Brian Gallagher finished on 3/8 points, securing 52 place for Ireland. He scored wins over Cyprus, Phillipines and Chile. China’s Yuqing Hu won the event for the second time. See ranka online for excellent coverage.

Today the World Amateur Go Championship has started. This year there are two places to follow the action and the fortunes of our representative, Brian Gallagher. As well as the official website, there is also the excellent ranka website, with interviews, reports and reviews. Also Steve Flinter has withdrawn from this year’s Read More

Ireland failed to win the World Amateur Championship again this year.
Ian managed only 52nd place with 3 wins from 8, beating Peru, Bulgaria and Azerbaijan. Hopefully some games will be added shortly. You can find some photos of the event at flickr .

In round 7 of the WAGC, Noel played against Luxembourg. The game record is available for download.

Here are the SGF files for some of the games played by Noel at the WAGC. Feel free to review the games and send me the SGF file updated with your comments and I will upload them on this site. Round 1: Noel Vs H. Araki (Morocco)
Round 3: Noel Vs…

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