BGA Newsletter 320 November 2024

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

Pandanet Go European Team Championship

The UK team, promoted to the B-League of the Pandanet Go European Team Championship last season, ended round one of the new season in first position! Report

BGA Tournament Winners

Full results here
Three Peaks - Peikai Xue
Bar Low - Michael Cockburn
Wessex - Zeyu Qiu
British Small Board - Peikai Xue
UK Go Challenge - Belinda Chen
U16 Boys - Jianzhou Mei
U14 Boys - Andrew Volovich
U12 Boys - Ethan Chen
U10 Boys - Clarence Qin
U08 Boys - Yuchen Wu
U16 Girls - Belinda Chen
U12 Girls - April Chen
U10 Girls - Kacey Chen
U08 Girls - Alethea Peck
Sheffield - Yasumasa Furukawa

ABC Radio National Discussion

An interesting talk: "What can an ancient Chinese boardgame teach us about human consciousness?" Recently broadcast on ABC Radio National, and available here. Thanks to David Mitchell of the Australian Go Association for this information.

John Tilley

John died on 4th October. He had been ill for the last year. He was an enthusiastic early member of the Cambridge Go Society from 1967 to 1969, who helped teach freshers and who donated his time to the British Go Association over the years. He was a contributor to the British Go Journal from then until 2023, a mere 57 years.
Jon Diamond is compiling an obituary; please send him any memories etc that you have (and photos).

ADMIN

British Go Journal No. 209

The Autumn 2024 BGJ should start to arrive with members around the 16th, and will soon be available in the members' area. The copydate for the next issue is 1st January 2025.

CONTENTS
EDITORIAL
WORLD NEWS Tony Atkins
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Colin Williams
UPCOMING VACANCY Colin Williams
THE BGA ANALYSIS SERVICE Tim Hunt
UK NEWS Tony Atkins
BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP 2024: GAME 1 In-Seong Hwang
GO SPOTTING: NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND Tony Atkins
KO TERMS EXAMPLES Richard Hunter
TOURNAMENT HISTORIES XXII: Edinburgh and Scottish Open Tony Atkins
CLARIFICATION OF TSUMEGO Richard Hunter
YOUTH NEWS Tony Atkins
SOLUTIONS TO THE JOURNAL PROBLEMS
ASSOCIATION CONTACT INFORMATION

European Student Championships in 2025

From Bühler, Director:
The European Students Go Championship 2025 will be held from Wednesday 17th September to Friday 19th September 2025 at the university of Luxembourg. The Winners of the Championship will be invited to the Student Oza tournament in Japan in 2026.
The Championship will be accompanied by an open tournament to which we particularly invite students in Europe who are not qualified for the official Championship.
See also the European Tournament Calendar.

EVENTS COMING SOON

This Month: Northern (Cheadle Hulme), UK Students 9x9 (online)
December T Mark Hall Rapid Play Tournament (London), London Open
January MSO GP (Online)
February London Youth, Lancaster
March Cheshire (Frodsham), Cambridge Trigantius
April British Go Congress (venue TBA), Mind Sports Olympiad (Majorca, Spain)