Title Match Analysis on YouTube

The analysis by Mateusz Surma of the second British Championship title game has just been added to our YouTube channel.

Last updated Fri Sep 09 2022.
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Championship Match Analysis Video

A 30 minute analysis by Mateusz Surma of the first British Championship title match is now on our YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/ZyuTXKFnlc4

Being a Mateusz video it is very approachable and understandable for all levels.

The second should be up in a couple of days.

Last updated Sat Sep 03 2022.
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Half the Players at MSO are Juniors

MSO
JW3
Sun, 28 - Mon, 29 Aug 2022

The Mind Sports Olympiad returned to being a physical event and was held at the usual venue of the JW3, a community centre on London's Finchley Road. Remarkably this year half of the 26 players in the MSO Go Open (19x19) tournament were juniors and as well most of the adults were Chinese students. A view of part of the playing room is above.

Last updated Wed Aug 31 2022.
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Fifth Youth Camp Held

Wed, 10 - Sat, 13 Aug 2022

Last updated Wed Aug 31 2022.
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New British Champion

Breaking News ...

In the last 10 minutes Gaoge Wang has beaten Bruno Poltronieri 2-0 to become the 2022 British Champion, and the first ever female British Champion.

Thanks go to the LGC for hosting and streaming it, and Matthew Macfadyen for the commentary.

Last updated Sun Aug 21 2022.
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Title Matches showing live this weekend

Just a reminder that this weekend, 20/21 August, sees the first two matches in the best of 3 between Gaoge Wang and Bruno Poltronieri for the 2022 British Championship.

They start at 12:00 each day and will be streamed live on the London Go Centre YouTube channel. Please do look in sometime over the weekend. The time limits are quite long so the matches are likely to run for several hours.

Matthew Macfadyen will be providing a commentary which we hope to be on KGS. Matthew will also be answering questions on the YouTube channel, so may well advertise the KGS event there.

Last updated Fri Aug 19 2022.
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2021 Strategy Day Notes

The notes from the Council's Strategy Day in September 2021 have been published at https://www.britgo.org/files/council/2021StrategyDay/BGA_strategy_day_2021.pdf

Last updated Tue Aug 16 2022.
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British Championship Title Match - Games 1 and 2

Games 1 and 2 in the best of 3 title match between Gaoge Wang and Bruno Poltronieri will be at the London Go Centre on the 20th and 21st of August starting at 12:00 each day.

Thanks to the efforts of the LGC the match will be streamed live on the London Go Centre YouTube Channel, and we are pleased to have a commentary by Matthew Macfadyen. The streaming will allow you to ask questions and discuss the match whilst it is in progress.

We plan to publish full analyses of the games a little while after the event, both in the BGJ and on the BGA YouTube Channel.

Last updated Tue Aug 16 2022.
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BGJ 200 Now Available in Members' Area

The Summer 2022 edition of the BGJ is now available for members to read in the Members' Area, with printed copies being sent out around the middle of August.

Last updated Sat Aug 06 2022.
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Much Go Demoing at JSNW Liverpool Japan Day Festival


For Saturday 2nd July the friendly Japan Society North West (JSNW) asked the BGA team if we'd like to return, to run stalls at their Japanese festival.

We signed up for 3 stalls, unsurprisingly - we've featured at many JSNW Japan Days or Doki Doki festivals over the years, as Calendar and News-followers will know.

Some events have also been held in Manchester (see below).

Last updated Sun Jul 10 2022.
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