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In the sixth game of the 2025-2026 B-League season the team played top team Croatian. All games ended in resignations. Two games were played early, with the UK equal going into the Tuesday night after Jun Sun won on board one. Unfortunately he was the only winner meaning the match was lost 1-3. The Netherlands defeated Austria to stay second, one point behind Croatia. The UK slipped to fourth on tie-break behind Sweden who tied with Switzerland. The next match is on 17th March with UK against Switzerland.

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Jun Su wrote: I played black against Stejpan Medak 5d on the Sunday before. I didn’t remember well the joseki at lower-left corner and played…

In the fifth game of the 2025-2026 B-League season the team played Belgium. Three games were played at the weekend, with the UK ahead going into the Tuesday night. Bruno managed to win on time to take the match. Croatia won again, beating Sweden, to remain top. The Netherlands defeated Ireland, four games to nil, moving to second place, with the UK in a creditable third place. The next match is on 24th February with UK against Croatia.

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Michael Cheung beat Lucas Neirynck (6d) by resignation when a large group in the middle ran out of liberties and died.

Bruno Poltronieri beat Lucman Bounoider (3d) on time: He wrote: I got a bit lucky…

In the fourth game of the 2025-2026 B-League season the team played Austria. One game was played at the weekend and Michael's great win meant the team only had to win two games on the night. The team did not drop a single game to win the match four games to nil. This win moved the team up to fourth place on five points. Croatia became remained top on seven points, ahead of Sweden and Netherlands on six. Ireland lost to Switzerland (with just a win for Gavin Rooney) to move down to fifth. The next match is on 3rd February with UK against Belgium.

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Michael Cheung wrote: I played black against Viktor Lin 6D on Saturday. I started with a cosmic style…

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 Courtney 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…