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At an EGM yesterday the EGF formally ratified Turkey as the hosts for the 2026 EGC.

The event will be 25th July to 8th August, at Ankara Hacettepe University, Tunçalp Özgen Congress and Cultural Center.

Ankara is home to Türkiye’s first Go club (1988) and the founding location of the Türkiye Go Association (1995), which still operates its headquarters in the city. The university offers an official, academic-credit Go course for students.

As usual full details will appear in due course on the EGF calendar.

In case people are interested I have just been told of a new thriller-genre novel that uses the game of Go as a high level structuring mechanism. The name of the book is "The Aji of Dead Stones" and it can be found on amazon.co.uk. The writer is apparently a lapsed Go player using a pseudonym.

The fourth match of the B-League season, on 7th Jaunary, was a draw against Italy who are at the top of the table. A good job by our winners Damen and Jake! That kept the team in seventh, in the bottom half of the table but in the safe zone. Round 5 will be on 4th February against Lithuania.

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Damen Woo wrote about his game against Alessandro Pace: It started with a good opening, I got a decent lead and kept it until the end.

Jake Game wrote about his game against Carlo Metta: After an opening that was probably bad for me, I got very lucky in a capturing race despite making some errors.

Bruno Poltronieri wrote: I lost…

All the games in the UK team's third match ended in resignation. Unfortunately it was three-one in Croatia's favour, with Bruno's long game ending with him being the only UK winner. This loss moved the team down from third to seventh in the B-League. Italy won again (against Finland) to stay at the top, with Netherlands beating Lithuania to take second place.

League Page with game records

Scott Cobbold wrote about his game: I gained a large lead when my opponent, Stjepan Medak, overplayed near the start. I just needed to keep the game simple, but I let my group get in danger and under time pressure lost a large group of stones.

Jake Game wrote about his game…

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.