Tiberiu Gociu (Belfast) became the new President of the Irish Go Association at Tuesday’s AGM, elected unopposed. Otherwise it was business as usual, with John Doyle (Cobh) and Eoghan Barry (Dublin) continuing as Treasurer and Secretary respectively. The tenor of the meeting was generally optimistic, with the officers’ reports noting the continued growth and financial…
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Turkey Sweep Ireland Before Them
On Tuesday night, Ireland faced Turkey in Round 6 of the Pandanet Go European Team Championship. Turkey demonstrated all of the strength and depth that has kept them in pole position in League B since the start of the season with a 4–0 clean sweep. Newly-minted 2-dan John Courtney offered Ireland’s best hope…
Xinqun Advances to the Championship
The Top 8 took place this weekend in Dublin, despite the best efforts of the weather gods to disrupt things with a heavy fall of snow on Friday morning. Lu Xinqun went undefeated, winning the top bracket with victories over Xu Mushi, Przemek Dyszczyk, and John Courtney, and securing his place in the Championship final….
Registration Open for League Season 5
Registration is now open for the fifth season of the IGA Online League. The fifth season will run from April through June. The League is organised into groups of 4–5 players of similar strength, with each group playing a double round-robin (so you will play two games against each other player in your…
Ulster Open 2024 – RESULTS
| Place | Name | Rank | Country | Club | Wins | R#1 | R#2 | R#3 | MMS | SOS | SOSOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calota Lucretiu | 4D | UK | St.A | 3 | 3+/w0 | 2+/b0 | 4+/w0 | 32 | 91 | 276 |
| 2 | Liu Dewei | 2D | IE | Belf | 2 | 4+/b0 | 1-/w0 | 3+/b0 | 31 | 92 | 275 |
| 3 | Nulty Stephen | 1K | IE | Dubl | 1 | 1-/b0 | 5+/w0 | 2-/w0 | 30 | 93 | 270 |
| 4 | Hutchinson James | 2D | IE | Belf | 1 | 2-/w0 | 8+/w1 | 1-/b0 | 30 | 91 | 266 |
| 5 | Farrell Kevin | 2K | IE | Galw | 2 | 6+/w1 | 3-/b0 | 8+/w1 | 30 | 87 | 256 |
| 6 | Tuohy Niall | 4K | IE | Dubl | 2 | 5-/b1 | 9+/w3 | 10+/w5 | 28 | 80 | 221 |
| 7 | Gociu Tiberiu | 5K | IE | Belf | 3 | 0+ | 0+ | 0+ | 28 | 75 | 225 |
| 8 | Lee Byoung-Ju | 4K | IE | Dubl | 1 | 9+/w3 | 4-/b1 | 5-/b1 | 27 | 83 | 249 |
| 9 | Elkink Jos | 8K | IE | Dubl | 0 | 8-/b3 | 6-/b3 | 11-/w3 | 22 | 71 | 216 |
| 10 | Lafferty Colin | 11K | IE | Galw | 2 | 13+/w1 | 12+/w1 | 6-/b5 | 21 | 63 | 182 |
| 11 | Aitken James | 13K | IE | Belf | 2 | 12-/w0 | 14+/w9 | 9+/b3 | 19 | 53 | 149 |
| 12 | Stephenson David | 13K | IE | Belf | 2 | 11+/b0 | 10-/b1 | 15+/w9 | 19 | 53 | 142 |
| 13 | Mcgarvey Luke | 13K | IE | Belf | 2 | 10-/b1 | 15+/w9 | 14+/w9 | 19 | 49 | 114 |
| 14 | Singh Gurmeet | 25K | IE | Belf | 1 | 15+/w0 | 11-/b9 | 13-/b9 | 6 | 25 | 128 |
| 15 | Hawthorne Zoe | 25K | IE | Belf | 0 | 14-/b0 | 13-/b9 | 12-/b9 | 5 | 26 | 127 |
OpenGotha 3.52.03 – 17-02-2024 18:19 Round#1: Stephen Nulty vs Lucretiu Calota Round#2: Lucretiu Calota vs Dewei Liu Round#3: Liu Dewei vs Stephen Nulty Lucretiu Calota vs. James Hutchinson David vs Zoe & Luke…
