University College Cork will be holding another of their fine tournaments this year, with some talk of free pizza in the air. It will be a 5 round class B event on the 4th and 5th of December. More details are available on their new website
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Nov 5 – AGM Report
The Irish Go Associations’s AGM took place in Larry Murphy’s on the 3rd of November. The main details are as follows
- We are reverting to old membership fee structure
- New club starting in UCD at the Confuscius Institute
- Ireland will enter a team for the new EGF pandanet team league
- Usual shuffling around of
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30 Oct – Connaught whitewash Munster
Daniel Paraschiv finished off Anthony Durity in under 100 moves to seal a 3-0 win for Connaught over Munster. Earlier Karl Irwin had secured a win for Ulster over Leinster. See full results on the Interprovincials page. Also – we are looking for players for a new EGF team competition to be played on…
24th Oct – Korean Prime Minister’s Cup
Ireland managed to acheive 25th place in the Korean Prime Minister’s Cup World Amateur Baduk Championship. With the aid of a fortunate draw Ian Davis grabbed 4 wins from 7, laying waste to Norway, Portugal, Kazhakstan and Brazil – while failing miserably against Slovakia, Sweden and Denmark. Korea won the event ahead of…
9 Oct – Irish Championship
Remember 6 months ago when the Top 8 finished and two players qualified for the final? Well today the first game in the final was actually played. It was a closely contested affair, and Ian Davis, playing black, pulled away in yose to win by 5.5 points against James Hutchinson.