SEYGO Tour 2020 - Stage 1: Grenoble, France

By Dominique Cornuejols | Tournament | 25.06.2020 17:27

The first stage of the SEYGO Tour 2020 took place in Grenoble on 1st and 2nd February, as part of the TIGGRE - Ellie Cup tournament. This new tournament on the European scene is growing year after year, and for its third edition gathered together 157 players.  Read more...

SEYGO Tour 2019 - Stage 5: Lausanne EPFL, Switzerland

By Flavien Aubelle | Tournament | 28.11.2019 17:59

The fifth and final stage of the first season of the SEYGO Tour 2019 took place at the EPFL in Lausanne (Switzerland). The campus is located outside the city, with a beautiful view on the Lake Geneva. The choice of Lausanne for the venue of SEYGO Tour has an additional flavor: as the seat of the International Olympic Committee, Lausanne is the Olympic Capital of the World. The number of participants was balanced among three countries (12 players from Switzerland, 10 players from Romania, 8 players from Croatia) and among three age groups (8 players U20, 13 players U16, 9 players U12).  Read more...

SEYGO Tour 2019 - Stage 4: Vienna, Austria

By Damir Medak | Tournament | 28.11.2019 17:51

The fourth stage of the first season of the SEYGO Tour 2019 took place in Vienna, Austria. The tournament was held on August 17-18, 2019, as the highlight of the Vienna Go Camp, attended by a group of young Chinese players combined by a group of strong European players. The organizers (Viktor Lin, Li Ting and Marcel Gruenauer) provided an excellent atmosphere in and around the Go7 club. There were only three players in the group U20. Elian Grigoriu, 5d from Romaina, won all the games of the first day and had to leave securing the first place. Yaroslav Malko, 1k from Ukraine, was the second, and Mirta Medak, 2d from Croatia was the third. The group U16 had only one player, exposing the weakness fo the system: it is quite strange to get the title of the winner, maximum number of SEYGO points and a valuable SEYGO Voucher without the need to win a single game. On the other hand, the group U12 is always extremely competitive. In the final game, Olesia Malko, 3k from Ukraine, edged a victory against Dragos Boldeanu, 2d from Romania, practically securing the top position in overall Tour 2019.  Read more...

SEYGO Tour 2019 - Stage 3: Zaostrog, Croatia

By Damir Medak | Tournament | 28.11.2019 17:00

The third stage of the first season of the SEYGO Tour 2019 took place in Zaostrog, Croatia. The tournament was held on July 2-4, 2019, as the highlight of the Summer Go Camp lasting from Monday, 1st July to Monday, 8th July. According to the unique SEYGO Tour format, we had 63 players in three age groups: 38 players in U12, 17 players in U16, and 7 players in U20. In the group U20 the winner was Elian Grigoriu, 5d from Romania, who won all his games. In the group U16 it was Polina Kruselnytska, 3kyu from Ukraine, who won the final game against Davide Bernardis, 1d from Italy. It was even more dramatic in the group U12: Anna Melnyk, 5kyu from Ukraine, won the semi-final game against Stefan Rotarita, 1kyu from Romania, but the winner was Olesia Malko, 4kyu from Ukraine.   Read more...

Youth Go Country Report - France

By Chantal Gajdos | Country Report | 24.07.2019 19:40

The recent news of Youth Go in France is brought to us by Chantal Gajdos. France has a large population of go players and youngsters are getting better and better both in individual and in team youth championships.   Read more...

SEYGO Tour 2019 - Stage 2: Jena, Germany

By Manja Marz | Tournament | 24.07.2019 19:12

The second stage of the first year of SEYGO Tour took place in Jena, Germany, May 11-12, 2019. The tournament has been organized just one week after 24th European Youth Go Championships in Moscow. Nevertheless, 17 participants enjoyed in a nice go event hosted by Manja Marz.  Read more...

Youth Go Country Report - Ukraine

By Artem Kachanovskyi | Country Report | 17.07.2019 18:11

The developments of Youth Go in Ukraine is brought to us by Artem Kachanovskyi, 2p, a strong player and a great go teacher. It should be stressed that Ukraine is one of a few European countries which participated in so many European Youth Go Championships with a great success. This report raises a question how to improve youth go even more and gives ideas how to do it.  Read more...