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The Championship Begins

The 2024 Championship is underway, with fifteen candidates contending for the four remaining spots in the Top 8. Dewei Liu of the Belfast club staked a claim early with a victory over Qieshi Xu in the first game of the Qualifiers. The Top 8 will take place in Dublin over the first weekend in March….

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The April Rip-Off

Shakespeare noted that “the evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.” Thus we remember the late John Gibson not for his tireless work for Irish Go, but for his love of rip-offs, trick plays and general iniquity. And what better way to honour that memory than three…

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Swings and Roundabouts in PGETC, WAGC

Ireland took on Switzerland in round 3 of the Pandanet Go European Team Championship. Three of the games were played over the weekend before the scheduled date and Ireland got off to a difficult start with Karl Irwin resigning to John Walch 4d on board 1 and Philippe Renaut losing by a couple…

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Ulster Open 2024

Dear fellow Go-players,
You are cordially invited to attend the already well-established Ulster Open tournament in Lisburn. Attending players:

Player Rank Club
Lucretiu Calota 4d St Albans
James Hutchinson 2d Lisburn
Dewei Liu 1d Belfast
Stephen Nulty 1k Dublin

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Smithfield Special

More relaxing than a full-on tournament, less chaotic than a Wednesday night in Toner’s — it’s the Smithfield Special. We’ll meet in the comfortable offices of Workday in Smithfield, Dublin 7 for a Sunday of rated games, as many or as few as you like. Tune up for your next tournament, practice your innovative new…

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