European Women’s Go Championship 2017, Ukraine

By egf_admin | Articles | 24.08.2017 2:58

The European Women’s Go Championship took place this year on the 19-20th of August in Odessa, Ukraine. It’s nice to see that Ukraine is starting to be very active when it comes to organizing European championships. In addition to this year’s European Women Go Championship, Ukraine will organize the European… Read more...

The European Go Congress – Highlights of the second week

By Yue Li | News | 09.08.2017 17:53

Following the first week, ruthless battles on go boards and the feast of friendship amongst hundreds of go enthusiasts continued to occupy the peaceful mountain village of Oberhof. As the Open European Championship entered its “yose” stage, numerous exciting side events continued to take place and brought us many exciting… Read more...

Annual General Meeting 2017, some Updates

By Lorenz Trippel | News | 04.08.2017 10:29

This year’s general meeting didn’t see any contested votes, apart from the one for the selection of the host of the youth championship in 2019. Moscow would get it by a small margin over the Croatian proposal. The board members are elected only every three years, so the next election… Read more...

The European Go Congress – An Overview of the first week

By Laura Avram | Articles | 31.07.2017 0:15

The European Go Congress is for many European go players the year’s highlight go event. A go congress typically consists of playing go for two weeks, watching go lessons, meeting new and old friends and visiting new places. Its location changes every year from Western to Eastern and from Northern… Read more...

Moyo Open Tournament in Pardubice attracts many strong players

By Jana Hricova | News | 18.07.2017 18:12

After the European Professional Qualification (EPQ) tournament had finished, the next day saw the Moyo Open tournament begin. All players in the EPQ also took part in the Moyo Open. They were joined by Pavol Lisy 1p and Mateusz Surma 1p, who had worked as commentators for the EPQ, the… Read more...

Andrii Kravets fulfilled his quest. Ukraine has two EGF professionals.

By Jana Hricova | European Pros | 16.07.2017 17:07

The fourth European Professional Qualification (EPQ) is finally over, and we have to say that this year the competition was extremely tough and very interesting. The tournament started with a double knock-out phase (the three rounds of this phase were played in Vienna) and ended with a single knock-out phase… Read more...

Who will become the 6th EGF Pro?

By Jana Hricova | News | 11.07.2017 5:48

The answer will be known this Friday (14th July, 2017) evening. Sixteen top European players encountered in three preliminary rounds of the European Pro Qualification tournament (EPQ later) in Vienna, from 15 to 16 June, 2017. Namely, Andrii Kravets and Bohdan Zhurakovskyi from Ukraine, Viktor Lin from Austria, Lukas Podpera… Read more...

European team in China C league

By Ali Jabarin | European Pros | 22.06.2017 12:15

Last week, for the first time, a European team participated in the Chinese C league… Last week, for the first time, a European team participated in the Chinese C league. The C league is an annual 7 round team tournament with teams consisting of 4 members, this year it was… Read more...

International Vienna Tournament 2017

By Laura Avram | International | 19.06.2017 16:08

The Vienna International Tournament took place on the 17th and 18th of June in the city’s outskirts at one of Vienna’s schools for tourism. Do you think that a beautiful Saturday would be enough to persuade the bravest of go players to go to the lake or next to the… Read more...

4th European Pro Qualification 2017, Vienna

By Laura Avram | Articles | 16.06.2017 16:19

This year’s tournament that will end a European go player’s amateur career began this week in Vienna, Austria. 16 players took part in this first stage of the tournament, called the European Pro qualification 2017. The first 3 rounds have been played on the 15th and 16th June in a… Read more...