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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The decisive final round: (L to R) Mateusz, Xinqun, Niall, Cornel and Seong-Jin Kim Seong-Jin returned to Dublin in fine style, taking the top place in the 2023 Confucius Cup, to add to his previous victory in 2017. It was a hard-fought tournament, with three players tied on four wins at the top of…

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The League returns for its fourth season in September and we are now taking registration from new entrants. We have up to sixteen open slots, for players of all strengths, from dan to double-digit kyu. Complete the registration form We will assign you to the group that best…

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Getting this home from the post office by bike was no joke The wait is over! For many years it has been all but impossible to buy a Go set in Ireland above the level of plastic counters on a cardboard board. But we’ve just taken delivery of stock of two reasonably priced sets…

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At 7.30pm on Thursday evening, Ireland will take on the French club, Lyon. Games will be played in the Ireland group on OGS — check the #events channel on Discord for the game links on the night. The pairings for the match (W v. B, Irish player…

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