Dr Demis Hassabis is a co-winner of this year’s Nobel prize in chemistry. Hassabis, 48, CEO and co-founder of Google DeepMind, developed the AI model AlphaFold to predict protein structures. Hassabis visited the Nihon Ki-In, the Japanese headquarters of the … Continue reading →
A new season of the Pandanet European Team Championship (PGETC) started last month and round two of the online league was played on 12 November. The team of Poland is the leader so far: they won the first two rounds … Continue reading →
The Nanyang Cup World Go Masters Tournament is a new knockout international tournament for the strongest professional players in the world. North America, Europe, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia were invited to nominate one player each. The first four rounds … Continue reading →
The 4th China Town Go Cup was held in Warsaw on 12–13 October and brought together 156 participants including six professional players and numerous top European amateurs. This makes it one of the biggest weekend tournaments in Europe. Lee Minjin … Continue reading →
The Confucius Cup took place in Dublin on 21–22 September, attracting 36 participants from 12 countries including several top European players. After five rounds, three players had four points: Mateusz Surma 3p, Lukas Podpera 7d, and Cornel Burzo 7d. The … Continue reading →
The European Women’s Championship took place on 14–15 September in Bratislava and brought together 24 participants. The winner was Li Ting 1p, who remained undefeated and thus repeated her last year’s success. Manja Marz 4d and Olesia Malko 3d both … Continue reading →
The European Student Championship was held on 7-8 September in Novi Sad, Serbia. Traditionally the smallest of the European Championships, this competition brought together ten participants from Serbia, Bulgaria, and Czechia. The winner was Sinan Dzhepov, 5d who remained undefeated … Continue reading →
The 39th World Youth Go Championship (WYGC) was held on 25–29 August in Vatra Dornei, Romania. The main organiser, Catalin Taranu 5p, has already hosted here the 2022 European Go Congress, the 2018 European Professional Championship, and numerous annual Winter … Continue reading →
The 66th European Go Congress (EGC) was held on 26 July–10 August in Toulouse, France. As ever, numerous players from all around the world came to enjoy their favorite game. The official events traditionally held at the EGC were the … Continue reading →
The European Championship was held on 28 July–4 August in Toulouse, France as a part of the 65th European Go Congress and brought together 32 European top players. As usual, the tournament mode was a double-elimination system until eight participants … Continue reading →