Second Croatian Go Week, May 21-27, 2018, with Catalin Taranu, 5p

By Damir Medak | Articles | 09.06.2018 18:22

For the second year, the Croatian Go Alliance (HIGOU) is performing a go project in several schools in different cities of Croatia. This year, the project name is “Go – the game with(out) boundaries”. The partners are one kindergarten, four primary schools (Jastrebarsko, Lipovljani, Velika Gorica and Zagreb), two secondary schools (Zagreb and Kutina), one special education center (Velika Gorica), and the mathematical society from Tuhelj. The project is financed for one school year (ending in August 2018) by the Croatian Ministry of Science and Education. We appreciate the kind support of the Nihon ki-in, the Embassy of Japan to Croatia and the European Go Federation very much.  Read more...

10th Kido Cup 2018

By Tony Claasen | Articles | 24.05.2018 11:25

This year the anniversary of the 10th Kido Cup in Hamburg was celebrated with the visit of star player Lee Chang-ho 9p from Korea.  Read more...

The European Pair go Championship 2018 - Ascona

By Laura Avram | Articles | 09.04.2018 15:58 | Comments: 1

The 21th Pair go Championship took place on the weekend of the 7th and 8th of April in Ascona, Switzerland. It has been preceded by a two-day long seminar taught by Li Yue, 5d, at which any interested go player could take part.  Read more...

EGF Adopts Official Anthem

By Viktor Lin | Articles | 01.04.2018 15:05 | Comments: 1

After the AGA has adopted its anthem, the EGF follows suit.  Read more...

1st Bratislava Kedros Cup

By Pavol Lisy | Articles | 12.03.2018 19:22 | Comments: 1

11 years after last Bratislava Casino tournament, Bratislava once again welcomed strong European players. Altogether, the tournament attracted 51 players from 10 countries, including two professional players...  Read more...

European Go Championship for Professionals, a full report

By Tony Claasen | Articles | 09.02.2018 14:09 | Comments: 2

European Professional Go Championship.
A full report on the third Championship in Vatra Dornei, Romania.  Read more...

European Women's Go Championship 2017, Ukraine

Articles | 24.08.2017 2:58

The European Women's Go Championship took place this year on the 19-20th of August in Odessa, Ukraine. It's nice to see that Ukraine is starting to be very active when it comes to organizing European championships. In addition to this year's European Women Go Championship, Ukraine will organize the European Youth Go Championship, which is perhaps the most popular European competition after the European Go Championship.
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The European Go Congress - An Overview of the first week

By Laura Avram | Articles | 31.07.2017 0:15

The European Go Congress is for many European go players the year's highlight go event. A go congress typically consists of playing go for two weeks, watching go lessons, meeting new and old friends and visiting new places. Its location changes every year from Western to Eastern and from Northern to Southern Europe. This year's congress is taking place in Oberhof, Germany between the 21st of July and the 6th of August.  Read more...

4th European Pro Qualification 2017, Vienna

By Laura Avram | Articles | 16.06.2017 16:19 | Comments: 7

This year's tournament that will end a European go player's amateur career began this week in Vienna, Austria. 16 players took part in this first stage of the tournament, called the European Pro qualification 2017. The first 3 rounds have been played on the 15th and 16th June in a double-knock-out system. The 8 players qualified after this first stage will be playing a knock-out tournament in July in Pardubice to decide the new European Champion. But before jumping into the details, here is a brief history of the professional go system in Europe.  Read more...