The traditional end-of-the-year London Open Go Congress, this time a Bonus B event of the Grand Prix Circuit, took place on December 28th-31st 2025 at the London Go Centre.

Following his excellent results this year, Mateusz surma 3p (PL), European Champion, wrapped up 2025 with an ultimate big win, ending undefeated just before the New Year. Congratulations!

Final results:

🥇Mateusz Surma 3p 🇵🇱 (7/7)
🥈Minseong Kim 7d 🇰🇷 (6/7)
🥉Yuanzhen Li 4d (5/7)

All results: https://www.europeangodatabase.eu/EGD/Tournament_Card.php?&key=T251228A 

Mateusz and Michael Cheung 5d (first British player) both qualify for the Grand Prix Finale 2026 next year (to be played in late January/February).

The London Open provided exciting games during these days, and participants could also play a lightning tournament. This side event was won by Yuanzhen Li 4d! Impressive!

Among other activities, the professional player Fan Weijing 3p was giving lectures and reviews, so it was all very intense.

The games were broadcast on OGS (LGC account > Reviews and Demos) and two rounds and a half ((4),5,6) were commented by Lucas Neirynck 6d on Twitch. The replay is available for nearly 3 months.

Mateusz will be producing a video review of his game with Minseong Kim for the LGC YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/LondonGoCentre
Fan Weijing's lectures will also appear there too.

Huge thanks to the tournament director, Gerry Gavigan, for the updates and photos!

See you next year!