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...

The 30th International Amateur Pair Go Championship

By Laura Avram | International | 21.12.2019 19:19

On the 7th and 8th of December, four competitions of Pair Go have been organised in Tokyo by the Japan Pair Go Association, thus celebrating the first 30 years of Pair Go at international level. Several European pairs have been invited to participate in these amateur tournaments. Even though almost… Read more...

6th Silk Road Tournament 2019 Vienna

By Tony Claasen | News | 06.11.2019 12:53

In his speech at the closing ceremony the sponsor Zhou Deming from the Xi An Go Association congratulated all the players for their high level, balanced games and results. The team prize was won by team Xian from China and a European won the individual tournament. The 6th Silk Road… Read more...

Europe gets a sensational victory in the 4th MLily Cup

By Artem Kachanovskyi | International | 14.10.2019 15:55

European pro getting a victory in the 4th MLily Cup The MLily Cup is an international professional tournament with a large prize fund. The champion gets 1 800 000 RMB, which is around € 200,000! The tournament has a qualification event open for all professional players, and a separate qualification event… Read more...

European Student Go Championship 2019

By Artem Kachanovskyi | News | 02.10.2019 8:56

Review of the European Student Go Championship 2019 This year European Student Go Championship was held 28-29 September in Kyiv, Ukraine. 23 players from 7 different countries took part in the competition. In my opinion, this year the European Students Championship had exceptional conditions. Not only that all the participants… Read more...

European Women’s Go Championship 2019 – Trier

By Marika Dubiel | Articles | 13.09.2019 10:00

The 2019 EWGC took place in Trier on 7th-9th September. The tournament is open to any European female go player and this year it attracted 36 ladies from 11 countries. Their strength ranged enormously: from 5 dan to 30 kyu! The European Women Go Championship 2019 took place in Trier… Read more...