UK Tournament Report

45 Players at Lancaster Go Tournament Despite Train Strikes

Lancaster
Sat, 3 Feb 2024

The second Lancaster Go Tournament was held on Saturday 3rd February, once again in Lancaster University’s maze-like Management School building. Despite the great travel difficulties caused by train strikes, the tournament still managed to host 45 players, only just shy of 49 the previous year. It was wonderful to see ranks from 4d to 37k represented and to welcome so many young faces, many coming from Cheadle Hulme School (CHS).

Last updated Mon Feb 19 2024.
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Chinese Boys Dominate London Open

London Open
Thu, 28 - Sun, 31 Dec 2023

The 49th London Open was dominated by two Chinese boys who between themselves won all three tournaments. Some may remember Yue Wen from when he lived in London about five years ago and was 7k. He is shown here playing Charlie Akerblom on the top board. His brother Qi Wen was too young to compete then.

Last updated Mon Jan 01 2024.
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Second 2023 British Small Board Held in Cambridge

British Small Board Championship
Cambridge
Sat, 18 Nov 2023

Because the 2022 edition of the British Small Board Championship was delayed until February, the 2023 edition on the afternoon of Saturday 18th November became the second of the year. Both were held in Pembroke College Old Library in Cambridge, but the second attracted four fewer players with 34. There was an overall winner prize of £25 provided by the BGA and this went to local student Tunyang Xie (5d).

Last updated Wed Nov 29 2023.
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Northern

Northern
Cheadle Hulme School
Sun, 19 Nov 2023

It was a rainy November Sunday in Greater Manchester, writes organiser Chris Kirkham, but the atmosphere in the Go tournament was even better than usual. The attendance, at 56 players, was the largest it has been for many years, and the location, in the underpass of Cheadle Hulme School, even better than in recent years, when it was in the dining room above.

Last updated Mon Nov 27 2023.
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Brook Roberts Wins Bar Low

Bar Low
Sat, 4 Nov 2023

There were 32 kyu-graded players in this year's Bar Low. The event was hosted as before at the London Go Centre thanks to their organising team of Gerry, Richard and Peter. Thanks to the event's continuing ongoing anonymous sponsor all the prize winners, shown in the photo left, were able to order a Go book of their choice up to £25.

Last updated Mon Nov 06 2023.
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53rd Wessex

Wessex
Sun, 29 Oct 2023

The event took place as usual at St Marks Community Centre in Bath. Turnout was good, after a few late withdrawals and some on the day entrants they had 36 players and one unnecessary ‘ghost’. It was especially pleasing to see a number of new faces. Possibly the main downside of the day was the parking; Bath Council seems to be making a good job of deterring all traffic from the city centre. The organisers will look into what can be done for next year.

Last updated Thu Nov 02 2023.
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Robot Introduced at Sheffield Tournament

Sheffield
Sun, 1 Oct 2023

The Sheffield Tournament had 38 entrants, reports organiser David Wildgoose. The bar was set at 1k providing six players above the bar and was eventually won by Peikai Xue (4d UCL). Five players gained prizes for winning all three of their games. Other than Peikai they were all from Cheadle Hulme: Megan Upton (14k), James Zhao (16k), Claude Robinson (27k) and Pip Hawkes (34k). Results

Last updated Thu Oct 05 2023.
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"Knives Out" at Edinburgh Open Tournament

Edinburgh Open
Sat, 9 Sep 2023

The Edinburgh Open was again held at the "St Columba's by the Castle" Episcopal Church Hall. This year, nice weather meant they could use the garden of the church hall as a review space. Overall turnout was up on last year with 29 players and pleasingly included three first-time tournament players.

The bar was set at 2k, which made for a very competitive field of seven players who could win the competition. Local player Grzegorz Kudla (2k) won the tournament with three wins from three games, following a tense final game with Ai Guan (Birmingham 1k).

Last updated Wed Sep 27 2023.
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Go at 27th Mind Sports Olympiad

MSO
Sun, 27 - Mon, 28 Aug 2023

The 27th Mind Sports Olympiad (MSO) took place in its regular venue of the JW3 centre in London. As usual a large number of games fans from around the world, including this time a large team of Koreans, assembled to play a long and varied list of games. Some Go players competed in several games: Ai Guan, Paul Smith and Caleb Monk; Natasha Regan was the Women's Pentamind champion. Details of all MSO results are on the MSO Database.

Last updated Wed Sep 27 2023.
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"New" Venue Popular for Welsh Open

Welsh Open
Barmouth
Sat, 24 - Sun, 25 Jun 2023

On 24-25 June, the switch back to Barmouth's Dragon Theatre proved popular with the 30 attendees, who took advantage of a rare whole-weekend tournament on the BGA calendar. The theatre was the tournament's very first venue in the seaside town, back in 1993. It felt good for the event to be supporting a fine, renovated community amenity, for this 29th edition.

The weather was mixed, but there were chances to climb the cliffs for views of the town, its wide bay and the start of Snowdonia national park's scenic mountainous region.

Last updated Wed Jul 12 2023.
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