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…
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…
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…