You may have expected nothing to happen on the Irish Go Scene until the upcoming Belfast Go tournament, but you were entirely wrong. Not 1, but 3 full ladder games have been played! As a result Philippe Renaut, newly resident in Co. Galway, has reached the top rung. James Hutchinson, the reigning champion…
France captures Galway
The Galway tournament took place on the weekend of the 17th and 18th of May, and was again a handicap swiss. This year there was a new winner, Marie Julien. She hails from the Compiègne club in France, and took first place with a perfect 5 wins out of 5. In second place was Aurelien…
Galway Tournament Announced
The Galway Go Club is pleased to announce the fifth Galway Go Tournament, in the Bridge Club, St Mary’s Road, Galway on the 17th and 18th of May 2014. This is a 5 round Swiss tournament with 50 min main time and 20 sec per move overtime (3 times) and 6.5 komi. Tea, coffee and biscuits…
2013 UCC Go Tournament Results
The UCC Go Tournament once again turned out to be a success. The attendance wasn’t as good as last year (18 players), but as usual we had a few international guests from the Netherlands, Germany, France and Poland. Congratulations to Kim Ouweleen 4d for winning the first prize with 5 wins and to his runner…
7 Nov – Belfast Open Results
Apologies for the delay, but the results for this event are now finally available here. A total of 15 players took part in the tournament this year, a good number of which were new faces to the competition. Co-founder of the club, Tibi Gociu claimed the glory this year, with 3 wins and…