The 2nd ZhuGang Cup – All European teams Qualified after 3 Rounds + Results

By egf_admin | News | 16.12.2015 12:45

The second ZhuGang Cup World Team Go Championship takes place from 15th to 23rd December in BaiYun hotel, GuangZhou. The second ZhuGang Cup World Team Go Championship takes place from 15th to 23rd December in BaiYun hotel, GuangZhou (detailed information can be found at article: http://eurogofed.org/index.html?id=22 ). Its high level… Read more...

Korea win International Pair Go yet again

By Tony Atkins | International | 15.12.2015 15:25

Jeon Yujin and Song Hongsuk of Korea won the 21st International Amateur Pair Go Championships in Tokyo. Both the European Championship Pair (Rita Pocsai and Pal Balogh) and the Russian pair (Natalia Kovaleva and Dmitry Surin) won three games to take 8th and 14th place respectively. Jeon Yujin and Song… Read more...

The French Youth Congress visited by Jyeon Park, 4 dan Professional

By egf_admin | News | 12.12.2015 18:56

The yearly event of French Youth Congress, took place from 17 to 24 October had the pleasure to welcome the visit of Mrs. Jyeon Park 4 dan professional this year. The yearly event of French Youth Congress, took place from 17 to 24 October had the pleasure to welcome the… Read more...

Antti Tormanen made it to a professional player!

By Pavol Lisy | Interviews | 08.12.2015 19:43

On December 8, the Nihon Ki-in announced the Finnish-born Antti Törmänen (26) as a professional go player. Antti will debut as a professional player on April 1, next year. We were very happy for him and asked him for more details about it. He was so kind to answer our… Read more...

Europe scored on The 10th KPMC!

By Pavol Lisy | International | 29.11.2015 17:55

The 10th Korea Prime Minister Cup Baduk Championship, the unofficial world amateur championship, was held from November 23rd to November 25th in Seoul, South Korea. One of the representatives of Europe, Christian Pop 7 dan from Romania, became third! The 10th Korea Prime Minister Cup Baduk Championship, the unofficial world… Read more...

The 18th International Go-Tournament “Go to Innovation”

By Pavol Lisy | News | 15.11.2015 21:22

The 18th International Go-Tournament “Go to Innovation” was held this week-end (November 13-15) in Berlin, Germany. Although the tournament is very interesting for its special rules and big prizes, the number of players was relatively small in comparasion with previous years. The 18th International Go-Tournament “Go to Innovation” was held… Read more...

The 2nd Zhu Gang Cup in Guangzhou

By Pavol Lisy | International | 07.11.2015 13:04

The second Jin LONG CHENG Cup World Team Go Championship (Zhu Gang Cup) will be held from the 15th of December until the 23rd of December 2015. The venue will be Bai Yun Hotel, Guangzhou, China. The registration is open for every country. Each country can nominate one team that… Read more...

XXI Japanese Ambassador Cup in Russia and a press conference

By Pavol Lisy | News | 31.10.2015 13:53

XXI Japanese Ambassador Cup in Russia, the biggest and the oldest Russian tournament, was held this weekend (from 24th to 25th October) in Moscow. The playing hall with a capacity of 160 players seemed to be too small for such a big number of interested players. 2 days before the… Read more...

12th Sankei Tournament and exchange matches

By Viktor Lin | International | 27.10.2015 18:59

The Sankei Tournament, sponsored by Sankei newspaper, is held annually by Kansai Ki-in in Osaka. Pros and amateurs compete in separate preliminaries to qualify to the main tournament. At last year’s Sankei Tournament, the two EGF pros who participated caused an uproar in the preliminaries… The Sankei Tournament, sponsored by… Read more...

EGF Academy

By Viktor Lin | News | 23.10.2015 14:56

The EGF Academy is an initiative that started in spring 2015, made possible by a cooperation between the EGF, CEGO and Ge Yuhong Go Academy. The EGF Academy is an initiative that started in spring 2015, made possible by a cooperation between the EGF, CEGO and Ge Yuhong Go Academy.… Read more...