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  • The Autumn 2024 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.

  • 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: Alvina Kwok, Under-14: Audrey Fung, Under-10: Aidan Fung and Under-8: Ezreal Yang. The Novices Winner was Nathaniel Armstrong from Cheadle Hulme School. Winners of 5/6 games were Joshua Fai, Clinton Yu and Claude Robinson.…

  • The UK team played well against a very strong Netherlands team in the second match of the season, but lost three games to one, with Damen Woo being the only winner and Bruno's long game ending with him half a point behind. This meant losing the top position in the B-League earned in round one.

    League Page with game records

    Damen Woo wrote about his game against Rob van Zeijst: Rob played a solid game with no inaccuracies or blunders, though some moves in the opening were slightly slow. The advantage I gained in the opening led Rob to adopt a more aggressive approach in the middle game. I defended effectively and maintained my lead, finished with 11.5 points ahead.

    On…

  • The UK team was promoted to the B-League of the Pandanet Go European Team Championship and ended round one in first position! They played Austria on Tuesday 15th October and won four games to nil, despite Austria having the strong player Victor Lin on board one. Second placed is Croatia who beat Netherlands despite a triple ko in one game. Italy beat Serbia to take third, earning penalty points for a no-show on board one. The other matches were drawn.

    League Page with game records

    Michael Tik Wai Cheung, one of several new players to the team, wrote: I played against Viktor Lin with black stones. Throughout the game, I noticed some of his questionable moves (36, 62, 78), which…

  • In the recent Korean Prime Minister's Cup our representative Damen Ho-yeung Woo had a great result, with 5 wins from 7 games and finishing 14th overall.

    The full results can be see at https://kpmc.kbaduk.or.kr/us/2024/result