Zeyu Qiu Wins Edinburgh
— Tony AtkinsCongratulations 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
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Title Match Analysis on YouTube
— Colin WilliamsThe analysis by Mateusz Surma of the second British Championship title game has just been added to our YouTube channel.
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Championship Match Analysis Video
— Colin WilliamsA 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.
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Half the Players at MSO are Juniors
— Tony AtkinsThe 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.
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New British Champion
— Colin WilliamsBreaking News ...
In the last 10 minutes Gaoge Wang has beaten Bruno Poltronieri 2-0 to become the 2022 British Champion, and the first ever female British Champion.
Thanks go to the LGC for hosting and streaming it, and Matthew Macfadyen for the commentary.
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Title Matches showing live this weekend
— Colin WilliamsJust a reminder that this weekend, 20/21 August, sees the first two matches in the best of 3 between Gaoge Wang and Bruno Poltronieri for the 2022 British Championship.
They start at 12:00 each day and will be streamed live on the London Go Centre YouTube channel. Please do look in sometime over the weekend. The time limits are quite long so the matches are likely to run for several hours.
Matthew Macfadyen will be providing a commentary which we hope to be on KGS. Matthew will also be answering questions on the YouTube channel, so may well advertise the KGS event there.
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2021 Strategy Day Notes
— Stephen TweedieThe notes from the Council's Strategy Day in September 2021 have been published at https://www.britgo.org/files/council/2021StrategyDay/BGA_strategy_day_2021.pdf
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British Championship Title Match - Games 1 and 2
— Colin WilliamsGames 1 and 2 in the best of 3 title match between Gaoge Wang and Bruno Poltronieri will be at the London Go Centre on the 20th and 21st of August starting at 12:00 each day.
Thanks to the efforts of the LGC the match will be streamed live on the London Go Centre YouTube Channel, and we are pleased to have a commentary by Matthew Macfadyen. The streaming will allow you to ask questions and discuss the match whilst it is in progress.
We plan to publish full analyses of the games a little while after the event, both in the BGJ and on the BGA YouTube Channel.
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BGJ 200 Now Available in Members' Area
— Tony AtkinsThe Summer 2022 edition of the BGJ is now available for members to read in the Members' Area, with printed copies being sent out around the middle of August.
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