[Newsletter] BGA Newsletter 276 March 2021

[Jil Segerman]

This issue is also available at http://www.britgo.org/newsletter/276



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
file-attachments. Keep it fairly brief, and give web-links and contact
details. It's good to include pictures. If they are on the internet, send
me the URL, otherwise attach the picture files to your email. Send your
contribution to newsletter at britgo.org to arrive by the first day of the
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>.
Pandanet Go European Team Championship

in the fifth match of the season the UK lost three games to one to Croatia,
with Des Cann taking the only win. At the top of the B-League Italy drew
and Netherlands won to equal Italy on match points The UK stayed third,
just ahead of Finland on board points tie-break. Our players' notes on
their games are here <http://www.britgo.org/news/2021/teams0209>
European Youth Go Team Championship

*UK Youth Beat Ukraine to End Second!* This is the first time we had been
in the top three. Russia beat Czechia in the last round and, as predicted,
took first place (having won the event for six of its seven years history).
Romania beat Hungary and took third place.

In the final match George Han beat Mariia Chernova by 6.5. Daniel Chun Yang
lost to Vsevolod Ovsiienko but Jacob Zhang beat Valerii Krushelnytskyi,
both by resignation against higher graded dan players. Lea Wong won her
game against Bohuslav Onyshchuk by 24.5 to ensure the match was won. Sam
Barnett rounded off the match by beating Olesia Malko by 23.5.

Team manager Alison Bexfield writes: "I am really pleased that all of our
team were able to play in at least one of our four matches. (This is with
the exception of Ryan who, for technical difficulties in accessing the
online server, was not able to play this year). Our two newcomers to the
squad this year jointly take star player. Both Sam and Lea played in three
of the four matches with both winning all their games. Our youth captain,
Jacob, has also played exceptionally well against some very strong
opposition, winning against a five dan in the final round. I'd like to
thank all the team for their contributions. It is a team event and every
one has contributed to the team's success. "

The UK team was:
U20 players Jacob Zhang 3d, Jayden Yui-Him Ng 1d
U16 players Sam Barnett 2k, Edmund Smith 3k, Scott Cobbold 3k
U12 players Daniel Chun Yang 1d, Ryan Zhang 2k, George Han 3k, Lea Wong 5k,
Yanyi Xiong 9k, Alexander Timperi 10k.
Further details here <http://britgo.org/junior/eygtc>
BGA Online Congress

Report from Colin Williams:
The inaugural BGA Online Congress took place between Saturday 20th February
and Sunday 7th March. As expected, despite all our preparation there were
lessons we had to learn in how to run a virtual event of this size, but
overall the feedback has been very positive. Research by Tony Atkins showed
that the Open Tournament was in player numbers the largest event run from
the UK since we hosted the European Congress in 1992.

We were very grateful for the tolerance of those few participants who had
games defaulted at the last minute due to their opponent not turning up.

Results are shown here <http://www.britgo.org/results/2021>.

To summarise it in numbers:
* The Open tournament had 245 entrants from 36 countries, with 80 players
from the UK.
* The Youth tournament had 72 competitors
* The Small Board event had 42 competing over 6 rounds
* The RenGo tournament had 40 competitors
* Over 900 competitive games of Go were played
* Over 70 prizes were issued
* Mateusz Surma (2p) gave by video two teaching lectures and four reviews
of selected tournament games – all of which will soon appear on a new BGA
YouTube channel.
* Despite a low entrance fee, and a free youth tournament, overall a small
profit was made to go towards BGA funds.
The congress management team was Tony Atkins, Toby Manning, Matt Marsh and
Colin Williams.
New: European Go Journal

The European Go Journal is a monthly journal about the game of Go,
officially supported by the European Go Federation (EGF). The author is
Artem Kachanovskyi, 2 dan professional of the EGF. Details here
<https://eurogofed.org/index.html?id=308> and subscribe here
<https://www.patreon.com/europeangojournal>. The first edition is available
free of charge.
ADMIN.BGA AGM

The 2021 AGM will be held, like last year, as a virtual meeting using ZOOM.
It will be on Friday 7th May, at 20:00. Meeting link details will be posted
to the members area of the website nearer the date. Anyone wishing to
submit a motion for the meeting please e-mail it to secretary at britgo.org by
Friday 2nd April, with the names of both supporting members.
British Go Journal

A reminder that the deadline for contributions for the next issue is 31st
March. Please send your contributions to journal at britgo.org.
EVENTS COMING SOON

Restrictions due to the risk of infection with Covid-19 continue. 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/coronavirus>
* Scotland <https://www.gov.scot/coronavirus-covid-19/>
* Wales <https://gov.wales/coronavirus>
* Northern Ireland
<https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/campaigns/coronavirus-covid-19>

Face-to-face events are provisional. Tournament organisers will be
responsible for safety and legal compliance. Various Online events are
being planned. For further details see http://www.britgo.org/tournaments

May, Bar Low, Not the London Open
June, Pair Go (provisional), Durham (Online), Cheltenham (provisional),
Welsh Open (provisional)
July, UK Go Challenge Finals (Online)
August, Youth Training Residential (provisional)
September, European Women's Go Championship
November, Doki Doki
December, London Open
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