The Future of Go in the West

By Daniel Jones | Articles | 17.03.2019 9:35 | Comments: 2

The ancient game of Go came to the West in the form of a description by Thomas Hyde in the latter parts of the 16th Century. Firstly, in the form of a letter and then a publication called, De Ludis Orientalibus. However, the game has taken a very long time to develop and spread around the Western world and indeed Europe.   Read more...

Organising EGC 2018

By Francesco Potortì | Articles | 26.11.2018 19:39

With 1200 showing up, the EGC 2018 in Pisa was the largest European Go Congress ever.   Read more...

Studying Baduk, Go, Weiqi in BIBA

By Tony Claasen | Articles | 12.07.2018 15:56

BIBA (Blackie's International Baduk Academy) where you can study both online and offline (at the school in Seoul)  Read more...

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance World Masters Baduk 2018 - Preliminary

By Tony Claasen | Articles | 12.07.2018 15:27 | Comments: 2

In Seoul the preliminaries of several groups was played in the building of the KBA.  Read more...

Zagreb Open – European Grand Prix Bonus C

By Damir Medak | Articles | 09.06.2018 18:48

This year, the Croatian Open Go Championship was a Level C Bonus tournament in the European Grand Prix. Altogether, 46 players from nine different countries played in the tournament. This was an increase of 50% compared to the previous edition in 2017. It was an excellent opportunity for the top Croatian players to play in a tournament with young members of EGF Academy. The largest and strongest tournament in Croatia since EGC 2002 started smoothly on Saturday, 26th May 2017, in the air-conditioned classrooms of the Alojzija Stepinca Elementary School. After the 1st round, we had a reception by the principal of the school, attended by a lot of school teachers and parents.   Read more...

Second Croatian Go Week, May 21-27, 2018, with Catalin Taranu, 5p

By Damir Medak | Articles | 09.06.2018 18:22

For the second year, the Croatian Go Alliance (HIGOU) is performing a go project in several schools in different cities of Croatia. This year, the project name is “Go – the game with(out) boundaries”. The partners are one kindergarten, four primary schools (Jastrebarsko, Lipovljani, Velika Gorica and Zagreb), two secondary schools (Zagreb and Kutina), one special education center (Velika Gorica), and the mathematical society from Tuhelj. The project is financed for one school year (ending in August 2018) by the Croatian Ministry of Science and Education. We appreciate the kind support of the Nihon ki-in, the Embassy of Japan to Croatia and the European Go Federation very much.  Read more...

10th Kido Cup 2018

By Tony Claasen | Articles | 24.05.2018 11:25

This year the anniversary of the 10th Kido Cup in Hamburg was celebrated with the visit of star player Lee Chang-ho 9p from Korea.  Read more...

The European Pair go Championship 2018 - Ascona

By Laura Avram | Articles | 09.04.2018 15:58 | Comments: 1

The 21th Pair go Championship took place on the weekend of the 7th and 8th of April in Ascona, Switzerland. It has been preceded by a two-day long seminar taught by Li Yue, 5d, at which any interested go player could take part.  Read more...

EGF Adopts Official Anthem

By Viktor Lin | Articles | 01.04.2018 15:05 | Comments: 1

After the AGA has adopted its anthem, the EGF follows suit.  Read more...