News

By Damir Medak | Tournament | 22.04.2024 10:58
Since 64th European Go Congress in Vatra Dornei, Romania, in 2022, a SEYGO tournament for players 18 years old or younger is organized in parallel with the Pandanet Go European Team Championships Finals. The SEYGO event was played on July 26-27, 2024, in the venue of 66th European Go Congress in Toulouse. The best 3 players in each age group were awarded medals and vouchers. All participants collected SEYGO Points for the Season Six Trophy.  Read more...
By Damir Medak | News | 18.02.2024 10:48
After five successful seasons SEYGO Tour project, we continue with the Season Six, featuring traditional Winter and Summer go festivals in Romania and Croatia respectively, SEYGO at EGC parallel to the Pandanet Team Finals in Toulouse. This year we add Istanbul to the SEYGO map - with many young players in Turkey waiting to compete with youth from other countries. We believe that an event in Vienna will be held in Autumn 2024 as the Stage 5.  Read more...
By Damir Medak | Tournament | 18.12.2022 8:25
After four successful seasons, we start SEYGO Tour 2023 with a live tournament in Vienna, just after the New Year. In February, we continue with the traditional Winter Go Festival in Vatra Dornei, where everything began in 2019. In the second half of March 2023, European Youth Go Championships will be held in Antalya, Turkey. Participants of EYGC collect SEYGO Points for final standings. The next SEYGO tournament will be held as a prelude to the 65th European Go Congress in Markkleeberg/Leipzig, July 20-21, 2023. The fifth edition of Summer Go Camp in Zaostrog will be a SEYGO event as well. For other SEYGO tournaments we are still waiting for the organizers.  Read more...
By Damir Medak | Tournament | 05.11.2022 18:57
The Season Four of SEYGO Tour 2022 has been started with the Stage 1 on the Online Go Server in May 2022. The Stages 2 and 3 were played "live". For the first time, we had a SEYGO tournament as a prelude to the European Go Congress in July 2022 in Vatra Dornei, Romania. The next tournament was traditionally organized as a part of Summer Go Camp/Festival in Zaostrog, Croatia at the end of August 2022. The Stage 4 was played online in October 2022 on OGS. As usual, the total number of SEYGO points has been calculated including the participation in EYGC (March 2022) in Prague, Czechia, for all players who participate in any SEYGO tournament in 2022.  Read more...
By Damir Medak | News | 09.05.2022 8:37
After finishing the 27th European Youth Go Championships in March 2022 as a live-event in Prague, we believe that most of the tournaments in 2022 will be held “live”. Since we are lacking local organizers for “live” SEYGO Tournaments, the SEYGO Tour 2022 will be organized as a series of go-tournaments starting in virtual environment, with two tournaments to be played live during the summer 2022: at the beginning of the European Go Congress in Vatra Dornei, Romania and in Zaostrog, Croatia. Two additional tournaments will be held on OGS in October and November 2022.  Read more...
By Damir Medak | News | 25.10.2021 10:51
After the starting tournament on OGS and two successful live tournaments in Croatia and Romania, we had 26th European Youth Go Championships on OGS as an A-class tournament. The results of 26th EYGC will be used as additional points for all participants of SEYGO Tour 2021. We will have two more stages of SEYGO Tour at the end of November and at the beginning of December 2021. Tournaments will be held as 5 rounds, with knock-outs for best 8 in three last rounds.   Read more...
By Damir Medak | Tournament | 06.07.2021 9:09
After the successful online start of SEYGO Tour 2021, we announce two events with certain dates: Summer Go Festival in Zaostrog, Croatia, July 11-18, 2021, featuring SEYGO Tournament (Stage 2) with 39 registered participants and an Open tournament, and Vatra Dornei Stage 3, Romania, August 25-29, 2021. We invite all young players to register for participation in these events since results of tournaments are counting towards SEYGO Grand Prix 2021.  Read more...
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Calendar

The following map shows the venues of SEYGO Tour events in 2024. The journey started in Vatra Dornei, Romania, as a traditional Winter Go Festival on February 20-22, 2024. The next venue was Toulouse, France, just before the opening of the 66th European Go Congress, July 26-27, 2024.  The third tournament was held during 6th Summer SEYGO tournament in Zaostrog, Croatia, between August 17-24, 2024. The last event of the season is going to be in Istanbul, Turkey, October 19-20.

SEYGO_2024_map

The SEYGO Tour in 2024 will consist of live tournaments only.
29th European Youth Go Championships, which will be played live in Hamburg, Germany, March 21-23, 2023, will be counted toward SEYGO Tour 2024 Grand Prix.
The following table shows known dates and places for live SEYGO Tour events in 2024, with links to event organizers:

Date Event - Place (Country) Webpage
February 20-24, 2024 Stage 1 - Vatra Dornei (Romania) Winter Go Festival
March 21-23, 2024 EYGC - Hamburg (Germany) EYGC 2024
July 26-27, 2024 Stage 2 - Toulouse (France) EGC 2024, Short report
August 17 - 24, 2024 Stage 3 - Zaostrog (Croatia)

6th Summer Go Festival, a report coming soon
October 19-20, 2024 Stage 4 - Istanbul (Turkey) SEYGO Istanbul Info and Registration