Life In 19x19

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July & August 2024 edition of the European Go Journal: https://eurogojournal.com/editions/august-2024/

Drawing on the cover by Alizée Chabin.

Highlights:

- A brief interview with Andrii Kravets 2p, the winner of the European Championship, accompanied by a review of ...

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The 66th European Go Congress was held in Toulouse, France from July 26th to August 10th. One of its highlights was the European Championship, which brought together 32 top European players. The winner was Andrii Kravets 1p, and in the July & August edition of the ...

March & April 2024 edition of the European Go Journal: https://eurogojournal.com/editions/april-2024/

Sculpture on the cover by Kat Artichoke https://katartichoke.wixsite.com/website

Highlights:

- An interview with Daniela Trinks, Professor at the Department of Baduk Studies at Myongji University ...

The 7th European Professional Championship took place from 20th - 23rd March in Hamburg, Germany. It was an exciting event and on the last tournament day two tie-breaking games were played - Mateusz Surma 3p beat Andrii Kravets 1p and thus claimed the Championship, while Artem Kachanovskyi 2p ...

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In the March edition of the European Go Journal, you will find an interview with Daniela Trinks 3d - a player from Germany who moved to South Korea in 2006 and studied at the Department of Go Studies at Myongji University. Daniela is currently an Associate Professor in the ...

January & February 2024 edition of the European Go Journal: https://eurogojournal.com/editions/february-2024/

Drawing on the cover by Vitaliia Kalmutska.

Highlights:
- An interview with Tomasz Andrzejewski, President of the Polish Go Association
- A brief interview with Kim Dohyup 7d, the winner ...

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At the end of January, Shin Jinseo 9p won two games straight in the match for the 28th LG Cup and thus claimed another international title. Shin's opponent in the final match was his compatriot Byun Sangil 9p. In the January edition of the European Go Journal, you will find ...

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November & December 2023 edition of the European Go Journal: https://eurogojournal.com/editions/december-2023/

Drawing on the cover by Camille Lévêque.

Highlights:
- An interview with Milena Boclé 3d, 2023 French Women’s Champion
- Detailed commentary on the ...

In the 25th Nongshim Cup, China’s Xie Erhao 9p made an impressive winning streak. After entering the competition in round 2, he won seven games straight, thus leaving only Shin Jinseo 9p in the Korean team and Iyama Yuta 9p in the Japanese team. However, Shin Jinseo 9p managed to stop Xie on the 4th ...

In the November & December edition of the European Go Journal, you will find an interview with Tomasz Andrzejewski, a newly-elected President of the Polish Go Association. Tomasz is also a President of the Szaleni Samuraje go club and the main organizer of the recent China Town Weiqi Cup in Warsaw ...

September & October 2023 Edition of the European Go Journal: https://eurogojournal.com/editions/october-2023/

Highlights:
- A special article celebrating a decade of cooperation between the CEGO and EGF: Martin Stiassny allows the readers to see it through the eyes of the EGF President; Stanisław ...

Mateusz Surma 3p won the Grand Slam tournament in Prague, beating Fredrik Blomback 7d in the final on the 22nd of October.

In the September & October edition of the European Go Journal, we will publish a brief interview with Mateusz and a review of his final game against Fredrik.

Michael Chen won the Professional Qualification Tournament organized by the North American Go Federation in August and thus was promoted to 1-dan professional. You will find an interview with him in the September & October edition of the European Go Journal. We discussed Michael's path in the go ...

August 2023 edition of the European Go Journal: https://eurogojournal.com/editions/august-2023/

Highlights:
- An interview Andrii Kravets 1p, 2023 European Champion
- A brief interview with the 2023 Congress Director, René Scheibe
- Detailed commentary on the final game of the European Championship ...

The Ing Cup is an international professional competition held once every four years with the highest winner's prize - $400,000!

The best-of-three final match of the 9th Ing Cup took place in Shanghai: Shin Jinseo 9p beat Xie Ke 9p two games straight on August 21st and 23rd and thus added another ...