020 logo As you may know already, the European Go Congress of 2020 will take place in Ukraine from July 25 to August 9 in Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine. The EGC is definitely the biggest event in the european… Read more...

Mateusz Surma – Review of “Shapes of Minds” and “You won’t get dumber while thinking”

By Tony Claasen | Reviews | 21.01.2020 21:45

Review of: “Shapes of Minds” a book for new go players and people interested in the game. “You won’t get dumber while thinking”, Life and Death problems Volumes 1 to 8. The author Mateusz Surma 1p from Poland. Mateusz Surma 2p More about Mateusz Surma! “You won’t get dumber while… Read more...

European Grand Prix Final

By Tony Claasen | News | 19.01.2020 17:38

The Final of this year’s event was held in Leksand, Sweden. On the 15th of January I got up early on the morning, at 3:00 am, packed and ready for my journey to Leksand for the Grand Prix Final.Starting from Hamburg Airport I flew to Stockholm. It was something of… Read more...