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Tournament List (Current Tournaments)
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| MSO 9x9 |
This is the 9x9 small board tournament that is part of the Mind Sports Olympiad, held each August in London. 9x9 boards |
Aja Huang | ||||||||
| Cardiff |
The first event planned for 9 November 2014 was cancelled due to problems with the venue. |
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| British Championship | 1965 |
Our premier national competition. It consists of several stages: Candidates' Tournament, Challengers' League and the Title Match, the results of which are shown here. The title match is the best of three games; until 2010 it was best of five (apart from... |
Andrew Kay |
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Championship | |||||
| British Open | 27/03/2015 - 29/03/2015 | April | 1968 | Cornel Burzo |
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| Wessex | October | 1970 |
One of the oldest events in the UK, this event was for many years run by Bristol club in the town hall in Marlborough in Wiltshire, a location chosen to easy driving in pre-motorway days. It then moved to Keynsham before settling down in Bath, with that club taking over running it. Now a 3 round McMahon, but formerly 4 rounds, taking... |
Tongzhou Cai |
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| London Open | December | 1974 |
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Chi-Min Oh |
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| Northern | 01/09/2015 | September | 1975 |
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. For some years it was held in Stockport... |
Ngoc-Trang Cao |
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| British Open Lightning | April | 1976 |
This fast-play event is run at the British Go Congress, usually on the Friday evening. The tournament system varies from year to year. Nowadays the event is usually played with handicaps. It was originally a free-standing event. |
Cornel Burzo |
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| Challengers' League | 23/05/2015 - 26/05/2015 | May | 1977 |
Part of the British Championship, is held to select the two players who will compete in the British Championship Title Match. Until 2005 it selected one challenger who played the reigning champion. Players compete in the Candidates' Tournament for places in the... |
Andrew Kay | |||||
| Trigantius | 07/03/2015 | March | 1977 |
This originated as the Cambridge Tournament, but it was renamed in 1977 in honour of Nicolaus Trigantius, a monk who travelled to China in the 17th Century and wrote about Go. |
Jon Diamond |
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