Artem in the 13th Sankei Cup Main Tournament

By Viktor Lin | European Pros | 26.03.2017 3:58 | Comments: 1

Artem Kachanovskyi 1p qualified for the 13th Sankei Cup main tournament through the pro preliminaries.
On Wednesday 29 March Artem will play 19-year-old amateur Miyagishi Reimei, a familiar face in Japan's go scene. The round starts at 12:30 Japanese time (05:30 Central European Summer Time) and you can follow the live broadcast on the Kansai Ki-in homepage.  Read more...

CEGO Academic Programme 2016/17 in Beijing

By Viktor Lin | Articles | 20.03.2017 1:48 | Comments: 3

From September 2016 to February 2017, six European players were handpicked to study go in China under the CEGO Academic Programme: the two professionals Ali Jabarin 1p and Mateusz Surma 1p; two players, Jonas Welticke 6d and Stanisław Frejlak 6d, who recently joined the realm of 6d players in order to qualify for the programme; and two youngsters, Vjacheslav Kajmin 4d (now 5d) and Oscar Vazquez 3d (now 4d), who promptly won the European U20 and U16 Youth Champion titles respectively after returning from Beijing.
Below you can find the diary of Jonas Welticke who, in his unique artistic writing style (not quite unlike his go style), gives a first-hand recount, highlighting selected details of his experiences during the CEGO Academic Programme in Beijing.  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...

1st Ellie Cup in Grenoble

By Viktor Lin | News | 27.02.2017 1:12 | Comments: 1

Accompanying the European Youth Go Championship 2017 in Grenoble, the TIGGRE (Tournoi International de Go Grenoble) was held simultaneously from 18 to 19 February, also known as the 1st edition of the Ellie Cup. This tournament was sponsored by Hwang In-seong and the European Yonguseng Dojang and named after his newborn daughter.  Read more...

Artem Kachanovskyi 1p vs. Sonoda Yuichi 9p

By Viktor Lin | Reviews | 15.11.2016 23:08

On 2 November 2016, Artem Kachanovskyi 1p defeated Sonoda Yuichi 9p in the final round of the Sankei Cup pro division preliminaries. A commentary of this game was provided by Ge Yuhong Go Academy, the biggest Go school in China.  Read more...

Artem advances to the 13th Sankei Cup main tournament

By Viktor Lin | International | 02.11.2016 18:15 | Comments: 1

The preliminary rounds of the 13th Sankei Cup were played on 31 October and 2 November 2016.
This is the third time that the Kansai Ki-in invites foreign pros to play in the annual tournament sponsored by the Sankei newspaper. Europe was represented by the EGF pros Artem Kachanovskiy 1p and Mateusz Surma 1p.  Read more...

Kim Jiseok 9p vs. Choi Cheolhan 9p

By Viktor Lin | Reviews | 10.10.2016 18:21 | Comments: 1

On 20 August 2016, two of the best players of Korea, Kim Jiseok 9p (White) and Choi Cheolhan 9p (Black), faced each other in the Korean league. A phenomenon occured that the grand majority of go players will never see in a lifetime in their own games: the Two-Headed Dragon.  Read more...

Ilya Shikshin 7d vs. Wang Yuanjun 6p

By Viktor Lin | Reviews | 07.09.2016 20:59

A little known event concerning European Go happened at the SportAccord World Mind Games that took place in December 2013:

In the Men's Team Division, Ilya Shikshin 7d (now 1p) defeated the #1 player of Taiwan, Wang Yuanjun 6p (now 9p).  Read more...

3rd World Collegiate Weichi Championship

By Viktor Lin | International | 16.07.2016 1:22

The third annual World Collegiate Weichi Championship, organised and sponsored by the Ing Foundation, was held in Toronto/Kanada from 8-12 July 2016. The playing venue and accommodation were located on the University of Missassauga campus.  Read more...