University College Cork will be holding another of their fine tournaments this year, with some talk of free pizza in the air. It will be a 5 round class B event on the 4th and 5th of December. More details are available on their new website
The Belfast Open saw a fair crowd of 18 players and 1 ghost turning out to do battle. The winner was David Phillips (1d) of the Isle of Man, who gracefully lost his last round game thus creating a four way tie for second. Claas Roever (1k) and James Hutchinson (1k) shared second place on [...]
University College Cork (UCC) will host it’s 4th open tournament on December 4th and 5th. More details here.
The webpage for the Belfast Open is now available to view. The open will take place on the 25th and 26th of September. We are trying to get an extra round on Saturday evening, but for the moment we are a 4 round, Class B event. Everyone is very welcome to attend! Additionally Issue 6 [...]
Showing no fear, 18 brave Go players battled through the floods, sea serpents, and raging winds to enjoy a weekend of Go in Cork. Although local hero Wei Wang dropped a point this time, he still emerged winner on MMS. Following closely behind were Tong-Yu Cao and Kim Ouleween, the latter visiting from the Netherlands [...]
Details for the UCC Open are now available, see webpage for details. The event will take place on the weekend of the 28/29th November instead of February next year. It will be EGF Class B with 5 rounds.
The 2009 edition of the Belfast Open saw a rise in numbers, with 17 players in all. Nobody was able to defeat Edinburgh’s latest resident dan – Matt Crosby – who topped the tournament table on 4 wins. In second place was Laurens Spijker, who was also the furthest travelled hailing as he did from [...]
Details for the Belfast Open are now available, see webpage for details. The event will take place on the weekend of the 26/27th September. It will be EGF Class B and either 4 or 5 rounds. Issue 2 of the Newsletter is also available to IGA members
44 players turned out for this year’s Irish Go Congress. In-Seong Hwang (7d) returned to Dublin to take this year’s title with a perfect 5/5 score against tough opposition. In second place was Chi Min Oh (7d), while in third place on tiebreak was Csaba Mero (6d) edging out Corkonian students Wei Wang (6d) and [...]
Play go, see the world – a selection of upcoming European tournaments: April 3rd-5th Chester (British Go Congress) April 10th-12th Copenhagen (Nordic Championship) April 23rd-26th Prague (12th European PairGo Championship) May 9th-10th – Madrid (XII Madrid Go Tournament – PandaNet Tournament) May 21st-24th – Amsterdam (38th Amsterdam International – Pandanet Major Tournament)