BGJ 201 Now Available in Members' Area

The Autumn 2022 edition of the BGJ is now available for members to read in the Members' Area, with printed copies having being sent out to those that receive them.

Last updated Tue Nov 22 2022.
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UK Draws with Bulgaria

Pandanet Go European Team Championship
Pandanet
Tue, 25 Oct 2022

In the first match of the season, now in the C League, the UK team played Bulgaria. Des Cann's game ended quickly with a win and new captain Bruno Poltronieri also won. Unfortunately Jamie Taylor and Scott Cobbold both lost, leaving the match drawn and the team in third position out of 8.

However later the Bulgarian board 4 player's results were discounted in all matches so the UK gained an extra board win changing the match into a 3-1 win.

Last updated Mon Jun 05 2023.
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BGA and AGF Launch Children's Go Server

Kidsgoserver.com, a new site designed specifically for kids aged 6 to 12, is now live on the web as a beta release.

A joint project of the American Go Foundation and the British Go Association, the server is designed to be a totally safe and kid friendly environment that can be used by anyone, and in schools.

Last updated Tue Nov 01 2022.
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Korean Prime Minister's Cup Brief Report

Korean Prime Minister's Cup
Gwangju, South Korea
Sun, 25 - Thu, 29 Sep 2022

Our representative in this year's KPMC, Bruno Poltronieri, came 28th out of 52 in this prestigious event, with 3 wins out of 6.

He beat players from Lithuania, Italy and Brazil, and lost to Colombia, Sweden and Singapore.

Full results at http://kpmc.kbaduk.or.kr/eng/result/gameTable.asp

Last updated Tue Nov 01 2022.
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2023 Congress - Provisional Details

We have reached agreement with the Irish Go Association to hold a joint Congress on Friday March 31st - Sunday April 2nd 2023, in Belfast. For the BGA this will be our usual annual Congress.

Further details on the exact venue will be available as they are firmed up.

Last updated Tue Sep 27 2022.
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Swindon Tournament Tied

Swindon
Sat, 24 Sep 2022

The Swindon Tournament was back on and at its usual Conservative Club venue in the old town part of Swindon. 21 players took part, with a small top group of 3d and above. In the end there was no unique winner as three Chinese players all beat each other. Unfortunately for Changhao Huang (5d UCL) his SOS was one point worse than the other two, so Oxford University's Guodong Cao (4d) and UCL's Peikai Xue (4d) tied for first. Jonathan Evans (1d) was the only player to win three games and got the only prize below the bar. Results

Last updated Mon Sep 26 2022.
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Zeyu Qiu Wins Edinburgh

Edinburgh Open
Edinburgh
Sat, 10 Sep 2022

Congratulations go to Zeyu Qiu (5d, Birmingham) who won the Edinburgh Open Tournament 2022 with three wins from three games. Also on three wins was Florian Pein (13k, Lancaster); prizes also went to everyone on two wins. Results

Last updated Mon Sep 12 2022.
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Title Match Analysis on YouTube

The analysis by Mateusz Surma of the second British Championship title game has just been added to our YouTube channel.

Last updated Fri Sep 09 2022.
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Championship Match Analysis Video

A 30 minute analysis by Mateusz Surma of the first British Championship title match is now on our YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/ZyuTXKFnlc4

Being a Mateusz video it is very approachable and understandable for all levels.

The second should be up in a couple of days.

Last updated Sat Sep 03 2022.
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Half the Players at MSO are Juniors

MSO
JW3
Sun, 28 - Mon, 29 Aug 2022

The Mind Sports Olympiad returned to being a physical event and was held at the usual venue of the JW3, a community centre on London's Finchley Road. Remarkably this year half of the 26 players in the MSO Go Open (19x19) tournament were juniors and as well most of the adults were Chinese students. A view of part of the playing room is above.

Last updated Wed Aug 31 2022.
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