The British Go Association is constantly trying to improve junior Go in this country. In the past few years, many things have been done to teach more youngsters about Go, make it easier for juniors to learn Go and to give young Go players more opportunities to play and to improve.

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Uses of a Dead Go Stone

This comes from an article in the British Go Journal (BGJ). For the full list of 101 uses, see page 42 of BGJ number 112 (Autumn 1998).

Provisional qualifiers for the 2012 British Go Championship

Based on the European rating list up to 30th March 2012.

The list shows players from the UK rating list who either first achieved an EGF rating at or above 1900 between the beginning of April 2011 and the end of March 2012 after the tournament(s) shown against their name. Click the name link to see their rating graph. Click the tournament name link to see the results table.

Additional Championship rules are that a player must have played in all rounds of a tournament for a qualification, belong to the BGA and be British or have satisfied the residency requirements. This list may include people who do not qualify when these rules are taken into account.

• William Aldred after Oxford, Oxford
• Baron Allday after Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury, Lake District, Three Peaks, London, London Open, London, London City and Frodsham, Cheshire Open
• Tony Atkins after Welwyn Gardens, Welwyn Gardens, Wokingham, Bracknell, Penzance, Cornish Open, Bath, Wessex, Leicester, East Midlands, Warwick University, Coventry, Maidenhead, Maidenhead, Frodsham, Cheshire Open Nottingham, Nottingham and Arundel, Arundel
• Robert Bagot after Malmesbury, British Open, Barmouth, Welsh Open, Lake District, Three Peaks and Frodsham, Cheshire Open
• Paul Barnard after Malmesbury, British Open, Cambridge, Candidates, Timisoara, 11th Walter Schmidt Cup, Bath, Wessex, Leicester, East Midlands, London, London Open, Maidenhead, Maidenhead, Oxford, Oxford and Welwyn Gardens, Welwyn Gardens
• Stuart Barthropp after Cambridge, Candidates
• Philip Beck after London, London Open, Maidenhead, Maidenhead and Cambridge, Trigantius
• Alison Bexfield after Welwyn Gardens, Welwyn Gardens
• Simon Bexfield after Malmesbury, British Open, Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes, London, London Open and Cambridge, Trigantius
• Edwin Brady after Dundee, Scottish Open, Durham, Durham, Lake District, Three Peaks, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Christmas and Isle Of Skye, Skye
• William Brakes after Cambridge, Candidates
• Louise Bremner after Malmesbury, British Open, Cambridge, Candidates, Swindon, Swindon and Bath, Wessex
• William Brooks after Cambridge, Candidates, London, Challengers and Oxford, Oxford
• Brian Brunswick after Leicester, East Midlands
• David Buckley after London, London Open
• Desmond Cann after Cambridge, Candidates, London, Challengers and Maidenhead, Maidenhead
• Niall Cardin after Oxford, Oxford
• Dylan Carter after Bath, Wessex
• Michael Charles after Malmesbury, British Open, Cambridge, Candidates, Wokingham, Bracknell, Leicester, East Midlands, Warwick University, Coventry, Maidenhead, Maidenhead, Oxford, Oxford and Cambridge, Trigantius
• Tian-Ren Chen after Bloxham School, British Youth Championship
• Xiaogang Chen after London, London Open
• Jonathan Chin after Malmesbury, British Open and Cambridge, Candidates
• Paul Christie after Malmesbury, British Open and Bath, Wessex
• Jim Clare after Malmesbury, British Open, Wokingham, Bracknell, Swindon, Swindon, Bath, Wessex, Maidenhead, Maidenhead and Oxford, Oxford
• Henry Clay after Arundel, Arundel
• Michael Cockburn after Welwyn Gardens, Welwyn Gardens
• Matthew Cocke after London, MSO Open and Lake District, Three Peaks
• Matthew Crosby after Belfast, 2011 Belfast Open, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Christmas and London, London Open
• John Culmer after Penzance, Cornish Open
• Jon Diamond after Malmesbury, British Open, Leicester, East Midlands Cambridge, Trigantius and Arundel, Arundel
• Brian Ellis after Swindon, Swindon, London, London Open and Welwyn Gardens, Welwyn Gardens
• Alex Eve after Oxford, Oxford
• Harry Fearnley after Cambridge, Candidates and Oxford, Oxford Ladder
• Glynn Forsythe after Edinburgh, Edinburgh Christmas
• Bei Ge after Swindon, Swindon and Maidenhead, Maidenhead
• Simon Goss after Penzance, Cornish Open
• T Mark Hall after Malmesbury, British Open, Cambridge, Candidates and Brussels, Brussels tournament
• Chong Han after Malmesbury, British Open, Leicester, East Midlands and London, London Open
• Helen Harvey after Wokingham, Bracknell and Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes
• Rippei Hayashi after Nottingham, Nottingham
• John Hobson after Swindon, Swindon and Bath, Wessex
• Xiying Huang after Bordeaux, Zhuyeqing Tea 55th European Go Congress - Weekend Tournament, Voronezh, Club Tournament, Bordeaux, Zhuyeqing Tea 55th European Go Congress - Main Tournament - 2nd week and London, London Open
• Tim Hunt after Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes and London, London Open
• Richard Hunter after Malmesbury, British Open, Cambridge, Candidates, Swindon, Swindon and Bath, Wessex
• Yuhan Jin after Durham, Durham
• Andrew Jones after Cambridge, Candidates, Swindon, Swindon, Leicester, East Midlands, Warwick University, Coventry and London, London Open
• Andrew Kay after Malmesbury, British Open, Cambridge, Candidates, London, Challengers, Durham, Durham, Pohang, Korea Prime Minister Cup, Bath, Wessex, Lake District, Three Peaks, Warwick University, Coventry, London, London Open, Maidenhead, Maidenhead, London, London City and Welwyn Gardens, Welwyn Gardens
• Alex Kent after Durham, Durham, Barmouth, Welsh Open and Swindon, Swindon
• Nick Krempel after Cambridge, Candidates, London, Challengers, London, London Open and Oxford, Oxford
• Lloyd Lai after Leicester, East Midlands
• Graham Lamburn after Cambridge, Cambridge Barlow, Leicester, East Midlands and Cambridge, Trigantius
• David Lee after Dundee, Scottish Open, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Christmas and London, London Open
• Charles Leedham-Green after Cambridge, Trigantius and Isle Of Skye, Skye
• Matthew Macfadyen after London, Challengers, Prague, European Qualification for SportAccord World Mind Games 2011, Warwick University, Coventry, London, London Open and Isle Of Skye, Skye
• Henry Manners after London, London City
• Toby Manning after Malmesbury, British Open, Barmouth, Welsh Open, Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury, Leicester, East Midlands, Lake District, Three Peaks, Warwick University, Coventry, London, London Open, Maidenhead, Maidenhead, Nottingham, Nottingham Cambridge, Trigantius and Arundel, Arundel
• Ian Marsh after Malmesbury, British Open, Wokingham, Bracknell, Barmouth, Welsh Open, Penzance, Cornish Open Swindon, Swindon and Arundel, Arundel
• Paul Massey after Penzance, Cornish Open
• Martha McGill after London, London Open
• Neil McLean after Malmesbury, British Open
• John McLeod after Isle Of Skye, Skye
• Boris Mitrovic after Belfast, 2011 Belfast Open, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Christmas and London, London Open
• Adan Mordcovich after Cambridge, Cambridge Barlow, Manchester, Northern, Swindon, Swindon, London, London Open, London, London City, Oxford, Oxford, Cambridge, Trigantius and Bloxham School, British Youth Championship
• David Phillips after Durham, Durham, Barmouth, Welsh Open, Belfast, 2011 Belfast Open and Lake District, Three Peaks
• Adam Pirani after London, MSO Open
• Bruno Poltronieri after Warwick University, Coventry, London, London Open and Oxford, Oxford
• Richard Power after Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes
• Tony Putman after Swindon, Swindon
• Peng Qu after London, London Open
• Matthew Reid after Cambridge, Candidates, Amsterdam, Amsterdam International Go Tournament, Brussels, Brussels tournament, Lake District, Three Peaks, London, London City and Cambridge, Trigantius
• John Richardson after Cambridge, Cambridge Barlow
• Alex Rix after Cambridge, Candidates, Bordeaux, Zhuyeqing Tea 55th European Go Congress - Weekend Tournament, Voronezh, Club Tournament, Bordeaux, Zhuyeqing Tea 55th European Go Congress - Main Tournament - 2nd week, London, London Open, London, London City, Oxford, Oxford and Cambridge, Trigantius
• Francis Roads after Malmesbury, British Open, Welwyn Gardens, Welwyn Gardens, Cambridge, Candidates, Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes, London, MSO Open, Swindon, Swindon, Leicester, East Midlands, Lake District, Three Peaks, London, London Open, Maidenhead, Maidenhead, London, London City, Cambridge, Trigantius and Isle Of Skye, Skye
• Christian Scarff after Swindon, Swindon, Bath, Wessex and Oxford, Oxford
• Alex Selby after Cambridge, Candidates, Matsue, 32nd World Amateur Go Championship and Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes
• Piers Shepperson after London, London Open
• Silas Yufu Shi after Bloxham School, British Youth Championship
• Andrew Simons after Welwyn Gardens, Welwyn Gardens, Cambridge, Candidates, Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes, Voronezh, Club Tournament, Bordeaux, Zhuyeqing Tea 55th European Go Congress - Main Tournament - 2nd week, Belfast, 2011 Belfast Open, Lake District, Three Peaks, London, London Open, Maidenhead, Maidenhead, London, London City, Oxford, Oxford, Oxford, Oxford Ladder, Cambridge, Trigantius and Welwyn Gardens, Welwyn Gardens
• Paul Smith after Oxford, Oxford
• Paul Tabor after London, London Open, Maidenhead, Maidenhead, London, London City Nottingham, Nottingham and Arundel, Arundel
• Kiyohiko Tanaka after Cambridge, Candidates and London, London City
• Paul Taylor after Welwyn Gardens, Welwyn Gardens, Cambridge, Candidates, London, London City and Welwyn Gardens, Welwyn Gardens
• Sandy Taylor after Malmesbury, British Open, Dundee, Scottish Open, Durham, Durham, Barmouth, Welsh Open, Bath, Wessex and London, London Open
• Alan Thornton after Welwyn Gardens, Welwyn Gardens, Cambridge, Candidates, Wokingham, Bracknell, London, Challengers, Durham, Durham, Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes, Leicester, East Midlands, Warwick University, Coventry, London, London Open, Maidenhead, Maidenhead, Oxford, Oxford, Cambridge, Trigantius and Welwyn Gardens, Welwyn Gardens
• Tom Urasoe after Bordeaux, Zhuyeqing Tea 55th European Go Congress - Weekend Tournament
• Michael Vidler after Frodsham, Cheshire Open
• Alistair Wall after Malmesbury, British Open, Welwyn Gardens, Welwyn Gardens, Cambridge, Candidates, London, Challengers, Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes, London, MSO Open, Swindon, Swindon, Leicester, East Midlands, London, London Open, Maidenhead, Maidenhead, London, London City, Oxford, Oxford, Cambridge, Trigantius Welwyn Gardens, Welwyn Gardens and Arundel, Arundel
• Hui Wang after Cambridge, Candidates and London, Challengers
• David Ward after Cambridge, Candidates, Lake District, Three Peaks, London, London Open and Maidenhead, Maidenhead
• Michael Webster after Cambridge, Candidates, Bordeaux, Zhuyeqing Tea 55th European Go Congress - Weekend Tournament, Voronezh, Club Tournament, Bordeaux, Zhuyeqing Tea 55th European Go Congress - Main Tournament - 2nd week, London, London Open and London, London City
• Ivan Wong after Manchester, Northern
• Vanessa Wong after Malmesbury, British Open, Bordeaux, Zhuyeqing Tea 55th European Go Congress - Weekend Tournament, Voronezh, Club Tournament, Bordeaux, Zhuyeqing Tea 55th European Go Congress - Main Tournament - 2nd week, Bucuresti, 28th World Youth Goe Championship Under 16, Prague, European Qualification for SportAccord World Mind Games 2011 and Beijing, SportAccord World Mind Games - Mixed Teams
• David Woodnutt after Oxford, Oxford
• Yangran Zhang after London, London Open
• Yanzhao Zhang after Edinburgh, Edinburgh Christmas

Total 95 qualifiers.

Monday 9th April 2012

Held at Burpham Village Hall, Guildford

All games played full handicap.