5th Pro qualification 2019 - Final

By Tony Claasen | News | 18.05.2019 19:45

Tanguy Le Calvé 6d from France will play against Lukáš Podpera 7d from Czechia to decide who will be the next EGF Pro.  Read more...

11th Strasbourg international go tournament

By Tony Claasen | News | 18.05.2019 17:28

The 11th Strasbourg international go tournamentan event during the weekend next to the pro qualification 2019.  Read more...

5th Pro qualification 2019 - Quarter- and Semi-finals

By Tony Claasen | News | 18.05.2019 9:57

We have now entered the stage of single KO with only eight players left.  Read more...

5th Pro qualification 2019 - Round 2 and 3

By Tony Claasen | News | 17.05.2019 11:03 | Comments: 2

16 Players play a double KO Tournament in Strasbourg to decide the next European EGF Professional.  Read more...

5th Pro qualification 2019 - Round 1

By Tony Claasen | News | 16.05.2019 16:24

16 Players play a double KO Tournament in Strasbourg to decide the next European EGF Professional  Read more...

Expanding New Horizons on EGF Twitch

By Xiaocheng-Stephen Hu | News | 14.05.2019 17:13 | Comments: 4

Greetings everyone! Today, we are excited to make a few announcements on the official EGF Twitch channel. As you may have seen or heard before, we have been producing live game commentaries from major European Go events since October 2018. Today, as we reach 5 million views and 5.8k followers, we look forward to continue developing the channel as a rising hub for top-quality Go content.  Read more...

Yike Cup, The 5th European Go Grand Slam Tournament

By Artem Kachanovskyi | News | 04.05.2019 21:00 | Comments: 2

The 5th European Go Grand Slam Tournament, also called Yike Cup, was held 25th - 28th April in Berlin, Germany.
For those who are not familiar with the Grand Slam, let me explain in a few words what it is. Grand Slam is the most prestigious tournament in Europe with the winner's prize € 10,000. 12 selected players are qualified to participate. All EGF professionals are automatically qualified. For the rest of the players there are several ways to join, including a qualification tournament. Grand Slam is the vital part of the European Grand Prix and the European Professional system.  Read more...

Fan Hui 2p guest of honour during Amsterdam Go Tournament

By Kim Ouweleen | News | 10.04.2019 16:16

Great news for the participants of the 48th Amsterdam International Go Tournament (AIGT)! DeepMind ambassador Fan Hui 2p will be present at the event and will present a lecture about AlphaGo. The AIGT is an EGF Bonus Point Tournament (level B) and will take place from 30th of May until 2nd of June 2019. The tournament holds a total prize money of €2125.  Read more...

Turkish Play-Offs & Turkish Women's Go Championship 2019

By Kim Ouweleen | News | 25.03.2019 0:16 | Comments: 2

Turkey is one of the most active go countries in Europe, with a large base of players and enthusiastic organisers.
In the weekend of 2-3 February both the Turkish Play-Off Tournament and the Turkish Women's Go Championship took place in İstanbul.
Tuğkan Eren (2 dan) and Birand Adal (2 dan) earned the right to represent Turkey at the KPMC and the WAGC respectively. Hülya Çolak (1 kyu) became Turkish women's champion for the second time, edging out defending champion Seval Altuğ (1 dan).  Read more...