John Power, renowned author of Invincible, translator of Ishida’s joseki dictionary (among other classic go books) and former editor of Go World, is in Ireland for the next two weeks and expects to attend Collegians go club regularly while he’s here. Please come down and welcome him to Dublin, and enjoy a game and [...]
Our Online Interprovincials is scheduled to begin in September, you can register your interest on the newsgroup, or leave a comment here.
The Belfast Tournament will now have 5 rounds after a series of grueling phone calls. It takes place at Belfast Boat Club on the 25th and 26th of September, you can play for just [...]
We now have a translation of the rules of Go in Gaelic. The translation was made by Aonghus O’Lochlainn, our thanks to him.
The 31st World Amateur Go Championship will be taking place in China this year. Ireland will be represented by the venerable John Gibson. You can follow the action via the ranka online magazine.
Update - John won his first round game, see article for details.
The Cork Go Club has moved it’s weekly meetings to the Idle Hour pub on Albert Quay in the Cork docklands area. Meetings will occur every Tuesday night at 8:30pm. The venue is also used by the Cork Chess Club for blitz games so everyone can enjoy playing Go, Chess and Chinese Chess.
Any speakers of the language might be interested in this brief report from the Isle of Skye Go Tournament, taken from BBC Alba. The main narrator is Neil Mitchinson, former AGI president.
Evidently our outreach programme is making headway - check out the reviews of Larry Murphy’s on yelp.ie
Cork’s Wei Wang took second place in the London Open, beating the French and British champions on his way, losing only to the eventual winner Wang Zi. Wei Wang won the accompanying Pair Go event together with Yanqi Zhang (French Champion).
Also note that Issue 4 of the IGA Newsletter is now available, if you have [...]
Ulster and Munster faced off in the Ireland Room on KGS tonight. After a month’s altitude training in Donegal, Ulster’s board 1 soon triumphed. It wasn’t long before boards 2 and 3 followed. Final Score Ulster 3 - Munster 0
Ulster now move through to the finals where they will face the winners of Leinster - [...]
Olivier Deme represented Ireland in the Korean Prime Minister’s Cup - managing a respectable 59th place with 2 wins. You can find results on Senseis Library.
Also there is a tournament in Cork planned for the 28th and 29th of November, and the online interprovincials tournament should be starting up soon. Finally, issue 3 of the [...]
