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Czech Youth Go Championships 2012 - U12 - U16 - U20
- Published on Monday, 06 February 2012 11:32
The Czech Youth Go Championships 2012 were played on Januari 28 and 29. 
Winner in the under 20 group was Lukas Podpera 5d (photo left). Under 16 was won by Samuel Havelka 3k (photo center) and the under 12 group by Vojtech Vasa 16k (photo right).
2011 British Small Board Championship
- Published on Wednesday, 25 January 2012 23:07
Andrew Simons won the slightly delayed 2011 British Small Board Championship, played on 22 January 2012, to hold on to his title won in 2010, by beating Tim Hunt, despite losing to him in their first game.
Ukrainian Youth Go Championship (under 12) 2012
- Published on Tuesday, 24 January 2012 00:02
The Ukrainian Youth Go Championship (under 12) 2012, a class A tournament, played from 21-01-2012 to 22-01-2012 in Rivne, Ukraine, was won by Valerii Krushelnytskyi 2k, second came Yaroslav Malko 11k and third was Anastasiia Vavryk 13k.
Go Goodwill Tournament 2012
- Published on Monday, 23 January 2012 00:48
The World Chinese Weiqi Federation and Go Association of Thailand
are organizing at the Felix River Kwai Resort in Kanchanaburi, Thailand the Go Goodwill Tournament 2012.
With over 250 players and officials subscribed everything is set to have this year again a memorable and nice tournament.
This year the tournament is honoured to welcome Mr. Shigeyuki Muraoka (Professional 9 Dan) and Mrs. Mika Muraoka (Professional 4 Dan)who will play teaching games with the participants
Romanian National Veteran Championship 2012
- Published on Thursday, 19 January 2012 09:55
The Romanian National Veteran Championship 2012, a class A tournament, played from 14-01-2012 to 15-01-2012 in Bucuresti, Romania, was won by Adrian Ghioc 5d.
Memorial Tournament for S.A. Mezhov
- Published on Tuesday, 17 January 2012 16:59
If one ever wanted to grant somebody to win a tournament it would be that Oleg Mezhov 6d would win the tournament organized to honor his father S.A. Mezhov, one of the great persons of the Russian Go world, did a lot to promote Go, and gave Russia many strong Go players, but regrettably he passed away on July 26 2009.
This year it was held in Moscow on January 21. It was a blitz-tournament and broadcasted on EuroGoTV-Russia.
Winner was: OLEG MEZHOV 6d!!!!!!!!
Second came Andrej Kashaev 5d and third was Dmitrij Surin 6d.
Oleg is a very modest, honest and sympathic guy who truly loves go and like his father a gifted Go-teacher too.
Russian Championship under 12 2012
- Published on Sunday, 15 January 2012 20:00
The Russian Championship under 12, a class A tournament, played from 06-01-2012 to 08-01-2012 in Cheljabinsk, Russia, was won by Vjacheslav Kajmin 1d, second came Artem Khudoleev 1d and third was Alexandr Glushko 1k.
Hungarian Youth Championships 2012
- Published on Tuesday, 10 January 2012 16:46
Gyorgy Zahonyi 9k (photo by j van dam eurogotv)
On January 8 the Hungarian Youth Championships were played in 3 groups.
The group under 20 was as expected won by Dominik Boviz 1k with a 100% score.
The under 16 group had a small upset as Sebestyen Csoti 7k won all his games, even the one against Robert Csizmadia 4k.
The under 12 group had no surprise with David Matolcsi 8k winning all his games.
(photo: Gyorgy Zahonyi 9k who came third in the under 16 group)
London Open 2011
- Published on Wednesday, 04 January 2012 21:24
The London Open was won by YoungSam Kim 7d who won all his games.
Second came Lingjun Miao 4d and third was Yunlong Liu 3d.
For a more detailed report and results please visit the BGA website.
The 6th Korea Prime Minister Cup International Amateur Baduk Championship
- Published on Sunday, 16 October 2011 17:57
The 6th Korea Prime Minister Cup International Amateur Baduk Championship starts from Oct. 20 in Pohang city. About 90 people from 72 countries, representatives of each country and guest officials of AGF, are invited to compete and see which country has the best amateur player. Besides the championship, there will be various events such as team tournament, simultaneous games by pros, and photograph exhibition of Korean Baduk history. It is also a venue for the AGF general meeting.
Matthew holds on to British Championship
- Published on Sunday, 09 October 2011 06:01
In an exciting third and deciding game Matthew Macfadyen killed a group early on and held on against everything Nick Krempel could throw at him. Eventually Nick had to resign allowing Matthew to be champion for another year.
2011 “Business Cup” Hangzhou International Cities Go Competition
- Published on Sunday, 02 October 2011 12:25
The 2011 Hangzhou International Cities Go Competition will be held from October 30 to November 4 in the Hangzou branch of China Qi-Yuan (inside Tianyuan tower Hotel).
This Competition is organized by the Hangzhou Weiqi association and the Weiqi professional commitee of Zhejian Chess asssociation. Countries or regions such as China, South Korea, North Korea, Japan , Mongolia, America, Canada, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong and Macao of China, etc. will be teamed up by city. At the same time participation of player groups from other countries are also welcomed. Each team contains 3 players, 1 leader, 1 coach or worker. Max. 30 teams can enter the competition.
You can download the competition rules and infos here.
Win a trip to the World Mind Games in Beijing
- Published on Wednesday, 14 September 2011 23:36
The first edition of SportAccord World Mind Games will take place from 8-16 December 2011 in Beijing, China.
This unique multi-sport event which highlights the great value of mind sports will include five sports; Bridge, Chess, Draughts, Go and Xiangqi. The world best players will deliver top-level performances and create new valuable experiences based on intelligence, strategy and exercise of mind.
We invite you as Mind Sport fan to participate in SportAccord World Mind Games online tournament!
The winner of the online tournament will be invited to the first edition of the World Mind Games in Beijing, and will be awarded by a commemorative medal and diploma during the SAWMG official banquet.
Flight, accommodation and invitations to attend the whole event is supported by Samsung and Rado.The online tournament is supervised by the International Go federation with the support and cooperation of Pandanet.
Click here more information and registration.
Sport Accord World Mind Games 2011
- Published on Wednesday, 14 September 2011 23:22
The first Sport Accord World Mind Games (SAWMG) sponsored by SportAccord will be held from December 9 to 16 at Beijing International Convention Center in Beijing, China.
With the cooperation of International Mind Sport Association, exciting games by top players from the world are expected in 5 categories of Chess, Bridge, Drafts, Go and Xianqqi.
In case of Go, top players from 6 countries and areas (China, Japan, Korea, Chinese Taipei, U.S.A. and Europe) will play for team and pair go games.
During the 1st SAWMG, RANKA online will present reports and up-to-date news from the venue on game results and other items. We hope everyone will log on.
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