2nd Quzhou-Lanke Cup

By Stanisław Frejlak | International | 04.05.2024 14:35

In late April, Mateusz Surma, 3p, and Stanisław Frejlak, 1p, respresented Europe at the 2nd Quzhou-Lanke Cup. In recent years, the city of Quzhou has grown as an important hub for go in China. The Lanke Cup has become one of the world's most prestigious competitions, featuring 48 top players from the Far East, Europe and North America.  Read more...

European professional players at the 10th Ing Cup World Professional Go Championship

By Milena Boclé | International | 16.04.2024 17:23

Following the season's great results for Mateusz Surma 3p and Andrii Kravets 1p, respectively first and second at the European Pro Championship held in March in Hamburg, our two European professional players have been invited to play the 10th Ing Cup World Professional Go Championship. On this page, we will add updates about their games (when possible).  Read more...

Hello Tokyo! - The 2024 Senko Cup world Go women's championship

By Milena Boclé | International | 26.03.2024 18:08 | Comments: 3

Early March, in fact, on the international day celebrating womens' rights, a biiiig event took place in Tokyo: the Senko Cup 2024, featuring a tournament for the 8 professional women players ruling the world and another smaller tournament for amateur girls. In this article, we invite you to travel with us for one memorable game and experience.
Let's go!  Read more...

World Amateur Go Championship - follow-up to the joseki report by Elian Grigoriu 6d

By Elian Grigoriu | International | 03.01.2024 17:23

On December 15 to 19th, the 43rd WAGC took place in Shenzhen, China. We reported about it in a previous article. In this short report, Elian Grigoriu 6d from Romania relates his own experiences and shares with us the kind of feelings which you can encounter when playing in such an important tournament.  Read more...

432000 seconds of go in Shenzhen: WAGC and IGF Annual Meeting

By Milena Boclé | International | 23.12.2023 14:44

From the 15th of December to the 19th, the 43rd World Amateur Go Championship took place in Shenzhen, China, with 46 players. Just before the start of the tournament, players could also attend the Annual Meeting of the International Go Federation. Many interesting decisions were taken. As for the tournament, European players were a bit outplayed, but the journey itself was incredible. Let's discover this through the eyes of Amir Fragman 6d (Israel) and Mirta Medak 3d (Croatia).  Read more...

Quzhou International Child Friendly Amateur Weiqi Invitational Tournament und World Youth Weiqi Forum

By Tony Claasen | International | 14.12.2023 12:42

An unexpected journey to Quzhou and mount Lanke.

A journey that for the German team started during the preparations of the European Championship and my communication with China over the visa for the chinese professionals.  Read more...

The 33rd International Amateur Pair Go Championship!

By Milena Boclé | International | 07.12.2023 20:47 | Comments: 1

A few European pair go pairs took part in the 33rd International Amateur Pair Go Championship on December 2-3, in Tokyo, Japan. Thanks to one guy who was there as an observer and another guy amongst the actual organisers, we got some insights from this tournament. What do you know about pair go? What is this International championship "and extras"? What is the future for pair go in Japan? Read more to not find all the answers to these questions.  Read more...

Europe's victory in the 2nd Fudan – Europe Online Go Festival!

By Stanisław Frejlak | International | 18.02.2022 18:32

Last week the 2nd match between the Fudan University Team and Europe came to a close. After a difficult start to the match, the European team managed to fight back and finally emerged victorious with a score of 11:10!  Read more...

2nd Fudan - Europe Online Go Festival Progress Report

By Stanisław Frejlak | International | 24.09.2021 22:42 | Comments: 5

2nd Fudan-Europe Online Go Festival Progress Report: the European team defeats the Shanghai team in the Youth Match; the Students Tournament is about to start.  Read more...