8th Qionglong Cup

By Tony Claasen | International | 26.11.2017 1:08

8th Bingsheng Cup or 8th Qionglong Cup in Suzhou/China
Manja Marz from Germany represented Europe in this tournament.  Read more...

The French Championship 2017, an interview with Benjamin Dréan Guénaïzia the champion of 2017

By Tony Claasen | Interviews | 06.11.2017 13:55

An interview with Benjamin Dréan Guénaïzia, telling us a little about himself and giving us a small insight of his impression of this years championship.  Read more...

Interview with Michiel Eijkhout, author of the book Close Encounter with the Middle Game

By Tony Claasen | Interviews | 27.10.2017 18:50 | Comments: 1

In May 2016 Close Encounters with the Middle Game, written by Michiel Eijkhout, 6 dan appeared at Kiseido publishing company as the 10th and last part in the Mastering the Basics Series (K80). The book consists of 32 in-depth analyses of the same number of propositions, yes you guessed it correctly, from 32 professional games.  Read more...

Close Encounters with the Middle Game, a readers review

By Tony Claasen | Reviews | 23.10.2017 16:24

In May 2016 Close Encounters with the Middle Game, written by Michiel Eijkhout, 6 dan appeared at Kiseido publishing company as the 10th and last part in the Mastering the Basics Series (K80).

A selection from 32 of his articles written for the Dutch Go Magazine.
Explaining some basic moves played in actual professional games.
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Meijin Title and 7 Crowns

By Tony Claasen | International | 17.10.2017 18:27

Iyama Yuta wins Meijin Title and once more holds all 7 top titles in one hand.  Read more...

German Women Championship 2017

By Tony Claasen | News | 07.10.2017 18:45

The women's championship also gave us a new champion, Maike Wilms.
We have for you the results, a review of the deciding game, and an interview with the new champion herself.  Read more...

German Championship 2017

By Tony Claasen | News | 07.10.2017 15:17

This year's final was played over the course of 4 days from the 30th of September until the 4th of October 2017.
Also included is an interview with the new champion Jonas Welticke 6D from Bonn.  Read more...

Reader's review of the 2016 Yearbook of European Go

By Tony Claasen | Reviews | 04.10.2017 18:41

Recently, I interviewed Kim Ouweleen, author of the first yearbook ever to be published by the European Go Federation. I asked him about the project and the ups and downs of his writing process. In this article, however, I focus on the yearbook from my own perspective and report my impressions as the reader.  Read more...

Interview with Kim Ouweleen, author of the 2016 EGF Yearbook

By Tony Claasen | Interviews | 29.09.2017 18:31 | Comments: 2

For the first time in the history of European Go, the EGF has published a yearbook. It was officially released at the European Go Congress in Oberhof and was praised ever since. We caught up with the author, Kim Ouweleen 4d from the Netherlands, in an interview.  Read more...