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 […]

The European Pair Go Championship took place in Bistrita, Romania, on 5–7 June and brought together nine pairs. After six rounds, Lova Wåhlin 2d and Charlie Åkerblom 5d from Sweden were undefeated and claimed the championship; Manja Marz 4d and Johannes Obenaus 6d from Germany lost only to the winners and were the runners-up. Laura […]

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 […]