Call for volunteers at EGC 2018 in Pisa

By Maurizio Parton | News | 14.01.2018 12:07

The annual European Go Congress is the main event for go players around Europe. Hundreds of go players of all levels from all around the world gather, each summer in a different country, to play official tournaments, study, follow lessons from professionals and meet together for two weeks. EGC 2018 in Pisa, from 27 July to 12 August, provides this and much more: parallel tournaments, tourism, the historical setting of Pisa and Tuscany and the nice sea of nearby beaches. Have a look at our web site and subscribe now!  Read more...

In-seong’s Winter Go Camp 2017 & Interview with In-seong

By Nicole De Beer | News | 26.12.2017 7:53 | Comments: 2

In the week before Christmas, a group of almost 40 people gathered in Kyllburg in the picturesque German Eifel, for 4 days of go-lessons and games. The organizer was Inseong Hwang, who schedules this Winter Camp every year in addition to running the Yunguseng Dojang (www.yunguseng.com), his successful internet go school.

The content of the Winter Camp is similar to one month of the online Yunguseng Dojang. Participants play five games against each other, every game is reviewed in detail by one of the teachers, and between games various topics are explained in lectures.  Read more...

Czech Woman Championship 2017

News | 04.12.2017 17:31

The penultimate event in the Czech tournament calendar for 2017, the Czech Women's Championship, took place at the same location as the Go Baron tournament - café Do Větru - in the first weekend of December (2. - 3. 12.). Alžběta Kadlecová 2k (Czech Women's Champion of 2015) become ill and could not attend.   Read more...

Czech Go Baron 2017

News | 02.12.2017 8:53

The most prestigious title tournament in Czech Go, the Go Baron, was held in the last weekend of November, 24-26. The top Czech players of today and of yesteryear were invited for the preliminary tournament. Only 12 players have the possibility to challenge for the Go Baron title. The tournament is generously sponsored by its founder and director Ing. Josef Němec. The prize pool is three gold ounces, i.e. more than 3500€, based on the current price of gold.  Read more...

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...

New record set at the Russian Championship 2017!

By Viktor Lin | News | 20.11.2017 23:40 | Comments: 1

The Russian Championship was held from 13 to 18 November 2017 in St. Petersburg, in the familiar Azimut Hotel that also hosted, amongst others, the EGC 2016. The favourite, Ilja Shikshin 1p, won the tournament, albeit not without difficulties.  Read more...

Survey about European Go News

News | 20.11.2017 11:11

We published news on this webpage now for two years. How do you like it so far? You can fill out the survey to tell us bit how and what you like best and what is not so good or missing. Main topics are frequency of news, type of content and also some related projects like the yearbook we did for 2016.

Please take 5 minutes and let us know how good we are! Thx.  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...

Shanglü Cup 2017

By Johannes Obenaus | International | 05.11.2017 9:02

The Shanglü Cup is China’s biggest amateur tournament. It is hosted by the Hangzhou Qiyuan, and held in their huge 34 floor building, which combines a go school with a hotel. The attractive prize pool of roughly 35,000 € gathered 277 players together from 27th of October to 1st of November.  Read more...