The multilingual Go book's journey has begun

By H. Kapolos | News | 26.12.2018 14:11

At the beginning of December, the multilingual Go book project was launched!
The goal of the project is to create a Go book that will be translated to as many languages as possible, in order to provide an additional way to promote and spread Go in countries that do not have a Go tradition and their native language is not English.
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Completion of the AlphaGo monument and Hochhaus Herrengasse Cup

By Viktor Lin | News | 25.08.2018 19:56 | Comments: 1

The AlphaGo sculpture will be completed with three additional white stones! In order to celebrate the opening of the completed AlphaGo sculpture on 30 August, the best players of Europe have been invited to compete in the 1st Hochhaus Herrengasse Cup.  Read more...

In-seong’s Winter Go Camp 2017 & Interview with In-seong

By Nicole De Beer | News | 26.12.2017 7:53 | Comments: 2

In the week before Christmas, a group of almost 40 people gathered in Kyllburg in the picturesque German Eifel, for 4 days of go-lessons and games. The organizer was Inseong Hwang, who schedules this Winter Camp every year in addition to running the Yunguseng Dojang (www.yunguseng.com), his successful internet go school.

The content of the Winter Camp is similar to one month of the online Yunguseng Dojang. Participants play five games against each other, every game is reviewed in detail by one of the teachers, and between games various topics are explained in lectures.  Read more...

Survey about European Go News

News | 20.11.2017 11:11

We published news on this webpage now for two years. How do you like it so far? You can fill out the survey to tell us bit how and what you like best and what is not so good or missing. Main topics are frequency of news, type of content and also some related projects like the yearbook we did for 2016.

Please take 5 minutes and let us know how good we are! Thx.  Read more...

Who will become the 6th EGF Pro?

By Jana Hricova | News | 11.07.2017 5:48 | Comments: 10

The answer will be known this Friday (14th July, 2017) evening.
Sixteen top European players encountered in three preliminary rounds of the European Pro Qualification tournament (EPQ later) in Vienna, from 15 to 16 June, 2017. Namely, Andrii Kravets and Bohdan Zhurakovskyi from Ukraine, Viktor Lin from Austria, Lukas Podpera from the Czech Republic, Cornel Burzo and Cristian Gabriel Pop from Romania, Rob van Zeijst from the Netherlands, Csaba Mero from Hungary, Jonas Welticke, Lukas Kramer and Benjamin Teuber from Germany, Oscar Vazquez from Spain, Tangue le Calve and Benjamin Drean-Guenaizia from France, Stanislaw Freljak from Poland and Timur Sankin from Russia. Eight of them managed to score two wins, thus qualified for a final stage of the EPQ which will be held in Pardubice, 13-14 July, 2017.  Read more...

First Croatian Go Week, May 8-14, 2017, with Catalin Taranu, 5p

By Damir Medak | News | 21.05.2017 11:21

Croatian Go Association (HIGOU) is performing a go project in several schools in different cities of Croatia. The project name is “Go – the game that teaches us to think”. The partners are two primary schools (Zagreb and Lipovljani), two secondary schools (Zagreb and Kutina), one special education center (Velika Gorica), one kindergarten (Zagreb) and the City of Kutina. The project is financed for one school year (ending in August 2017) by Croatian Ministry of Science and Education and co-financed by the City of Kutina. We appreciate the kind support of Nihon ki-in and the Embassy of Japan to Croatia very much.  Read more...

3rd European Go Grand Slam Tournament and 8th China Cup Berlin Part 1

By Tony Claasen | News | 03.05.2017 10:43 | Comments: 1

A few weeks before both tournaments started, for me the preparations had already begun. Laptops and a projector had to be organized and prepared for this event, so that all the games could be broadcast via KGS and that players from the China Cup Berlin could watch the games in the Grand Slam without disturbing the players.  Read more...

Next Season in EGF Academy starting on 27 March

By Viktor Lin | News | 16.03.2017 19:58

Season 5 of the EGF Academy is about to start on 27 March. Having restructured some parts of the EGF Academy, we are recruiting new students and calling for supporters who want to profit while contributing!  Read more...

Seminar on Didactics of Strategic Games

By Daniela Trinks | News | 15.10.2016 2:44

About 40 teachers from 15 countries gathered for the ‘Seminar on Didactics of Strategic Games’ at Cambridge University, sharing their expertise on teaching Go, chess and other games at schools. A variety of relevant topics were covered such as learning psychology, teaching methods & materials, business models of educational programs, marketing and research. For example, Prof. Barry Hymer (University of Cumbria in Lancaster) introduced new studies on learners’ mindsets, and their implications on teaching methods. Alessandro Dominici talked about his Chess teaching project and how he managed to apply successfully for ERASMUS funds. Rita Atkins addressed important issues related to accrediting chess teachers. Paul Barchilon from the American Go Foundation (AGF) presented their great work of supporting Go teachers in the US, as well as his own experiences as a very enthusiastic Go teacher and American Go Association (AGA) organiser of youth activities for years.  Read more...