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… Read more...

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

By Artem Kachanovskyi | International | 02.04.2019 9:13

Announcement of the 2019 Transatlantic Professional Go Team Championship and the two players to play in the first round The European Go Federation (EGF) and the American Go Association (AGA) started their professional systems just two years apart. The AGA was the earliest, certifying their first two pros in 2012:… Read more...

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

By Kim Ouweleen | News | 25.03.2019 0:16

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)… Read more...

The 2nd Kedros Cup

By Pavol Lisy | Articles | 20.03.2019 21:42

The Grandslam Qualification, held on the end of previous week in Bratislava, was followed by the 2nd Kedros Cup week-end tournament on the 16th to 17th March. The tournament attracted quite a big number of participants – 70 in total, from 15 countries. The event therefore became the biggest one… Read more...

Grand Slam Qualification

By Pavol Lisy | Articles | 20.03.2019 21:38

At the end of last week, many strong players from all across Europe came to Bratislava, Slovakia to attend two big competitions. The first one, the Grand Slam Qualification, was held on Thursday and Friday (the 14th to 15th March).      At the end of last week, many strong… Read more...

The Future of Go in the West

By Daniel Jones | Articles | 17.03.2019 9:35

The ancient game of Go came to the West in the form of a description by Thomas Hyde in the latter parts of the 16th Century. Firstly, in the form of a letter and then a publication called, De Ludis Orientalibus. However, the game has taken a very long time… 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 The European Professional Championship 2019 was held from the 6th to the 8th of March in Jena, Germany. It is a annual tournament for professional Go players living in Europe. The tournament was organized by JIGS in… 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… Read more...

European Grand Prix Finale 2018

By Artem Kachanovskyi | News | 03.02.2019 10:20

A review of the European Grand Prix Finale 2018 and a description of the European Grand Prix system The European Grand Prix Finale 2018 was held from 24th to 27th January in Olomouc, Czechia. This was the second edition of this tournament, the first time the winner was Ali Jabarin. European Grand… Read more...

The first year of the professional promotion system in Europe

By Artem Kachanovskyi | European Pros | 29.12.2018 20:52

An overview of the professional promotion system in Europe and its first year of operation As the year 2018 is coming to an end, we also mark 1 year since the professional promotion system was established in Europe. I’ve been asked by several Go players:exactly how does the promotion system… Read more...