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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.

The first Manchester Open was held on Saturday 9th August, a sunny summer day. The venue, Luther King House, is nestled in a peaceful, tree-lined suburb just a short distance from the vibrant heart of Manchester.

A total of 48 players joined this inaugural event, with strengths ranging from 25k to 6d. Most players competed in the spacious main room, where tall windows and skylights filled the space with natural light. The top seven boards played in a smaller, quieter room, with the first board broadcast live on OGS.

After three rounds, Yuhang Xing (6d), a university student from Glasgow,…

The British Congress returned to Edinburgh after 15 years, this time hosted by the New Melville Bridge Club. With leafy Corstorphine and Edinburgh Zoo as a backdrop, the venue offered a quiet and spacious setting for a long weekend of Go. Fifty-seven players, matching last year’s turnout, gathered to make up one of the strongest player fields in recent memory.

The Congress kicked off on Friday night with the traditional British Lightning Championship. Twenty-six players were split into six round-robin groups, battling fiercely for a place in the top 12 knockout bracket. Congratulations to Dohyup Kim (8d Seoul),…