[Newsletter] BGA Newsletter 329 August 2025 Primary tabs

[Jil Segerman]

FROM THE EDITOR

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Jil Segerman
NEWSBritish Go Congress, 12th - 13th April 2025

The full report <https://www.britgo.org/news/2025/bgc> has recently been
posted on the BGA page, with the usual links to the match details and photo
gallery.
The AGM, held during Congress, was reported in the June 2025 Newsletter.
BGA Tournament Winners

None since the Welsh Open, reported in the July issue.
European Go Congress

The Congress website is here <https://egc2025.pl/en/>, and pictures of the
event by photographer Harry van der Krogt can be found here
<https://www.flickr.com/photos/hvdkrogt/albums/>.

President Colin Williams writes:
A very successful European Congress <https://egc2025.pl/en/> in Warsaw has
just finished, where the traditionally popular weekend event attracted 562
players. There was a healthy British contingent who generally did well, and
certainly those I spoke to were enjoying themselves.

In the Nations & Teams Cup we were possibly the only country to field two
full teams, each team needing five players including one female and one
junior (not the same person). Our A Team in the Nations Cup knock-out went
out to Korea, who were fielding a team of four 7 dans and one professional!
Our B Team won 3 out of 4 in the Open Teams Cup, in the end coming equal
third with our A team. As a member of the B Team I need to point out that
in the official results table we came ahead of the A team on alphabetical
order (‘UK Plan B’ coming before ‘United Kingdom’). The only opponent we
had in common was France, whom we both beat.

More importantly we registered our interest in hosting the 2028 EGC, which
was met with general enthusiasm from other countries. At present no other
countries have indicated an interest. You will be hearing much more about
this in due course.

>From Toby Manning:
Congratulations to our Junior player Alvina Kwok, 3d, who came equal third
out of 49 in the Women’s Tournament at the European Go Congress.

And from Ai Guan (sent during the event):
The 2025 European Go Congress is in progress in Poland. This year the venue
is a fine 4-star hotel on the outskirts of Warsaw, with a spa and
Brit-friendly temperatures! Around 600 players have made it, increasing as
the weekend approaches. We are expecting 30 players from the UK.

A special shoutout to three volunteers from the UK: Paul Smith, Matthew
Partridge and Jin Zhao, for their tireless efforts in keeping everything
running smoothly.

And from the Editor, more notable Brits:
In the European Championship, 32 players compete in a double knockout to
become the European Champion. The UK's Ho-Yeung (Damen) Woo was knocked out
in the 2nd round by Andrii Kravets, who went on to gain 2nd place in the
final.

Ho-Yeung also came 3rd out of 390 participants in the Rapid Tournament, and
Chi-Min Oh came 7th out of 562 participants in the "China Town" Weiqi Cup.
European Student Go Championship 2025

Andrew Ambrose-Thurman writes:
Students from across Europe will be heading to the historic city of Durham
in the North East of England this October for a fun weekend of Go -
including a 5 round tournament details here
<https://durhamgo.club/esgc2025/> and the chance to qualify for the World
Students Go OZA Championship in Tokyo, plus a host of tours and other
social events.

The championship is open to all full time university or college students,
aged between 16 and 29 on August 1st, who are nationals of an EGF member
country. Up to three players in the championship can qualify for the World
Students GO OZA Championship in Tokyo!
ADMINNext BGJ

The copydate for BGJ 213 is 1st October.
We look forward to Belinda Chen's interview with three-times European Go
Champion Fan Hui.
New BGJ Editor

We are pleased to announce that Quintin Connell has volunteered to become
the Editor of the BGJ. The plan is for him to share the next edition (213,
Autumn) with the present editor Pat Ridley, and to take over fully from
issue 214.
EVENTS COMING SOON

*This Month:* Manchester *New Event*, Youth Go Camp (Caythorpe,
Lincolnshire), Mind Sports Olympiad (London), Newcastle
*September:* Nottingham, Confucius Cup (Dublin), Swindon
*October:* Sheffield, European Students' (Durham), Wessex (Bath)
*November:* Bar Low (London), Three Peaks (Yorkshire), British Youth (TBA),
Northern (Manchester)
*December:* Edinburgh Christmas, T Mark Hall Rapid (London), London Open
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