The Irish Confucius Cup

By Pavol Lisy | News | 05.03.2017 19:29

On the weekend of 04-05 March, The Irish Confucius Cup was held in Dublin, Ireland. Tournaments in Go, Chinese Chess and Chess were combined together to make this big event, as well as other activities such as commentary by professional players and simultaneous games. Thanks to the generous sponsorship and… Read more...

World Student OZA Championship 2017

By Laura Avram | International | 27.02.2017 20:04

The World Student OZA Championship took place last week week at the Ginza Internet Forum in Tokyo. It was the 15th edition so far and 16 players from all over the world competed over4 rounds in order to decide the world’s best student go player. The World Student OZA Championship… Read more...

1st Ellie Cup in Grenoble

By Viktor Lin | News | 27.02.2017 1:12

Accompanying the European Youth Go Championship 2017 in Grenoble, the TIGGRE (Tournoi International de Go Grenoble) was held simultaneously from 18 to 19 February, also known as the 1st edition of the Ellie Cup. This tournament was sponsored by Hwang In-seong and the European Yonguseng Dojang and named after his… Read more...

The 22nd European Youth Go Championship in Grenoble

By Dominique Cornuejols | News | 22.02.2017 17:14

With 220 children coming from 18 different countries and more than 150 parents and team supporters, the EYGC was already in itself a huge event. But the addition of the International Grenoble Tournament (TIGGRE – Ellie Cup), which also attracted 80 participants, the presence of go professionals (Hayashi Sensei 6P… Read more...

Romanian Winter Go Camp 2017 – Review

By Laura Avram | International | 17.02.2017 11:31

In a small town in the Carpathian mountains, almost 30 years ago, among other children and teenagers, there were two who got to define the way in which go would develop later in Europe. Their go teacher was a mathematician who to this very day still teaches children in the… Read more...

2nd European Professional Go Championship: It could barely get any closer.

By Marika Dubiel | European Pros | 11.02.2017 12:04

Between the 8th and 10th of February six European professionals fought for the title of the European Professional Go Champion in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. Find out why this tournament was so special, how to become a European professional go player and, of course, who became the European Professional Go Champion this… Read more...

European Youth Go Team Championship 2016/2017

By Laura Avram | Articles | 07.02.2017 12:25

The European Youth Go Team Championship, which took place between December 2016 and January 2017. This tournament serves as a warm-up for the European Youth Go Championship 2017, which will take place this month in Grenoble. Children are serious about go. They show it through their motivation to play and… Read more...

Stanislaw Frejlak unbeaten in Olomouc just after Training in China

By Pavol Lisy | News | 02.02.2017 21:48

The Olomouc International Tournament 2017 was held on the weekend of 27th-28th January in Olomouc, Czech Republic. The pleasant venue and great prize fund attracted 97 players from 9 countries. Eight players, who were 5 dan or stronger, from Czechia, Austria, Hungary and Poland participated in the tournament, which made… Read more...

Dutch Championships 2017: Two stars. Ten winners. Many surprises.

By Marika Dubiel | News | 01.02.2017 10:37

Ten players received money prizes after the finals of the Dutch Championship. The Dutch champion was undefeated. The female champion is still unknown. Find the story, the photos and the games from the last weekend in this report. The Dutch Championship is usually played over the final two weekends of… Read more...

Mysterious Tygem user Master(P) turns out to be AlphaGo

By Fabian Bambusch | International | 04.01.2017 22:58

DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis has confirmed via Twitter just now that mysterious Tygem user Master(P) who managed an amazing 60-0 winning streak against professionals is none other than go AI AlphaGo itself. In the last few days of 2016 a then unknown user made quite the splash on the Korean… Read more...