Coventry Tournament Entry
— Colin WilliamsAn entry form is now available, linked from the Events Calendar.
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Coventry Tournament now confirmed
— Colin WilliamsWe are pleased to announce that the Coventry tournament on Nov 27th is now a firm event. Further details can be found on the tournament events calendar. An entry form for the event will be added there shortly.
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UK Draw with Turkey
— Tony AtkinsThe UK drew their second match in the B-League of the Pandanet Go European Team Championship, against Turkey, with the last two games ending within a few seconds of each other. Black won all four games by resignation. This left them ninth in the table.
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Bar Low is won by Scott Cobbold
— Tony AtkinsScott Cobbold, a young player from East London, won the 2021 Bar Low with a perfect five out of five. This event was this second tournament to be run by the London Go Centre at its new location and the second of the weekend. Second place was tournament director Richard Wheeldon with four wins. Both players entered at 1 kyu, the maximum grade allowed for this kyu player event.
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T Mark Hall Rapid is Another Win for Yaoling Yang
— Tony AtkinsYaoling Yang (5d Bristol) won his third event in a row by winning the T Mark Hall Rapid Play Tournament with five straight wins. Finishing second was Peikai Xue (3d Central London) with four wins. John Bamford (5k Oxford) was the other player to win five games, whilst four wins were achieved by Richard Wheeldon (1k South London), Michael Kyle (2k Edinburgh), Tim James (4k Brighton), Gilles Englebert (7k Oxford), Andrew Volovich (9k Cambridge) and Marco Praderio (10k Lancaster).
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Events Start at London Go Centre's New Home
— Tony AtkinsThe London Go Centre has started running events at its new home. It is now based at the new London MindSports Centre in Dalling Road, Hammersmith, W6 0JD.
As well as events such as tournaments, they are running friendly Go sessions, currently on Wednesdays from 19:00, and hope soon to start other activities.
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Wessex Tournament Returns to Bath
— Tony AtkinsThe Wessex Tournament returned to its usual venue, St Mark's Community Centre in Bath, and its usual one day format, on the day the clocks go back. Eleven of the 25 players were from Bristol Go Club, with the Bath Go Club players making it over half local participation.
Winning all games to add Wessex to his British Open title was Yaoling Yang (5d Bristol). The only other player winning all their games was Alison Bexfield (1d Letchworth), who started below the bar. Results
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BGJ 197 Now Available in Members' Area
— Tony AtkinsThe autumn 2021 edition of the BGJ is now available for members to read in the Members' Area, with printed copies being sent out later.
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London MindSports Centre now open
— TobyManningIn December 2020, a group of MindSports enthusiasts purchased the ex-Salvation Army citadel in Ravenscourt Park, to turn it into the London MindSports Centre, for £1.7M.
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UK Lost to Sweden in Season Debut
— Tony AtkinsThe UK lost their first match, against Sweden, in the new season of the B-League in the Pandanet Go European Team Championship, one game to three. This left the team
eighth out of ten in the table.
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