EGC 2015 finished

By Pavol Lisy | News | 12.08.2015 13:06

The 59th WeiqiTV European Go Congress, held in Liberec, Czech Republic was finished by a Closing Ceremony on Saturday, 8th of August 2015. This was the first Congress where The European Championship had already finished after one week, therefore the second week was there for The Main Tournament and side… Read more...

Highlights of EGC first week

By egf_admin | News | 04.08.2015 19:42

The 59th WeiqiTV European Go Congress has started on 25th, July, taking place at the Babylon center in Liberec, Czech Republic. This yearly Go “festival” along with the charming town has attracted more than nine hundreds players and guests this year to join the event. The tournament site itself offers… Read more...

Annual General Meeting 2015, some Updates

By Lorenz Trippel | News | 04.08.2015 17:01

This year’s AGM was rather a calm one in comparison to the one last year. First the countries reps had to line up to get their voting power written on their voting ballot paper, bigger countries had 4 votes and the smaller ones only 1. In total there were 22… Read more...

Pair Go Championships in 2015 in Tokyo

By Pavol Lisy | International | 23.07.2015 21:26

Today the EGF got the information that on the 26th International Amateur Pair Go Championship held from 5th to 7th December 2015 9 pairs from Europe can participate. One of them are the European Pair Go Champions 2015, Rita Pocsai and Pal Balogh. There is a new opportunity for European… Read more...

European Women Go Championship

By Pavol Lisy | News | 23.07.2015 12:33

EWGC 2015, Turkey, Ciraly, Kiyi Pansion, 10th -13th July European Women Go Championship was held in Turkey this year. Organisers chose a very nice place in the middle of nature, in a National Park around Ciraly. Kiyi Pansion, where the tournament took place, is a cosy place situated just on… Read more...

Chinese Culture Center in Brussels

By Pavol Lisy | News | 22.07.2015 16:37

On Thursday 9th of July, the Belgian Go Federation together with representatives of the EGF, the IGF and the European Go Center were kindly invited to the first ever official event of the brand new Chinese Culture Center of Brussels. Located close to the European Parliament, this center is built… Read more...

2nd MLily Cup

By Pavol Lisy | International | 21.07.2015 20:18

The 1st round of the 2nd MLily Cup had been played on the 7th of July 2015 in Beijing, China. Our representatives Ilya Shikshin 1p and Alexandre Dinerstein 3p both from Russia faced strong opponents from far East. They were stopped to qualify for Top 32. Ilya Shikshin lost against… Read more...

2015 Second Annual World Collegiate Go Championship

By Viktor Lin | International | 20.07.2015 21:14

The 2nd edition of the World Collegiate Go Championship took place at National Tsinghua University in Taiwan, from 9 to 10 July 2015. It was organised by the Ing foundation. More than 100 students from all over the world took part, a majority of them from Asia. The tournament was… Read more...

New webpage is now live.

By Lorenz Trippel | News | 19.07.2015 8:40

The goal of the overall facelift is to provide more news on the ongoing events in the european go scene. We want to report on every major go event in Europe. We also want to make the announcements of upcoming events more informative and easier to access. The goal of… Read more...

GLOBIS Cup and more

By Viktor Lin | International | 17.07.2015 18:13

The GLOBIS Cup, a U20 world championship, played from 08-05-2015 to 10-05-2015 in Tokyo, Japan, was won by Huang Yunsong 4p from China. Pavol Lisy 1p, representing Europe, battled and lost to tough opponents in the preliminary rounds: Yang Dingxin 3p (China) and Fujimura Yosuke 2p (Japan). The GLOBIS Cup,… Read more...