A new online tournament has just started: the 1st Factorio Speed Go Championship. It’s a knockout competition for 16 European players. One pair of participants plays a best-of-five match each Sunday at 18:00 CET. The games are commented live on the EGF Twitch channel, and you can find the video records on the Factorio Speed Go Championship […]

The 2025 European Student Championship was held in Durham, UK on 11–12 October and attracted 12 participants. The winner was Ondrej Kralik 4d, who remained undefeated in all five rounds. Below is a record of his game against Frederic Schlattner 3d, the runner-up. Mihailo Jacimovic 3d finished third. For more information, see the report on […]

The European Women’s Go Championship was held in Prague on 4–5 October and brought together 29 participants from 11 countries. The winner was Li Ting 1p, who remained undefeated in all five rounds. Manja Marz 4d and Olesia Malko 4d won four games out of five and finished second and third, respectively. Li Ting has […]

The first Kagaribi Cup, an online match between five European and Japanese (Kansai Ki-in) professionals, was held online on 3 October. Fischer time control was applied: 5 minutes of basic time with a 15-second increment per move. European team: Benjamin Dréan-Guénaïzia 1p, Stanisław Frejlak 2p, Ali Jabarin 3p, Andrii Kravets 2p, Mateusz Surma 3p. Japanese […]

This year’s Confucius Cup in Dublin, a Bonus Point Level C tournament, brought together 28 participants on 27–28 September. The winner was Cornel Burzo 6d, who remained undefeated in all five rounds. Second came Mathieu Delli-Zotti 4d, and third place went to Zhang Fengyin 5d. The games were commented live by Mateusz Surma 3p and […]

Written by Makoto Moriwaki (Japan Pair Go Association) The Pair Go World Festival 2025 was held over three days on 8–10 August 2025 at Expo Messe ‘Wasse’ at the venue of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan. This report provides an overview of the three-day festival. More information can be found on the event webpage. 1. […]

The finals of the Pandanet European Team Championship were held at the European Go Congress in Warsaw at the beginning of the second week. The top four teams from League A qualified: Ukraine, France, Czechia, and Poland. The Polish team claimed the Championship for the first time. In the finals, they beat the teams of […]

The European Championship was held on 20–27 July at the European Go Congress in Warsaw. As usual, it brought together 32 of the strongest European players, who fought first in a double-elimination system and then in a knockout format starting from the quarter-finals. Mateusz Surma 3p remained undefeated and claimed his first European Championship. He […]

The 67th European Go Congress (EGC) will take place on 19 July–2 August in Warsaw, Poland. It will include two important European competitions open only to the qualified players: the European Championship and the finals of the Pandanet European Team Championship. The main games will be broadcast live. The EGC will also include numerous events […]

The Chinese C League was held in Wuxi on 9–17 June. The European team was once again invited to participate. The members of the team were Andrii Kravets 2p, Stanisław Frejlak 2p, Tanguy Le Calvé 1p, and Lukáš Podpěra 7d. The European team beat the team of Southeast Asia in round 2 with a score […]