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We took part in the 3rd Quzhou Lanke Youth International Child Friendly Amateur Weiqi Tournament. This is for teams of 3; we only had 2 players, Ryan Zhang 3d and Lukasz Kudla 5k who were able (and qualified) to play, so we recruited a strong Romanian youth, Dragos Boldeanu to make up the team entitled "UK International".

The 20 teams played a 7-round unseeded Swiss. Consequentially there were many mismatched games.

The team ended up with 3/7, having defeated Australia, Chile and “Quzhou International” (a team of 5-year old girls from the International Go School in Quzhou), and…

In the first game of the 2025-2026 B-League season the team had to play newly demoted Sweden. The match ended a draw which is a good result against a strong country. This placed the team fifth, behind Sweden and the three winning teams of that round: Ireland, Belgium and Croatia. The next match is on 11th November against Netherlands.

League Page with game records

Damon Woo wrote about his game with against Charlie Åkerblom: The early lead from the beginning he developed was kept throughout the game until the end. He won by 5.5.

Bruno Poltronieri wrote: On board 2, I had a straightforward game to ease me into the season. My opponent Martin Li played very…

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…