Candidates'

Part of the British Championship, held to select most of the players who will compete in the Challenger’s League until 2019, and the title match from 2020.

In order to play, players must be British (or long-term residents), active in tournaments and of a certain level. In the past shodan and kyu players had to earn places at tournaments, but now players are selected by rating (all British players who are members of the Association with rating above 1899 from a tournament in the year from April one year to March the next).

You may be sent an email invitation. Qualifiers are listed here.

In the winners' list, ties between players with same number of wins are not broken.

With no event played in 2020 and 2021, the 2021 title match players were selected at the British Go Congress in autumn 2021. For 2022 an extended 3 year qualifying period was used. 2023 was at The Open University Cricket Pavilion, Milton Keynes MK7 6AE 29/04/23-01/05/23.

2024 was held in Leicester 4-6 May.