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After some time in the role Pat Ridley has decided it is time for him to step down as the BGA Pair Go coordinator. I am happy to say that Barry Chandler has stepped up to do the job, and a handover between the two is currently in place.
Barry will mainly report to Ai Guan in her overall role as Tournament Coordinator. I'm sure we all wish him well in his future efforts to manage and advertise Pair Go in the UK.
My thanks go to Pat for all his past efforts.
The fifth match of the B-League season, on 4th February, was a win against Lithuania. All four players won by resignation. This moved the team up to fifth place. Round 6 will be on 25th February against Belgium.
Michael Cheung wrote about his game: I got a lucky win against Vladas Zaleskas, it was a game determined by my opponent's blunder.
I was white in the game, and in the opening of the game, I decided to use the kick at move 32, following by the invasion at move 36. I think this variation is easier to play as white. And although neither of us played optimal moves suggested by AI, I eventually got a bit of advantage. The fight lasted to…
The first tournament of 2025, on Saturday 25th January, was the Coventry Tournament. Warwick Go Society hosted the annual event in the Faculty of Arts Building at Warwick University, which provided a modern and eye-catching venue for the 44 entrants. This year the event ended with joint winners: Yifan Bao (5d) and Chenhe Yuan (5d), who both won all three wins. They are shown here with organiser Xiheng Yao (left). In third place was Bulent Tuncel (1d London City). Honorable mentions go to Wenzhou Mei (13k Warwick), Lauren Hindmarch (9k Manchester) and William Cleeve (16K) for each achieving three wins.…
I am pleased to announce that Peter Fisher has agreed to take over from Chris Kirkham as our new Membership Secretary. There will be a hand-over period for the next month or so, after which Peter will be in full control. For queries please continue to use the standard e-mail address of mem at britgo dot org
Many thanks to Chris for the many years of service he has given in the role.
At an EGM yesterday the EGF formally ratified Turkey as the hosts for the 2026 EGC.
The event will be 25th July to 8th August, at Ankara Hacettepe University, Tunçalp Özgen Congress and Cultural Center.
Ankara is home to Türkiye’s first Go club (1988) and the founding location of the Türkiye Go Association (1995), which still operates its headquarters in the city. The university offers an official, academic-credit Go course for students.
As usual full details will appear in due course on the EGF calendar.