After a long year, the Irish Championship finally came to end in a tense game. As usual between these two it was a game that could have gone either way. After repeating the opening of the second game, Claas took an early lead by switching to a Gibson style strategy. However somewhere in the…

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Last night Leinster faced off against Connaught in the remaining first round match. Despite most of Connaught vanishing underwater, Leinster were unable to take advantage, and went down 2-1. Connaught will now face Ulster in the finals, while Leinster and Munster fight for third place. Full results available here.

Showing no fear, 18 brave Go players battled through the floods, sea serpents, and raging winds to enjoy a weekend of Go in Cork. Although local hero Wei Wang dropped a point this time, he still emerged winner on MMS. Following closely behind were Tong-Yu Cao and Kim Ouleween, the latter visiting from the Netherlands…

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After two games this week, both played on KGS, Claas Roever and Ian Davis are all square at 1 win apiece. Ian won the first game playing Black, while Claas leveled with Black in the next game. The deciding game should take place next week.

Claas and Noel played on KGS last night to see who joined Ian in the Irish Championship final. Noel, playing white, recovered well from something of a poor start. However, he was unable to catch up with Claas, who finished 4.5 points ahead after a rough game. This year’s Top 8 results can be…

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