XXI Japanese Ambassador Cup in Russia and a press conference

By Pavol Lisy | News | 31.10.2015 13:53 | Comments: 1

XXI Japanese Ambassador Cup in Russia, the biggest and the oldest Russian tournament, was held this weekend (from 24th to 25th October) in Moscow. The playing hall with a capacity of 160 players seemed to be too small for such a big number of interested players.
2 days before the tournament started, a big press conference was held at the Russia Today INA, where many big names took part.  Read more...

EGF Academy

By Viktor Lin | News | 23.10.2015 14:56

The EGF Academy is an initiative that started in spring 2015, made possible by a cooperation between the EGF, CEGO and Ge Yuhong Go Academy.   Read more...

French Championship 2015 + Lyon tournament

News | 07.10.2015 15:59

The final stage of the French Championship awards the honor of the best French player in 2015, as well as the qualification of the World Amateur Championship the next year. It therefore gathered many of the strongest French players to Lyon.  Read more...

Round 1 of the 6th PGETC

By Pavol Lisy | News | 28.09.2015 16:08

Round 1 of the 6th PGETC
The 6th Pandanet Go European Team Championship has started in September 2015. In this EGF-tournament 34 countries/teams fight for their placements in Leagues A,B,C. The best 4 teams from League A qualify for the Finals of the PGETC that will be held during the EGC in St. Petersburg. The games are played on internet on Pandanet-IGS in the EuropeanTeamChamp room generally Tuesday evenings (20:00 CET).   Read more...

Moravian Open Brno

By Pavol Lisy | News | 07.09.2015 21:54

The 14th International Brno Tournament, a Bonus Point C class tournament, was held on the weekend from 4th to 6th September 2015. The tournament took place in Hotel Santon, Brno, Czech Republic. It attracted 122 players from 10 countries from which 21 players were 5 dan or stronger. Many top players had come because of big prices, first prize 1200 euro and the top 10 players in rating before the tournament had accommodation and entry fee paid by the organizers. Top two boards were broadcasted on KGS under accounts "Brno 2015a" and "Brno2015b". Some games finished by half a point.  Read more...

Who will study in China?

By Pavol Lisy | News | 03.09.2015 13:30

The 3rd Edition of the CEGO Academic System had already started on 1st of September 2015 in Beijing, China. Thanks to EGF, CEGO and Ge Yuhong Go Academy some of our top players can study Go/Weiqi from September 2015 until beginning of February 2016 in the 3rd Edition. The Academy gives an opportunity to study during the whole year. Let me introduce you this year's students.  Read more...

EGC 2015 finished

By Pavol Lisy | News | 12.08.2015 13:06

The 59th WeiqiTV European Go Congress, held in Liberec, Czech Republic was finished by a Closing Ceremony on Saturday, 8th of August 2015. This was the first Congress where The European Championship had already finished after one week, therefore the second week was there for The Main Tournament and side tournaments such as The Omikron Rengo European Championship, 9x9 Tournament, Children Tournament, Ladies Tournament and Lightning Tournament.
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Highlights of EGC first week

News | 04.08.2015 19:42

The 59th WeiqiTV European Go Congress has started on 25th, July, taking place at the Babylon center in Liberec, Czech Republic. This yearly Go “festival” along with the charming town has attracted more than nine hundreds players and guests this year to join the event. The tournament site itself offers a lot of activities, including Aguapark, bowling and games center. Excitement can be seen everywhere in playing room on the Go board and outside at leisure time.  Read more...

Annual General Meeting 2015, some Updates

By Lorenz Trippel | News | 04.08.2015 17:01

This year's AGM was rather a calm one in comparison to the one last year. First the countries reps had to line up to get their voting power written on their voting ballot paper, bigger countries had 4 votes and the smaller ones only 1. In total there were 22 countries present, special guests like the board of the EGCC (European Go Cultural Center) and the representatives from the Nihon Kiin, China Qiyuan, IGF, AGF, CEGO and Mr. Ge Yuhong from the Ge Yuhong Academy.  Read more...