Thomas Hsiang (Vice President of the International Go Federation and Executive Director of the International Mind Sports Association) and Oscar Selby teaching Amy Handelsman from the USA Mind Sports Association how to play Go
Back row (from the left): Toby Manning, Michael Culver, Natasha Regan, Jenny Radcliffe, Nick Krempel
Front row: Adán Mordcovich, Oscar Selby
Over the years the British Go Association has marked with sadness the passing of some of its members and of some famous players from overseas with published obituaries. These obits are listed below with links to the appropriate news item or British Go Journal (PDF versions available).
Matthew Macfadyen had lost to Dusan Mitic, one of the undefeated Mitic brothers, by resignation the previous Wednesday, so we knew that we were up against it - the team we were able to put out against the Serbians was nominally slightly weaker than our opponents.
Despite some Serbian confusion as to the start time, sadly Nikola remained undefeated also, edging Bei Ge by just 0.5 points!