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Events Calendar
2020
NOTE Coronavirus
Over-the-board events are currently cancelled; here is the BGA's advice on playing Go during the disease outbreak (dated 28 June 2020). Check nearer the time for status of later events not yet cancelled. Monthly Online events are being planned.
July
July 2020 Online Tournament
Saturday 25th July. Played on OGS. 3 round McMahon tournament for BGA members players only. Contact matt at crazedbytes.net D More Info
Not the London Open Tournament
Saturday 25th - Sunday 26th July. London Go Centre, 54 Goldhawk Rd, London W12 8HA. 5 round McMahon tournament. 70 minutes plus 10 seconds Fischer Time. This will only take place if lockdown restrictions are further raised to permit it. Contact londongocentre at gmail.com A More Info/Entry
August
Scottish Open ** Cancelled **
Saturday 8th - Sunday 9th August. Masonic Hall, 7 Artillery Lane, Dundee DD1 1PE. 6 round McMahon tournament. 60 minutes Fischer time. Registration Saturday/Sunday 09:45. Prize Giving by 18:00 Sunday. Likely to be preceded by a Friday small board event (same venue). Contact Donald MacLeod donald.macleod at physics.org A
Mind Sports Olympiad
Weekends and most evenings in August. Online events in 2020. 24th edition. Competition for medals; expected prize money in Go (and other) events - 9x9, 13x13 and 19x19. More Info
Mind Sports Olympiad: Go 9x9
Wednesday 12th August (evening from 19:30). Online on OGS.
Mind Sports Olympiad: Go 13x13
Friday 14th August (evening from 19:30). Online on OGS.
Mind Sports Olympiad: Go 19x19
Sunday 23rd August (afternoon and evening from 13:30). Online on OGS.
Youth Training Residential ** Cancelled **
Monday 24th - Thursday 27th August. Caythorpe Court, near Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG32 3ER. Go teaching mornings, afternoons outdoor activities, Go tournament evenings.
September
T Mark Hall Rapid Play Tournament
Saturday 5th September 2020. London Go Centre, 54 Goldhawk Rd, London W12 8HA. Registration by 09:45. Prize giving 18:00. 5 round McMahon tournament. 40 minutes with sudden death. Contact londongocentre at gmail.com C More Info/Entry
European Women's Championship
Saturday 5th - Monday 7th September 2020. London Go Centre, 54 Goldhawk Rd, London W12 8HA. A More Info
Cornwall
Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th September.
Swindon
Sheffield
October
Northern
Cheadle Hulme, near Manchester
Wessex
Sunday 25th October. St. Mark's Community Centre, St. Mark's Road, Bath BA2 4PA. 3-round McMahon tournament. 60 minutes per round plus overtime. Registration by 10:00 GMT; prize giving about 18:00. More details later. Contact bristolgoclub at gmail.com. B
Three Peaks
Saturday 31st October - Sunday 1st November. The Wheatsheaf, 22 High Street, Ingleton, LA6 3AD. 5-round McMahon tournament. Time limits by Fischer Time (equivalent of an hour). £12 for members, £10 pounds concession (students and non-waged). Registration by 10:45 Saturday. Prize giving 15:15 Sunday. Contact Adrian Abrahams adrian7k at live.co.uk. Emergency on the day phone number: 07429228608 B
November
British Youth Go Championship
December
Edinburgh Xmas
Saturday 12th December. St Columba's by the Castle Episcopal Church Hall, 14 Johnston Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2PW. 4-round McMahon tournament. Time Limit: 45 minutes Main Time, accelerating overtime, 30/40/50 stones in 5 minutes. Cost: £15 for BGA / £20 Non-BGA Members. Concession: £5 saving. Registration from 9:20 to 09:45. Prizegiving approximately 17:50. Contact edinburghgoclub at gmail.com. B
London Open
Monday 28th–Thursday 31st December. London Go Centre, 54 Goldhawk Rd, London W12 8HA. 7 round McMahon. Time limit 90 minutes with 20/5 overtime. Also Lightning, Pair Go and Rengo tournaments and teaching. A
January
Hitachi-Maidenhead or Maidenhead-High Wycombe
February
Oxford
March
Irish Go Congress
April
British Go Congress
May
June
Cheltenham (provisional)
Saturday 12th June 2021. Part of Cheltenham Science Festival.
28th Welsh Open
Saturday 26th - Sunday 27th June 2021. Min y Mor Hotel, The Promenade, Barmouth, LL42 1HW 6-round McMahon tournament. Entries welcomed for single days or both days. Players are welcome to miss any round(s), without detriment to prize-allocation. Free coffee, tea & biscuits. An early and a later sitting for the Saturday evening meal. Contact Helen and Martin Harvey harveymartin939 AT gmail DOT com B
Later
Youth Training Residential
Monday 16th - Thursday 19th August (provisional). Caythorpe Court, near Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG32 3ER. Go teaching mornings, afternoons outdoor activities, Go tournament evenings.
Doki Doki Festival, Manchester
Saturday 13th - Sunday 14th November 2021 (provisional). Sugden Sports Centre, 114 Grosvenor Street, Manchester M1 7HL (as in 2019). BGA members are as ever manning 4 stalls both days. Free demos of Go will be given to many members of the public. In 2019, of the 4,000 attendees, we demo-ed to 200, or 5%. Festival site. If you could spare time to join the BGA team - on one day or both - please contact Martin Harvey, harveymartin939 AT gmail DOT com