[Newsletter] BGA Newsletter 340 July 2026

[BGA Newsletter Editor]

#### FROM THE EDITOR



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#### NEWS



**2026 BGA British Championship**



The 2026 BGA British Champion will be decided by three games on 11th, 18th and 19th July. Zeyu Qiu 6D (LGC) and Becky Li 3D (UCL) will be contesting the title at the London Go Centre with the games starting at 11am.



Spectators are welcome (please let LGC know if you are coming). The games will be streamed to "LGC Account" on OGS and a commentary will also be provided by Damen Woo 7D (Nottingham) on BGA's YouTube channel.



**Go books to give away**



Francis Roads writes: I have a lifetime's collection of go books which I am no longer able to read, owing to failing eyesight. If anyone has a good use for them, they will need to be collected from my home in London E18. Please contact me if you are interested: francis.roads at gmail.com mailto:francis.roads at gmail.com 



**Android app to access the EGD and EGF calendar**



Matt Marsh has an Android app that allows you to
- track your rating from the European Go Database
- see your rating progress
- view your tournament history and results
- get notified whenever your rating changes
- track the ratings of others & see their ratings, tournament histories and results
- get notified when their ratings change



You can also
- find Go events in Europe
- view details of major European tournaments and events
- get notified of new upcoming tournaments



You can get ithere https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.crazedbytes.eurgo 



An iOS version is being planned.

#### Global News



**UK lose PGETC promotion match against Israel**



After finishing second in League B (behind the Netherlands) the UK team had to play a promotion match against the team second bottom in League A. At one point it was expected this would be Hungary, but Israel ended in the ninth slot on tie-break. Italy was bottom and automatically relegated. Israel fielded a strong team and only Damen Woo, playing on board one, managed to win for the UK, so the match was lost 1-4 and the UK remain in League B next season.



You can find the final league table resultshere https://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps/draw/215 .

#### BGA Tournament Winners



Full resultshere https://britgo.org/results/12months .
**Durham**- Jason Qian

#### ADMIN

#### EGM



An Extraordinary General Meeting was held on Wednesday 17th June to elect the President of the BGA, following the resignation of Colin Williams due to health issues. The candidates were Gerry Gavigan and Toby Manning. Following the vote, Gerry Gavigan was elected by a majority of 42 to 40, with 1 abstention.



**Our new President, Gerry Gavigan, writes:**



*Thank you to Toby for stepping up after Colin was unable to continue as President. I regret Colin's understandable decision. Thank you to everyone who voted for me. Over the coming year I hope that those who didn't vote for me are persuaded that the outcome was not so awful. My desire over the coming year is to increase the active participation of the membership and that at the next election there is a much higher turnout.*

#### British Go Journal 215, Spring 2026



The latest edition is now available as a pdf in the Members' Area on the BGA website. You will need to be logged-in as a Member to access the Members' Area and Journal files.
*Member's Access page to login https://britgo.org/membersonlyaccess 
*Members' Area https://britgo.org/membersarea 
*Journal web page https://britgo.org/bgj/bgj215 
*sgf files, including the problems, for this edition https://britgo.org/bgj/issue215 
The three previous Journals are also available in the Members' Area.



**CONTENTS**
ACTING PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Toby Manning
EDITORIAL
RICHARD BOZULICH 1936-2026 Simon Cohen
WORLD NEWS Tony Atkins
UK NEWS Tony Atkins
YOUTH NEWS Tony Atkins
FASCINATING TSUMEGO: PART SIX Richard Hunter
EGF GRAND PRIX SEMIFINAL Damen Woo
ALPHAGO VS FAN HUI Toby Manning
TOURNAMENT HISTORIES XXVIII: ONE-OFF EVENTS Tony Atkins
SOLUTIONS TO THE JOURNAL PROBLEMS
ASSOCIATION CONTACT INFORMATION

#### EVENTS COMING SOON



**This Month: **European Go Congress (Turkey)
**August **Manchester Open, Mind Sports Olympiad (London)*
**September **Cambridge Youth (UK Go Challenge), Nottingham, Swindon*, Confucius Cup (Dublin)*
**October **European Women's Championship (London), Sheffield, Wessex*, Three Peaks
**November **British Youth (Nottingham), Bar Low*, Northern Go Tournament (Cheadle Hulme School)




 * *To be confirmed
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