Congratulations are due to Philippe Renaut, who is this year’s Irish Correspondence Champion, chalking up eight wins in the competition. There was a large tie for second, as Irina, James, and Noel all had seven wins each. The results are on Senseis
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Confucius Cup Final Standings
| Num | Pl | Name | Rank | Co | Club | NbW | R 1 | R 2 | R 3 | R 4 | R 5 | MMS | SOS | DC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Kim Young-Sam | 8D | DE | JIGS | 5 | 4+/w0 | 5+/b0 | 2+/w0 | 3+/w0 | 7+/b0 | 39 | 183 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | Lisy Pavol | 7D | SK | Vlky | 3 | 7+/w0 | 3+/b0 | 1-/b0 | 6-/w0 | 4+/w0 | 37 | 185 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | Boviz Dominik | 6D | HU | MGE | 3 | 8+/b0 | 2-/w0 | 7+/w0 | 1-/b0 | 5+/b0 | 37 | 184 | 0 |
| 4 | Drean-Guenaizia Benjamin | 6D | FR | 83SA | 3 | 1-/b0 | 8+/w0 | 6+/w0 | 5+/w0 | 2-/b0 | 37 | 184 | 0 | |
| 5 | 5 | Burzo Cornel | 7D | RO | BaMa | 2 | 6+/b0 | 1-/w0 | 8+/w0 | 4-/b0 | 3-/w0 | 36 | 185 | 0 |
| 6 | 6 | Pankoke Matias | 5D | DE | OL | 2 | 5-/w0 | 9+/b0 | 4-/b0 | 2+/b0 | 8-/w0 | 36 | 181 | 0 |
| 7 | Vazquez Oscar | 5D | ES | Nam | 2 | 2-/b0 | 10+/w0 | 3-/b0 | 9+/b0 | 1-/w0 | 36 | 181 | 0 | |
| 8 | 8 | Labouret Florent | 5D | FR | 38Gr | 2 | 3-/w0 | 4-/b0 | 5-/b0 | 11+/w0 | 6+/b0 | 36 | 179 | 0 |
| 9 | 9 | Poltronieri Bruno | 3D | UK | Camb | 3 | 10+/b0 | 6-/w0 | 12+/b0 | 7-/w0 | 13+/b0 | 35 | 170 | 0 |
| 10 | 10 | Marz Manja | 3D | DE | JIGS | 1 | 9-/w0 | 7-/b0 | 11-/b0 | 13+/w0 | 12-/w0 | 33 | 169 | 0 |
| 11 | 11 | Losada Juan_Manuel | 1D | NO | Tron | 3 | 12+/w0 | 13-/b0 | 10+/w0 | 8-/b0 | 16+/w0 | 33 | 163 | 0 |
| 12 | 12 | Ziomko Jakub | 1D | UK | Abrd | 3 | 11-/b0 | 14+/w0 | 9-/w0 | 16+/b0 | 10+/b0 | 33 | 162 | 0 |
| 13 | 13 | Stoehr Marc | 1K | SE | Stoc | 3 | 19+/w2 | 11+/w0 | 15+/b0 | 10-/b0 | 9-/w0 | 32 | 161 | 0 |
| 14 | 14 | Garcia Matei | 1K | IE | Dubl | 3 | 0= | 12-/b0 | 16+/w0 | 15+/w0 | 18+/w1 | 32 | 150 | 0 |
| 15 | 15 | Damaz Dani | 2K | FR | 06Pe | 2 | 18-/w2 | 20+/w1 | 13-/w0 | 14-/b0 | 17+/w0 | 30 | 151 | 0 |
| 16 | 16 | Roullier Louise | 2K | FR | 92Le | 1 | 20+/w1 | 18-/w2 | 14-/b0 | 12-/w0 | 11-/b0 | 29 | 156 | 0 |
| 17 | 17 | Minjina Dragos | 5K | RO | C361 | 4 | 22+/w3 | 19+/w0 | 18+/b0 | 21+/w1 | 15-/b0 | 29 | 140 | 0 |
| 18 | 18 | Barry Eoghan | 5K | IE | Dubl | 3 | 15+/b2 | 16+/b2 | 17-/w0 | 24+/w5 | 14-/b1 | 28 | 141 | 0 |
| 19 | 19 | Gawron Piotr | 4K | PL | Dubl | 1 | 13-/b2 | 17-/b0 | 21+/w0 | 0= | 0= | 28 | 138 | 0 |
| 20 | 20 | Rafferty Chris | 4K | IE | Dubl | 1 | 16-/b1 | 15-/b1 | 22-/w4 | 0= | 25+/w4 | 27 | 135 | 0 |
| 21 | 21 | Gibson John | 5K | IE | Dubl | 1 | 0= | 23+/w3 | 19-/b0 | 17-/b1 | 0= | 27 | 132 | 0 |
| 22 | 22 | Elkink Jos | 9K | IE | Dubl | 2 | 17-/b3 | 24-/w1 | 20+/b4 | 25-/w1 | 27+/w2 | 23 | 114 | 0 |
| 23 | 23 | Shinuito | 10K | IE | Mayn | 3 | 25+/b0 | 21-/b3 | 0= | 27+/w1 | 24+/w0 | 23 | 106 | 0 |
| 24 | 24 | Lam Jacky | 12K | IE | 3 | 27+/b0 | 22+/b1 | 25+/w0 | 18-/b5 | 23-/b0 | 21 | 108 | 1 | |
| 25 | 25 | Tuohy Niall | 11K | IE | Dubl | 2 | 23-/w0 | 27+/w0 | 24-/b0 | 22+/b1 | 20-/b4 | 21 | 108 | 0 |
| 26 | 26 | Plomp Rachel | 11K | IE | Dubl | 0 | 0= | 0= | 27-/w0 | 0= | 0= | 21 | 95 | 0 |
| 27 | 27 | Cater Arthur | 12K | IE | Dubl | 1 | 24-/w0 | 25-/b0 | 26+/b0 | 23-/b1 | 22-/b2 | 19 | 106 | 0 |
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Connaught triumph in Interprovincials
Connaught have won the 2019 interprovincial competition. With a perfect score of 3 wins, they’ve gained their 4th title in 5 years. Congratulations to the Connaught Squad (Philippe, Kevin, and John) and thanks to everyone for taking part.
A day at EGC 2019
The 63rd European Go Congress was held this year in Brussels, just a stones throw from Manneken pis and the Grand Place. Myself and Ian Davis were the only ones playing for Ireland, with participants of all ages from just about every corner of the globe numbering about 800 over two weeks. This was my…