August 2012

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Last updated Sun May 19 2013. If you have any comments, please email the webmaster on web-master AT britgo DOT org.
Type: 
Pair Go
Current Champion: 
Natasha Regan & Tim Hunt
Start Year: 
2000
Past Winners: 

  • 2003 Natasha Regan & Tim Hunt
  • 2001 Sylvia Kalisch & Seong-June Kim
  • 2000 Guo Juan & Di Jingyu




  • Last updated Wed Jan 02 2013. If you have any comments, please email the webmaster on web-master AT britgo DOT org.
    Type: 
    Pair Go
    Current Champion: 
    Oscar Selby & Matthew Cocke
    Start Year: 
    1993
    Normal Month: 
    August

    This tournament is part of the Isle of Man Go Week and is officially called the Rengo tournament as it can be played by any doubles partnership.

    Past Winners: 
    • 2010 Oscar Selby & Matthew Cocke
    • 2008 Jenny Radcliffe & Edmund Stephen-Smith
    • 2006 Jenny Radcliffe & Matthew Cocke
    • 2004 Pauline Bailey & Steve Bailey
    • 2002 David King & Eric Hall
    • 1999 Michael Marz & Gernot Belger
    • 1997 John Atherton & Richard Hunter
    • 1995 Andrea Smith & Paul Smith
    • 1993 Hazel Milne & Matthew Macfadyen




    Last updated Tue Apr 16 2013. If you have any comments, please email the webmaster on web-master AT britgo DOT org.
    Type: 
    Pair Go
    Current Champion: 
    Guo Juan & Claude Brisson
    Start Year: 
    2002
    Normal Month: 
    December

    Part of London Open, the Pair Go Tournament is held on one of the evenings.

    Past Winners: 
    • 2012 Guo Juan & Claude Brisson
    • 2011 Ko Juyeong & Chong Han
    • 2010 Guo Juan & Ian Davis
    • 2009 Yanqi Zhang & Wei Wang
    • 2008 Guo Juan & Ian Davis
    • 2007 Dominique Cornuejols & Toru Imamura
    • 2006 Natasha Regan & Matthew Cocke
    • 2005 Dominique Cornuejols & Jean-Loop Naddef
    • 2004 Suvi Lepanen & Teemu Rovio
    • 2003 Tied
    • 2002 Mihoko Isoda & Masashi Sugiyama




    Last updated Tue Apr 16 2013. If you have any comments, please email the webmaster on web-master AT britgo DOT org.
    Type: 
    Pair Go
    Current Champion: 
    Helen Harvey & Martin Harvey
    Start Year: 
    1998
    Normal Month: 
    June

    Part of the British Pair Go Championship, for those not in the top 8 pairs.

    Past Winners: 
    • 2012 Helen Harvey & Martin Harvey
    • 2011 Sam McCarthy & John Collins
    • 2009-10 Kelda Smith & Paul Smith
    • 2008 Sam McCarthy & John Collins
    • 2007 Lydia Feasey & Jonathan Englefield
    • 2006 Jackie Chai & John Johnstone
    • 2005 Maria Tabor & Paul Tabor
    • 2004 Pauline Bailey & Steve Bailey
    • 2003 Elinor Brooks & Eric Hall
    • 2001-2 Nicola Hurden & Shawn Hearn
    • 2000 Fiona Campbell & Jim Edwards
    • 1999 Jini Williams & Fred Holroyd
    • 1998 Pauline Bailey & Steve Bailey




    Last updated Tue Apr 16 2013. If you have any comments, please email the webmaster on web-master AT britgo DOT org.
    Type: 
    Pair Go
    Current Champion: 
    Natasha Regan & Matthew Cocke
    Start Year: 
    1991
    Normal Month: 
    June

    The British Pair Go Championship is for male and female pairs, who cannot converse during the games, as is the normal Pair Go convention.

    It is always held in a pleasant hotel, nowadays in a hotel in the Oxfordshire countryside. There is always a buffet lunch and prizes for most, including the Best Dressed Pair prize.

    Past Winners: 
    Results
    link
    PlaceChampionsHandicap WinnersReport
    2012OxfordNatasha Regan & Matthew Cocke Helen Harvey & Martin Harvey Report
    2011OxfordNatasha Regan & Matthew Cocke Sam McCarthy & John CollinsReport
    2010 Oxford Natasha Regan & Matthew Cocke Kelda Smith & Paul SmithReport Photos
    2009 Oxford Kirsty Healey & Matthew Macfadyen Kelda Smith & Paul SmithReport Photos
    2008 Oxford Kirsty Healey & Matthew MacfadyenSam McCarthy & John CollinsReport
    2007 Oxford Kirsty Healey & Matthew MacfadyenLydia Feasey & Jonathan EnglefieldReport
    2006OxfordKirsty Healey & Matthew MacfadyenJackie Chai & John JohnstoneReport
    2005 Oxford Natasha Regan & Matthew CockeMaria Tabor & Paul TaborReport
    2004 Oxford Kirsty Healey & Matthew MacfadyenPauline Bailey & Steve BaileyReport
    Photos
    2003 Oxford Kirsty Healey & Matthew MacfadyenElinor Brooks & Eric HallReport
    2002 Oxford Kirsty Healey & Matthew MacfadyenNicola Hurden & Shawn HearnReport
    2001 Oxford Kirsty Healey & Matthew MacfadyenNicola Hurden & Shawn HearnReport
    2000 Oxford Emma Marchant & Simon GossFiona Campbell & Jim EdwardsReport
    1999 Stokenchurch Kirsty Healey & Matthew MacfadyenJini Williams & Fred HolroydReport
    1998 Weedon Kirsty Healey & Matthew MacfadyenPauline Bailey & Steve BaileyReport
    1997 Weedon Kirsty Healey & Matthew MacfadyenJenifer Healey & Toby Manning / Yvonne Margetts & Paul Margetts
    1996 Weedon Alison Jones & Tony AtkinsAlison Ewens & David Woodnutt / Yvonne Mao & Paul Margetts
    1995 Marlow Kirsty Healey & Matthew MacfadyenHannah Ellul & France Ellul / Debbie Jones & Francis Weaver
    1994 Leamington Alison Jones & Nick Webber
    1993 Leamington Alison Jones & Andrew Jones
    1992 London Kirsty Healey & Matthew Macfadyen
    1991 Hyde Park Sue Paterson & Jim Barty




    Last updated Tue Apr 16 2013. If you have any comments, please email the webmaster on web-master AT britgo DOT org.

    Game Records

    Page 22 - Chris Kirkham v Norman Tobin (with corrections)

    Didactic Arcticles

    Page 4 - Nets and Ladders

    Problem Diagrams





    Last updated Fri Jan 25 2013. If you have any comments, please email the webmaster on web-master AT britgo DOT org.
    Current Champion: 
    Felix Wang
    Start Year: 
    1997
    Normal Month: 
    August

    This is main open event at the Mind Sports Olympiad (MSO) in London each August.

    Past Winners: 
    • 2012 Felix Wang
    • 2011 Matthew Cocke
    • 2010 Bulent Tuncel
    • 2009 Felix Wang
    • 2008 Paul Tabor
    • 2007 Kyung-Nang Kang
    • 2006 Alistair Wall
    • 2003-5 See Northern
    • 2001-2 Matthew Macfadyen
    • 2000 Guo Juan
    • 1998-9 Zhang, Shutai
    • 1997 Guo Juan




    Last updated Tue Apr 16 2013. If you have any comments, please email the webmaster on web-master AT britgo DOT org.
    Type: 
    Team
    Current Champion: 
    Wanstead
    Start Year: 
    1985
    Normal Month: 
    April

    A team event for clubs located in the tideless part of the Thames Valley. It was a League until 1993 and has been a one day tournament on Easter Monday since then (often known by lots of Ts, eg TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT).

    Note the Broken Go Stone Trophy is not the original broken stone as it got broken.

    Past Winners: 
    • 2012 Wanstead
    • 2011 West Surrey
    • 2010 Bracknell
    • 2008-9 Maidenhead
    • 2007 West Surrey
    • 2006 Maidenhead
    • 2005 Wycombe and Maidenhead A
    • 2004 Swindon
    • 2003 High Wycombe
    • 2002 Bracknell Drunk
    • 2001 Royal Standard
    • 1999-2000 Reading
    • 1998 High Wycombe
    • 1996-7 Reading
    • 1995 Royal Standard
    • 1993-4 Reading
    • 1992 Furze Platt
    • 1991 Bracknell
    • 1990 Reading
    • 1989 Bracknell
    • 1988 Furze Platt
    • 1986/87 Basingstoke
    • 1985 Reading Rebels




    Last updated Tue Apr 16 2013. If you have any comments, please email the webmaster on web-master AT britgo DOT org.
    Type: 
    Team
    Current Champion: 
    Epsom
    Start Year: 
    1986
    Normal Month: 
    April

    Awarded to the Club team with the best percentage in the British Open at the British Go Congress.

    Past Winners: 
    • 2013 Epsom
    • 2012 London
    • 2011 Durham
    • 2010 Edinburgh
    • 2009 Cambridge
    • 2008 Brighton
    • 2007 Sheffield
    • 2006 Durham
    • 2005 Farnborough Village (Kent)
    • 2004 Central London
    • 2001-3 Wanstead
    • 2000 Berks Youth Bracknell
    • 1999 Cambridge
    • 1998 Leamington Spa
    • 1997 Hursley
    • 1996 Reading
    • 1995 Brakenhale
    • 1994 Wanstead
    • 1993 Norwich
    • 1992 Furze Platt Maidenhead
    • 1991 Melior Go Club
    • 1990 The Brakenhale School
    • 1989 Nottingham
    • 1988 Furze Platt School
    • 1986-7 Bristol




    Last updated Tue Apr 16 2013. If you have any comments, please email the webmaster on web-master AT britgo DOT org.