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One of the premier North-West annual Go tournaments was kindly hosted again by the prestigious Cheadle Hulme School (CHS). Welcoming the competitors was CHS teacher Dave Barnett (whose Go-playing son is now at Cambridge), Helen Harvey (main tournament) and Martin Harvey (13x13).

It was pleasing to have 51 players (including 14 at their first tournament). As well as the large groups from CHS and from Manchester, there was a team from a new local school club (Beech Hall) run by the CHS founder Zaheer Ahmed. Many players also travelled from distant clubs, including University College London (UCL), Leeds, Nottingham, Bristol and Lincoln.

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In the third game of the 2025-2026 B-League season the team had to play the team from South Africa (who are allowed to play in Europe as they have no near Go neighbours). One game was played at the weekend and Jake's win meant the team only had to win two games on the night. As expected Victor Chow beat our board one, Damen Woo, but we won on the other two boards. This win moved the team up to seventh place. At the top Croatia became clear first by beating Ireland, with John Coutney the only Irish winner. The next match is on 13th January with UK against Austria.

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Damen Woo lost a complicated game to Victor Chow on top board. He wrote: I got a decent…

The Autumn 2025 edition of the BGJ is now available for members to read in the Members' Area, with printed copies being sent out to those that receive them.

In the second game of the 2025-2026 B-League season the team had to play a strong team from Netherlands. Two games started an hour earlier than the other two and the first win went to the UK when Michael unexpectedly won a lost game. Unfortunately the other three games went the way of Netherlands and so the match was a three-one loss. This placed the team eighth, just above the relegation zone containing Switzerland and Finland. Croatia beat Switzerland and Ireland beat Belgium to both lead the table. The next match is on 9th December with UK against South Africa.

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Michael Cheung wrote about his game against Gilles van Eeeden. In the game, I tried…

Alvina Kwok regained the British Youth Go Champion title at the British Youth Go Championship. Despite the previous winner Ryan Zhang being away at the KPMC in Korea, she still had to play well, as Hayes Lee, a player only recently arrived in the country, was playing well to only lose to Alvina and claim an open under-14 title.

In all 36 plays from 3d to 36k took part at the new venue of Lady Bay Church in Nottigham. Prizes were awarded to all on 3 or 4 wins, those with fighting spirit (no wins) and the section winners (and runners up):

U18: Alvina Kwok
U16: Daniel Yang (Andrew Volovich)
U14: Audrey…