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: Ryan Zhang Wins British Youth
Congratulations to Ryan Zhang (3d) who was Under-12 champion and became British Youth Go Champion for the first time. However he was not the best of the 37 players as Chenhe Yuan (5d), just arrived in the UK, won all six games to take the Open title. The was nobody in the Under-18 category this year, but the other age-group winners were: Under-16:… |
: Fun at Youth Go Camp
The seventh annual youth camp was attended by only 8 players (a couple more wanted to come but one withdrew and one entered too late); they ranged from 29 kyu to 7 kyu, 9 years to 15 years old and travelled from as far as Edinburgh to take part. Again the PGL centre at Caythorpe Court in Lincolnshire was the venue and as… |
: UK Youth Beat RomaniaThe UK youth squad won their third round match 3-2 against Romania yesterday in the European Youth Go team Competition. With one round to go this leaves the UK in third place. On paper the UK had the slight edge over Romania, but the games were closely matched to within two grades so anything was possible. Our two U12 players finished first and both took a win. Yanyi played a competent game to win by resignation giving him is third win in as many matches. Blake made his debut for… |
: Youth Team Narrowly Loses to FranceThe UK youth team narrowly lost to France by two boards to three in the second round of the European Youth Team Competition. Our U12 boards, Ryan Zhang and Yanyi Xiong, both picked up wins. Ryan's game was particularly exciting culminating in a half-point win, with Yanyi again performing strongly against a higher-rated player to gain a 7.5-point win. Our two U16 boards, Alvina Kwok and Daniel Yang, fought hard but were not able to defeat their slightly stronger opponents. On the top… |
: Alvina Kwok is Youth Champion
Other age-group winners were: Under-18:… |
: UK Youth Beat Turkey 5-0Our UK youth Go squad has played the first round of the European Youth Go Team Competition and won 5-0 against Turkey. The round was meant to be played on Saturday 11th November, but as this clashed with the UK youth championship Turkey kindly agreed to play the games early. Our team for this round comprised Scott Cobbold, Alvina Kwok, Michael Mitcham-Harding, Ryan Zhang and Yanyi Xiong. We were expecting to win on the first three boards, as the grades were in our favour and our… |
: Sixth Youth Camp Successful
The sixth annual youth camp attracted 16 players from 32 kyu to 3 kyu and 8 years to 17 years old (the younger players allowed in specially after the event was initially undersubscribed). Again Caythorpe Court in Lincolnshire was the venue and as well as Go lessons and playing, the youngsters were able to enjoy climbing, rafting, shooting, fencing, high… |
: UK Youth Beat Czechia to End SecondThe UK youth team played their final round match today in the European Youth Go Team Championship. The UK EYGTC team was drawn against Czechia and we knew that if we could win the match, and France could win against Romania, then we should finish in the medals. The same was true for our opponents. Both team managers tried to ensure we had a full team for the official match time so that it would be an exciting… |
: Scott Cobbold Retains British Youth TitleScott Cobbold retained the British Youth Go Champion title by winning all his games at the championships held on Saturday 21st January. The event, covering the school year 2022 to 2023, was held, as was the 2021 British Youth Go Championships, at the Leicester County Bridge Club. 48 youngsters from 5 to 18 years old battled for the age group titles and awards were also given for best player below the 5k bar and for the best Novice. Noteworthy results were by Hanna Kudla who won all five… |
: UK Youth beat TurkeyThe UK youth go team played Turkey in round 3 of the 4 round European Youth Go Team Championship. On paper it looked to be a close match with two boards looking in favour of Turkey and two in favour of the UK EYGTC team and one even in terms of stated grades. However, grades can be unreliable as some young people can improve very fast through the tournament duration or have not played sufficient… |
