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London Open
Mon, 27/08/2012 - 16:00 — Jon Diamond
Current Champion:
Lukas Kraemer Past Winners and Results:
- 2012 Lukas Kraemer
- 2011 Young-Sam Kim
- 2010 Antti Tormanen
- 2009 Zi Wang
- 2008 Chi-Min Oh
- 2007 Shaoyou Ouyang
- 2006 Ondrej Silt
- 2005 Cho, Seok-Bin
- 2004 Zhao, Pei
- 2003 Li, Wenhao
- 2002 Li, Hiaou
- 2001 Gbor Szabics
- 2000 Kim, Seong-June
- 1999 Zhang, Zhongyong
- 1998/9 Lee, Hyuk (Grand Prix); Guo, Juan (Open cash prize)
- 1997/8 Guo, Juan
- 1996/7 Guo, Juan
- 1995/6 Zhang, Shutai
- 1994/5 Guo, Juan
- 1993/4 Zhang, Shutai
- 1992/3 Shen, Gruangji
- 1991/2 Zhang, Shutai
- 1990/1 M. Katscher
- 1989/90 Zhang, Shutai
- 1988/9 Yoo, Jing-Soo
- 1987/8 Terry Stacey
- 1986/7 Matthew Macfadyen
- 1985/6 Andre Moussa
- 1984/5 C.S. Lee
- 1983/4 Hosokawa
- 1982/3 X.Y. Liu
- 1981/2 Terry Stacey
- 1980/1 Matthew Macfadyen
- 1979/80 Robert Rehm
- 1978/9 Jim Bates
- 1977/8 Matthew Macfadyen
- 1976/7 Jon Diamond
- 1975/6 K. Hirama
- 1974/5 Jon Diamond
Start Year:
1974
Normal Month:
December
Web site:
London Open Go Congress
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 JFK Statue at ISH |
The London Open is the UK's biggest tournament.
It is always held at the new year period:
28th - 31st December. It first ran in 1975 and has ran every year since. Usually over 100 players take part and even up to 150. Many come from continental Europe and further away too. Several top European players take part: it is part of the Pandanet Go European Cup. |
 2012 Results |
| Players battle over 4 days, 7 rounds and long time limits. The top player gets to hold the London Open Trophy with cash prizes for the top players and prizes for other good results too. Prizes are also given for the Lightning Tournament, held one evening. |
 Winner 2011 |
Recent Opens |
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| Another evening event is the London Pair Go. Around a dozen male-female pairs compete for the best pair title. For more details see the London Pair Go Page. |
 Pair Go |
There is usually a professional teacher, the most frequent one being Guo Juan from the Netherlands. They give lectures and analyse games. Other teachers have come from Japan, Korea and China. |
 Guo Juan |
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 Main Hall |
Most players play in the large hall at ISH. The evening events are held there too. ISH also has a bistro, a bar and reasonably priced accommodation. |
 Top Room |
The top boards are in their own room. Adjacent to it is an analysis room. Prize giving and the Rengo are upstairs. In all ISH provides a superior playing environment. | |||
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