The Dutch Open, held in Amsterdam on 30 May–1 June, attracted 54 participants from 11 countries. It was part of the European Grand Prix, a Bonus Points level B tournament. After six rounds of intense struggle, two players from the top group had five wins, so the Championship was decided by the tie-breakers. The winner […]
In mid-2023 conversations started about hosting the World Amateur in North America in 2025. A few months later we started looking closely at Vancouver, and soon thereafter a venue contract was signed, and planning kicked into high gear. With key organisers in the USA, Toronto, Japan, and Vancouver the planning was complex, but as the […]
The last round of the online stage of the Pandanet European Team Championship was played on 13 May. The top four teams of the A League – Ukraine, France, Czechia, and Poland – qualified for the finals, which will be held at the European Go Congress (EGC) in Warsaw this summer. This is the first […]
The 53rd Prague Go Tournament was held on 2–4 May and attracted 182 participants, including numerous top European players. After six rounds, three participants topped the tournament table with five wins, so the final results were decided by the tie-breaker (SOS). The winner was Lukas Podpera 7d, Andrii Kravets 2p was the runner-up, and Kim […]
The 52nd Paris International Tournament, one of the oldest European competitions, was held on 19–21 April, bringing together 182 participants. After six rounds of intense struggle, three players topped the tournament table with five wins. The tie-breakers decided the final order: the winner was Oh Chimin 8d, Valerii Krushelnytskyi 7d was the runner-up, and Yuan […]
The 1st Beihai Xinyi Cup, a new international professional competition, started on 10 April in Beihai, China. The tournament is a knockout of 64 top professionals. Europe was invited to nominate two players. Tanguy Le Calve 1p and Stanislaw Frejlak 1p lost in the first round to Kyo Kagen 9p and Tu Xiaoyu 9p, respectively. […]
The Kyrgyz Go Federation would like to invite go players around the world to participate in the 4th International Summer Tournament Issyk-Kul Cup 2025 on 19–23 June. Alongside the five-round go tournament, there are numerous side activities available for players and their families. More detailed information can be found on the tournament website.
Three European players took part in the amateur edition of the 2025 SENKO Cup, also called World Go Women’s Championship. This tournament was held on 14 March in Tokyo and featured a knockout of eight participants: Rita Pocsai 5d (Hungary) Manja Marz 4d (Germany) Olesia Malko 4d (Ukraine) Amy Song 5d (Australia) Seowoo Wang 5d […]
The European Youth Go Championship took place on 6–8 March in Vatra Dornei, Romania. Catalin Taranu 5p, the main organiser, hosted here the World Youth Go Championship last year, the European Go Congress in 2022, and several other international events. The event consisted of two tournaments: the U12 and U18 age categories. In the U12 […]
The 8th European Professional Championship was held at the same time and venue as the 8th Professional Qualification – the Go7 club in Vienna on 13–16 February. This round-robin tournament attracted seven professional players: six certified by the EGF and Li Ting 1p certified by the Kansai Ki-in. The winner was Andrii Kravets 2p, who […]
The 8th European Professional Qualification was held in Vienna on 10–16 February. It brought together the 12 strongest European amateurs who battled in a round-robin for the title of the tenth professional player certified by the EGF. Benjamin Dréan-Guénaïzia 7d won nine games out of eleven and thus became the new European professional! Lukas Podpera […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 first tie-breaker criterium was mutual game, so Mateusz claimed the Confucius Cup – he beat […]
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 8p was the winner, remaining undefeated after all five rounds. Two players followed with […]
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 lost one game out of five, but according to the tiebreakers Manja was the runner-up […]