Supremely confident, Lucas arrived wearing a Champion sweatshirt Fresh out of self-quarantine after a trip home to China, Lucas Ye was hungry for Go this weekend. Sweeping the board, he won all ten of his games at the Irish Go Congress, taking first place in both the Rapid and Open tournaments. After an equally dominant…
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James Advances from Top 8
James beat Alex this morning to win the back-door bracket in the Top 8, advancing to face Matei in the Championship. In a game marked by complex middle game fighting, James’s thicker position brought him into the endgame with a significant lead on territory that Alex could not overcome in yose. James won by 11.5…
2020 Top8 – Behind the scene
This year the Top8 was a very successful tournament. Attracting more than 16 candidates, it had to go through an unusual process of qualification games.
The quality of the tournament was achieved thanks to some great organisation, or should I say a great organizer; the one and only Eoghan Barry.
The pool phase for qualifications was…
AGM 2020 announced
The 2020 AGM will be held after the Irish Open prizegiving ceremony on Sunday 1st March in the playing hall. IGA members are invited to submit motions for discussion. Please send to Carol at secretary@irish-go.org
2020 Top 8 Results
The Top 8 tournament took place this weekend at the Ballsbridge Hotel in Dublin. Philippe Renaut, Kevin Farrell, Alex Delogu and Chris Rafferty advanced from the qualifying rounds to join the four top finishers from last year, Matei Garcia, James Hutchinson, Roman Pszonka and Michael Thai. For the first time, the tournament followed a double…