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August 2012
A tournament held over a weekend, at UCC in Cork, Ireland.
- 2011-12 Kim Ouweleen
- 2010 Willem-Koen Pomstra
- 2009 (Nov) Wei Wang
- 2009 (Jan) Wei Wang
- 2008 Wei Wang
Normally held the day before the main Cornwall tournament
- 2012 Peter Harold-Barry
- 2011 Sue Paterson
- 2010 Tony Atkins
- 2009 Ian Marsh
- 2007-8 Eric Hall
- 2006 Robert Churchill
- 2004-5 Jonathan Englefield
- 2003 Hennie Groot Lipman
- 2002 Annie Hall
- 2001 Roger Daniel
- 2000 John Rickard
A tournament of 5 rounds, held in Galway in Ireland.
- 2012 Kim Ouweleen
- 2011 Justyna Kleczar
- 2008 Lukasz Blek
The Northern was originally a two day event with accommodation at one of the Manchester University halls of residence. It was a European Grand Prix event in 1993 and 1994 instead of London. It then was part of the MSO from 2003, when that was held in Manchester, and has since become a 3 round McMahon and is now held in Stockport.
The prize is the Red Rose Trophy.
- 2011-12 Richard Moulds
- 2010 Ivan Wong
- 2008-9 Bob Bagot
- 2007 Norbert Bittner
- 2005 Alistair Wall
- 2004 Carl-Johan Ragnarsson
- 2002-3 Li Haiou
- 2000-1 T.Mark Hall
- 1999 Francis Roads
- 1998 Michael Zhang
- 1997 Simon Shiu
- 1996 Matthew Cocke / T.Mark Hall
- 1995 T.Mark Hall
- 1994 Matthew Cocke / Des Cann
- 1993 Kyung-su Ju (Matthew Macfadyen won GP)
- 1991-2 Matthew Cocke
- 1990 Des Cann
- 1989 Harold Lee
- 1988 Edmund Shaw
- 1987 Matthew Macfadyen
- 1986 J.Y. Lee
- 1985 Richard Granville
- 1984 John Rickard
- 1983 John Smith
- 1982 Terry Stacey
- 1977-81 Matthew Macfadyen
- 1976 Paul Prescott
- 1975 Colin Irving
Based on the UK Chess Challenge, the UK Go Challenge is for schools and junior players. Heats are run in schools, with an overall Final which can be also attended by junior players who did not play in a heat. See ukgochallenge.com.
- 2012 Satoru Oshima
- 2011 Adan Mordcovich
- 2010 Roella Smith
- 2009 Tian Ren Chen
- 2008 Matthew Hathrell
- 2007 Hai Xia
- 2006 William Brooks
- 2005 Matthew Hathrell
- 2004 William Brooks
The Irish Open is the main tournament of the Irish Go Congress in Dublin. It is often part of the European Grand Prix. It has been called the Confucius Cup since 2012.
- 2013 Csaba Mero
- 2012 Csaba Mero
- 2011 Antti Tormanen & Wei Wang
- 2010 Ondrej Silt
- 2009 Hwang, In Seong
- 2008 Cho, Seok Bin
- 2007 Kim, DK
- 2006 Hwang, In Seong
- 2005 Yung Chen
- 2004 Toshio Nishimura
- 2003 Marco Firnhaber
- 2002 Toby Manning
- 2001 Gerry Mills
- 2000 Richard Hunter
- 1998-9 Matthew Macfadyen
- 1997 Alistair Wall
- 1996 Zhang, Shutai
- 1995 Matthew Macfadyen
- 1994 Tony Goddard
- 1993 Gerry Mills
- 1992 Taro Matsumoto
- 1991 David Phillips
- 1990 Isao Toshima
The Oxford Tournament's roots go back to the 1960s, but the current series started in 1983. It has been held in various colleges, and Freud's Cafe, but the venue for most recent years has been St Edmund Hall.
- 2013 Li Shen
- 2012 Lingjun Miao
- 2011 Andrew Simons
- 2008 Matthew Macfadyen
- 2007 Sam Aitken
- 2006 Bei Ge
- 2005 Li Shen
- 2004 Wenhao Li
- 2003 Li Shen
- 2002 Piers Shepperson
- 2000-1 Seong-June Kim
- 1998-9 Matthew Macfadyen
- 1997 Walthar Warnaar
- 1996 Edmund Shaw / Piers Shepperson
- 1994 William Connolley
- 1993 Edmund Shaw
- 1992 Alex Rix
- 1990-1 Edmund Shaw
- 1989 Matthew Macfadyen
- 1988 Piers Shepperson
- 1987 Matthew Macfadyen
- 1986 Terry Stacey
- 1985 Matthew Macfadyen (Held in London)
- 1984 Chee-kul Choi
- 1983 Terry Stacey
3 round McMahon held in Penzance.
It replaced the Devon tournament, using the same trophy now known as the "Devon and Cornwall Go Stone".
- 2012 Toby Manning
- 2011 Ian Marsh
- 2010 Toby Manning
- 2009 Paul Massey
- 2008 Yaeko Takano
- 2007 Shige Uno
- 2006 Edmund Shaw
- 2005 Ian Marsh
- 2004 Toby Manning
- 2003 Simon Goss
- 2001-2 Alistair Wall
- 1999-2000 Tony Atkins
- 1997-8 Antonio Moreno
- 1996 Thorstein Thorsteinsson
- 1995 Alistair Wall
A 3-round McMahon tournament sponsored by and held at Hitachi Europe's headquarters.
It was called the Furze Platt Tournament until 2010.
- 2013 Matthew Cocke
- 2012 Chu Lu
- 2011 Andrew Simons
- 2010 Jon Diamond
- 2009 Du Qing
- 2008 Jaeup Kim
- 2007 Bei Ge
- 2006 Piers Shepperson
- 2003-5 Li Shen
- 2000-2 Seong-June Kim
- 1999 C.S. Park
- 1997-8 T.Mark Hall
- 1996 Harold Lee
- 1995 T.Mark Hall
- 1994 Matthew Macfadyen
- 1993 Shun Nagano
- 1992 Jim Clare
- 2005 George Leach