2019-02 February

Posted on 2019-02-09 by John

The unexpected Gutenberg update edition

WordPress has updated; the cogs and gears look different. Not sure how this will pan out on the site’s front end.

Looking forward… February

2019 Online Interprovincials
Teams are assembling for the renewed Online Interprovincials.

Further ahead… March

2019 Irish Go Congress
The Open & Rapid will take place over the weekend of March 22nd-24th

Weekly Meetings

Galway – Tuesday 19:30 in Mc Swiggans
Dublin – Wednesday 20:30 in Toners
Online – Thursday 20:00-22:00 on OGS
Stillorgan – Sunday 14:00-18:00 at PingZone, St Benildus College

West Cork
A new player in the Bantry area, Terry, is looking for other players in that region. If you are interested in getting in touch, email corkgo@gmail.com and I will pass along contact details.

Pandanet Go European Team Championship
9th PGETC
Ireland took 3 of the 4 games against Belarus in Round 5.
On the 26th, Round 6 sees Ireland facing Iceland, currently the top of the table.

Looking back… January

2019 Irish Correspondence Tournament
This is now well underway

On the continent…

European Grand Prix
The EGF has posted an article explaining the structure of the Grand Prix, along with details of the recent 2018 Finale.
The winner, Ilya Shikshin, was promoted to become the first EGF-bestowed 3p

Saijo European Youth GO Tour
SEYGO is a new, long-term project, focusing on Go events for youth across Europe

Tenuki

Explore Baduk
A new website for our favourite game. Home to Go Studies: A History of Adventure which the author, Sinan Djepov, describes as “an adventure into the deepness of Go in my three months of study in the Ge Yuhong Go Academy as part of the CEGO Academic Programme in China, Beijing”.

Leela dev steps back
Developer Gian-Carlo Pascutto (gcp) has passed the torch on to the community

Transatlantic Professional Go Team Championship
Billed as a “formal setting for a healthy rivalry between the growing fields of EGF and AGA certified pros”, the 2019 TPGTC will be co-hosted by the EGF and AGA

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2019-01 January

Posted on 2019-01-04 by John

The bumper new year edition

There’s a block of European content near the end which I thought was relevant enough to be interesting, or at least interesting enough to be relevant… Comments on whether such should be included or omitted are welcome. I assume all IGA members are getting their copy of the AGA newsletter, but the European one didn’t seem to last long.

Looking forward… January

2019 Online Interprovincials
The classic Online Interprovincials are due to make a comeback in a new format. The IGA site has more info.

Further ahead… March

2019 Irish Go Congress
The Open & Rapid will take place over the weekend of March 22nd-24th

Weekly Meetings

Galway – Tuesday 19:30 in the Black Gate (or possibly Mc Swiggans)
Dublin – Wednesday 20:30 in Toners
Online – Thursday 20:00-22:00 on OGS
Stillorgan – Sunday 14:00-18:00 at PingZone, St Benildus College

Pandanet Go European Team Championship
9th PGETC
Round 3 versus Bulgaria finished 3-1 in Ireland’s favour.
Round 4 went even better, 4-0 against Morocco.
The puts Ireland just behind Iceland at the top of the table.
Next match is against Belarus on the 29th.

Looking back… December

2019 Irish Correspondence Tournament
Registration for 2019 is now closed with ten entrants. Some of the most eager have already begun

On the continent…

Organising EGC 2018
Interesting stats and info behind running the European Go Congress

The Euro Pro System
One year on

One Book, Every Language
An overview of the Multilingual Go Book Project.
The project is looking for volunteers.

Tenuki

Toroidal Go
The GO Without Borders Project is looking for beta testers.
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Stones in Cork
John in Cork is selling a set of ceramic stones on DoneDeal. They are listed at €15 but he emailed to say he will accept €10 if a member of the Cork club is interested.

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Irish Go Congress 2019 Announced

Posted on 2018-12-11 by John

Eoghan has posted details on the Irish Go Google Group:

The dates for next year’s Irish Go Congress will be 22nd-24th March. As usual, the Rapid tournament will take place on the Friday night and the Open will be played in five rounds on Saturday and Sunday. We will be returning to our old home of the Teachers’ Club on Parnell Square, D1.

I’ll update the web page later this week with further details, but in general it will be a more modest affair than recent years.

Dubliners, please let me know if you are willing to put a visiting player up for the weekend. The price of accommodation in Dublin is a major obstacle to attracting players from abroad, and being able to offer a couch or a bed to sleep on is very helpful. In my experience, go players are usually fairly well-behaved guests and strong players will often repay your hospitality with a teaching game or two.

Also, I could use a couple of volunteers to help with setting up, registration, and generally keeping things running smoothly. Again, drop me a line if you are willing to pitch in.

*****

Update: Details are now available on the IGA site.

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2018-12 December

Posted on 2018-12-01 by John

Looking forward… December

2019 Irish Correspondence Tournament
Registration for next year is currently open but will close on December 25th. Don’t be that guy emailing Ian on Christmas Eve…

2019 Online Interprovincials
The classic Online Interprovincials will make a comeback in a new format. The IGA site has more info.

Weekly Meetings

Galway – Tuesday 19:30 in the Black Gate
Dublin – Wednesday 20:30 in Toners
Online – Thursday 20:00-22:00 on OGS
Stillorgan – Sunday 14:00-18:00 at PingZone, St Benildus College

Pandanet Go European Team Championship
9th PGETC
There was an unplayed game against Bulgaria in this week’s round. It is scheduled to take place tomorrow.
Ireland’s next opponent will be Morocco in round 4 on Tues 18th

Looking back… November

2018 Correspondance Tournament
With a tie between James and Noel, both on 9 wins, this is now finally over! But fear not, signups for 2019 are already well underway

Tenuki

Baduk Tourist
A night at the Collegians Go Club
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2018-11 November

Posted on 2018-10-31 by John

Looking forward… November

Cork Tourney
Unfortunately, there is no tournament scheduled in Cork this winter.

9th PGETC
Ireland will face Bulgaria in round 3 on Nov 27th

Weekly Meetings

Galway – Tuesday 19:30 in the Black Gate
Dublin – Wednesday 20:30 in Toners
Online – Thursday 20:00-22:00 on OGS
Stillorgan – Sunday 14:00-18:00 at PingZone, St Benildus College

Looking back… October

2018 Correspondance Tournament
The final game seems to be caught in a ko fight for the last several dozen moves… Irish Correspondence 2018

Pandanet Go European Team Championship
Ireland finished 2-2 against Georgia in round 1 and sat out round 2 due to there being an odd number of teams in D League

Tenuki

Black Swans
Another interview with the creator of LeelaZero, this one by Black Swans. (The previous one was by EGN.)

Not a halloween ghost story
Tales from Huai An

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2018-10 October

Posted on 2018-10-02 by John

Looking forward… October

9th Pandanet Go European Team Championship
The 9th PGETC begins tonight. There is a related thread on L19
Pandanet Go European Team Championship

Weekly Meetings

Galway – Tuesday 20:00 in the Black Gate
Dublin – Wednesday 20:30 in Toners
Online – Thursday 20:00-22:00 on OGS
Stillorgan – Sunday 14:00-18:00 at PingZone, St Benildus College

Looking back… September

Belfast Handicap 2018
Ten players attended in all. Results

New Project for Youth in Europe
The first solid progress for Catalin Taranu’s initiative

2018 Correspondance Tournament
Just two games still running

Tenuki

Surrounding Game
This recent documentary is now available on Netflix (yes, in Ireland) alongside AlphaGo.

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“Don’t just buy books—read them. Don’t just look at the results of pro games—play through them. Don’t just play the same opening moves—try some you’ve not used before. You’ll discover that go is even more fun than you thought” – William Cobb

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Not that sort of Go Masters

Posted on 2018-09-25 by John

Tan Yue Chuan, from the Department of Baduk Studies in Myongji University (home of the Myosu newsletter), is studying how people in different countries started playing as part of his master’s thesis.

Take the survey

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