[Newsletter] BGA Newsletter 272 November 2020

[Jil Segerman]

This issue is also available at  http://www.britgo.org/newsletter/272

FROM THE EDITOR

Contributions are always welcome, both from our members and others. We ask
that they be Go-related and "newsy". The place for debate and general
discussion is the BGA open mailing list Gotalk. However, an introduction to
a new topic is fine in the Newsletter. A brief introduction to Gotalk, with
a link for joining, is on the BGA page Go on the Internet
<https://www.britgo.org/gopcres/info#mail>. See also the BGA temporary
Coronavirus
page <http://www.britgo.org/coronavirus>.

*Instructions for Contributors:* Please use plain text not
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month.

Jil Segerman
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>.
2020 Pandanet Go European Team Championship

In the first match of the new season of the Pandanet Go European Team
Championship B-League <http://www.britgo.org/events/euroteams2020> the UK
beat Belgium three games to one. There were wins for Daniel Hu, Alex Kent
and Jamie Taylor. This placed UK second behind Germany, who beat Croatia
four-nil, and just ahead of Finland, who beat Netherlands.
UK Go Challenge Finals

The online youth event for October, held on the afternoon of Sunday 4th,
was the delayed finals of the 2019-2020 UK Go Challenge. 33 young players
battled over six rounds on 13x13 boards. This time the winner was Ryan
Zhang from London. Second was Cyrus Hi Him Shek from Ayrshire and third was
Gene Wong from Fernhill Primary School, on tie-break from Scott Cobbold and
Lea Wong (Top Girl). David Baldwin and Caleb Monk, both 11k, notably won
five games.

Age group winners:
Boys U08 Ryan Zhang
Boys U10 Gene Wong
Boys U12 Cyrus Shek
Boys U14 Scott Cobbold
Boys U16 Robbie James
Boys U18 David Baldwin
Girls U08 Liann Wong
Girls U10 Annie Walters
Girls U12 Lea Wong
Girls U14 Julia Volovich
Girls U16 Hilary Bexfield
Girls U18 -
CCTV World Youth

The UK youth team celebrated Halloween by playing their first round match
in the CCTV World Youth Amateur On-line Weiqi Tournament. Held on the
Chinese server called Yike and sponsored by Chinese TV, this new event has
22 teams from around the world taking part on weekends between now and the
end of the year.

Our first match was against Colombia and was won two games to one. Jayden
Ng lost a close game to Juan David Ramirez Jimenez, Scott Cobbold beat Alan
Yeray Cortes Sarmiento by resignation and Caleb Monk beat Alen Vasquez
Quiroga by 64.5. In the individual junior section, Ryan Zhang did well,
narrowly beating Yuki Kouchi of Japan. 26 players are taking part.
London Mind Sports Centre

Members of the Young Chelsea Bridge Club, together with the T Mark Hall
Foundation, have been seeking to purchase an ex-Salvation Army citadel
<http://www.tmhallfoundation.org.uk/node/14> in Hammersmith, London, to
turn it into a Mind Sports Centre; both the Young Chelsea Bridge Club and
the London Go Centre will move to the new building. The T Mark Hall
Foundation is putting £400,000 towards the purchase price of £1.76M.

Our offer has been accepted and, subject to a survey not identifying major
problems, we hope to complete the purchase in December.
Pair Go Founder Honoured

Taki Hisao, Honorary President and Counselor to the Japan Pair Go
Assocaition, was chosen by the Japanese government as a "Person of Cultural
Merit". The Award Ceremony was held on 4th November. The award was given in
recognition of his contributions to art and culture by promoting Japan’s
food culture, propagating and promoting public art, popularizing Pair Go,
etc. He is only the second person in the Go world to be so honored, having
been preceded by the late Sakata Eio, Hon. Honinbo, in 1992.
ADMINBGA Journal

BGJ 193 is being printed and should be with members soon. Work has begun on
BGJ 194: please send your contributions to journal at britgo.org. The copy
date (latest date for acceptance of contributions) is 31st December.
New On-line group

Cambridge player Gokul Ramanan Subramanian has arranged online play at OGS
and has set up a mailing list. You can see details in the BGA Clubs List in
the Cambridge City <http://www.britgo.org/club/cambridge> entry.
You can find out more here <https://online-go.com/group/5104> and subscribe
to the mailing list here <http://www.freelists.org/list/cambridge-uk-go>.
EVENTS COMING SOON

*On-Line League*

The start of the on-line league has been unavoidably delayed, so there is
still time to enter your team, with games to be played between November and
June: we currently have 5 teams registered. Please contact Matt Marsh:
matt at crazedbytes.net

*NOTE: Coronavirus*

England is again in lockdown until at least 5th December and there are
differing regulations in force across the UK. With a rapidly changing
situation keeping any such advice up-to-date is difficult. Anyone thinking
of planning a face-to-face event should think carefully about whether
social distancing and related regulations in their part of the UK can be
fully met. Government guidelines may be found at:

England
<https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-meeting-with-others-safely-social-distancing>

Scotland <https://www.gov.scot/collections/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance/>

Wales <https://gov.wales/coronavirus-regulations-guidance>

Northern Ireland
<https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/coronavirus-covid-19-regulations-guidance-what-restrictions-mean-you>

There are no plans for face-to-face events during the remains of 2020, and
those listed for 2021 are provisional. Tournament organisers will be
responsible for safety, and legal compliance.

Various Online events are being planned.

*Council have prepared a questionnaire "BGA Survey – Online Go Congress"
for the membership. If this has not appeared in your Inbox please check the
Spam list, or contact secretary at britgo.org <secretary at britgo.org> to have
it sent again.*

*Events not cancelled* at time of going to press include:
*THIS MONTH*
BGA Online event
*DECEMBER*
British Youth Go Championship (online)

*LATER*
April, British Go Congress
May, Not the London Open
June, Welsh Open
August, Youth Training Residential
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