[Newsletter] BGA Newsletter 298 January 2023

[Jil Segerman]

FROM THE EDITOR

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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>.
Council/Board News

Conversion to a Company Limited by Guarantee has been delayed by problems
opening a new Bank Account: we were told we needed a new one but getting
there has been a bureaucratic nightmare. However we believe we have now
surmounted all of the hurdles and we are very nearly there.

A set of personal issues has meant that Dylan Carter has had to stand down
from Council. We thank him for his contribution towards setting up the
on-line league.
London Open

<https://britgo.org/files/2023/london22-winner.jpg>Despite evidence of a
covid hangover we were pleased to get 71 participants from 12 countries
(all events) with entries spanning 7 dan to 17 kyu. Of these 45 were dan
level players.

At the end of the sixth round it was looking like scissors, paper, stone
would be deciding which of three participants would be the eventual winner,
just like the previous Not The London Open. However just like the previous
NTLO one stumbled and we were left with two joint winners: Minseong Kim,
7D, Korea Republic and Yaoling Yang (retaining his hold on the trophy,
albeit one handedly). The professional-in-residence was Stanisław Frejlak,
1P, much appreciated by participants. His lectures were recorded and will
appear on LGC's YouTube Channel in the near future, as will his reviews of
all seven of the top board games.

For those of you that missed out there is always the 4th Not The London Open
<https://gocentre.londongo.club/ntlo-4> 27-29 May. The
professional-in-residence will be In-seong Hwang, 8D. Pre-registration is
open now. Gerry Gavigan (londongocentre at gmail.com)
Gaoge Wang in The Guardian

<https://britgo.org/files/2023/Gaoge-Wang.jpg>British Go Champion Gaoge
Wang features as one of several top games players in a recent issue of The
Guardian newspaper's supplement:
<https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/dec/24/expert-master-secrets-scrabble-sudoku-jenga-and-more>
"'Dig
deep and think as hard as possible' – the secrets of success in Scrabble,
Sudoku, Jenga and more"
Grand Prix

The *Youth Grand Prix* runs over a calendar year; players get points for
each tournament they attend , together with more points if they do well.
Cash prizes. kindly donated by Jeremy Rickard in memory of his brother
John, a strong Go player from Cambridge, who died in 2002, are awarded to
the top three.

In first place was Andrew Volovich of Cambridge; with 1008 points. There
was a closely fought battle for second and third places. Scott Cobbold
played the London Open, the last event of the year, and the points earned
saw him taking second place with 748 points, just ahead of Caleb Monk with
740. Lea Wong just missed out on the top three scoring 735 points.

The *Double Digit Kyu Grand Prix* was won by Florien Pein (10-19k section)
with 518 points and James Zhao (20k+ section) with 330 points.
ADMINJoint British/Irish Go Congress (provisional)

Friday 31st March to Sunday 2nd April. Belfast. More details will be
provided as arrangements are made, but this will be our annual weekend
congress for 2023.
KEEP THE DATES FREE!
European Go Congress 2023

July 22nd to August 5th 2023 – Markkleeberg / Leipzig, Germany. Main
details are now up on the website <https://www.egc2023.de/en/home-en/>, and
more to follow, so keep checking. Scroll down to see the *Early Bird cutoff
date*, coming soon.
EVENTS COMING SOON

This Month: British Youth Go Championships (Leicester)
February: British Small Board (Cambidge - provisional), Lancaster, MSO GP
Online 19x19
March: Trigantius (Cambridge), MSO GP Online 9x9, Cheshire (Frodsham),
Joint British/Irish Go Congress (Belfast)
April: Rip-Off (Dublin)
May: British Championship - Candidates' Tournament, Sheffield University,
Chorleywood (Hertfordshire) provisional new tournament, Not the London Open
June: Cheltenham (Tentative), British Pair Go Championship (Frodsham),
Durham, Welsh Open (Barmouth)
July: European Go Congress (Leipzig, Germany)
August: Youth Go Camp (Lincolnshire), Mind Sports Olympiad (London)

More information here <https://www.britgo.org/tournaments>
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