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37 players enjoyed the 13th Nottingham tournament, held on Sept 6th. The venue for the second time was a pair of church halls in Lady Bay, Nottingham, which is fast becoming a favourite Go venue, the British pairs being held there this year too. It provides a light and airy hall for reviewing and socialising, as well as the playing hall, and is close to food sources!

Winner was Changhao Huang (5 dan, UCL), who received the Nottingham trophy, which was first awarded in 1983. He took the trophy home with pride, for one year. Best player below the bar was Ai Guan (1d), who has recently moved to…

The second annual Newcastle Go Tournament took place at Newcastle University’s Urban Sciences Building on 30–31 August, with 23 players ranging from 5 dan to 25 kyu taking part.

Xuanqi Cui (5d) emerged as the overall winner with five straight victories. He received the impressive trophy – an ornamental 9×9 goban containing a fully functional 19×19 set – designed and crafted by Newcastle Go Club member Robert Manders (14k).

Changhao Huang (5d, UCL) and Zhan Shi (3d, Manchester) finished second and third respectively, each taking home a Newcastle Go Club hoodie. Below the bar,…

The 29th Mind Sports Olympiad (MSO) took place in its regular venue of the JW3 centre in London. As usual many games fans from around the world came to play a very varied list of games and compete to be Pentamind Champion (Natasha Regan was the Women's Pentamind runner up). Details of all MSO results are on the MSO Database.

The Go Open was held on the final day, the Bank Holiday Monday. 16 players took part, including five juniors and two players at 25k. The Gold medal went to Bende Barcza (4d Hungary), shown above, who at just 11 became the youngest…

The eighth annual youth camp was attended by six boys 5k to 20k and aged 8 to 14, three from Cambridge and three from the Oxford area. As usual the PGL centre at Caythorpe Court in Lincolnshire was the venue and as well as Go lessons and playing, the youngsters were able to enjoy giant swing, high wires, orienteering, paddle boarding, aeroball and zip wire. The Go-teachers this year were again Helen Harvey and Tony Atkins.

Winner of the camp handicap tournament was Jed Lau, winners of the…

The Summer 2025 edition of the BGJ is now available for members to read in the Members' Area, with printed copies being sent out to those that receive them.