AI technologies hit the Go World

By Pavol Lisy | News | 05.02.2016 9:25

Last week, shocking news have hit the Go World. A Go-program called AlphaGo, developed by Google DeepMind beat our 3-times European Champion Fan Hui 5 to 0 in an official match played in October 2015. This is the first time that a computer beat a professional Go player in an even match. Most people expected this to happen 5-10 years later, that is why everyone is so surprised. Find an interview with a computer expert, the creator of PachiBot.  Read more...

The Russian Youth Go Championships

By Pavol Lisy | News | 21.01.2016 12:25

The Russian Youth Go Championships was held this weekend (January 16-17) in Moscow. 76 participants took part in this great event, and many of them made incredible achievement. It seems that future strong players are growing up in Russia.  Read more...

Russia wins european online youth team championship!

By Marc Oliver Rieger | News | 18.01.2016 21:54 | Comments: 1

The second European Youth Team Championship finished on 16th of January. This year, twelve teams from 15 countries took part. Newcomers were Switzerland and Austria who joined forces with the Italian team. After four rounds, the decision on the top was as narrow as possible...  Read more...

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

News | 16.12.2015 12:45 | Comments: 1

The second ZhuGang Cup World Team Go Championship takes place from 15th to 23rd December in BaiYun hotel, GuangZhou.  Read more...

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

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.   Read more...

The 18th International Go-Tournament "Go to Innovation"

By Pavol Lisy | News | 15.11.2015 21:22 | Comments: 1

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.   Read more...

XXI Japanese Ambassador Cup in Russia and a press conference

By Pavol Lisy | News | 31.10.2015 13:53 | Comments: 1

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 tournament started, a big press conference was held at the Russia Today INA, where many big names took part.  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.   Read more...

French Championship 2015 + Lyon tournament

News | 07.10.2015 15:59

The final stage of the French Championship awards the honor of the best French player in 2015, as well as the qualification of the World Amateur Championship the next year. It therefore gathered many of the strongest French players to Lyon.  Read more...