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Author: Philippe Renaut

Irish Summer Go Cup – Round 2

Round 2 of our Summer cup took place last Tuesday with two games which on the paper looked unbalanced, Clara (20k) against Roy (9k) and Ken (22k) against Ric (10k).

The odds were not shaken and the strongest on paper won their battle.

In game 1, Clara started well and captured a bunch of stones in a…

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Irish Summer Go Cup – Round 1

This Tuesday was the first round of our Irish Summer Go Cup.
With 24 players and 4 teams of 6, the Cup will be rich in adventurous games and the first round didn’t disappoint!
Both games were lost on time so for new pandanet user, beware of the byo-yomi! The fight was intense on both games and…

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Irish Summer Go Cup

Hey Irish Go Players from all around the country and beyond, to keep our Summer buzzing with a tournament of our own, I am proposing a Team tournament following the principle of the Nongshim Cup (https://senseis.xmp.net/?NongshimCup)
The idea is simple : registration are starting now simply by sending an email to renaut.el@gmail.com and filling…

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2020 Top8 – Behind the scene

This year the Top8 was a very successful tournament. Attracting more than 16 candidates, it had to go through an unusual process of qualification games.

The quality of the tournament was achieved thanks to some great organisation, or should I say a great organizer; the one and only Eoghan Barry.
The pool phase for qualifications was…

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Irish Championship – Final games

Hi everybody, Noel and Philippe will play the first game of the final of the Irish Championship this Wednesday at 10am on KGS in the Irish room. Let the fight begin! Philippe won first game by resignation :   Noel won second game by 23.5 pts

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