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These are the current standings in the 2018 Youth Grand Prix,
after the UK GO Challenge.

The top 3 players at the end of any current calendar year win cash prizes.

Here are the current standings in the 2018 Double-Digit Kyu Grand Prix.

Positions after Welsh Open Tournaments.

The bar was at 1k. Handicap and no-komi games are in red.

All games played with handicap.

All games played handicap (half rounded down). Photos

The bar was at 3d. Handicap and no-komi games are in red. The last round (seven) was played on the 31st Dec. 2017. The final results are as below.

We had a number of strong players playing their first tournaments in Europe this year - including, of course, the tournament winner; they were all entered as 3d (i.e. above the bar) for the duration of the event, and their starting grades in the European Go Database will be determined by their results during the event. We therefore anticipate that the final results table will involve rather fewer 3d players and rather more at 4d and 5d!

The bar was at 1d. Handicap and no-komi games are in red.

The bar was at 3d. Handicap and no-komi games are in red (handicap minus two).

The 2017 British Youth Go Championship (BYGC) featured 46 competitors, aged from 7 to 18. Thanks to a large number of oriental players currently living in the UK, there were several dan-graded players (mostly in an Open group shown "*" against age group below) and, thanks to a new club at Harpenden Academy, a group of players around 40 kyu in strength. Grades shown are estimated grades on entry.

The venue this year was King Edward VI School in Aston, Birmingham.

Section Winners (runners-up and thirds)

Youth Champion: Jayden Ng (Zaki Betesh, Tom Bradbury)
U18: Zaki Betesh (Tom Bradbury)
U16: Jayden Ng (Luke Garner)
U14: Edmund Smith (Hilary Bexfield)
U12: Lueming Yang (Jan Kudla)
U10: Zoe Walters (Elliot Grose)
U8: George Han (Auden Oliviere)

The bar was at 2k. Handicap and no-komi games are in red.