UK Tournament Report

The 3rd Lancaster Go Tournament was held on Saturday 8th February, this time returning to the Lancaster University Welcome Centre, a former venue of the British Go Congress. The event drew 49 players, matching the turnout of the inaugural Lancaster tournament, with large contingents from the nearby Cheadle Hulme School (CHS), Manchester and Durham, and spanning the most impressive range of ranks yet - from 7 dan to 37 kyu!

The first tournament of 2025, on Saturday 25th January, was the Coventry Tournament. Warwick Go Society hosted the annual event in the Faculty of Arts Building at Warwick University, which provided a modern and eye-catching venue for the 44 entrants. This year the event ended with joint winners: Yifan Bao (5d) and Chenhe Yuan (5d), who both won all three wins. They are shown here with organiser Xiheng Yao (left).

On the weekend of 14th and 15th September 2024, Yaoling Yang beat Ho-Yeung (Damen) Woo 2-0 to win his first British Go Championship!

On 29th and 30th June, Barmouth's Dragon Theatre was again the venue for Welsh Open. 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.

Feeling a bit isolated from the rest of the Go community, John Shafer, teacher at Tonbridge School in Kent, ran the first Tonbridge Tournament with the support of Colin Williams, president of the BGA.

Eleven male-female pairs made it to the 2024 British Pair Go Championships. This time the organiser, Pat Ridley, used the Leicester County Bridge Club in the north of Leicester as the venue, following on from its use for Youth and Candidates' events.

2024 marks 30 years of Go in Durham, and coincidentally Round 1 of the Durham Go Tournament started with 30 people playing - with ranks ranging from 4d to 24k. It was held in Elvet Hill House, next to the Oriental Museum, as it has for the last few years.

The Not the London Open was held as usual at the London Go Centre over the second May Bank Holiday Weekend. The organisers were very pleased with 50 entrants from 7 dan to 19 kyu and also that professional Stanislaw Frejlak attended to give game reviews and commentaries.

The first event of 2024 was Lancaster on 3rd February won by Peikai Xue (4d UCL) with 45 players. Report Results

The Ulster Open in Lisburn on 17th Feb was won by the only visitor from the UK mainland amongst the 14 players, Lucretiu Calota (4d St Albans). Results