UCC Tournament Date Announced
Posted by rory on August 26th, 2010University College Cork (UCC) will host it’s 4th open tournament on December 4th and 5th. More details here.
Welcome to our website. The Irish Go Association is the official organisation for promotion of the ancient oriental game of Go in Ireland. We are members of the European Go Federation and the International Go Federation, and organise numerous club and tournament events throughout the year. The IGA promotes awareness of the game including teaching sessions and providing public infomation. Please read further here for details of member benefits and our activities.
More Power To Ye
Posted by eoghan on August 19th, 2010John 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 conversation with one of the english-speaking world’s most knowledgeable players - he managed to squeeze four games in last night so he’ll be hoping for some fresh competition this Monday.
20 July - General News
Posted by ian on July 20th, 2010Our 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 1 day if you like.
The Top 4 placed players in the Ladder are Ian Davis, James Hutchinson, Wenzhi Liang and Paul Brennan. If you want to climb above them you only have a few months left!
Belfast Open Announcement
Posted by ian on June 5th, 2010The 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 of the Irish Newsletter is now available for all IGA members.
Irish Translation
Posted by ian on May 29th, 2010We now have a translation of the rules of Go in Gaelic. The translation was made by Aonghus O’Lochlainn, our thanks to him.
30 May - WAGC news
Posted by ian on May 29th, 2010After a good start in the competition, John had a bit of an unlucky draw in the closing rounds. He finished in 52nd place with 2 wins and a lot of SOS.
Full results table here.
21 May - General News
Posted by ian on May 21st, 2010The 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.
Apr 29 - Online Interprovincial News
Posted by ian on April 29th, 2010The first online Interprovincial Tournament has come to a finish. Leinster triumphed over Munster in a 2-0 victory this weekend. Perhaps Munster’s poor preparation was illustrated by one of their player’s forgetting to turn up to play.
The full results are on the Interprovincial homepage, congratulations to Connaught on their title. Will they manage to hold on to it again next time round?
New Venue For Cork Go Club
Posted by rory on April 28th, 2010The 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.
Go in Gaelic
Posted by ian on April 19th, 2010Any 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.
