[Newsletter] BGA Newsletter 323 February 2025

[Jil Segerman]

FROM THE EDITOR

This issue, and previous newsletters, are available in the Newsletter
Archive <https://britgo.org/newsletter> in the Members' Area. This is the
most reliable way to view the Newsletters, as some email clients can
corrupt the formatting of the pictures.

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
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Jil Segerman
NEWSNEW: online teaching events

On 5 April with Eunkyo Do 1p (pictured on the left). Group Lesson for up to
15 people with rank stronger than 5 kyu. Payment £7.50 per person, to be
confirmed in advance. Contact Sam Bithell: sbithell.go AT gmail.com Entry
Form
<https://www.britgo.org/tournams/professional-lecture/professional-lecture-form.html>
 Entries list
<https://www.britgo.org/tournams/professional-lecture/professional-lecture-form.html>

On 6 April withTik Wai Cheung 4d. Group Lesson for up to 15 people with
ranks between 20 kyu to 5 kyu. Payment £5 per person, to be confirmed in
advance. Contact Sam Bithell: sbithell.go AT gmail.com Entry Form
<https://www.britgo.org/tournams/online-lecture/online-lecture-form.html>
Entries
List <https://www.britgo.org/tournams/online-lecture/tour-entries.html>
Pandanet Go European Team Championship

The UK team played Lithuania on 4 February and won 4-0. Report
<https://britgo.org/news/2025/teams0402>
Pandanet Youth Go European Team Championship

The UK team is playing in League A. Our squad comprises: Ryan Zhang, Lea
Wong, Michael Mitcham-Harding, Yanyi Xiong, Andrew Volovich, Lukasz Kudla,
Blake Shamoon, Zoe Walters and Emily Gan. In the first round on 22 January
the UK lost 4-1 to Ukraine, the strongest team in the League. Then on 12
February the team of Ryan Zhang, Lea Wong, Michael Mitcham-Harding, Zoe
Walters and Blake Shamoon beat France 5-0 to move up to third place in
League A.

Details: https://pandanet-igs.com/communities/PYGETC

In the separate European Youth Go Team Competition, on 1 and 2 February,
they beat Romania 3-2.
Junior-HK Match 2024

Over the past few weeks a team of UK Go players has played a match against
a team from Hong Kong. The match was played on the "last man standing"
basis: the weakest two members play the first game, for the second game the
loser is replaced by the next player on their team but the winner stays on
(and so on). Detailed results here.
<https://www.britgo.org/junior/hkmatch2024>

I am pleased to say that the UK team won the match 8:6.
BGA Tournament Winners

Full results here <https://britgo.org/results/12months>
*Lancaster* - Quan Wan
*Coventry* - Yifan Bao & Chenhe Yuan
*DDK Grand Prix 2025* - Wenzhou Mei
*London Youth* - Kwun Yin Ng
ADMINNew Appointments

<https://www.britgo.org/files/people/fisherp.jpg>I am pleased to announce
that Peter Fisher (pictured on the left) has agreed to take over from Chris
Kirkham as our new Membership Secretary. There will be a hand-over period
for the next month or so, after which Peter will be in full control. For
queries please continue to use the standard e-mail address of mem at britgo
dot org

Also Barry Chandler is taking over from Pat Ridley as Pair Go Coordinator.

Thanks go to both Chris and Pat for their efforts over the last years.

*Colin Williams, President*
BGJ 210

The Winter 2024-25 issue of the British Go Journal has been printed and is
being posted out to members. It is now available as a pdf in the Members'
Area on the BGA website. You will need to log-in as a Member here
<http://britgo.org/membersonlyaccess>. Then go to the Members' Area
<http://britgo.org/membersarea> and click on the link below the cover
picture. The link for sgf files, including the problems, for this edition
is here <https://britgo.org/bgj/issue210>.

*CONTENTS*
EDITORIAL
LETTERS
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Colin Williams
THE NEW INDEX TO THE British Go Journal Jochen Fassbender
JOHN TILLEY 1948-2024 Jon Diamond
WORLD NEWS Tony Atkins
BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP 2024: GAME 2 In-Seong Hwang
FASCINATING TSUMEGO: PART ONE – QUESTION Richard Hunter
SUICIDE MAKES A DIFFERENCE Toby Manning
UK NEWS Tony Atkins
50th LONDON OPEN GO CONGRESS Gerry Gavigan
TOURNAMENT HISTORIES XXIII: BRITISH SMALL BOARD Tony Atkins
FASCINATING TSUMEGO: PART ONE – ANSWERS Richard Hunter
DEATH OF A GO CLUB Francis Roads
YOUTH NEWS Tony Atkins
SOLUTIONS TO THE JOURNAL PROBLEMS
ASSOCIATION CONTACT INFORMATION
EVENTS COMING SOON

*March* Cheshire (Frodsham), Cambridge Trigantius
*April* Online group lessons: Eunkyo Do 1p and Tik Wai Cheung 4d, British
Go Congress (Edinburgh)
*May* Candidates (British Championship) and Aspirants (Leicester), Skye,
Not the London Open
*June* Durham, Pair Go (provisional), Tonbridge, UK Go Challenge Finals,
Welsh Open (Barmouth)
*July* European Go Congress (Warsaw, Poland)
*August* Youth Go Camp (Caythorpe, Lincolnshire), Mind Sports Olympiad
(London), Newcastle (provisional)

If you have any comments, please email the webmaster on web-master AT
britgo DOT org.
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