UK Lose to Italy

Pandanet Go European Team Championship
Pandanet

For the February match the UK was against Italy who are in the top half of the league table. All our team lost to give Italy a win. The teams below (Croatia and South Africa) both lost, so the team stayed eighth.

League Page with game records

Last updated Wed Feb 09 2022.
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BGJ 198 Now Available in Members' Area

The Winter 2021-2022 edition of the BGJ is now available for members to read in the Members' Area, with printed copies being sent out around the middle of February.

Last updated Thu Feb 03 2022.
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British Championship 2022 - Amended Qualification Rules

Some time ago the traditional Candidates / Challengers structure of the British Championship was changed to reduce it to just one qualifying tournament, the 'Candidates'. Sadly Covid and lockdown has meant we have not managed to use this new approach until this year. In 2021 the qualifying event was the hastily arranged British Congress at Leicester.

Last updated Tue Feb 01 2022.
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Eligibility Changes for British Championships and Representative Teams

The eagle-eyed amongst you may have noticed a recent change made to the eligibility conditions for the British Championships.

The new eligibility criteria are shown in section A5 of the Championship rules, and for the Youth Championship in section F5 on the same Eligibility Rules page.

The intent behind the changes is to:

1. Clarify the rules on eligibility, by defining it in terms of either holding a British passport, or being a resident of the UK. Exactly how we measure those criteria has also been clarified.

Last updated Tue Feb 01 2022.
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Simplification and Reduction of Tournament Levy

In their January meeting the BGA Council agreed to a significant change to the Levy system.

The new scheme has the benefit of extreme simplicity for TDs to administer, and involves them asking only
• Are you a member (or youth member) of the BGA or any other national association?
• Is this your first tournament?

Last updated Tue Feb 01 2022.
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Terry Stacey Grand Prix Update

One impact of Covid has been disruption to the Terry Stacey Grand Prix, which is an annual event that runs across tournaments between the British Go Congresses. The following have been agreed by the BGA Council to cover this situation, both now and in the future.

Last updated Tue Feb 01 2022.
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UK Draw with South Africa

Pandanet Go European Team Championship
Pandanet
Tue, 18 Jan 2022

Following the abandonment of a game in the match against Switzerland in December causing the team to lose the match, the team was hoping to do better against South Africa. Indeed when Bruno Poltronieri played the first board on the Saturday before and beat the very strong Victor Chow, a win looked possible. On the match Tuesday, in the other games, Des Cann won his game, but Jon Diamond and Alison Bexfield lost making the match drawn; the team stayed in eighth place, just above the relegation zone.

League Page with game records

Last updated Tue Mar 08 2022.
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UK Youth Team Win 3-2 Against Romania

European Youth Go Team Championship (EYGTC)
KGS
Sat, 15 - Sun, 16 Jan 2022

The UK Youth Go Team won against Romania in round 3 of the European Youth Go Team Championship this weekend. Player of the Match goes to Edmund for stepping up at very short notice to ensure we did not default a game.

Last updated Tue Mar 08 2022.
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Online Event in Canada - Jan 16th

For those that can cope with the time differences, please see below. I have confirmed this is open to British players as well.

We-Go would like to advertise their open tournament this Sunday January 16th. This is an online tournament (so players from across Canada are welcome!), and with current Covid conditions it's a great time to join an online event. See the full details on the event page at Event Page
Last updated Mon Jan 17 2022.
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UK Match With Switzerland Unfinished

Pandanet Go European Team Championship
Pandanet
Tue, 14 Dec 2021

The result of the UK match against Switzerland is uncertain as one game was not finished. Bruno played his game early on the Sunday morning and won, but on the Tuesday night both Alex and Jamie lost. Jon's game against Frédéric Schlattner was, however, abandoned after connection issues meant his opponent dropped out four times.

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Last updated Thu Jan 20 2022.
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