BGA Newsletter 323 February 2025

FROM THE EDITOR

This issue, and previous newsletters, are available in the Newsletter Archive in the Members' Area. This is the most reliable way to view the Newsletters, as some email clients can corrupt the formatting of the pictures.

Contributions are always welcome, both from our members and others. We ask that they be Go-related and "newsy". The place for debate and general discussion is the BGA open mailing list Gotalk. However, an introduction to a new topic is fine in the Newsletter. A brief introduction to Gotalk, with a link for joining, is on the BGA page Go on the Internet.

Instructions for Contributors: Please use plain text not file-attachments. Keep it fairly brief, and give web-links and contact details. It's good to include pictures. If they are on the internet, send me the URL, otherwise attach the picture files to your email. Send your contribution to newsletter@britgo.org to arrive by the first day of the month.

Jil Segerman

NEWS

NEW: online teaching events

On 5 April with Eunkyo Do 1p (pictured on the left). Group Lesson for up to 15 people with rank stronger than 5 kyu. Payment £7.50 per person, to be confirmed in advance. Contact Sam Bithell: sbithell.go AT gmail.com Entry Form Entries list

On 6 April withTik Wai Cheung 4d. Group Lesson for up to 15 people with ranks between 20 kyu to 5 kyu. Payment £5 per person, to be confirmed in advance. Contact Sam Bithell: sbithell.go AT gmail.com Entry Form Entries List

Pandanet Go European Team Championship

The UK team played Lithuania on 4 February and won 4-0. Report

Pandanet Youth Go European Team Championship

The UK team is playing in League A. Our squad comprises: Ryan Zhang, Lea Wong, Michael Mitcham-Harding, Yanyi Xiong, Andrew Volovich, Lukasz Kudla, Blake Shamoon, Zoe Walters and Emily Gan. In the first round on 22 January the UK lost 4-1 to Ukraine, the strongest team in the League. Then on 12 February the team of Ryan Zhang, Lea Wong, Michael Mitcham-Harding, Zoe Walters and Blake Shamoon beat France 5-0 to move up to third place in League A.

Details: https://pandanet-igs.com/communities/PYGETC

In the separate European Youth Go Team Competition, on 1 and 2 February, they beat Romania 3-2.

Junior-HK Match 2024

Over the past few weeks a team of UK Go players has played a match against a team from Hong Kong. The match was played on the "last man standing" basis: the weakest two members play the first game, for the second game the loser is replaced by the next player on their team but the winner stays on (and so on). Detailed results here.

I am pleased to say that the UK team won the match 8:6.

BGA Tournament Winners

Full results here
Lancaster - Quan Wan
Coventry - Yifan Bao & Chenhe Yuan
DDK Grand Prix 2025 - Wenzhou Mei
London Youth - Kwun Yin Ng

ADMIN

New Appointments

I am pleased to announce that Peter Fisher (pictured on the left) has agreed to take over from Chris Kirkham as our new Membership Secretary. There will be a hand-over period for the next month or so, after which Peter will be in full control. For queries please continue to use the standard e-mail address of mem at britgo dot org

Also Barry Chandler is taking over from Pat Ridley as Pair Go Coordinator.

Thanks go to both Chris and Pat for their efforts over the last years.

Colin Williams, President

BGJ 210

The Winter 2024-25 issue of the British Go Journal has been printed and is being posted out to members. It is now available as a pdf in the Members' Area on the BGA website. You will need to log-in as a Member here. Then go to the Members' Area and click on the link below the cover picture. The link for sgf files, including the problems, for this edition is here.

CONTENTS
EDITORIAL
LETTERS
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Colin Williams
THE NEW INDEX TO THE British Go Journal Jochen Fassbender
JOHN TILLEY 1948-2024 Jon Diamond
WORLD NEWS Tony Atkins
BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP 2024: GAME 2 In-Seong Hwang
FASCINATING TSUMEGO: PART ONE – QUESTION Richard Hunter
SUICIDE MAKES A DIFFERENCE Toby Manning
UK NEWS Tony Atkins
50th LONDON OPEN GO CONGRESS Gerry Gavigan
TOURNAMENT HISTORIES XXIII: BRITISH SMALL BOARD Tony Atkins
FASCINATING TSUMEGO: PART ONE – ANSWERS Richard Hunter
DEATH OF A GO CLUB Francis Roads
YOUTH NEWS Tony Atkins
SOLUTIONS TO THE JOURNAL PROBLEMS
ASSOCIATION CONTACT INFORMATION

EVENTS COMING SOON

March Cheshire (Frodsham), Cambridge Trigantius
April Online group lessons: Eunkyo Do 1p and Tik Wai Cheung 4d, British Go Congress (Edinburgh)
May Candidates (British Championship) and Aspirants (Leicester), Skye, Not the London Open
June Durham, Pair Go (provisional), Tonbridge, UK Go Challenge Finals, Welsh Open (Barmouth)
July European Go Congress (Warsaw, Poland)
August Youth Go Camp (Caythorpe, Lincolnshire), Mind Sports Olympiad (London), Newcastle (provisional)