Looking forward… November
Take Two
The 2nd 2020 Corona Cup will kick off tomorrow. (Registration is open until midnight tonight, November 1st.)
Franco-Irish Tournament
The first match against Grenoble is being organised to take place probably on Monday the 9th of November. As of last week, Philippe was still looking for additional signups, especially double-digit kyus. Interested players should respond on Discord.
If you have not already joined the IGA Discord server, you can do so using this link – https://discord.com/invite/4vSnhjd
Weekly Meetings
The IGA encourages people to play online while all local meetups are suspended.
Online – Wednesday 20:00 on Discord, with games played on OGS/IGS/KGS
Galway – visit their club on OGS
11th PGETC
As mentioned on facebook, Ireland secured a 3-1 victory against Greece in the first round. With a 5-week gap, round 2 is scheduled for December 1st. Ireland will face Lithuania who, along with South Africa, won all their games in the first round.
Looking back… October
EGM
After last month’s Zoom meeting, a new channel was set up on Discord to discuss potential changes and improvements #iga_admin_public
On the continent…
Recent News
Artem has posted a roundup of recent(ish) happenings on the EGF site.
European Championship
This was cancelled but subsequently moved online for 2020.
EGF Academy
Founded to train promising European youths, the academy is looking for additional supporters
Tenuki
Jena International Go School starting English Go News
JIGS announced they will be streaming news in English every Monday evening on Twitch
Chess Cheats
Proportion of computer assisted cheating increases across several competitive games played online during pandemic