It might look like a rugby result but in fact was the final score in a Go match last Wednesday played at Collegians new home in The Baggot Inn, Baggot St, Dublin. A group of players from Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne region in France were on holiday in Ireland and wanted to play a…
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France captures Galway
The Galway tournament took place on the weekend of the 17th and 18th of May, and was again a handicap swiss. This year there was a new winner, Marie Julien. She hails from the Compiègne club in France, and took first place with a perfect 5 wins out of 5. In second place was Aurelien…
Ireland triumph over Bulgaria
Tonight Ireland danced with delight, as they rendered Bulgaria’s finest players into feta cheese. Despite not losing on any boards, such was the strength of the team’s performance, that Ireland managed to win 4-0. Their team captain spoke strongly of their performance, saying “The team’s play was akin to the swift flowing water of a…
Galway Tournament Announced
The Galway Go Club is pleased to announce the fifth Galway Go Tournament, in the Bridge Club, St Mary’s Road, Galway on the 17th and 18th of May 2014. This is a 5 round Swiss tournament with 50 min main time and 20 sec per move overtime (3 times) and 6.5 komi. Tea, coffee and biscuits…
Top 8 ends
The first stage of the Irish Championship came to a close last night. Defending champion Noel Mitchell beat Roman Pszonka in the last game of the Top 8 league. It was not enough however, to grant him a place in the final. Roman and James Hutchinson will compete for the Irish title in a repeat…