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 world, a recent Professional Qualification, and life beyond the go board.

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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.

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 Frejlak 1p shares his experience studying go in China at the Ge Yuhong Academy, while Artem Kachanovskyi 2p offers his impressions of living the life of a professional player
- An interview with Michael Chen 1p, the newly-certified American professional player
- A brief interview with the winner of the Grand Slam, Mateusz Surma 3p, accompanied by his commentary on the final game against Fredrik Blomback 7d
- Detailed commentary on the game from the third round of the Transatlantic Professional Championship played between Artem Kachanovskyi 2p and Ryan Li 4p
- "Go, Science and Sociology" an article by Joan Lluís i Rabassó drawing interesting parallels between the concepts at the foundation of go and the societal forces of science and progress
- The latest of the Thirty-Six Stratagems presented by Dai Junfu 8d, Art & Photography and much more