Pandanet Go European Team Championship 2023/2024

This is the 14th season of a team competition played online on Pandanet (IGS) in its own room called "EuropeanTeamChamp". Pandanet kindly sponsor the League, and the top four teams in the top division attend over-the-board finals at the European Go Congress.

The UK team is captained by Bruno Poltronieri. Matches are four players a side, made up of available players from the registered team. The Championship is split into four leagues, originally by average rating of the best team members, but with promotion/demotion from the previous year. The UK is still in the C League. Games are played every three or four weeks (with breaks for Christmas and Easter).

For more information visit Pandanet Go European Team Championship.

Current season results and league table

UK results for other seasons

Final score:
6 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss
Final position 1st place

British Team

Name, IGS Handle, rating (grade)

1. Andrew Simons, Uberdude, 2427 (4d)
2. Bruno Poltronieri, FrenchDude, 2389 (4d) -- captain
3. Scott Cobbold, mismo, 2376 (4d)
4. Alex Kent, saraneth, 2335 (3d)
5. Jon Diamond, mumps, 2312 (3d)
6. Sandy Taylor, afar, 2295 (3d)
7. Des Cann, Shuko, 2271 (2d)
8. Jamie Taylor, gloooomph, 2215 (2d)
9. Tim Hunt, timhunt, 2193 (2d)
10. Sam Bithell, Strutnoddy, 2166 (2d)
11. Toby Manning, TobyM, 2099 (1d)
12. Alison Bexfield, abexgo, 2054 (1d)

Fixtures

Results

Tuesday 24 October - Norway 3-1

1. Bruno Poltronieri (W) beat Heming Hanevik (Fears, 2d) by resignation sgf
2. Scott Cobbold (B) beat Tomas Hjartnes (illegal, 1d) by resignation sgf
3. Jon Diamond (W) lost to Jon Runar Melting (hmm, 2d) by no-show
4. Tim Hunt (B) beat Rasmus Stene (rasmunis, 2k) by 3.5 sgf

Tuesday 21 November - Slovenia 3-1

1. Bruno Poltronieri (B) lost to Ondrej Králik (Muhahaha, 3d) by resignation sgf
2. Scott Cobbold (W) beat Boris Dovčík (Borisho, 2d) by resignation sgf
3. Alex Kent (B) beat Peter Smolarik (SvkPeto, 2d) by 25.5 sgf
4. Jamie Taylor (W) beat Martin Lukac (DeadmaN, 1d) by 26.5 sgf

Tuesday 23 January - Denmark 3-1

1. Bruno Poltronieri (W) beat Mathis Isaksen (Yaka, 4d) by resignation sgf
2. Scott Cobbold (B) beat Jannik Rasmussen (Malingo, 4d) by resignation sgf
3. Tim Hunt (W) lost to Mikkel Kragh Mathiesen (comorphism, 1d) by resignation sgf
4. Alison Bexfield (B) beat Kjeld Petersen (kjp, 1d) by 2.5 sgf

Tuesday 13 February - Spain 3-1

1. Bruno Poltronieri (W) beat Ignacio Cernuda (hokutose, 4d) by 17.5 sgf
2. Scott Cobbold (B) beat Juan Francisco ("Paco") García de la Banda (palmero, 2d) by resignation sgf
3. Des Cann (W) beat Jesus Roldan (jesusin0, 2d) by resignation sgf
4. Toby Manning (B) lost to Enrique Jimenez (godoran, 1d) by resignation sgf

Tuesday 12 March - Kyrgyzstan 3-1

1. Bruno Poltronieri (B) lost to Fedor Kropochev (epsilon, 2d) by resignation. sgf
2. Scott Cobbold (W) beat Ilim Baratbaev (Ilim019, 1k) by resignation. sgf
3. Jon Diamond (B) beat Shakarim Yuldashev (Tuco, 1k) by resignation. sgf
4. Tim Hunt (W) beat Ernur Emilev (ErnurE, 3k) by resignation. sgf

Tuesday 9 April - Slovenia 3-1

1. Bruno Poltronieri (W) beat Andrej Kralj (eltoro7, 2d) by resignation sgf
2. Scott Cobbold (B) beat Tim Klančišar (Justinjan, 2d) by resignation sgf
3. Des Cann (W) lost to Janez Janža (Janez, 2d) by resignation sgf
4. Tim Hunt (B) beat Martin Michel Majcenovič (Michelxy, 3k) by resignaton sgf

Tuesday 21 May - South Africa 1-3

1. Scott Cobbold (W) lost to Victor Guang Chow (RoseDuke, 7d) by forfeit
2. Jon Diamond (B) lost to Andrew Davies (adavies, 3d) by resignation sgf
3. Des Cann (W) beat Rocco Vivier (RoccoV, 2k) by 17.5 sgf
4. Alison Bexfield (B) lost to Ben Bredenkamp (bbred, 1k) by 2.5 sgf