Promoting Go in the UK and beyond

The process is defined by Section 6.10 of our Policies, but a guide is:

Each year, at the British Go Congress, points are awarded to the eight highest-placed British players. The winner receives 8 points, second 7 points, and so on down to 1 point for eighth. Points are shared between players who finish on the same McMahon score, with any fraction rounded to the nearest half integer.

When the BGA is asked to nominate a representative for an International Amateur Baduk Championship, we select the player with the most points on this list, who has earned points in the last 5 years (amendment by Council 21st February 2010). Their accumulated points will then be reset to zero. The representative needs to abide by the IGF Code of Conduct, which can be seen on the IGF Members Documents page.

A World Amateur Baduk Championship took place in 2003, a year in which there was not a World Amateur Go Championship. Matthew Macfadyen was selected to take part in that event using the World Amateur Go Championship points system.

This new system was only introduced in 2004, but the system was seeded with the results of the British Championship from 1998 onwards. It was used to select the representative in 2006 and 2008.

Current points

This table gives the points earned each year, and the current accumulated points. A list of past representatives is below.

Figures displayed like this show the player who travelled to Korea to represent Britain that year, and had their points reset to 0.

In 2007 the player was selected as the winner of the Korean Ambassador's Cup (Bei Ge) and points were not awarded at the British.

Past Representatives