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Welcome to the Irish Go Association (IGA) website. Learn about the ancient game of Go (aka Baduk or WeiQi) and find out where you can join one of our clubs throughout Ireland. Be sure to check out the IGA Discord channel where you can meet our community, talk about Go and organise activities online.

Clubs

Belfast — every other Monday from 18.30, Northern Lights (Ormeau Road)

Dublin — Wednesdays, from 19.30 until closing, in Toner's

Lisburn — Saturdays, 10am — Facebook

Galway — Wednesdays, 7pm, McSwiggan's

Tournaments & Events

2024 Irish Championship
Qualifiers (Jan–Feb, online)
Top 8 (2nd–3rd March, Dublin)

April Rip-Off
13th April, Teacher's Club, Dublin 1

Confucius Cup
20th–22nd September, UCD, Dublin

Latest News

WAGC: Final Day

Karl gives his analysis on his games from the final day of WAGC, against Canada and France, and some closing thoughts. His 3–4 record over the tournament was good enough for 24th place (from a field of 46), a very creditable performance. Overall victory went to the Korean representative, Kim Jung Seon, breaking the recent…

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WAGC Day 3: Israel and Serbia

The latest from our man in Shenzhen:

WAGC: Day 2

In Karl’s second report from WAGC in Shenzhen, he talks about messy Go players, 6–4 point openings, and his match against Korea:

Swings and Roundabouts in PGETC, WAGC

Ireland took on Switzerland in round 3 of the Pandanet Go European Team Championship. Three of the games were played over the weekend before the scheduled date and Ireland got off to a difficult start with Karl Irwin resigning to John Walch 4d on board 1 and Philippe Renaut losing by a couple…

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Ulster Open 2024

Dear fellow Go-players,
You are cordially invited to attend the already well-established Ulster Open tournament in Lisburn. Attending players:

Player Rank Club
Lucretiu Calota 4d St Albans
James Hutchinson 2d Lisburn
Dewei Liu 1d Belfast
Stephen Nulty 1k Dublin

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