[Newsletter] BGA Newsletter 262 January 2020

[Jil Segerman]

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FROM THE EDITOR

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NEWS

The full set of recent news items, including further details of some of the
items shown here, are on our News Pages <http://www.britgo.org/news>, and
on News Headlines <http://www.britgo.org/views/news>.
The London Open Tournament

On the 28th December, 87 players assembled in the capital for the London
Open (the 46th), held this year for only the second time at the current
London Go Centre. Apologies to the people on the waiting list who couldn't
enter because the entry limit had been reached; organiser Gerry Gavigan
will make sure that next year only those who have paid the full entry fee
on booking will be guaranteed a place.

Sixteen countries fielded players with ages ranging 'from seven to
seventy-seven'. The grades ranged from 7d to 16k; both stronger and weaker
players were well represented with 28 dan players and 15 Double-digit kyus
six of whom were from Cheadle Hulme School (CHS). This year's professional
was Catalin Taranu (5p) from Romania, and new British Champion Andrew Kay
was also in attendance and reviewing games as he was not playing in the
tournament.

Winner of the Open was Daniel Hu (4d). Second was China’s Zeyu Qiu (5d),
and third Lucas Neirynck (5d France). The Pair Go was won by Zeyu Qiu and
Peikai Xue, and the Lightning by London’s Scott Cobbold (5k).

After the prizes there was a Rengo tournament, which was won by the most
international team, shown here, consisting of Christopher Loudoux of
France, Joerg Sonnenberger of Germany and Alessandro Pace of Italy.
Pandanet Go European Team Championship

In the fourth match of the season, our team had a draw against a team from
Finland <http://www.britgo.org/news/2019/teams1217>. This moved the team up
to 4th in the B-League. Our friends in Ireland ended 2019 in top position
in the C-League, having topped the D-League the previous season.
European Youth Go Team Championship

The UK youth team had a good result against Netherlands on 14 December,
beating them 5-0 <http://www.britgo.org/news/2019/eygtc1214>.
Congratulations to them!
Cheadle Hulme are Top British School

Cheadle Hulme School (shown left) proved they are the top British school
for Go by both having the largest team at the British Youth Go
Championships and by winning the Castledine Trophy. The Best Junior School
was Harpenden Academy.
World Student Championship

The World International Collegiate Go Tournament will take place in
Shenzhen, China, 7 - 13 July 2020. It is open to any current college
student. Costs within China will be covered by the tournament organiser,
but travel to and from Shenzhen will be the student's responsibility.

More information on the Shanghai Ing Foundation's website
<http://www.ycqweiqi.com/ContentList.aspx?Type=2>.
ADMIN.Trigantius self-registration

This year Trigantius is trialling a self-registration system to help us get
started as soon as possible after the venue doors are opened. Basically you
pick up a ticket and pay after your first game. More Info here.
<http://www.britgo.org/newsletter/britgo.org/tournaments/2020/trigantius>
European Go Database

Geoff Kaniuk writes: "EGD has moved to a new server, now supports https:
and is much faster. The search problems that some browsers had with entry
forms should now no longer occur."
EVENTS COMING SOON

Full information via the Events Calendar.
<http://www.britgo.org/tournaments>

*THIS MONTH:*
Harpenden
Hitachi-Maidenhead
*FEBRUARY*
Oxford
Oxford Novices
Irish
*MARCH*
Trigantius, Cambridge
Isle of Skye
Cheshire, Frodsham
*APRIL*
British Go Congress, near Nottingham
*LATER*
May: Not the London Open June: Pair Go, Durham and Welsh Open
August: Mind Sports Olympiad and Youth Training Residential
September: European Women's (London) and T Mark Hall Rapid

*OVERSEAS*
The European Go Federation's Tournament Calendar
<https://www.eurogofed.org/calendar/calendar.htm> includes the Major
European Tournaments and a World Tournament Calendar.
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