Irish Go Association
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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

Online

IGA League

Discord channel

Correspondence Championship

 

Latest News

Confucius Cup Final Standings

September 29, 2019

Posted by Eoghan

 Num   Pl   Name   Rank   Co   Club   NbW  R 1  R 2  R 3  R 4  R 5  MMS SOS DC
1  1  Kim Young-Sam 8D DE JIGS 5 4+/w0 5+/b0 2+/w0 3+/w0 7+/b0 39 183 0
2  2  Lisy Pavol 7D SK Vlky 3 7+/w0 3+/b0 1-/b0 6-/w0 4+/w0 37 185 0
3  3  Boviz Dominik 6D HU MGE 3 8+/b0 2-/w0 7+/w0 1-/b0 5+/b0 37 184 0
4    Drean-Guenaizia Benjamin 6D FR 83SA 3 1-/b0 8+/w0 6+/w0 5+/w0 2-/b0 37 184 0
5  5  Burzo Cornel 7D RO BaMa 2 6+/b0 1-/w0 8+/w0 4-/b0 3-/w0 36 185 0
6  6  Pankoke Matias 5D DE OL 2 5-/w0 9+/b0 4-/b0 2+/b0 8-/w0 36 181 0
7    Vazquez Oscar 5D ES Nam 2 2-/b0 10+/w0 3-/b0 9+/b0 1-/w0 36 181 0
8  8  Labouret Florent 5D FR 38Gr 2 3-/w0 4-/b0 5-/b0 11+/w0 6+/b0 36 179 0
9  9  Poltronieri Bruno 3D UK Camb 3 10+/b0 6-/w0 12+/b0 7-/w0 13+/b0 35 170 0
10  10  Marz Manja 3D DE JIGS 1 9-/w0 7-/b0 11-/b0 13+/w0 12-/w0 33 169 0
11  11  Losada Juan_Manuel 1D NO Tron 3 12+/w0 13-/b0 10+/w0 8-/b0 16+/w0 33 163 0
12  12  Ziomko Jakub 1D UK Abrd 3 11-/b0 14+/w0 9-/w0 16+/b0 10+/b0 33 162 0
13  13  Stoehr Marc 1K SE Stoc 3 19+/w2 11+/w0 15+/b0 10-/b0 9-/w0 32 161 0
14  14  Garcia Matei 1K IE Dubl 3 0= 12-/b0 16+/w0 15+/w0 18+/w1 32 150 0
15  15  Damaz Dani 2K FR 06Pe 2 18-/w2 20+/w1 13-/w0 14-/b0 17+/w0 30 151 0
16  16  Roullier Louise 2K FR 92Le 1 20+/w1 18-/w2 14-/b0 12-/w0 11-/b0 29 156 0
17  17  Minjina Dragos 5K RO C361 4 22+/w3 19+/w0 18+/b0 21+/w1 15-/b0 29 140 0
18  18  Barry Eoghan 5K IE Dubl 3 15+/b2 16+/b2 17-/w0 24+/w5 14-/b1 28 141 0
19  19  Gawron Piotr 4K PL Dubl 1 13-/b2 17-/b0 21+/w0 0= 0= 28 138 0
20  20  Rafferty Chris 4K IE Dubl 1 16-/b1 15-/b1 22-/w4 0= 25+/w4 27 135 0
21  21  Gibson John 5K IE Dubl 1 0= 23+/w3 19-/b0 17-/b1 0= 27 132 0
22  22  Elkink Jos 9K IE Dubl 2 17-/b3 24-/w1 20+/b4 25-/w1 27+/w2 23 114 0
23  23  Shinuito 10K IE Mayn 3 25+/b0 21-/b3 0= 27+/w1 24+/w0 23 106 0
24  24  Lam Jacky 12K IE 3 27+/b0 22+/b1 25+/w0 18-/b5 23-/b0 21 108 1
25  25  Tuohy Niall 11K IE Dubl 2 23-/w0 27+/w0 24-/b0 22+/b1 20-/b4 21 108 0
26  26  Plomp Rachel 11K IE Dubl 0 0= 0= 27-/w0 0= 0= 21 95 0
27  27  Cater Arthur 12K IE Dubl 1 24-/w0 25-/b0 26+/b0 23-/b1 22-/b2 19 106 0

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Connaught triumph in Interprovincials

September 28, 2019

Posted by ian

Connaught have won the 2019 interprovincial competition. With a perfect score of 3 wins, they’ve gained their 4th title in 5 years. Congratulations to the Connaught Squad (Philippe, Kevin, and John) and thanks to everyone for taking part.

Irish Womens Championship 2019 is under way!

September 27, 2019

Posted by Carol Doyle

How to play:
– Contact your opponent to arrange a game. Play online or in person if possible.
– Report to the result to secretary@irish-go.org including an SGF if available.
– The top two players after the round robin will play a final best of three match to determine Irelands next female Champion!

Players CDP CH RP MR Total
Carol

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Registration opens for the 3rd Irish Womens Championship

August 31, 2019

Posted by Carol Doyle

The Irish Womens Go Championship determines who will hold the title of Irish Womens Go Champion. Registration is now open to all female identifying Irish passport holders and female identifying non-national persons who have been permanently resident in Ireland for at least 3 months. * Registration for 2019 is now closed. The current champion is…

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A day at EGC 2019

August 31, 2019

Posted by Carol Doyle

The 63rd European Go Congress was held this year in Brussels, just a stones throw from Manneken pis and the Grand Place. Myself and Ian Davis were the only ones playing for Ireland, with participants of all ages from just about every corner of the globe numbering about 800 over two weeks. This was my…

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