Silk Road Tournament 2018 + 1st report on CEGO Academic Program

By Gabriel Wagner | International | 27.08.2018 14:13

This is the first article in a series of articles covering the CEGO Academic Program of this year. In this series, I want to cover all kind of interesting things that will happen during our stay in Beijing, including reports on tournaments we will play, everyday life in Beijing, interesting… Read more...

Completion of the AlphaGo monument and Hochhaus Herrengasse Cup

By Viktor Lin | News | 25.08.2018 19:56

The AlphaGo sculpture will be completed with three additional white stones! In order to celebrate the opening of the completed AlphaGo sculpture on 30 August, the best players of Europe have been invited to compete in the 1st Hochhaus Herrengasse Cup. Even after two whole years, the impact of AlphaGo… Read more...

Annual General Meeting 2018, some Updates

By Lorenz Trippel | News | 05.08.2018 20:52

It was shorter than usual as the venue closed precisely at 24:00. Many commissions are looking to add more members, feel free to contact the EGF board if you want to help in one of these areas: Auditor of the EGF accounts, Appeals Commission, and Tournaments & Rules Commission. It… Read more...

World Youth Goe Championship at Stahleck Castle, Bacharach, Germany, sponsored by the Ing Foundation, 18-23 July 2018

By Michael Marz | News | 01.08.2018 21:37

For the first time ever, the World Youth Goe Championship took place in Germany. It was the 35th Championship of its kind, and it was for the seventh time in Europe. Alltogether 22 players from East and South East Asia, America and Europe played five rounds in two categories Under-16… Read more...

Moyo Open Tournament, Bonus Point C, Pardubice, the Czech Republic, 13th – 15th of July 2018

By Jana Hricova | News | 26.07.2018 20:26

Fourty four players from six countries (Czechia, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Ukraine and Serbia) participated in the Moyo Open Tournament, which was held in Pardubice, the Czech Republic, during 13th – 15th of July 2018, as a part of Chess and Games Festival. Not only was the tournament included in the… Read more...

Meeting Cho Hye-yeon 9p in Seoul

By Tony Claasen | Interviews | 12.07.2018 16:02

An interview with one of the strongest professional female go players of today. Cho Hye-yeon is one of only five Females holding the 9p rank. My first meeting with Cho Hye-yeon took place last year online, when she contacted me for a way to get from Frankfurt Airport to Oberhof.… Read more...

Studying Baduk, Go, Weiqi in BIBA

By Tony Claasen | Articles | 12.07.2018 15:56

BIBA (Blackie’s International Baduk Academy) where you can study both online and offline (at the school in Seoul) After my invitation from Kim Seung-jun (Blackie) 9p and Kőszegi Diána 1p to play in the Samsung Cup preliminary of the World-Group. I decided to visit Seoul for 2 weeks, not just… Read more...

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance World Masters Baduk 2018 – Preliminary

By Tony Claasen | Articles | 12.07.2018 15:27

In Seoul the preliminaries of several groups was played in the building of the KBA. Through an invitation from my teachers I was able to start in the preliminary of the World-Group for the Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance World Masters Baduk 2018) (better known by the shortened form as… Read more...

Youngsam Kim undefeated in Amstelveen

By Kim Ouweleen | News | 28.06.2018 15:46

The 47th Amsterdam International Go Tournament took place from 10-13 May in the European Go Cultural Centre. A total of 94 players competed. Korean-born Youngsam Kim 8 dan, who lives in Jena (DE), won all 7 games and took first place. Second place was for Tanguy Le Calvé 6 dan… Read more...

Zagreb Open – European Grand Prix Bonus C

By Damir Medak | Articles | 09.06.2018 18:48

This year, the Croatian Open Go Championship was a Level C Bonus tournament in the European Grand Prix. Altogether, 46 players from nine different countries played in the tournament. This was an increase of 50% compared to the previous edition in 2017. It was an excellent opportunity for the top… Read more...