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Welcome to the Irish Go Association (IGA) website. Learn about the ancient game of Go (aka Baduk or WeiQi) and find out where you can join one of our clubs throughout Ireland. Be sure to check out the IGA Discord channel where you can meet our community, talk about Go and organise activities online.

Clubs

Belfast — every other Monday from 18.30, Northern Lights (Ormeau Road)

Dublin — NEW: Mondays 7pm - 10pm in Board, 29 Clanbrassil Street Upper

Lisburn — Saturdays, 10am — Facebook

Galway — Wednesdays, 7pm, McSwiggan's

Tournaments & Events

Smithfield Special
26th May, Workday, Dublin 7

Confucius Cup
20th–22nd September, UCD, Dublin

Latest News

Pro Review: Cris Bratu

Cris Bratu topped Group F in Season 1 by a clear margin of three points, ahead of James Snowden and Michele Renaut. Cris recently took over from Gabriel Wagner as director of the EGF Academy, driving the development of promising young players. Here’s Antti’s review of one of Cris’s games on KGS, which Cris…

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Pro Review: Oliver Skocic

The second season of the IGA League is already underway, but let’s take a moment to recognise the group winners from the first season. Each Friday for the next six weeks we’ll be publishing Antti Törmänen 1p’s review of a game chosen by one of the group winners. This week, we feature a game played…

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Lu Xinqun Victorious in Correspondence Championship

With the final games in the A Bracket complete, we can officially declare Xinqun the winner of the 2022 Correspondence Championship, with a perfect record of seven wins from seven games. Noel Mitchell and Alex Delogu fill out the podium. In the B Bracket, Patrick Naughten took the honours, decided on tiebreak after…

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New Membership Rates In Effect

The new membership rates and classes agreed at the last AGM are now in effect. If you join between now and the end of this year, your membership will continue through to the end of 2023. If you have already paid membership in 2022, you don’t need to do anything at this point — you…

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Gavin Rooney First League Champion

The smoke is clearing after the first season of the IGA League and Gavin Rooney has clawed his way to the top step on the podium. Victory in the second leg of his match against Lu Xinqun gave Gavin a decisive 5–1 record against some of the strongest players in the country. Further down…

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