Provisional qualifiers for the 2016 British Go Championship

Based on the European rating list up to 30th March 2016.

The list shows players from the UK rating list who either first achieved an EGF rating at or above 1900 between the beginning of April 2015 and the end of March 2016 after the tournament(s) shown against their name. Click the name link to see their rating graph. Click the tournament name link to see the results table.

Additional Championship rules are that a player must have played in all rounds of a tournament for a qualification, belong to the BGA and be British or have satisfied the residency requirements. This list may include people who do not qualify when these rules are taken into account.

• Baron Allday after Barmouth, Welsh Open and Manchester, Northern
• John Allen after Arundel, Arundel
• Tony Atkins after Welwyn Gardens, Welwyn Gardens, Bracknell, Bracknell, London, MSO Open, Penzance, Cornish Open, Bath, Wessex, Warwick University, Coventry, Maidenhead, Maidenhead and Frodsham, Cheshire Open
• Robert Bagot after Durham, Durham, Lake District, Three Peaks and Frodsham, Cheshire Open
• Lucas Baker after Frodsham, Cheshire Open
• Paul Barnard after Cambridge, Candidates and Open University, Milton Keynes
• Philip Beck after Cambridge, Candidates, Maidenhead, Maidenhead and Cambridge, Trigantius
• Alison Bexfield after Arundel, Arundel, Isle Of Man, Isle Of Man afternoon tournament, Croydon, South London: teachers, Warwick University, Coventry, London, London Open, Maidenhead, Maidenhead and Cambridge, Trigantius
• Simon Bexfield after Isle Of Man, Isle Of Man main tournament
• Edwin Brady after Skye, Skye
• Louise Bremner after Cambridge, Candidates, Barmouth, Welsh Open, Isle Of Man, Isle Of Man main tournament, Bath, Wessex and Lake District, Three Peaks
• Tongzhou Cai after Glasgow, Scottish Open
• Desmond Cann after Cambridge, Candidates, Bracknell, Bracknell, Bangkok, 36th World Amateur Go Championship and Maidenhead, Maidenhead
• Dylan Carter after Barmouth, Welsh Open and Bath, Wessex
• Michael Charles after Cambridge, Candidates, London, London Open and Maidenhead, Maidenhead
• Hongyi Chen after Edinburgh, EdinburghChristmas
• Wenshi Chen after Warwick University, Coventry and London, London Open
• Jim Clare after Bracknell, Bracknell, Bath, Wessex and Maidenhead, Maidenhead
• Michael Cockburn after Cambridge, Candidates and Liberec, 59th European Go Congress - Open Tournament, 2nd week
• John Culmer after Penzance, Cornish Open
• Jon Diamond after Arundel, Arundel
• Mark Elliot after Manchester, Northern
• Harry Fearnley after Cambridge, Candidates and Swindon, Challengers
• Rab Fulton after Glasgow, Scottish Open
• Bogdan Ghica after Cambridge, Cambridge Barlow
• Chong Han after EPFL, OPEN IGC 2016
• Charles Hibbert after Cambridge, Candidates, Swindon, Challengers, London, London Open and Cambridge, Trigantius
• Lorraine Hon after Cambridge, Trigantius
• Daniel Hu after London, London Open
• Aja Huang after Liberec, 59th European Go Congress - Open Tournament, 1st week, Liberec, 59th European Go Congress - Weekend Tournament, London, MSO Open and Berlin, Go to Innovation
• Tim Hunt after Welwyn Gardens, Welwyn Gardens, Cambridge, Candidates, Swindon, Challengers, Open University, Milton Keynes, Croydon, South London: teachers, London, London Open and Cambridge, Trigantius
• Richard Hunter after Cambridge, Candidates, Swindon, Challengers, Barmouth, Welsh Open, Isle Of Man, Isle Of Man afternoon tournament, Bath, Wessex and Lake District, Three Peaks
• Andrew Jones after London, London Open
• Steve Jones after Isle Of Man, Isle Of Man afternoon tournament
• Andrew Kay after Swindon, Challengers and London, London Open
• Alex Kent after Durham, Durham and Bath, Wessex
• Nick Krempel after London, London Open
• Joanne Leung after Antalya, European Women`s Go Championship 2015, Liberec, 59th European Go Congress - Open Tournament, 2nd week, London, MSO Open and Cluj-Napoca, European Student GO Championship
• Ruishan Liu after Glasgow, Scottish Open
• Ben Lloyd after Edinburgh, EdinburghChristmas
• Yuxian Lou after Warwick University, Coventry
• Toby Manning after Cambridge, Candidates, Glasgow, Scottish Open, Durham, Durham, Barmouth, Welsh Open, Open University, Milton Keynes, Liberec, 59th European Go Congress - Open Tournament, 1st week, Liberec, 59th European Go Congress - Weekend Tournament, Isle Of Man, Isle Of Man afternoon tournament, Manchester, Northern, Penzance, Cornish Open, Sheffield, Sheffield, Lake District, Three Peaks, Warwick University, Coventry, London, London Open, Maidenhead, Maidenhead, Frodsham, Cheshire Open, Dublin, 2016 Irish Confucius Cup and Cambridge, Trigantius
• Paul Massey after Penzance, Cornish Open
• Boris Mitrovic after Edinburgh, EdinburghChristmas
• Yoshinori Nakano after Liberec, 59th European Go Congress - Open Tournament, 1st week
• Chi-Min Oh after Berlin, 6. China Cup Berlin
• Pierre Paga after Liberec, 59th European Go Congress - Open Tournament, 2nd week
• David Phillips after Lake District, Three Peaks
• Bruno Poltronieri after Liberec, 59th European Go Congress - Open Tournament, 2nd week, Warwick University, Coventry, London, London Open and Cambridge, Trigantius
• Natasha Regan after Isle Of Man, Isle Of Man main tournament
• Matthew Reid after Cambridge, Candidates, Amsterdam, Amsterdam International Tournament, Brussels, Brussels Tournament 2015, Lake District, Three Peaks and Cambridge, Trigantius
• Alex Rix after Croydon, South London: teachers, London, London Open and Cambridge, Trigantius
• Francis Roads after Welwyn Gardens, Welwyn Gardens, Cambridge, Candidates, Bracknell, Bracknell, Open University, Milton Keynes, Liberec, 59th European Go Congress - Open Tournament, 1st week, Liberec, 59th European Go Congress - Weekend Tournament, Arundel, Arundel, London, MSO Open, Lake District, Three Peaks, London, London Open and Skye, Skye
• Christian Scarff after Cambridge, Candidates, Warwick University, Coventry, Maidenhead, Maidenhead and Dublin, 2016 Irish Confucius Cup
• Matthew Scott after Glasgow, Scottish Open
• Alex Selby after London, MSO Open
• Piers Shepperson after Isle Of Man, Isle Of Man main tournament and Cambridge, Trigantius
• Simon Shiu after Sheffield, Sheffield
• Andrew Simons after Cambridge, Candidates, Swindon, Challengers, London, London Open, Maidenhead, Maidenhead and Cambridge, Trigantius
• Johannes Siven after Cambridge, Candidates
• Paul Smith after Open University, Milton Keynes, Arundel, Arundel, Isle Of Man, Isle Of Man afternoon tournament, Sheffield, Sheffield, Bath, Wessex, Warwick University, Coventry and Maidenhead, Maidenhead
• Guoqiang Sun after Warwick University, Coventry
• Jamie Taylor after Warwick University, Coventry and Cambridge, Trigantius
• Sandy Taylor after Durham, Durham, Isle Of Man, Isle Of Man afternoon tournament, Bath, Wessex and London, London Open
• Alan Thornton after Welwyn Gardens, Welwyn Gardens, Cambridge, Candidates, Bracknell, Bracknell, Durham, Durham, Open University, Milton Keynes, Lake District, Three Peaks, London, London Open, Maidenhead, Maidenhead and Cambridge, Trigantius
• Laurence Turner after London, MSO Open
• Chris Volk after Berlin, 6. China Cup Berlin, Welwyn Gardens, Welwyn Gardens and Durham, Durham
• Alistair Wall after Welwyn Gardens, Welwyn Gardens, Cambridge, Candidates, Bracknell, Bracknell, Swindon, Challengers, Glasgow, Scottish Open, Durham, Durham, Barmouth, Welsh Open, Open University, Milton Keynes, Arundel, Arundel, London, MSO Open, Manchester, Northern, Penzance, Cornish Open, Sheffield, Sheffield, Bath, Wessex, Lake District, Three Peaks, Warwick University, Coventry, Edinburgh, EdinburghChristmas, London, London Open, Maidenhead, Maidenhead, Frodsham, Cheshire Open, Skye, Skye and Cambridge, Trigantius
• Yueran Wang after Cambridge, Trigantius
• Michael Webster after London, London Open
• George Wen after Liberec, 59th European Go Congress - Open Tournament, 1st week
• Ruizhu Wu after Warwick University, Coventry
• Mingcan Xu after Barmouth, Welsh Open
• Hui Zhang after Cambridge, Trigantius
• Mark Baoliang Zhang after Cambridge, Candidates, Manchester, Northern and Frodsham, Cheshire Open
• Jakub Ziomko after Edinburgh, EdinburghChristmas

Total 76 qualifiers.