http://www.irish-go.org Web site for the Irish Go Association. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:47:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Monday, 15th March sees the debut of a new go club in Dublin, which will meet in the Tea Garden on Ormond Quay.  There will be one set left there from this evening but we would recommend that you bring your own to club meetings as we won't be able ... http://www.irish-go.org/2010/03/15/tea-garden-club-debuts/ The results for both the Rapid and the Open are now up on the website. You can find photographs too. http://www.irish-go.org/2010/03/08/full-congress-results-available/ A total of 41 players participated in the Irish Go Congress this year, prominent amongst which were a large party of invading Dutch. They couldn't stop Ondrej Silt taking first place in the Open though, just ahead of local Corkonian Student Wei Wang. Sharing third on SOS were Willem-Koen PombeestPomstra ... http://www.irish-go.org/2010/03/07/7th-march-irish-congress-results/ Colin MacSweeny and Rory Wales played their final Top 8 game for this year on KGS. Rory (w) fought hard, but was unable to prevent Colin getting his first win this year. http://www.irish-go.org/2010/02/28/28-feb-top-8-news/ Connaught have won the first Online Interprovincial Championships with a 2-1 victory over Ulster on KGS tonight. Congratulations to them! The third place play-off is still to be completed, see tournament page. http://www.irish-go.org/2010/02/28/27-feb-connaught-seal-interprovincial-victory/ The first entries are coming in for the Congress - you can see the list of entrants here. I'd encourage anyone planning on attending to get their entry in early - you'll save a few quid and considerably ease the job of the tournament director. See the main ... http://www.irish-go.org/2010/02/25/2010-irish-go-congress-update/ All action at Larry Murphys this evening as Eoghan Barry (B) went down in flames to Noel Mitchell (W) while John Gibson (W) held onto a lead while shedding what he later described as "non-essential" stones to squeak a 1.5 point victory over Colin MacSweeny.  Only two games remain to ... http://www.irish-go.org/2010/02/25/old-guard-show-whippersnappers-a-thing-or-two/ James and Michael played their Top 8 game on KGS on Saturday night. After a complicated struggled James (black) pulled clear in yose to win by 8.5 points. On Monday night James and Ian then played their game in Belfast Boat Club. Despite inventing a new joseki, James (white) won ... http://www.irish-go.org/2010/02/20/20-feb-top-8-news/ Noel (w) faced Rory (b) on KGS last night in another Top 8 battle. In what was an interesting game White gradually pulled himself back from a poor start to win by 9.5 points. This keeps alive Noel's chances of reaching the final. The full scoretable is available. http://www.irish-go.org/2010/02/17/16-february-top-8-news/ "Move 40 lost the game" said Rory Wales (W) after a game fraught with many basic errors on his part.  The Pride of Cork fought on for another hour but eventually capitulated to Eoghan Barry (B). The following day James Hutchinson (w) defeated Colin MacSweeny on KGS. Colin started well, having ... http://www.irish-go.org/2010/02/06/top-8-result-8/