Welcome to Pandanet IGS!
Welcome to the Pandanet Internet Go Server, a great place for playing, watching, studying, and enjoying the game of Go on the internet. At any time, day or night, you can find hundreds of other players from all over the world and of all playing levels, from beginners to professionals. Whatever your ability, you can find opponents of similar skill to play with.
Championship matches for top professional events, including the Meijin, Honinbo, Kisei, Judan and Tengen titles, and the Professional Pair Go Championship are broadcasted live, along with great international tournaments like the Pandanet Go European Team Championship, all for free.
On Pandanet-IGS this and the next Weeks
| Tue/Wed May 15/16 |
67th Honinbo: The first game in the 67th Honinbo title match, Yamashita Keigo Honinbo vs. Iyama Yuta Tengen. Cornel Burzo will be commenting live, both on Pandanet and on twitter. |
| Wednesday May 16 |
Kansai-Kiin: The 38th Gosei title, Preliminary round A, Arakaki Shun 9p vs. Murakawa Daisuke 7p. |
| Tuesday May 22 |
Round 9 of League B in the Pandanet Go European Team Championship. |
| Tuesday May 29 |
Round 11 of League C in the Pandanet Go European Team Championship. |
Kansai Kiin live broadcasts
Pandanet-IGS are broadcasting weekly matches from Kansai Kiin.
Wednesday May 16: The 38th Gosei title, Preliminary round A, Arakaki Shun 9p vs. Murakawa Daisuke 7p.
Kansai Kiin Championship, Furuya Yutaka 8p vs. Murakawa Daisuke 7p.
The 67th Honinbo title match
©Mainichi Newspaper Co., Ltd
The 67th Honinbo title is broadcast live on Pandanet-IGS, starting on Tuesday, May 15th. To watch the games you can, e.g., use the GoPanda client.
Defending champion is Yamashita Keigo Honinbo (also known as Yamashita Dowa Honinbo while he is holding the title). The challenger is Iyama Yuta Tengen. The match is best of seven games, so four wins are required to secure the title.
The Honinbo tournament is organized by Mainichi Newspaper Co., Ltd..
- The first game : May 15th (Tue) and 16th (Wed)
- The second game: May 28th (Mon) and 29th (Tue)
- The third game: June 5th (Tue) and 6th (Wed)
- The fourth game: June 18th (Mon) and 19th (Tue)
- The fifth game: June 24th (Sun) and 25th (Tue)
- The sixth game: July 9th (Mon) and 10th (Tue)
- The seventh game: July 18th (Wed) and 19th (Thu)
All rounds starts at 09:00 (Japan Time), i.e., 02:00 CEST. The time limit is eight hours each.
Cornel Burzo will be commenting the games live, both on Pandanet and on twitter.
The 50th Judan title
The match for the 50th Judan is being broadcast live on Pandanet-IGS.
Defending champion is Iyama Yuta Judan and challenger is Cho U Kisei. The match is best of five games, so three wins are required to secure the title.
Schedule
- The 1st game: March 1st (Thu).
Iyama Yuta won, W+Resign
- The 2nd game: March 19th (Mon).
Iyama Yuta won, B+Resign
- The 3rd game: April 5th (Thu).
Cho U won, B+Resign
- The 4th game: April 18th (wed).
Iyama Yuta won, B+Resign
Iyama Yuta defended his title!
All rounds starts at 10:00 (Japan Time), i.e., 03:00 CEST. The time limit is three hours each.