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Durham Go Club was excited to host the 2025 European Student Go Championship. The weekend started with cultural events, beginning with a tour of Durham's UNESCO World Heritage Site - including the 900 year old Cathedral and Castle. Guests then enjoyed an evening in a typical British pub, with the opportunity to play Go and meet some of the Durham student players.

The Championship was a 5 round Class A McMahon tournament based in some Durham University buildings adjacent to the fascinating Oriental Museum, which includes in its collection several ancient Go related artefacts. We were particularly delighted that Lukáš Podpěra (7d) from Prague in the Czech Republic was able to join us and offer reviews and teaching across the…

If you're not able to make it to the 2025 European Student Go Championship in Durham, on 11th and 12th October, there are several ways to follow along at home!

• The top boards will be streamed to YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@durhamgoclub2358

• Rounds 3 (14:30 BST) and 5 (12:45 BST) will also have a live commentary with Mateusz Surma (3p) on Twitch - https://twitch.tv/europeangofederation

There's still time to register up to 09:30 BST on Saturday if you'd like to enter - they also have Lukáš Podpěra (7d) as a guest teacher, plus a number of social events planned.

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37 players enjoyed the 13th Nottingham tournament, held on Sept 6th. The venue for the second time was a pair of church halls in Lady Bay, Nottingham, which is fast becoming a favourite Go venue, the British pairs being held there this year too. It provides a light and airy hall for reviewing and socialising, as well as the playing hall, and is close to food sources!

Winner was Changhao Huang (5 dan, UCL), who received the Nottingham trophy, which was first awarded in 1983. He took the trophy home with pride, for one year. Best player below the bar was Ai Guan (1d), who has recently moved to…

The second annual Newcastle Go Tournament took place at Newcastle University’s Urban Sciences Building on 30–31 August, with 23 players ranging from 5 dan to 25 kyu taking part.

Xuanqi Cui (5d) emerged as the overall winner with five straight victories. He received the impressive trophy – an ornamental 9×9 goban containing a fully functional 19×19 set – designed and crafted by Newcastle Go Club member Robert Manders (14k).

Changhao Huang (5d, UCL) and Zhan Shi (3d, Manchester) finished second and third respectively, each taking home a Newcastle Go Club hoodie. Below the bar,…

The 29th Mind Sports Olympiad (MSO) took place in its regular venue of the JW3 centre in London. As usual many games fans from around the world came to play a very varied list of games and compete to be Pentamind Champion (Natasha Regan was the Women's Pentamind runner up). Details of all MSO results are on the MSO Database.

The Go Open was held on the final day, the Bank Holiday Monday. 16 players took part, including five juniors and two players at 25k. The Gold medal went to Bende Barcza (4d Hungary), shown above, who at just 11 became the youngest…