And here it comes, the round 6 of the Cup with two very tense games.
On Board 1 Niallgo was fighting to extend his winning streak from 3 to 4 games in a row. The game started very well for him with an attack on the left side of the board but White ended up alive…
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Irish Summer Go Cup – Round 6
Irish Summer Go Cup – Round 5
Review of our fifth round, with very good games again.
On board 1, Piotr (blackpete) slowly took the measure of Carol and end up killing a big dragon. Carol put a great fight and had opportunities to completely change the outcome of the game at some points.
Full review here
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On the other board a…
Irish Summer Go Cup – Round 4
Terrific fights last Tuesday with two very tense games between balanced opponents.
The first game attracted all attention with Roy aka Gowest trying to go for a fourth consecutive win for team Takemiya.
Niall didn’t faint and put a halt to this streak. It was a solid display, the beginning of the game was very balanced but…
Irish Summer Go Cup – Round 3
Tuesday 7th of July saw the 3rd round of our Summer Go Cup.
let’s spoil the result straight away :
Roy maintained his winning streak with a 3rd victory in a row with Niall leaving no chance to his opponent on board 2.
After 3 rounds the standing of the cup are as follow
Team Takemiya is…
Irish Summer Go Cup – Round 2
Round 2 of our Summer cup took place last Tuesday with two games which on the paper looked unbalanced, Clara (20k) against Roy (9k) and Ken (22k) against Ric (10k).
The odds were not shaken and the strongest on paper won their battle.
In game 1, Clara started well and captured a bunch of stones in a…