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)  Read more...

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance World Masters Baduk 2018 - Preliminary

By Tony Claasen | Articles | 12.07.2018 15:27 | Comments: 2

In Seoul the preliminaries of several groups was played in the building of the KBA.  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 (FR), who edged out third place finisher Dohyup Kim 7 dan (KR).   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 Croatian players to play in a tournament with young members of EGF Academy. The largest and strongest tournament in Croatia since EGC 2002 started smoothly on Saturday, 26th May 2017, in the air-conditioned classrooms of the Alojzija Stepinca Elementary School. After the 1st round, we had a reception by the principal of the school, attended by a lot of school teachers and parents.   Read more...

Second Croatian Go Week, May 21-27, 2018, with Catalin Taranu, 5p

By Damir Medak | Articles | 09.06.2018 18:22

For the second year, the Croatian Go Alliance (HIGOU) is performing a go project in several schools in different cities of Croatia. This year, the project name is “Go – the game with(out) boundaries”. The partners are one kindergarten, four primary schools (Jastrebarsko, Lipovljani, Velika Gorica and Zagreb), two secondary schools (Zagreb and Kutina), one special education center (Velika Gorica), and the mathematical society from Tuhelj. The project is financed for one school year (ending in August 2018) by the Croatian Ministry of Science and Education. We appreciate the kind support of the Nihon ki-in, the Embassy of Japan to Croatia and the European Go Federation very much.  Read more...

Gian-Carlo Pascutto - The man behind LeelaZero

Interviews | 24.05.2018 21:44 | Comments: 7

An interview with Gian-Carlo Pascutto the author of LeelaZero, the popular professional level program.  Read more...

10th Kido Cup 2018

By Tony Claasen | Articles | 24.05.2018 11:25

This year the anniversary of the 10th Kido Cup in Hamburg was celebrated with the visit of star player Lee Chang-ho 9p from Korea.  Read more...

4th GrandSlam Yike Cup

By Tony Claasen | News | 02.05.2018 11:33

The winner of this year's edition is Ilya Shikshin 2p  Read more...

The 11th Korean Ambassador‘s Cup

By Aleš Cieplý | News | 01.05.2018 13:19

The Prague International Go Tournament belongs among the top three go events in Czechia. It has already reached its 47th edition and this is the 11th time it was played as the Korean Ambassador´s Cup. It is now a tradition that the event is also a qualification for the annual Korean Prime Minister Cup taking place in Korea during autumn.  Read more...