2021 Austrian Open, Helmut Wiltschek Memorial

By Tony Claasen | Articles | 16.11.2021 21:35

The Austrian open this year was dedicated to the memory of Helmut Wiltschek  Read more...

Grandslam Qualification Tournament

By Tony Claasen | News | 16.11.2021 18:42

The tournament for top European amateurs to qualify for the 2021 Grand Slam in Serbia.

10 players signed up for three seats in the 2021 Grand Slam.  Read more...

6th European Pro Qualification 2021

By Tony Claasen | News | 21.10.2021 0:24 | Comments: 2

Brief impressions of the tournament in Leksand, accompanied by a short interview with Stanislaw Frejlak.

16 players played a KO (best of 3 in every round) to decide who would be the next European Professional go player.

All games were played face to face in Leksand, and some have been broadcast on KGS with commentary on Twitch.  Read more...

An interview with Lukáš Podpěra

By Tony Claasen | Interviews | 20.04.2021 10:18 | Comments: 1

This interview with Lukáš Podpěra was planned for 2 sessions after we had a small discussion about playing online.

Focus on yourself and be honest in your game and the plans you set.
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Winter Go Festival 2020 in Vatra Dornei

By Tony Claasen | News | 19.02.2020 17:31

Once more Go and Skiing were combined harmoniously. Vatra Dornei saw lots of fun being had, inside and outside, playing in the beautiful and family friendly environment.  Read more...

Mateusz Surma - Review of "Shapes of Minds" and "You won't get dumber while thinking"

By Tony Claasen | Reviews | 21.01.2020 21:45

Review of:
"Shapes of Minds" a book for new go players and people interested in the game.

"You won't get dumber while thinking", Life and Death problems Volumes 1 to 8.

The author Mateusz Surma 1p from Poland.  Read more...

European Grand Prix Final

By Tony Claasen | News | 19.01.2020 17:38

The Final of this year's event was held in Leksand, Sweden.  Read more...

6th Silk Road Tournament 2019 Vienna

By Tony Claasen | News | 06.11.2019 12:53

In his speech at the closing ceremony the sponsor Zhou Deming from the Xi An Go Association congratulated all the players for their high level, balanced games and results. The team prize was won by team Xian from China and a European won the individual tournament.  Read more...

European Championship 2019 in Brussels

By Tony Claasen | Articles | 12.08.2019 19:25

After the go congress comes the next go congress.
One week ago the congress of 2019 ended for me and there are only 50 weeks to go before the next one starts.  Read more...