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Vienna to Host Two Important European Events

Two important European events will soon take place in Vienna at the same time and venue: the 8th Professional Qualification on 10–16 February and the 8th Professional Championship on 13–16 February. The Professional Qualification will bring together 12 strongest amateur players who battle in a round-robin for the title of the tenth professional player certified […]

Oh Chimin 8d Wins TIGGRE – Ellie Cup

Oh Chimin on the left is the winner, Hwang Inseong on the right is the sponsor, and Ellie in the middle is Inseong’s daughter and the eponym of the tournament One of the biggest annual European tournaments, the TIGGRE – Ellie Cup, was held on 25–26 January in Grenoble, France, bringing together 150 participants. The […]

Valerii Krushelnytskyi 7d Wins European Grand Prix Finale

The 8th European Grand Prix Finale took place on 3–6 January in Karlsruhe, Germany. This event brought together 16 players who demonstrated the best results in the 2024 European Grand Prix – a series of tournaments held during the last year. The winner was Valerii Krushelnytskyi 7d, who remained undefeated. The runner-up and Valerii’s opponent […]

Overview of European Go in 2024

The European Go scene as ever featured bright events in 2024. Let’s recall the most important of them. Hamburg hosted two important competitions on 20–23 March: the Professional Championship (winner: Mateusz Surma 3p) and the Youth Championship. The latter brought together almost 100 participants and the winners were Benoit Robichon 3d (U21 age category), Yuze […]

Demis Hassabis Visits the Nihon Kiin

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 game of Go, in Tokyo in late November 2024. Hassabis, a chess master, learned Go when […]

2024–2025 Season of Pandanet European Team Championship Starts

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 against Hungary and Sweden. Turkey is a newcomer in League A and so far lost […]