BGA Newsletter 333 December 2025

FROM THE EDITOR

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NEWS

British Youth Go Championship 2025

Alvina Kwok regained the British Youth Go Champion title at the British Youth Go Championship. Despite the previous winner Ryan Zhang being away at the KPMC in Korea, she still had to play well, as Hayes Lee, a player only recently arrived in the country, was playing well to only lose to Alvina and claim an open under-14 title.

Pandanet - Netherlands

In the second game of the 2025-2026 B-League season the UK team had to play Netherlands but lost 1-3. Further information here.

Korea Prime Minister Cup

Toby Manning and Ryan Zhang played in the KPMC in the city of Taebaek, about 4 hours east of Seoul. Toby played in the main section (57 countries represented), Ryan in the Youth section (28 countries are represented). Toby won 3 out of 7 and Ryan won 3 out of 6.

EGD Insights

Matt Marsh of Sheffield Go Club has launched a new website, EGD Insights, for visualising European tournament and rating trends. See this interview for further information.

BGA Tournament Winners

Full results here.
Northern - Yunfang Deng
T Mark Hall Rapid - Changhao Huang
Edinburgh Christmas - Pan Gao

ADMIN

British Go Journal 213, Autumn 2025

Congratulations to Quintin Connell for this, his first issue in his new role as Editor.

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CONTENTS
EDITORIAL
LETTERS
IMPRESSIONS OF WARSAW Francis Roads
VOLUNTEERING AT THE EGC Paul Smith
WORLD NEWS Tony Atkins
UK NEWS Tony Atkins
WILL AI PAIR FUTURE TOURNAMENTS? Matt Marsh
FASCINATING TSUMEGO: PART FOUR Richard Hunter
HUMANITY’S LAST HOPE Jake Game
YOUTH NEWS Tony Atkins
TOURNAMENT HISTORIES XXVI: IRISH OPEN ... Tony Atkins
NIE WEIPING AND CHINESE BOOKS Simon Cohen
WARSAW GO SONG Francis Roads
SOLUTIONS TO THE JOURNAL PROBLEMS
ASSOCIATION CONTACT INFORMATION

EVENTS COMING SOON

This Month: London Open
January 2026 Lancaster
February London Youth, Coventry, Ulster Open (Belfast), Cheshire
March Cambridge Trigantius, European Youth (Croatia)
April British Go Congress
May Candidates (British Championship) and Aspirants, Not the London Open, Welsh Open (Barmouth)
June Durham
July European Go Congress (Turkey)