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 […]