Chen Qin Wins UK Go Challenge Finals

The online youth event for July, held on the afternoon of Sunday 4th July on OGS, was the finals of the 2020-2021 UK Go Challenge. 32 young players battled over six rounds on 13x13 boards. This time the winner was Chen Qin from Nottingham who was also top girl. Second equal were Scott Cobbold and Alexander Timperi, both from London, on sos tie-break from Daniel Yang from Birmingham and Jan Kudla from Edinburgh. Results

The age group categories were determined by a knockout system. There were prize vouchers and certificates for winners. Age Group Winners:

Boys U08 Lukasz Kudla
Boys U10 Alexander Timperi
Boys U12 Daniel Yang
Boys U14 Yifeng Yang
Boys U16 Scott Cobbold
Boys U18 -

Girls U08 -
Girls U10 Chen Qin
Girls U12 Lea Wong
Girls U14 Hanna Kudla
Girls U16 Julia Volovich
Girls U18 -

The team titles were awarded on a percentage system:
Team winners was the team AJCGo (Chen, April, Jin and August)
Best School was James Gillespie High School, Edinburgh
Best Primary School was James Gillespie Primary School, Edinburgh