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08 Nov 22 14:38:18

New Cooperation with AI Sensei

Ai sensei board

We will soon be starting a new cooperation with AI Sensei. AI Sensei is a website that offers online AI reviews of Go Games. Through this new cooperation Pandanet users will be able to upload their games directly to AI Sensei after finishing. Additionally, Pandanet users will be able log in and create an account with AI Sensei directly with their Pandanet account. The post-game upload process will be very simple, with an “Analyze with AI” button appearing inside the GoPanda2 software right after the game is complete.

We will be rolling out this new feature to all GoPanda2 users over the course of the next few weeks. The service is fully optional and will always be free in the base version.

20 May 22 11:02:27

Server running again

We now restored the server without changing user passwords as there was no evidence that the server attacker compromised any other information. If you are concerned, please change your password yourself.

Sorry for your inconveniences!

26 Jan 22 09:17:42

Registration Mails Work Again Now!

Unfortunately, due to a problem with our mail server hosting, pandanet-igs.com didn’t send any registration mails.

We’re glad to inform you that everything is working again now. If you still have problems receiving registration mails, please check your spam folder. If there are further problems, you can write to support@pandanet-igs.com

We’re very sorry about the inconveniences!

30 Jun 21 11:01:08

Gunbu no Pair Go (群舞のペア碁)

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Volume One of a Pair Go comic strip, “Gunbu no Pair Go,” which has been serialized in the monthly magazine “Action”, has been published.
The Japan Pair Go Association has extended cooperation and professional player Fujisawa Rina has acted as editorial supervisor.
There are plans to translate and publish the comic book in English (and other languages).

The first instalment (in Japanese) can now be viewed free of charge!

Monthly Action Homepage

Image Copyright© Takagi Yuuna / Futabasha

04 Dec 20 09:59:21

Pair Go Young Stars and IAPGC - this week-end!

On the 5th/6th December, there will be a professional Pair Go tournament held in Tokyo. You can watch it live (in Japanese) on YouTube .

This year’s International Amateur Pair Go Championship will also take place at the same time. Unfortunately, due to the Corona pandemic, only pairs from Japan will be participating this time.

We will still broadcast many interesting games on Pandanet, so take a look if you’re interested!

More information is available at the IAPGC tournament website.

21 Sep 20 11:53:59

5th European Pro Championship

Epc 2020

The 2020 European Pro Championship will be played online this year, on the Pandanet server.

The matches will be played in the European Champs Room on Pandanet.

Schedule

24th-27th September 2020

Rounds start at 11:00 and 17:00 (UTC+2 / CEST). Last round is 11:00 on Sept 27th.

Live stream

The event will also be streamed on the EuropeanGoFederaton twitch channel, with four commentators:

  • Antti Törmänen, 1p (Finland/Japan)
  • Cornel Burzo, 6d (Romania)
  • Lukas Krämer, 6d (Germany)
  • Viktor Lin, 6d (Austria)
Players
  • Ilya Shikshin, 3p (Russia)
  • Alexandr Dinerchteyn, 3p (Russia)
  • Artem Kachanovskyi, 2p (Ukraine)
  • Mateusz Surma, 2p (Poland)
  • Ali Jabarin, 2p (Israel)
  • Pavol Lisy, 2p (Slovakia)
  • Andrii Kravets, 1p (Ukraine)
  • Tanguy Le Calvé, 1p (France)
31 Aug 20 13:42:14

Game Archives Working Again

We are pleased to announce that the game archive server maintenance has been completed and the complete archive can be accessed again.

06 Aug 20 10:47:29

2020 e-Go Congress Pair Go Tournament on Pandanet: August 6, 8 PM US Eastern time

The online Pair Go event at the 2020 e-Go Congress will take place on Thursday, August 6 at 8 PM US Eastern time. Please have a look at the tournament website and the Bracket and pairings document for more information.

You must use the newest desktop/laptop version (2.7.4) of the GoPanda2 client released this week. To learn more about the tournament format, game setup, pairings and result submission, check out this tutorial prepared by Benjamin Teuber and Pair Go TD Andrew Zhang. If you are playing in the tournament, please arrive a few minutes before the start of Round 1 to expedite organization.

Both rounds of the top table (4 pairs) will be broadcasted on the official AGA Twitch channel with live commentary provided by Yoonyoung Kim 8p. You may also check out other interesting matchups on other tables!

25 Jun 20 03:36:55

Golden Panda Cup Review: Iyama Yuta 9p vs Mutsuura Yuta 7p, with Michael Redmond 9p

16 Jun 20 08:05:23

Golden Panda Cup Review: Shibano Toramaru 9p vs Ichiriki Ryo 8p, with Michael Redmond 9p

21 Apr 20 06:17:38

Pandanet Teaching Games

Motoki Noguchi 6-dan Grenoble go club, France
Pandanet ID: MotokiN

Cornel Burzo 7-dan from Baia Mare in northern Romania
Pandanet ID: Cornel

Click here for details

05 Feb 20 01:32:58

Professional Pair Go Championship 2020

16 pairs of male and female professional Go players who represent the Japanese Go world will play tournament games, and in the 4th round, the winning pair will be decided. Games from the 1st round to the 1st round will be played at the Nihon Ki-in on February 8, and semifinal round to the final game will be played at the Nihon Ki-in on March 1.

Click here for details

05 Feb 20 01:26:52

The 30th International Amateur Pair Go Championship

Tournament Outline

Name: The 30th International Amateur Pair Go Championship
Date: December 7 (Sat) – 8 (Sun), 2019
Venue: Hotel Metropolitn Edmont (3-10-8 Iidabashi, Chiyodaku-ku, Tokyo)
Organizer: Japan Pair Go Association / The International Amateur Pair Go Championship Executive Committee

Click here for details

05 Feb 20 01:20:36

Pair Go World Championship 2019

Tournament Outline

Date : August 19th (Mon), 20th (Tue), 2019
Venue : Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel (26-1 Sakura-gaoka-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)
Organizer : Japan Pair Go Association / World Pair Go Association / Pair Go World Championship 2019 Executive Committee

Click here for details

31 Jul 19 07:54:31

Tournament Outline

Organizer : The Korea Baduk Association
Cooperation : World Pair Go Association

Click here for details

03 Jun 19 03:08:13

Tournament Outline

Organizer: The 24th Pandanet Cup Internet World Amateur Go Tournament
Organiser: Pandanet Inc.
Sponsorship: The International Go Federation
Special cooperation: World Pair Go Association

Click here for details

15 May 19 04:04:46

2019 IMSA World Masters Championship [Pair Go]

Tournament Outline

Name : 2019 IMSA World Masters Championship [Pair Go]
Date/Venue : May 16-18, 2019 / Argyle Resort Hengshui (Hengshui City, Hebei Province, China)

Click here for details

23 Apr 19 11:52:41

The 7th China-Korea-Japan Professional Pair Go Championship

Tournament Outline

Name: The 7th China-Korea-Japan Professional Pair Go Championship
Date: May 2 (Thu) – 3 (Fri), 2019
Venue: Anhui Province, China
Organizer: China Qiyuan, Anhui Province Sports Bureau, Hefei City People’s Government

Click here for details

08 Feb 19 12:40:59

Professional Pair Go Championship 2019

16 pairs of male and female professional Go players who represent the Japanese Go world will play tournament games, and in the 4th round, the winning pair will be decided. Games from the 1st round to the semifinal round will be played at the Nihon Ki-in on February 9, and the final game will be played at the Nihon Ki-in on March 3.

March 3, 2019 (Sun.) Final

30 Nov 18 13:11:16

The 29th International Amateur Pair Go Championship

Tournament Outline

Name: The 29th International Amateur Pair Go Championship
Date: December 1 (Sat) – 2 (Sun), 2018
Venue: Hotel Metropolitn Edmont (3-10-8 Iidabashi, Chiyodaku-ku, Tokyo)
Organizer: Japan Pair Go Association / The International Amateur Pair Go Championship Executive Committee

Click here for details

13 Sep 18 08:33:17

62nd European Go Congress report by Cornel Burzo

This year’s European Go Congress was held in Pisa, Italy and it broke a record in number of participants as there were almost 1.500 players who took part in the events organized during july 27th and august 12th at Congress Palace.

Click here for details

20 Jul 18 05:21:18

Tournament Outline

Date : August 20th (Mon), 21st (Tue), 2018
Venue : Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel (26-1 Sakura-gaoka-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)
Organizer : Japan Pair Go Association / World Pair Go Association / Pair Go World Championship 2018 Executive Committee

Click here for details

02 Aug 18 10:36:47

European Go Championships

Pandanet is broadcasting two games per day from the European Go Congress in Pisa, Italy, July 31 – August 12. The games are starting at 10am CET. Welcome to watch!

26 Jul 18 02:14:21

Tournament Outline

Organizer : The Korea Baduk Association
Cooperation : World Pair Go Association

Click here for details

04 Jun 18 03:09:34

Tournament Outline

Organizer: The 23rd Pandanet Cup Internet World Amateur Go Tournament
Organiser: Pandanet Inc.
Sponsorship: The International Go Federation
Special cooperation: World Pair Go Association

Click here for details

07 Feb 18 05:02:56

16 pairs of male and female professional Go players who represent the Japanese Go world will play tournament games, and in the 4th round, the winning pair will be decided. Games from the 1st round to the semifinal round will be played at the Nihon Ki-in on February 10, and the final game will be played at the Nihon Ki-in on March 4.

February 10, 2018 (Sat.) Round 1 – Semifinals

02 May 18 10:43:01

The 39th World Amateur go Championship Tokyo

Tournament Outline

Name: Gurunavi Cup 39th World Amateur Go Championship in Tokyo
Date: May 4 (Fri) – 7 (Mon), 2018
Venue: Nihon Ki-in, Japan
Organizer: Nihon Ki-in
Main Sponsor: Gurunavi, Inc.

Click here for details

01 May 18 04:21:59

The 6th China-Korea-Japan Professional Pair Go Championship

Tournament Outline

Name: The 6th China-Korea-Japan Professional Pair Go Championship
Date: May 3 (Thu) – 4 (Fri), 2018
Venue: Anhui Province, China
Organizer: China Qiyuan, Anhui Province Sports Bureau, Hefei City People’s Government

Click here for details

02 Feb 18 05:38:31

Tournament Outline

Name : The Final of the 22nd LG Cup Korean Daily Newspaper King of Go
Date : February 5th (Mon.) , 7th (Wed.) & 8th (Thu.), 2018
Venue : Nihon Ki-in Headquarters (Tokyo, Japan)

Click here for details

14 Dec 17 01:17:09

Tournament Outline

Name : The 2nd IMSA Elite Mind Games [Pair Go]
Date/Venue : December14-15, 2017 / New Century Grand Hotel Huai’an (Jiangsu, China)

Click here for details

01 Dec 17 16:47:45

The 28th International Amateur Pair Go Championship

Tournament Outline

Name: The 28th International Amateur Pair Go Championship
Date: December 2 (Sat) – 3 (Sun), 2017
Venue: Hotel Metropolitn Edmont (3-10-8 Iidabashi, Chiyodaku-ku, Tokyo)
Organizer: Japan Pair Go Association / The International Amateur Pair Go Championship Executive Committee

Click here for details

01 Nov 17 03:02:50

The 5th China-Korea-Japan Professional Pair Go Championship

Tournament Outline

Name: The 5th China-Korea-Japan Professional Pair Go Championship
Date: November 1 (Wed) – 2 (Thu), 2017
Venue: Anhui Province, China
Organizer: China Qiyuan, Anhui Province Sports Bureau, Hefei City People’s Government

Click here for details

05 Oct 17 03:50:26

AI Goodwill Pair Go match

The video is to be uploaded at 10am o Oct 5 (Japan time)
The commentator is Michael Redmond. (in English)

Click to watch Youtube

The human pair (Yimin&Iyama and Yu&Ke) can discuss freely and we consider them as one person.
Their partner is DeepZenGo.

Please see this page for details.
http://www.pairgo.or.jp/pgwc/2017/ai/index_e.htm

15 Sep 17 10:40:00

The 16th World Students GO OZA Championship

We are pleased to announce that we are going to hold the 16th World Students Go Oza Championship from Feb 19 to Feb 23 in 2018 in Tokyo, Japan.

To select 16 students to proceed the championship in Tokyo, we are going to have preliminary round on the Internet.

University/College students under the age of 30 can participate in the preliminary rounds. We would like as many students as possible to participate in the Internet tournament using Pandanet-IGS.

The application deadline is Oct 16th.

Please, also let your young friends know about this tournament!

Thank you for your support in advance. If you have any questions, please send an email to world.sgo.oza@gmail.com.

Details and Entry Form

15 Jun 11 22:35:43

Kansai Kiin live broadcasts

Pandanet is broadcasting weekly matches from Kansai Kiin.

Thursday September 7: The 61st Kansai Kiin Championship, 3rd game, Round 1, Yuki Satoshi Champion vs. Yo Seiki 7p

Wednesday September 6: The 44th Tengen title, Preliminary round A, Murakawa Daisuke 8p vs. Aragaki Syun 9p. Result: Murakawa Daisuke won, B+Resign.

Wednesday September 6: The 43rd Gosei title, Preliminary round A, Final, Sakai Hideyuki 8p vs. Seto Taiki 8p. Result: Seto Taiki won, B+2.5.

Previous results

How to watch

06 Sep 17 09:41:39

Pair Go World Championship 2017 MASTERS MATCH

Tournament Outline

Name: Pair Go World Championship 2017 MASTERS MATCH
Date: October 5th (Thu), 2017
Venue: Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel (26-1 Sakura-gaoka-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)
Organizer: Japan Pair Go Association / World Pair Go Association /
Pair Go World Championship 2017 Executive Committee

Click here for details

06 Sep 17 09:03:14

The 42nd Meijin title match

The 42nd Meijin title is broadcast live on GoPanda2 client.

Champion is Takao Shinji Meijin. The challenger is Iyama Yuta Kisei. The match is best of seven games, so four wins are required to secure the title.

The Meijin tournament is organized by Asahi Newspaper Co., Ltd.

How to watch

Schedule
  • The first game : August 30th (Wed) and 31st (Thu).
    Takao Shinji won, W+0.5.
  • The second game: September 12th (Tue) and 13th (Wed).
  • The third game: September 21st (Thu) and 22nd (Fri).
  • The fourth game: October 2nd (Mon) and 3rd (Tue).
  • The fifth game: October 16th (Mon) and 17th (Tue).
  • The sixth game: October 23rd (Mon) and 24th (Tue).
  • The seventh game: November 1st (Wed) and 2nd (Thu).

All rounds start at 09:00 (Japan Time), i.e., 02:00 CEST. The time limit is eight hours each.

02 Jun 17 02:16:18

Tournament Outline

Organizer: The 22nd Pandanet Cup Internet World Amateur Go Tournament
Organiser: Pandanet Inc.
Sponsorship: The International Go Federation
Special cooperation: World Pair Go Association

Click here for details

08 Aug 17 10:22:32

Tournament Outline

Date : August 12th (Sat) -13th (Sun), 2017
Venue : Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel (26-1 Sakura-gaoka-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)
Organizer : Japan Pair Go Association / World Pair Go Association /
Pair Go World Championship 2017 Executive Committee

Click here for details

10 Jul 17 21:50:54

IGS Server Down for Maintenance on 13th July

On Thursday, 13 July, the IGS Server has to be offline for maintenance work starting on 5pm UTC. It should be back up latest at 11pm UTC, hopefully earlier.

We are sorry for your inconveniences.

24 Feb 17 12:43:01

Introducing the Pandanet Life & Death App

We are proud to announce the new Life & Death app by Pandanet:

Android
iPhone

You can use it to practise a nice collection of Life & Death problems. There are always new collections which you can purchase using the internal Panda Coins currency. The app also features Panda Sensei, an AI which can solve any custom Life & Death situation for you better than top pros! The position just has to be contained to a closed region.

Please try it out for sourself!

13 Jun 17 04:26:09

The 38th WAGC report by Cornel Burzo

The 2017 edition of the WAGC was held in Sheraton Hotel in the city of Guiyang in southern China from June 4th till June 7th and it had 50 countries registered but only 48 competing for the World Go Champion title as Hungary and Madagascar didn’t make it to the event.

Click here for details

19 Apr 17 08:37:47

Tournament Outline

Pandanet is holding the Internet 13×13 Amateur World Go Championship. The winner in the Main class will earn the right to play a game with Hirofumi Ohashi 6-dan (13×13 Net game).

Organizer: Pandanet
Special cooperation: Kansai Kiin

Click here for details

09 Jun 17 11:11:40

The 72nd Honinbo title

The 72nd Honinbo title is broadcast live on GoPanda2 client.

Champion is Iyama Yuta Honinbo. The challenger is Motoki Katsuya 8p. 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 9th (Tue) and 10th (Wed). Iyama Yuta won, B+Resign
  • The second game: May 23rd (Tue) and 24th (Wed). Iyama Yuta won, W+Resign
  • The third game: June 8th (Thu) and 9th (Fri). Iyama Yuta won, B+Resign
  • The fourth game: June 15th (Thu) and 16th (Fri). Iyama Yuta won, W+Resign
  • The fifth game: June 28th (Wed) and 29th (Thu).
  • The sixth game: July 5th (Wed) and 6th (Thu).
  • The seventh game: July 11th (Tue) and 12th (Wed).

Iyama Yuta kept the Honinbo title!
All rounds starts at 09:00 (Japan Time), i.e., 02:00 CEST. The time limit is eight hours each.

17 May 17 10:45:56

Tournament Outline

Name: Future of Go Summit
Organizers: Google, The China Weiqi Association, Zhejiang Sports Bureau
Venue: Wuzhen, Zhejiang Province, China
Date: Tuesday, May 23 – Saturday, May 27
Contents: Three games(Ke Jie 9p vs AlphaGo), Pair Go, Team Go

Schedule *China Time (UTC+8):

Tuesday
May 23
Opening Ceremony(9:00-10:00)Ke Jie 9p vs AlphaGo Match 1(10:30-17:30)
Thursday
May 25
Ke Jie 9p vs AlphaGo Match 2(10:30-17:30)
Friday
May 26
Pair Go(8:30-11:30)Team Go(12:30-18:30)
Saturday
May 27
Ke Jie 9p vs AlphaGo Match 3(10:30-17:30)

Click here for details

06 Apr 17 15:14:59

Video from the EGC 2016 Pair Go Tournament in St Petersburg

Here is a nice video about the last European Go Congress and its Pair Go tournament:


The next Open European Pair Go Championship will be held at the EGC 2017 in Oberhof.

05 Apr 17 12:10:13

Kovaleva/Surin Win European Pair Go Championship

After beating the last year’s champions Shikshina/Shikshin in a dramatic game, Natalia Kovaleva and Dmitrij Surin are the European Pair Go Champions 2017 – congratulations! The second place goes to Zhau Pei and Lukas Krämer, followed by Svetlana Shikshina and Ilya Shikshin on the place three. Results and photos can be found at the tournament website

30 Mar 17 08:59:06

European Pair Go Championship Broadcasts

The 20th European Pair Go Championship will take place this weekend in Strasbourg, France. Title holders Svetlana Shikshina and Ilya Shikshin will face thirty pairs coming from fourteen different European countries. Games will be broadcast and analysed live on the server by Ali Jabarin 1p. The tournament starts on Saturday, April 1st at 11:00 C.E.T. Further informations at : http://pairgo.gostrasbourg.fr

27 Mar 17 02:46:11

The 55th Judan title match

The match for the 55th Judan title starts on March 7th.

Defending champion is Iyama Yuta Judan and challenger is Yu Zheng Qi 7p The match is best of five games, so three wins are required to secure the title.

How to watch

Schedule
  • The 1st game: March 7 (Tue)
    Iyama Yuta won, B+Resign.
  • The 2nd game: March 30 (Thu)
    Iyama Yuta won, W+Resign.
  • The 3rd game: April 6 (Thu)
    Yu Zheng Qi won, W+Resign.
  • The 4th game: April 21 (Fri)
    Iyama Yuta won, W+Resign.
  • The 5th game: April 28 (Fri)

Iyama Yuta kept the Judan title!

07 Nov 16 01:32:10

The 21st Pandanet Cup Internet World Amateur Go Tournamentant Champion
WOONSAI (Mr. Park Youngwoon)

Tournament Outline

Organizer : The 21st Pandanet Cup Internet World Amateur Go Tournament
Organiser : Pandanet Inc.
Sponsorship : The International Go Federation
Special cooperation : World Pair Go Association

Click here for details

15 Jan 14 01:42:08

16 pairs of male and female professional Go players who represent the Japanese Go world will play tournament games, and in the 4th round, the winning pair will be decided. Games from the 1st round to the semifinal round will be played at the Nihon Ki-in on February 12, and the final game will be played at the Nihon Ki-in on March 5.

March 5, 2017 (Sun) The Final

11 Nov 16 01:31:39

Internet Broadcast of the Final : 16:00 (JPN time) December 4 (Sun), 2016
[ IAPG Cup Winner ] Kim & Park (Korea)
[ JAPG Cup Winner ] Shimoda & Tanabe (Japan)

Round1 – Final : All Results are here

[ Explanation of Championship ]
A five-round Swiss System tournament will be played by 32 pairs, made up of 31 pairs representing 20 overseas countries and territories and eight regions of Japan and the winning pair in the Pandanet Qualifying Tournament held by the Internet Go Salon Pandanet.
The International Championship and Japan Championship are combined as the International Amateur Pair Go Championship, and the highest ranked Japanese pair will be crowned the Japan Amateur Pair Go Champion.

[ Prizes ]
First Place : IAPG CUP, Certificate, Medal, Prize
Second Place : Certificate, Medal, Prize
Third Place : Certificate, Medal, Prize
4th to 8th Place : Certificate, Prize
Best Japanese Pair : JAPG CUP, Medal, Prize

13 Oct 16 11:46:22

64th Oza Title Match

The match for the 64th Oza title starts on October 17th.

Defending champion is Iyama Yuta Oza. and challenger is Yu Zheng Qi 7p. The match is best of five games, so three wins are required to secure the title.

How to watch

Schedule
  • The first game: October 17 (Mon).
    Iyama Yuta won, W+1.5.
  • The second game: November 7 (Mon).
    Iyama Yuta won, B+Resign.
  • The third game: November 18 (Fri).
    Iyama Yuta won, W+Resign.
  • The fourth game: December 8 (Thu).
  • The fifth game: December 15 (Thu).

All rounds start at 10:00 (Japan Time), i.e., 02:00 CEST. The time limit is three hours each.

Iyama Yuta Kept the Oza title!

25 Aug 16 10:58:53

The 41st Meijin title

The 41st Meijin title is broadcast live on GoPanda2 client.

Champion is Iyama Yuta Meijin. The challenger is Takao Shinji 9p. The match is best of seven games, so four wins are required to secure the title.

The Meijin tournament is organized by Asahi Newspaper Co., Ltd.

How to watch

Schedule
  • The first game : August 30th (Tue) and 31th (Wed).
    Takao Shinji won, B+Resign.
  • The second game: September 14th (Wed) and 15th (Thu).
    Takao Shinji won, W+Resign.
  • The third game: September 20th (Tue) and 21st (Wed).
    Takao Shinji won, B+Resign.
  • The fourth game: October 4th (Tue) and 5th (Wed).
    Iyama Yuta won, B+Resign.
  • The fifth game: October 12th (Wed) and 13th (Thu).
    Iyama Yuta won, W+3.5.
  • The sixth game: October 26th (Wed) and 27th (Thu).
    Iyama Yuta won, B+Resign.
  • The seventh game: November 2nd (Wed) and 3rd (Thu).
    Takao Shinji won, W+2.5.

Takao Shinji Won the Meijin title!

All rounds start at 09:00 (Japan Time), i.e., 02:00 CEST. The time limit is eight hours each.

01 Aug 16 11:47:27

Tournament Outline

Organizer : The Korea Baduk Association
Cooperation : World Pair Go Association, The China Weiqi Association, Nihon Kiin, The Chinese

Click here for details

20 Jul 16 03:14:14

The 41th Gosei title match

The 40th Gosei is being broadcast live on GoPanda2 client.

Defending champion is Iyama Yuta Gosei and challenger is Murakawa Daisuke 8p. The time limit is four hours each.

Schedule:
  • The first game: June 25th (Fri). Iyama Yuta won, B+Resign.
  • The second game: July 18th (Mon). Iyama Yuta won, W+Resign.
  • The third game: July 28th (Thu). Iyama Yuta won, B+Resign.
  • The fourth game: August 17th (Fri).
  • The fifth game: August 24th (Sat).

Iyama Yuta kept the Gosei title!

28 Jul 16 09:29:59

Pandanet Go European Teams Championship

St.Petersburg Finals July 22-23, 2016

The 6th edition of the Pandanet Go European Teams Championship was held online on Pandanet Go Server from September 2015 till May 2016 where 34 national teams competed in 3 leagues.

Each team consist of max. 12 players out of which 4 players are selected to play in each round.

The final stage of this tournament was held in Azimut Hotel, St. Petersburg, Russia on july 22nd and 23rd , the same location as the 60th Polymetal EGC this year.

http://egc2016.ru/en/venue/address

The top 4 teams of the A-league who played the finals this year were Russia, Ukraine, Romania and France who qualified after the 9 rounds played online in the preliminary stage of this event.

The time settings for the games played in the finals were same as in the preliminary rounds with 1hour main time and 10min/25 stones byo-yomi.

On the 1st round of this tournament played on july 22nd Russia defeated France 3-1 and Ukraine defeated Romania 4-0.

The results of the 2nd round played in the morning of july 23rd were Russia vs Romania 3-1 and France vs Ukraine 2-2.

In the 3rd round Ukraine won vs Russia 3-1 and France won vs Romania 3-1

All the games played in the European Teams Championship were held at the 18th floor of Azimut Hotel which offered a great panoramic view of St.Petersburg city .

The winners of this edition were Ukraine team , well done and see you again in the finals next season !

PN CY PT GW GL B1 B2 B3 B4
1 UA 5 9 3 2 3 2 2
2 RU 4 7 5 3 1 1 2
3 FR 3 6 6 1 1 2 2
4 RO 0 2 10 0 1 1 0
26 Jul 16 11:46:24

21st Samsung Cup 2016 – Seoul, South Korea

World Division-Preliminary

The Samsung Cup is a prestigious international Go competition held every year since 1996 and it’s one of the toughest Go tournaments as top class players from Korea, China , Japan , Taiwan and even amateurs can take part in the preliminary rounds and compete in the final stage to win attractive prizes of almost 300.000 us$ which makes it comparable with the major titles in Japan like Kisei, Honinbo and Meijin.

The official name of the tournament is The Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance World Masters Baduk.

The host of this big international event is Hankuk Kiwon ( Korean Baduk Association ) which is located in Seoul, S. Korea.

Usually the format of the Samsung Cup starts with a preliminary tournament where top pro players and top amateurs are invited to play in order to qualify for the last 32 players main event which is a Knock-Out tournament with best of 3 games played in the finals.

This year’s World Division preliminary rounds were held in S. Korea at Hankuk Kiwon from july 17 till july 20 and 1 player got the seat for the final stage of the tournament.

Among the 12 players who took part in the qualification there were 4 european players who joined as well: Ali Jabarin 1p from Israel, Pavol Lisy 1p from Slovakia, Mateusz Surma 1p from Poland and Cornel Burzo 6d from Romania.

All the games started at 1p.m ( local time in Seoul ) with 1 round/ day and time limits : main time 2 hours/ player and byo yomi 1min/5times

Only 8 players took part in the 1st round, including 3 of the Europeans.

The other 4 players got automatically seated in the 2nd round and played the winners from the first round .

1st round :

Ho Yang Fei (5d) – Cornel Burzo (6d) 0-1
Luciano Salerno (2d) – Manuel Velasco (6d) 0-1
Pavol Lisy (1p) –Karuehawanit Wichrich (4d) 1-0
Mateusz Surma (1p) – Khanh Lam Bui Le (5d) 1-0

2nd round:

Cornel Burzo (6d) – Eric Lui (1p) 1-0
Manuel Velasco (6d) – Ali Jabarin (1p) 0-1
Pavol Lisy (1p) – Andrew Huang (7d) 1-0
Mateusz Surma (1p) – Guang Chow (7d) 1-0

It was quite impressive that all 4 european players managed to get in the last 4 to compete for the seat in this Samsung Cup great event.

3rd round :

Cornel Burzo (6d) – Ali Jabarin (1p) 0-1
Pavol Lisy (1p) – Mateusz Surma (1p) 1-0

Final :

Ali Jabarin( 1p )- Pavol Lisy (1p ) 1-0

Congrats to the winner of this year’s World Division Ali Jabarin 1p and let’s hope he will make a great performance in the Samsung Cup tournament along with top pros like Ke Jie 9p, the winner of this big event in 2015.

06 May 16 04:02:28

The 71st Honinbo title match

The 71st Honinbo title is broadcast live on GoPanda2 client.

Champion is Iyama Yuta Honinbo. The challenger is Takao Shinji 9p. 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 9th (Mon) and 10th (Tue). Takao Shinji won, W+Resign
  • The second game: May 23rd (Mon) and 24th (Tue). Iyama Yuta won, W+Resign
  • The third game: June 2nd (Thu) and 3rd (Fri). Iyama Yuta won, B+Resign
  • The fourth game: June 13th (Mon) and 14th (Tue). Iyama Yuta won, W+Resign
  • The fifth game: June 29th (Wed) and 30th (Thu). Iyama Yuta won, B+Resign
  • The sixth game: July 5th (Tue) and 6th (Wed).
  • The seventh game: July 14th (Thu) and 15th (Fri).

Iyama Yuta kept the Honinbo title!

All rounds starts at 09:00 (Japan Time), i.e., 02:00 CEST. The time limit is eight hours each.

10 Jun 16 12:43:59

Pair Go World Cup 2016 Tokyo


Tournament Outline

Date : July 9th (Sat) -10th (Sun), 2016
Venue : Shibuya Hikarie Hall
Organizer : Japan Pair GO Association / World Pair Go Association /
      Pair Go WorldCup 2016 Tokyo Executive Committee
Co-organizer : its communications Inc.

Click here for details

17 May 16 10:21:10

Tournament Outline

Pandanet is holding the world’s first Internet 13×13 Amateur World Go Championship. The winners will be presented with splendid prizes.

Organizer : Pandanet
Special cooperation : Kansai Kiin

Click here for details

20 Apr 16 03:31:29



The 4th China-Korea-Japan Professional Pair Go Championship will take place from 27-28 April 2016 in Anhui Province, China China. Pandanet will make reports from the games.
WINNER : Chinese pair
( Yu Zhiying 5-dan & Tang Weixing 9-dan )

All Results are here



23 Mar 16 09:54:55

The 54th Judan title match

The match for the 54th Judan title starts on March 8th.

Defending champion is Ida Atsushi Judan and challenger is Iyama Yuta 9p. The match is best of five games, so three wins are required to secure the title.

How to watch

Schedule
  • The 1st game: March 8 (Thu).
    Iyama Yuta won, W+Resign.
  • The 2nd game: March 23 (Wed).
    Iyama Yuta won, B+Resign.
  • The 3rd game: April 14 (Thu).
    Ida Atsushi won, B+Resign.
  • The 4th game: April 20 (Wed).
    Iyama Yuta won, B+Resign.
  • The 5th game: April 24 (Wed).

Iyama Yuta Won the Judan title!

15 Mar 16 21:15:08

Registration Problems with Gmail - solved

Registration with gmail accounts should be working again.
Thanks for your patience!

12 Jan 16 02:11:06

16 pairs of male and female professional Go players who represent the Japanese Go world will play tournament games, and in the 4th round, the winning pair will be decided. Games from the 1st round to the semifinal round will be played at the Nihon Ki-in, and there will be commentaries using a large demonstration board. The final game will be played in the studio of IGO & SHOGI CHANNEL and broadcast at a later date.

Round1 – Final : All Results are here

07 Mar 16 11:48:44

Tournament Outline

Name: Google DeepMind Challenge Match
Date:March 9-10,12-13、15
Venue:Four Seasons Hotel Seoul(Seoul, Korea)
Prize:$1,000,000
Start Time:4:00am~(GMT)
Time limit:2hour, 60 seconds, 3times.
Rules:Chinese rules

Click here for details

22 Feb 16 01:56:14

Tournament Outline

Name : The 1st IMSA Elite Mind Games [Pair Go]
Date/Venue : March2-3, 2016/New Century Grand Hotel Huai’an (Jiangsu, China)

Click here for details

09 Nov 15 01:46:07

Tournament Outline

Organizer : the 20th Pandanet Cup Internet World Amateur Go Tournament
Organiser : Pandanet Inc.
Sponsorship : The International Go Federation
Special cooperation : World Pair Go Association

Click here for details

12 Nov 15 01:48:22

Internet Broadcast of the Final : 16:00 (JPN time) December 6 (Sun), 2015
[ IAPG Cup Winner ] Yujin & Hongsuk pair (Korea)
[ JAPG Cup Winner ] Oda & Nagayo pair (Japan)

Round1 – Final : All Results are here

[ Explanation of Championship ]
A five-round Swiss System tournament will be played by 32 pairs, made up of 31 pairs representing 20 overseas countries and territories and eight regions of Japan and the winning pair in the Pandanet Qualifying Tournament held by the Internet Go Salon Pandanet.

[ Prizes ]
First Place : IAPG CUP, Certificate, Medal, Prize
Second Place : Certificate, Medal, Prize
Third Place : Certificate, Medal, Prize
4th to 8th Place : Certificate, Prize
Best Japanese Pair : JAPG CUP, Medal, Prize

09 Sep 15 02:41:19

63rd Oza Title Match

The match for the 63rd Oza title starts on October 20th.

Defending champion is Murakawa Daisuke Oza. and challenger is Iyama Yuta 9p. The match is best of five games, so three wins are required to secure the title.

How to watch

Schedule
  • The first game: October 20 (Tue). Iyama Yuta won, B+0.5.
  • The second game: November 12 (Thu). Iyama Yuta won, W+Resign.
  • The third game: November 19 (Thu). Iyama Yuta won, B+Resign.
  • The fourth game: December 3 (Thu).
  • The fifth game: December 10 (Thu).

Iyama Yuta Won the Oza title!

All rounds start at 10:00 (Japan Time), i.e., 02:00 CEST. The time limit is three hours each.

25 Aug 15 02:14:38

The 40th Meijin title match

The 40th Meijin title is broadcast live on GoPanda2 client.

Champion is Iyama Yuta Meijin. The challenger is Takao Shinji 9p. The match is best of seven games, so four wins are required to secure the title.

The Meijin tournament is organized by Asahi Newspaper Co., Ltd.

How to watch

Schedule
  • The first game : September 3rd (Thu) and 4th (Fri). Iyama Yuta won, W+Resign.
  • The second game: September 17th (Thu) and 18th (Fri). Iyama Yuta won, B+0.5
  • The third game: September 24th (Thu) and 25th (Fri). Iyama Yuta won, W+Resign
  • The fourth game: October 5th (Mon) and 6th (Tue). Iyama Yuta won, B+Resign.
  • The fifth game: October 13th (Wed) and 14th (Thu).
  • The sixth game: October 28th (Wed) and 29th (Thu).
  • The seventh game: November 4th (Wed) and 5th (Thu).

Iyama Yuta kept the Meijin title!

All rounds start at 09:00 (Japan Time), i.e., 02:00 CEST. The time limit is eight hours each.

18 Aug 15 11:13:47

59th European Go Congress report

The 59th European Go Congress was held in Liberec, Cz. Republic a touristic city located in the north of the country close to the border with Germany and Poland and it was probably the biggest European Go event as it gathered more than 900 participants from 44 countries with over 700 players attending the main event.

For more details about the venue please see
http://www.egc2015.cz/venue

Like every Go Congress the European Go Championship was one of the most important tournaments organized here and this year EGF implemented a new system (http://www.egc2015.cz/rules/championship)to decide the winner of the European Go title who was Fan Hui 2p from France.
http://egc2015.cz/results/main/playoffs

Besides the European Go Championship there were many side events taking place in the 2 weeks of the Go Congress:
The Main tournament won by Wang Zheming 3p
http://egc2015.cz/results/mainwall

The Rapid tournament won by Chan,Yi-Tien 7d
http://egc2015.cz/results/rapidwall

The Lightning tournament won by Kim Young-Sam 7d
http://egc2015.cz/results/lightning/playoffs

The 9×9 tournament won by Chan Yi-Tien 7d
http://egc2015.cz/results/9×9/playoffs

Omikron Rengo European Championship won by Surma-Frejlak-Domanski
http://egc2015.cz/results/rengowall

The Beer Tournament won by Karaerkek Kerem 2d
http://egc2015.cz/results/beerwall

The Children tournament won by Mezin Savva 5kyu
http://egc2015.cz/results/childrenwall

The Ladies tournament won by Sun Sai 5d
http://egc2015.cz/results/ladieswall

The Weekend tournament won by Kim Young-Sam 7d
http://egc2015.cz/results/wallweek

The Pairgo tournament won by Gong/Qiu 5d
http://egc2015.cz/results/pairgo/playoffs

The Veterans tournament won by Mizuuchi Chihiro 4d
http://egc2015.cz/results/veteranswall

The Team tournament won by Ze?t Riddle
http://egc2015.cz/results/team/playoffs

13×13 tournament won by Sun Sai 3d
http://egc2015.cz/results/13×13/playoffs

Just before the European Go Congress the 5th edition of
Pandanet Go European Team Championship finals was held in Liberec as well on july 24-25th 2015
http://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps/draw/46

The winner of the team championship this season was France

For photos about the congress you can visit the official site at
http://egc2015.cz/photos

Let’s hope all the players had a great time and good games during the stay in Liberec, Czech Republic and will look forward for the next European Go Congress. Till then see you online on Pandanet-IGS for training games.

Written by Cornel Burzo
24 Jun 15 02:14:15

The 40th Gosei title match

The 40th Gosei is being broadcast live on GoPanda2 client.

Defending champion is Iyama Yuta Gosei and challenger is Yamashita Keigo 9p. The time limit is four hours each.

Schedule:
  • The first game: June 26th (Fri). Iyama Yuta won, B+Resign.
  • The second game: July 20th (Mon). Yamahita Keigo won, B+Resign.
  • The third game: July 27th (Mon). Iyama Yuta won, B+1.5.
  • The fourth game: August 7th (Fri). Iyama Yuta won, W+Resign.
  • The fifth game: August 29th (Sat).

Iyama Yuta kept the Gosei title!

03 Aug 15 02:52:29

Tournament Outline

Organizer : The Korea Baduk Association
Cooperation : World Pair Go Association, The China Weiqi Association, Nihon Kiin, The Chinese

Click here for details

07 Jul 15 16:04:14

Server move on July 13th

Due to a move of the web server there will be disruptions for some of the services on the web site.

The move will start on 9:30 CET on July 13th, and finish a couple of hours later.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Edit: The move is now finished. Please send an email to webmaster@pandanet-igs.com if you notice anything that is not working properly.

07 May 15 03:20:22

The 70th Honinbo title match

The 70th Honinbo title is broadcast live on GoPanda2 client.

Champion is Iyama Yuta Honinbo. The challenger is Yamashita Keigo 9p. 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 13th (Wed) and 14th (Thu). Iyama Yuta won, W+Resign
  • The second game: May 25th (Mon) and 26th (Tue). Iyama Yuta won, B+Resign
  • The third game: June 3rd (Wed) and 4th (Thu). Iyama Yuta won, W+Resign
  • The fourth game: June 16th (Tue) and 17th (Wed). Yamashita Keigo won, W+Resign
  • The fifth game: June 29th (Mon) and 30th (Tue). Iyama Yuta won, W+Resign
  • The sixth game: July 7th (Tue) and 8th (Wed).
  • The seventh game: July 14th (Tue) and 15th (Wed).

Iyama Yuta kept the Honinbo title!

All rounds starts at 09:00 (Japan Time), i.e., 02:00 CEST. The time limit is eight hours each.

08 Apr 15 09:50:11

Tournament Outline

Pandanet is holding the world’s first Internet 13×13 Amateur World Go Championship. The winners will be presented with splendid prizes.

Organizer : Pandanet
Pandanet : Kansai Kiin
Cooperation : Kids 5, Go Quest

Click here for details

25 May 15 02:22:19

Winner :
[ Korea ] Changhun Kim 6 dan
Runner-up :
[ China ] Aohua Hu 6 dan
3rd place :
[ Chinese Taipei ] Jyun-Fu Lai 7 dan

All Results

Tournament Outline

The 36th World Amateur Go Championship will take place from June 6 – 10, 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Co-organizers : The International Go Federation (IGF) / The Go Association of Thailand (GAT)Support : The Korea Baduk Association (KBA)
Main Sponsor : CP ALL PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED
Venue : Montien Riverside Hotel, Bangkok

Tournament Schedule

June 6 (Sat) : Opening Ceremony
June 7 (Sun) : 1st Game / 2nd Game
June 8 (Mon) : 3rd Game / 4th Game
June 9 (Tue) : 5th Game / 6th Game
June 10 (Wed) : 7th Game / 8th Game / Award Ceremony

Click here for details

15 Apr 15 09:09:59
04 Mar 15 02:44:16

The 53rd Judan title match

The match for the 53rd Judan title starts on March 5th.

Defending champion is Takao Shinji Judan and challenger is Ida Atsushi 8p. The match is best of five games, so three wins are required to secure the title.

How to watch

Schedule
  • The 1st game: March 5 (Thu).
    Takao Shinji won, W+Resign.
  • The 2nd game: March 26 (Thu).
    Ida Atsushi won, W+Resign.
  • The 3rd game: April 9 (Thu).
    Ida Atsushi won, B+2.5.
  • The 4th game: April 15 (Wed).
    Takao Shinji won, B+Resign.
  • The 5th game: April 22 (Wed).
    Ida Atsushi won, B+Resign.

Won the “Judan” Ida Atsushi 8p

07 Jan 15 01:09:22

16 pairs of male and female professional Go players who represent the Japanese Go world will play tournament games, and in the 4th round, the winning pair will be decided. Games from the 1st round to the semifinal round will be played at the Nihon Ki-in, and there will be commentaries using a large demonstration board. The final game will be played in the studio of IGO & SHOGI CHANNEL and broadcast at a later date.

Round1 – Final : All Results are here

04 Mar 15 02:55:12

The 27th Women's Meijin title match

The match for the 27th Women’s Meijin Title starts on March 5th.

Defending champion is Shei Imin Women’s Meijin and challenger is Suzuki Ayumi 6p. The match is best of three games, so two wins are required to secure the title.

How to watch

Schedule
  • The 1st game: March 4 (Wed).
    Shei Imin won, W+Resign.
  • The 2nd game: March 11 (Wed).
    Shei Imin won, B+Resign.
  • The 3rd game: March 18 (Mon).

Shei Imin kept the Women’s Meijin title!

All rounds starts at 9:30 (Japan Time), i.e., 2:30 CEST. The time limit is three hours each.

01 Sep 14 02:48:07

The 39th Meijin title match

The 39th Meijin title is broadcast live on GoPanda2 client.

Champion is Iyama Yuta Meijin. The challenger is Kono Rin 9p. The match is best of seven games, so four wins are required to secure the title.

The Meijin tournament is organized by Asahi Newspaper Co., Ltd.

How to watch

Schedule
  • The first game : September 4th (Thu) and 5th (Fri). Iyama Yuta won, W+Resign.
  • The second game: September 18th (Thu) and 19th (Fri). Kono Rin won, W+Resign.
  • The third game: September 25th (Thu) and 26th (Fri). Kono Rin won, B+Resign.
  • The fourth game: October 6th (Mon) and 7th (Tue). Iyama Yuta won, B+Resign.
  • The fifth game: October 15th (Wed) and 16th (Thu). Iyama Yuta won, W+Resign.
  • The sixth game: October 29th (Wed) and 30th (Thu). Iyama Yuta won, B+3.5.
  • The seventh game: November 5th (Wed) and 6th (Thu).

Iyama Yuta kept the Meijin title!

All rounds start at 09:00 (Japan Time), i.e., 02:00 CEST. The time limit is eight hours each.

16 Oct 14 02:23:30

62nd Oza Title Match

The match for the 62nd Oza title starts on October 21nd.

Defending champion is Iyama Yuta Oza. and challenger is Murakawa Daisuke 7p. The match is best of five games, so three wins are required to secure the title.

How to watch

Schedule
  • The first game: October 21 (Tue). Iyama Yuta won, B+0.5.
  • The second game: November 18 (Tue). Murakawa Daisuke won, B+1.5.
  • The third game: November 20 (Thu). Iyama Yuta won, B+2.5.
  • The fourth game: December 8 (Mon). Murakawa Daisuke won, B+Resign.
  • The fifth game: December 16 (Tue). Murakawa Daisuke won, W+1.5.

Murakawa Daisuke Won the Oza title!

All rounds start at 10:00 (Japan Time), i.e., 02:00 CEST. The time limit is three hours each.

29 Jul 14 11:01:08

World Mind Games Online Tournament 2014 -Pandanet Cup-


* Final Rounds
November 21 (Fri) – 29 (Sat)
Main Class Winner ID : teen87

Game results of the Final Rounds  
Main Class 1st and 2nd Round 
Europe & Africa / North and South America / Asia & Oceania
Main Class 3rd to final Round 
World
A-C Class  
A-Class / B-Class / C-Class

The tournament table of A-C class will be published in November 10.

* Preliminary Rounds

Game results of the Preliminary Rounds  
Main Class  
Europe & Africa / North and South America / Asia & Oceania
A Class  
Europe & Africa / North and South America / Asia & Oceania
B Class  
Europe & Africa / North and South America / Asia & Oceania
C Class  
Europe & Africa / North and South America / Asia & Oceania

Tournament Outline

*This tournament serves as the 19th Pandanet Cup Internet World Amateur Go Tournament concurrently.

  • Tournament name: World Mind Games Online Tournament 2014 – Pandanet Cup -
  • Organiser: The International Go Federation , Pandanet Inc.
  • Special cooperation: SportAccord , World Pair Go Association
  • System cooperation: Pandanet Inc.

Class

There are four categories. One is the Main Class and the others are Ranked Classes (A-C Classes).

  • Main Class (You can participate in the Main Class regardless of your Go strength.)
  • A Class (2d – 3k)
  • B Class (4k – 7k)
  • C Class (8k – 17k)

*If you are 3d or above, your class will be Main Class automatically.
*People who hope to participate in A~C Class and have not been confirmed of their rank by Pandanet, need to play at least 20 games and be confirmed of their rank by September 30. If a question mark appears next to the rank, it means the rank has not been officially confirmed by Pandanet.
 

Playing Rules

Time allowance



The time allowance is 10 minutes per side,
with overtime of 25 moves every 15minutes
Playing Conditions



All games are played even,
with Black giving a komi of 6.5 points
Color Colors are determined by the system automatically

 

Preliminary Rounds

  • Participants play freely at least six games in their Class room during the Preliminary Rounds. Participants are not allowed to play with the same person twice.
  • The top 64 players from the Main Class and the top 16 players, selected from the Ranked Classes can proceed to the Final Rounds.

*Selection into the Final Rounds is based on ranking, see below. In addition, ranking comparison is decided within each of the three regional groups (Asia & Oceania, Europe & Africa, North and South America).
*Main Class 64 players (Asia & Oceania 32, Europe & Africa 16, North and South America 16)
*A-C Class 16 players each Class (Asia & Oceania 8, Europe & Africa 4, North and South 4)

The ranking is determined by points in descending order.

  1. 1. Points = W / N + W * 0.02 (W = number of wins, N = number of games played)
    Example: you win 3 out of 6 games, you collect 3/6 + 3 * 0.02 = 0.56 points.
    Example: you win 4 out of 8 games, you collect 4/8 + 4 * 0.02 = 0.58 points.
  2. With tied points, player with higher number of wins is ranked higher.
  3. With tied points and wins, player with higher number of SOS (sum of opponents’ score) is ranked higher.
  4. With tied points, wins, and SOS, the players are ranked equal.

[ Click here for details ]
 

Final Rounds

  • In the Final Rounds, single eliminations are played until a champion is determined. The organizer decides the playing combination in a drawing. In the Main Class, 1st and 2nd are regional rounds and 3rd to 6th rounds are rounds with mixed groups. In the Ranked Classes, all rounds are rounds with mixed groups.

[ Click here for details ]
 

Schedule

August 1 (Fri) – September 30 (Tue) Registration
October 8 (Wed) – October 28 (Tue) Preliminary Rounds
November 4 (Tue) – November 13 (Thu) Final Rounds by region(Main Class only)
November 18 (Tue) – November 29 (Sat) Final Rounds,3rd-place play-off (All Classes)
In order to extend the application deadline, the tournament dates have been put back a little. (Sep 2nd, 2014)

Preliminary Rounds Schedule

Participants can play freely at any time during the Preliminary Rounds period.

Final Rounds Schedule(Main Class only)

DateTimeMain Class
Nov 4 (Tue)See below Playing pairings will be update on the Pandanet web site
Nov 11 (Tue)See below1st round
Nov 13 (Thu)See below2nd round
*NOTE: The playing time changes according to your opponent’s regional group.

Asia & Oceania:JST 8:00pm (GMT 11:00am)
Europe & Africa:CET 8:00pm (GMT 7:00pm)
North and South America:PST 8:00pm (GMT 4:00am on the following day)

Final Rounds Schedule(All Classes)

DateTimeMain ClassA-C Classes
Nov 18 (Tue)See below Playing pairings will be update on the Pandanet web site
Nov 21 (Fri)See below3rd round1st round
Nov 23 (Sun)See below4th round2nd round
Nov 25 (Tue)See below5th round3rd round
Nov 27 (Thu)See belowSemi-finalsSemi-finals
Nov 29 (Sat)See belowFinal,3rd-place play-offFinal,3rd-place
*NOTE: The playing time changes according to your opponent’s regional group.

Asia & Oceania vs. Asia & Oceania:JST 8:00pm (GMT 11:00am)
Europe & Africa vs. Europe & Africa:CET 7:00pm (GMT 6:00pm)
North and South America vs. North and South America:PST 7:00pm (GMT 3:00am on the following day)

Asia & Oceania vs. Europe & Africa:JST 8:00pm, CET 12:00pm (GMT 11:00am)
North and South America vs. Asia & Oceania:PST 7:00pm, JST 12:00pm on the following day (GMT 3:00am on the following day)
Europe & Africa vs. North and South America:CET 7:00pm, PST 10:00am (GMT 6:00pm)

*JST=Japan Standard Time (GMT+9)
CET=Central European Time (GMT+1)
PST=Pacific Standard Time (GTM-8)

 

Requirements for Participation

  • Participant must be an amateur Go player.
  • Participant must be able to communicate by email in English.
  • People who hope to participate in A~C Class and have not been confirmed of their rank by Pandanet, need to play at least 20 games and be confirmed of their rank by September 30. If a question mark appears next to the rank, it means the rank has not been officially confirmed by Pandanet.
  • Participants in the Main Class are not required to have their rank verified.
  • Players in the BC (beginner class) are not allowed to participate.
     

Notes

  • All games must be exclusive played on the Pandanet server. Please use Pandanet’s official client, GoPanda2 or Panda-Tetsuki. (Panda-Tetsuki is for iOS and android.)
  • Please play in the official Pandanet tournament room.
  • Please play games by yourself. Taking advice from a third person, or playing by a third person, is against the rules.
  • In principle, your games should be played from your home. Please let the organizer know in advance in case you want to play at another location other than your home, such as a Go club where many people gather. The organizer may check the origin of your Internet connection.
  • If you lower your rank intentionally by losing games before the tournament, you will not be allowed to participate.
  • Please exchange greetings when starting and finishing your games. Insulting comments are strictly prohibited. If you are treated impolitely, please let the organizers know.
  • Please resign the game if you think there is no hope of winning, instead of dragging out the game.
  • Likewise, please don’t tell your opponent to resign, even if your opponent is clearly losing. However, please let the organizers know if your opponent keeps playing useless moves and does not finish the game.
  • When the organizers finds out that you have violated the rules, you may be disqualified, even if the game result has been confirmed.
     

Participation Fee

Free of charge
 

Prizes

Main Class


Winner
  1. The 4th SportAccord World Mind Games Online Go Tournament Champion title will be awarded by SportAccord.
  2. The 19th Pandanet Cup Internet World Amateur Go Tournamentant Champion title will be awarded by Pandanet.
  3. USD1,500 by SportAccord
  4. Prize by Pandanet

Runner-up

  1. USD1,000 by SportAccord
  2. Prize by Pandanet

3rd place

  1. USD500 by SportAccord
  2. Prize by Pandanet

4th to 16th placePrize by Pandanet



Ranked Classes


Winner
(A and B Class)
  1. USD500 by SportAccord
  2. Prize by Pandanet
(C Class)
Prize by Pandanet

Runner-up
(A and B Class)
Rado Watch by SportAccord
(C Class)
Prize by Pandanet

3rd place
(A and B Class)
Samsung Tablet by SportAccord
(C Class)
Prize by Pandanet

4th to 8th place
(A-C Class)
Prize by Pandanet

  

01 Aug 14 09:45:02

Winner : Korea Pair, China Pair, Chinese Taipei Pair

All results


08 Oct 14 10:56:23

Internet Broadcast of the Final : 16:00 (JPN time) October 26 (Sun), 2014
[ IAPG Cup Winner ] Korea ( Kim & Jeon )
[ JAPG Cup Winner ] Japan ( Tsuji & Tsunoda )

Round1 – Final : All Results are here

[ Explanation of Championship ]
Five-rounds of tournament style games will be played by 32 representative pairs from 21 overseas countries and territories, and 11 pairs selected from 8 domestic regions.
The International Championship and Japan Championship are combined as the International Amateur Pair Go Championship, and the highest ranked Japanese pair will be crowned the Japan Amateur Pair Go Champion.

[ Prizes ]
First Place : IAPG CUP, Certificate, Medal, Prize
Second Place : Certificate, Medal, Prize
Third Place : Certificate, Medal, Prize
4th to 8th Place : Certificate, Prize
Best Japanese Pair : JAPG CUP, Medal, Prize

08 Dec 14 08:12:30

The Go competition of the 4th SportAccord World Mind Games will take place from 11-17 December 2014 in Beijing, China. Pandanet will make reports from the games.

Go competition
Men’s Team – Gold :
China
Women’s Individual – Gold :
Zhiying YU 5 Dan – Pro [ China ]
Pair Go – Gold :
Zhiying YU 5 Dan–Pro & Yuting MI 9 Dan–Pro [ China ]

Date / Venue

December 11 (thu) – 17 (wed), 2014
Beijing International Convention Center

All Results

24 Jan 14 09:18:00

Big Jubango - Lee Sedol 9p vs Gu Li 9p

Two of the world’s top Go players – Lee Sedol 9p (Korea) and Gu Li 9p (China) – will be playing a jubango throughout 2014.
Both Lee and Gu were born in 1983, and became pros in 1995.
Pandanet is broadcasting live all 10 games !

Live broadcast  
Game 8 (Chongqing)
September 28 (Sun) 1:00am (GMT) / 10:00am local time
Lee Sedol 9p  -  Gu Li 9p
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Outline of Big Jubango
  • Sponsor MLily will award the first player to win six games with 5 million RMB (approximately 820,000 USD).
  • The other player will receive a consolation prize of 200,000 RMB (approximately 33,000 USD).
  • If the score is tied 5-5, the prize will be split without a tie-breaker.
  • The time allowance is hour hours, plus five minutes of thinking time, to be used in one-minute units. minutes.
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Results
Lee Sedol 6  :  Gu Li 2

Game 1: January 26, in Beijing – Lee Sedol B+R
Game 2: February 23, in Shanghai – Lee Sedol W+1.5
Game 3: March 30, in Chengdu, Sichuan – Gu Li W+R
Game 4: April 27, in Korea – Gu Li B+R
Game 5: May 25, in Shangri-La, Yunnan – Lee Sedol B+R
Game 6: July 27, in Liuan, Anhui – Lee Sedol W+R
Game 7: August 31, in Lhasa – Lee Sedol B+R
Game 8: September 28, in Chongqing – Lee Sedol W+2.5

Winner : Lee Sedol

20 Jun 14 02:33:11

The 39th Gosei title match

The 39th Gosei is being broadcast live on GoPanda2 client.

Defending champion is Iyama Yuta Gosei and challenger is Kono Rin 9p. The time limit is four hours each.

Schedule:
  • The first game: June 26th (Thu). Kono Rin won, B+Resign.
  • The second game: July 20th (Sun). Iyama Yuta won, B+Resign.
  • The third game: August 11th (Mon). Iyama Yuta won, W+Resign.
  • The fourth game: August 25th (Mon). Kono Rin won, W+Resign.
  • The fifth game: August 29rd (Fri). Iyama Yuta won, W+Resign.

Iyama Yuta kept the Gosei title!

22 Aug 14 02:47:06

EGC report by Cornel Burzo


The 58th European Go Congress (EGC) was held in Sibiu, Romania from July26th till August 9th.

The location chosen for this big European Go event was Ramada 4 star Hotel in the city center of Sibiu which is one of the most touristic cities in Romania and also a cultural center being designated as European Cultural Capital in 2007. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibiu

Almost 500 players and approx 25 professional from Japan, Korea China and Europe attended the EGC this year and made the main event a very tough competition . For a complete result list of the Open Championship see http://www.egc2014.com/rezultate/main.htm

With 6 wins and 4 losses scored in the main event I tied for 12th place which was quite a decent result regarding the strong field of the tournament won by Yulin Tong 4p of China.

There were many side events taking place in the 2 weeks at EGC and most of them were won by strong amateurs or pro players from China as well, in the rapid tournament I managed to finish 5th overall and 3rd among europeans, see final standings here : http://www.egc2014.com/rezultate/rapid.htm


Another big side event during EGC was the Pair-Go Championship sponsored by World Pair Go Association and Japan Pair Go Association and gathered about 90 pairs who played in 2 groups, the even and handicap blocks.

I joined this event with my 1d partner Adelina Sora but we didn’t qualify in top 32 knock-out after losing 2 out of 3 games in groups against strong pairs consisting of pro players but it was a great learning experience. The final results : http://www.egc2014.com/rezultate/pair.htm


Playing EGC is not all about Go competition but also a good opportunity to make friends all over the world and have a good time in front of the goban or having a drink and a good chat to forget about the tournament pressure.
In hope for better results at EGC 2015 next year in Liberec, Cz Republic I am going to train harder replaying pro games and of course playing rated games on IGS-Pandanet.

Written by Cornel Burzo
14 May 14 02:16:01

The 69th Honinbo title match

The 69th Honinbo title is broadcast live on GoPanda2 client.

Champion is Iyama Yuta Honinbo. The challenger is Ida Atsushi 8p. 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 14th (Wed) and 15th (Thu). Iyama Yuta won, B+Resign
  • The second game: May 25th (Sun) and 26th (Mon). Iyama Yuta won, W+Resign
  • The third game: June 4th (Wed) and 5th (Thu). Iyama Yuta won, B+Resign
  • The fourth game: June 18th (Wed) and 19th (Thu). Ida Atsushi won, B+Resign
  • The fifth game: June 30th (Mon) and July 1st (Tue). Iyama Yuta won, B+Resign
  • The sixth game: July 9th (Wed) and 10th (Thu).
  • The seventh game: July 16th (Wed) and 17th (Thu).

Iyama Yuta kept the Honinbo title!

All rounds starts at 09:00 (Japan Time), i.e., 02:00 CEST. The time limit is eight hours each.

07 May 14 10:13:44

2014 "China CITIC Bank Cup" TV blitz GO tournament

Pandanet will broadcast finals.

Winner : Li Chin Cheng B+R

Live broadcast  
Final game
May 7th (Wed) 7:30am (GMT) / 3:30am local time
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21 Apr 14 04:05:05


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16 Apr 14 03:06:49

The 28th Tianyuan - Chen Yaoye 9p vs Ke Jie 4p

The match for the 28th Tianyuan title starts on April 22th.

Defending champion is Chen Yaoye 9p and challenger is Ke Jie 4p. The match is best of three games, so two wins are required to secure the title!

The 3rd game in Tongli will start at 9:30 am local time / 1:30am GMT.
The game will be broadcasted live on Pandanet at 9:30am local time/ 1:30am GMT
Live broadcast  
Game 3 (Tongli, China)
April 25th (Fri) 1:30am (GMT) / 9:30am local time
Chen Yaoye 9p  -  Ke Jie 4p
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Results
Chen Yaoye 2  :  Ke Jie 1

Game 1: April 22, in Tongli – Ke Jie W+R
Game 2: April 24, in Tongli – Chen Yaoye W+R
Game 3: April 25, in Tongli – Chen Yaoye W+R

Chen Yaoye kept the Tianyuan title!

28 Feb 14 01:40:07

The 52nd Judan title match

The match for the 52nd Judan title starts on March 4th.

Defending champion is Yuki Satoshi Judan and challenger is Takao Shinji 9p. The match is best of five games, so three wins are required to secure the title.

How to watch

Schedule
  • The 1st game: March 4 (Tue).
    Takao Shinji won, W+0.5.
  • The 2nd game: March 27 (Thu).
    Yuki Satoshi won, W+0.5.
  • The 3rd game: April 10 (Thu).
    Yuki Satoshi won, B+10.5.
  • The 4th game: April 17 (Thu).
    Takao Shinji won, B+Resign.
  • The 5th game: April 21 (Mon).
    Takao Shinji won, B+Resign.


Won the “Judan” Takao Shinji 9p

28 Feb 14 01:49:27

The 26th Women's Meijin title match

The match for the 26th Women’s Meijin Title starts on March 5th.

Defending champion is Shei Imin Women’s Meijin and challenger is Kato Keiko 6p. The match is best of three games, so two wins are required to secure the title.

How to watch

Schedule
  • The 1st game: March 5 (Wed).
    Shei Imin won, B+Resign.
  • The 2nd game: March 12 (Wed).
    Kato Keiko won, B+1.5.
  • The 3rd game: March 24 (Mon).
    Shei Imin won, B+Resign.

Shei Imin kept the Women’s Meijin title!

06 Dec 13 11:01:36

The Go competition of the 3rd SportAccord World Mind Games will take place from 11-18 December 2013 in Beijing, China. Pandanet will make reports from the games.

Go competition
Men’s Team – Gold :
Korea
Women’s Individual – Gold :
Zhiying YU 4 Dan – Pro [ China ]
Pair Go – Gold :
Chenxing WANG 5 Dan–Pro & Ruiyang ZHOU 9 Dan–Pro [ China ]

Date / Venue

December 11 (wed) – 18 (wed), 2013
Beijing International Convention Center

All Results

18 Oct 13 02:20:04

61st Oza Title Match

The match for the 61st Oza title starts on October 24th.

Defending champion is Iyama Yuta Oza. and challenger is Cho U 9p. The match is best of five games, so three wins are required to secure the title.

How to watch

Schedule
  • The first game: October 24 (Thu).
    Iyama Yuta won, W+Resign.
  • The second game: November 19 (The).
    Iyama Yuta won, B+Resign.
  • The third game: November 21 (Thu).
    Cho U won, B+Resign.
  • The fourth game: December 2 (Mon).
    Iyama Yuta won, B+Resign.
  • The fifth game: December 12 (The).

Iyama Yuta kept the Oza title!

All rounds starts at 10:00 (Japan Time), i.e., 02:00 CEST. The time limit is three hours each.

20 Nov 13 03:45:25

“Futian Cup” The 3rd Shenzhen International Pair Go Masters Tournament
will take place from November 24 – 26, 2013 in Shenzhen, China.

Winner : China Pair

All results

Date / Venue

November 24 (Sun) – 26 (Tue), 2013
Shenzhen, China

Tournament Schedule

November 24(Sun)Opening Ceremony
November 25(Mon)Round 1
November 26(Tue)Round 2 & Closing Ceremony

27 Jun 13 03:59:51

2013 SportAccord-Pandanet Cup Online Go Tournament

* Final Rounds
September 26 (Thu) – October 8 (Tue)

Main Class Winner
ID : RoseDuke [ South Africa ]
NAME : Mr. Victor Guang Chow

Game results of the Final Rounds  
Main Class  
3rd round – Final round
1st & 2nd round
Europe & Africa / North and South America / Asia & Oceania
A Class  
B Class  
C Class  
The way ranks are expressed in the tournament:
All games are played without handicaps. TEMPORARILY, FOR THE DURATION OF THE TOURNAMENT, the participating players’ true ranks are not displayed. Instead, their ranks are unified in the tournament room as below.
[Main Class] 8d / [A Class] 2d / [B Class] 4k / [C Class] 8k

* Preliminary Rounds

Game results of the Preliminary Rounds  
Main Class  
Europe & Africa / North and South America / Asia & Oceania
A Class  
Europe & Africa / North and South America / Asia & Oceania
B Class  
Europe & Africa / North and South America / Asia & Oceania
C Class  
Europe & Africa / North and South America / Asia & Oceania


Tournament Outline

*This tournament serves as the 18th Pandanet Cup Internet World Amateur Go Tournament concurrently.

The winner of the Final Rounds will receive an invitation to the 3rd SportAccord World Mind Games (a round-trip ticket to Beijing, accommodation, a commemorative medal and a certificate). There are also generous prizes by lottery!

  • Tournament name: 2013 SportAccord-Pandanet Cup Online Go Tournament
  • Organiser: The International Go Federation , Pandanet Inc.
  • Special cooperation: SportAccord , World Pair Go Association
  • System cooperation: Pandanet Inc.

Class

There are four categories. One is the Main Class and the others are Ranked Classes (A-C Classes).

  • Main Class (You can participate in the Main Class regardless of your Go strength.)
  • A Class (2d – 3k)
  • B Class (4k – 7k)
  • C Class (8k – 17k)

*If you are 3d or above, your class will be Main Class automatically.
*People who hope to participate in A~C Class and have not been confirmed of their rank by Pandanet, need to play at least 20 games and be confirmed of their rank by August 18. If a question mark appears next to the rank, it means the rank has not been officially confirmed by Pandanet.
 

Playing Rules

Time allowance



The time allowance is 10 minutes per side,
with overtime of 25 moves every 15minutes
Playing Conditions



All games are played even,
with Black giving a komi of 6.5 points
Color Colors are determined by the system automatically

 

Preliminary Rounds

  • Participants play freely at least six games in their Class room during the Preliminary Rounds. Participants are not allowed to play with the same person twice.
  • The top 64 players from the Main Class and the top 16 players, selected from the Ranked Classes can proceed to the Final Rounds.

*Selection into the Final Rounds is based on ranking, see below. In addition, ranking comparison is decided within each of the three regional groups (Asia & Oceania, Europe & Africa, North and South America).
*Main Class 64 players (Asia & Oceania 32, Europe & Africa 16, North and South America 16)
*A-C Class 16 players each Class (Asia & Oceania 8, Europe & Africa 4, North and South 4)

The ranking is determined by points in descending order.

  1. 1. Points = W / N + W * 0.02 (W = number of wins, N = number of games played)
    Example: you win 3 out of 6 games, you collect 3/6 + 3 * 0.02 = 0.56 points.
    Example: you win 4 out of 8 games, you collect 4/8 + 4 * 0.02 = 0.58 points.
  2. With tied points, player with higher number of wins is ranked higher.
  3. With tied points and wins, player with higher number of SOS (sum of opponents’ score) is ranked higher.
  4. With tied points, wins, and SOS, the players are ranked equal.

[ Click here for details ]
 

Final Rounds

  • In the Final Rounds, single eliminations are played until a champion is determined. The organizer decides the playing combination in a drawing. In the Main Class, 1st and 2nd are regional rounds and 3rd to 6th rounds are rounds with mixed groups. In the Ranked Classes, all rounds are rounds with mixed groups.

[ Click here for details ]
 

Schedule

June 28 (Fri) – August 18 (Sun) Registration period
August 22 (Thu) – September 12 (Thu) Preliminary Rounds
September 26 (Thu) – October 8 (Tue) Final Rounds

Preliminary Rounds Schedule

Participants can play freely at any time during the Preliminary Rounds period.

Final Rounds Schedule

Date Time Main Class A-C Class
Sep 26 (Thu) See below 1st round  
Sep 28 (Sat) See below 2nd round  
Oct 2 (Wed) See below 3rd round 1st round
Oct 4 (Fri) See below 4th round 2nd round
Oct 6 (Sun) See below Semi-finals Semi-finals
Oct 8 (Tue) See below Final Final
*NOTE: The playing time changes according to your opponent’s regional group.

Asia & Oceania vs. Asia & Oceania:JST 8:00pm (GMT 11:00am)
Europe & Africa vs. Europe & Africa:CEST 8:00pm (GMT 6:00pm)
North and South America vs. North and South America:PDT 8:00pm (GMT 3:00am on the following day)

Asia & Oceania vs. Europe & Africa:JST 8:00pm, CEST 1:00pm (GMT 11:00am)
North and South America vs. Asia & Oceania:PDT 8:00pm, JST 12:00pm on the following day (GMT 3:00am on the following day)
Europe & Africa vs. North and South America:CEST 8:00pm, PDT 11:00am (GMT 6:00pm)

*JST=Japan Standard Time (GMT+9)
CEST=Central European Summer Time (GMT+2)
PDT=Pacific Daylight Time (GTM-7)

 

Requirements for Participation

  • Participant must be an amateur Go player.
  • Participant must be able to communicate by email in English.
  • People who hope to participate in A~C Class and have not been confirmed of their rank by Pandanet, need to play at least 20 games and be confirmed of their rank by August 18. If a question mark appears next to the rank, it means the rank has not been officially confirmed by Pandanet.
  • Participants in the Main Class are not required to have their rank verified.
  • Players in the BC (beginner class) are not allowed to participate.
     

Notes

  • All games must be exclusive played on the Pandanet server. Please use Pandanet’s official client, GoPanda2 or Panda-Tetsuki. (Panda-Tetsuki is for iOS and android.)
  • Please play in the official Pandanet tournament room.
  • Please play games by yourself. Taking advice from a third person, or playing by a third person, is against the rules.
  • In principle, your games should be played from your home. Please let the organizer know in advance in case you want to play at another location other than your home, such as a Go club where many people gather. The organizer may check the origin of your Internet connection.
  • If you lower your rank intentionally by losing games before the tournament, you will not be allowed to participate.
  • Please exchange greetings when starting and finishing your games. Insulting comments are strictly prohibited. If you are treated impolitely, please let the organizers know.
  • Please resign the game if you think there is no hope of winning, instead of dragging out the game.
  • Likewise, please don’t tell your opponent to resign, even if your opponent is clearly losing. However, please let the organizers know if your opponent keeps playing useless moves and does not finish the game.
  • When the organizers finds out that you have violated the rules, you may be disqualified, even if the game result has been confirmed.
     

Participation Fee

Free of charge
 

Prizes

Main Class

Lottery prizes

Several players who have played six games or more at the Preliminary Rounds will receive a special present from SportAccord by lottery.

Winner
  1. The 3rd SportAccord World Mind Games Online Go Tournament Champion title will be awarded by SportAccord.
  2. Invitation to the 3rd SportAccord World Mind Games in Beijing (a round-trip ticket to Beijing , accommodation, a commemorative medal and a certificate) by SportAccord.
    The 3rd SportAccord World Mind Games in Beijing : December 12 - 18, 2013
  3. The 18th Pandanet Cup Internet World Amateur Go Tournamentant Champion title will be awarded by Pandanet.
  4. JPY 100,000 by Pandanet

Runner-up

JPY 30,000 by Pandanet

3rd to 16th place

Prize by Pandanet

Ranked Classes

Lottery prizes

Several players who have played six games or more at the Preliminary Round will receive a special present from SportAccord by lottery.

1st to 8th place (A-C Class)

Prize by Pandanet

  

29 Oct 13 02:48:30

The 24th International Amateur Pair Go Championship

Internet Broadcast of the Final : 16:00 (JPN time) November 3 (Sun), 2013
[ IAPG Cup Winner ] Korea ( Kim & Jeon )
[ JAPG Cup Winner ] Japan ( Oda & Nagayo )

Round1 – Final : All Results are here

[ Explanation of Championship ]
Five-rounds of tournament style games will be played by 32 representative pairs from 21 overseas countries and territories, and 11 pairs selected from 8 domestic regions.
The International Championship and Japan Championship are combined as the International Amateur Pair Go Championship, and the highest ranked Japanese pair will be crowned the Japan Amateur Pair Go Champion.

[ Prizes ]
First Place : IAPG CUP, Certificate, Medal, Prize
Second Place : Certificate, Medal, Prize
Third Place : Certificate, Medal, Prize
4th to 8th Place : Certificate, Prize
Best Japanese Pair : JAPG CUP, Medal, Prize

02 Sep 13 03:53:21

The 38th Meijin title match

The 38th Meijin title is broadcast live on GoPanda2 client.

Champion is Yamashita Keigo Meijin. The challenger is Iyama Yuta Kisei. The match is best of seven games, so four wins are required to secure the title.

The Mijin tournament is organized by Asahi Newspaper Co., Ltd.

How to watch

Schedule
  • The first game : September 5th (Thu) and 6th (Fri).
    Yamashita Keigo won, W+Resign.
  • The second game: September 19th (Thu) and 20th (Fri).
    Iyama Yuta won, W+Resign.
  • The third game: September 25th (Wed) and 26th (Thu).
    Iyama Yuta won, B+1.5.
  • The fourth game: October 9th (Wed) and 10th (Thu).
    Iyama Yuta won, W+Resign.
  • The fifth game: October 16th (Mon) and 17th (Tue).
    Iyama Yuta won, B+4.5.

Winner : Iyama Yuta Kisei

All rounds starts at 09:00 (Japan Time), i.e., 02:00 CEST. The time limit is eight hours each.

23 Aug 13 07:24:51

The 34th World Amateur Go Championship will take place from September 1 – 4, 2013 in Sendai, Miyagi.

Winner :
[ KOREA ] Hyunjae Choi 6 dan
Runner-up :
[ CHINA ] Yuqing Hu 8 dan
3rd place :
[ UKRAINE ] Artem Kachanovskyi 6 dan

All Results

Tournament Schedule

August 31 (Sat) : Opening Ceremony
September 1 (Sun) : 1st Game / 2nd Game
September 2 (Mon) : 3rd Game / 4th Game
September 3 (Tue) : 5th Game / 6th Game
September 4 (Wed) : 7th Game / 8th Game / Award Ceremony

05 Jul 13 07:20:12

The 38th Gosei title match

The 38th Gosei is being broadcast live on GoPanda2 client.

Defending champion is Iyama Yuta Gosei and challenger is Kono Rin 9p. The time limit is four hours each.

Schedule:
  • The first game: July 6th (Sat). Kono Rin won, B+Resign.
  • The second game: July 22nd (Mon). Kono Rin won, W+Resign.
  • The third game: July 26th (Fri). Iyama Yuta won, W+1.5.
  • The fourth game: August 9th (Fri). Iyama Yuta won, B+Resign.
  • The fifth game: August 23rd (Fri). Iyama Yuta won, W+2.5.
Iyama Yuta kept the title!
10 May 13 07:36:25

The 68th Honinbo title match

The 68th Honinbo title is broadcast live on GoPanda2 client.

Champion is Iyama Yuta Honinbo. The challenger is Takao Shinji 9p. 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 16th (Thu) and 17th (Fri). Iyama Yuta won, W+4.5.
  • The second game: May 28th (Tue) and 29th (Wed). Takao Shinji won, W+Resign
  • The third game: June 5th (Wed) and 6th (Thu). Takao Shinji won, B+Resign
  • The fourth game: June 17th (Mon) and 18th (Tue). Iyama Yuta won, B+Resign
  • The fifth game: June 24th (Mon) and 25th (Tue). Iyama Yuta won, W+Resign
  • The sixth game: July 10th (Wed) and 11th (Thu). Takao Shinji won, W+Resign
  • The seventh game: July 17th (Wed) and 18th (Thu). Iyama Yuta won, B+4.5

Winner : Iyama Yuta 9p

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 on GoPanda2.

21 Jun 13 12:29:55

Go competition of the 4th Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games Incheon 2013 will take place from June 29 – July 6, 2013 in Incheon, Korea.

Go competition
Pair Go – Gold :
[ CHINA ] GAO Xing 1p & PENG Liyao 5p
Men’s Team – Gold :
[ KOREA ] NA 3p, LEE 2p, BYEON 2p, KANG 2p
Men’s Individual – Gold :
[ CHINA ] TANG Weixing 3p

All Results

Date / Venue

June 29 (Sat) – July 6 (Sat), 2013
Yonsei University International Campus, Incheon

official web site

Tournament Schedule

Men’s Individual : June 30 (Sun) – July 2 (Tue)

Pair Go : June 30 (Sun) – July 2 (Tue)

Men’s Team : July 3 (Wed) – July 5 (Fri)

01 Jul 13 08:56:59

The 13th Cho Chikun(25th Honinbo) Cup

Results

The following players have managed to become a “Finisher” so far:

Finishers Date Finishers Date Finishers Date
k58961367 July 29 nagaya August 1 NakaaraiM August 2
kiyosi1113 August 3 s1949103 August 4 Earl August 4
tosiaki August 5 gorira1 August 5 redpepper August 5
nm2403 August 5 ken77 August 6 kyasuke August 6
miya555 August 6 itirou1212 August 7 Marron August 7
torahana August 7 vrg1947 August 7 minotam August 8
JK2843 August 8 moriyoshi August 9 stoshio104 August 9
Mae August 9 PLUTO August 10 dragonfly2 August 10
HisashiS August 10 hyogo1938 August 10 SEIHOU August 10
Kusu August 11 attu1130 August 11 M1091 August 11
KUROKAWA23 August 11 momot August 12 SK211 August 12
sakamoto19 August 12 raulk August 12 sugatyan August 12
jyonkona August 12 icc479 August 13 D1 August 13
mokuhazusi August 13 sukesan7 August 13 maki17 August 13
silk5 August 13 na3311 August 14 takeshi101 August 14
cfg80230 August 14 Miwao August 14 h5y4 August 14
sam8843 August 14 th63033 August 15 kurikuri3 August 15
tnk3 August 15 yseta4444 August 15 tutuji0428 August 15
toshiusa August 15 nmrk2624 August 15 pulsar August 16
yodogawa88 August 16 Tajima August 16 H194310 August 16
st1101 August 17 tatukii August 17 hirikinago August 17
gorimuchu August 17 H195041 August 17 kurobuta August 17
TOSANOKAMI August 17 ka0330sf August 17 donguri2 August 17
gogotai50 August 18 Charle70 August 18 MAMOCHAN August 18
ryoken August 18 a4750 August 18 Natsuko August 18
hamacha August 19 m123456789 August 19 sgo8125 August 19
koubun04 August 19 yg4772 August 19 sekitei August 19
t0134 August 19 canl August 19 daiaka August 19
Danndann August 20 kyotetsu55 August 20 kta35 August 20
kazuo331y August 20 xipayahagi August 20 MOosuka August 20
ktms04 August 20 VPshunt August 21 tosy24 August 21
TH0804 August 21 Turbo15 August 22 kkuni August 22
FRKW August 22 wistaria August 22 Mafu August 23
yoshisgw August 23 ezaty August 23 oinagaki August 23
ISSAC2 August 24 niboshi August 24 tenarai August 24
etizen August 24 sayo August 24 k766t August 24
ArcherN August 24 joh August 24 nh2225 August 24
t0089 August 25 titi0919 August 25 kxj19k August 25
yaku August 25 kuribaya August 25 poko August 25
mattyi226 August 25 vela August 26 mimatu August 26
igu80607 August 26 yuma56 August 26 fujisawa August 27
masa241 August 27 mikiko720 August 27 koch0109 August 27
saruaberi August 27 renzo August 28 Bunchan August 28
RitsHue August 28 n700123 August 29 Ryohta2000 August 29
S4187 August 29 TIKE1 August 29 Golucky August 29
Steinbach August 30 Noruh August 30 yamagata August 30
kerochan August 30 syu2 August 31 shoji9089 August 31
pineland August 31 ARA0407 August 31 gotanosiku August 31
ak5155 August 31

Congratulations!

Cho Chikun
Cho Chikun
Matsumoto Takehisa and Tsuruyama Atsushi
Matsumoto Takehisa and Tsuruyama Atsushi

The popular event 42.195 Marathon Championship was well received so we organize it again this year. You have 42 days and 19.5 hours to play your games.

The head referee of the event is Cho Chikun(25th Honinbo), who has devoted himself to the spread of the game of Go.

Tournament Outline

Organizer:
PANDANET
Special Cooperation:
Japan Pair Go Association
Head Judge:
Cho Chikun (25th Honinbo)
Judges:
Matsumoto Takehisa 7P, Tsuruyama Atsushi 7P
Tournament Period:
42 days and 19.5 hours: From Saturday, July 20th 2013, 24:00 to Saturday August 31st 2013, 19:30 (Japanese time)

Registration Period

Registration Period:
From Friday, July 1st until Monday, July 19th (Fri), 2013
How to register:
Fill out the information required on the registration page
registration page
Entry Fee:
Free of charge
Eligibility for participation:
All Pandanet members

Tournament Rules

The following games will not be counted:

  • A game which was not started or finished within the designated period
  • A game which was interrupted due to disconnection by both players
  • A game played on other than 19×19 board
  • A game played against Robot (Robot’s user ID is Robot??)
  • A game which does not meet the following time requirement:
    1. Pandanet style: at least 5 minutes for 25 moves
    2. Byoyomi style: at least 20 seconds per move
    3. No Byoyomi: at least 30 minutes for one game
  • A game with less than 40 moves
  • A game which Organizing Committee considered to be inappropriate

Please note that the tournament is not for competing the speed of Go. From the view point of manner, the winning percentage must be at least 30%.

Games during the tournament period are also reflected on your rating. The Organizer Committee reserves the right to disqualify any players who is excessively discourteous to other players.

Prizes

We call participants who earned 300 points “Finisher”. The IDs of all finishers will be listed on Pandanet web site. We will issue a certificate to all finishers, which you can see on the Pandanet web.

Three people selected in a drawing among finishers will receive a diploma signed by Cho Chikun.

Ten people selected in a drawing among finishers will receive an Internet Go lesson by professionals Matsumoto Takehisa, 7 dan or Tsuruyama Atsushi, 7 dan.

22 May 13 02:05:36

European Pair Go Championship 2013 in Amsterdam

On May 9-13, The Amsterdam Go Together 2013 event drew over one hundred go lovers to the capital of the Netherlands. The European Pair Go Championship as well as The International Amsterdam Go Tournament were played as a part of the event.

The level of the Pair Go Championship tournament was notably high this year, most of the 24 participating pairs having a dan ranking on average. The favorite pair for the win, the Russian siblings Shikshin and Shikshina, neatly succeeded in claiming the throne. Followed by them at the second place were Klara Zaloudkavova and Jan Hora from the Czech Republic. You can see the full results here.

A possible reason for the high number of strong participants was the prizes for the first two places: the winners received a seat for the International Amateur Pair Go Championship, and the runners-up a seat for the 3rd SportAccord World Mind Games.

The well-organized event drew praise from its participants, who are now already looking forward to its next installation. Written by Laura Avram

22 Apr 13 07:27:31



  • WINNER : CHINA ( Wang 5-dan & Chang 9-dan )

All Results are here


05 Mar 13 00:16:13

The 51st Judan title

The match for the 51st Judan is being broadcast live on Pandanet-IGS.

Defending champion is Iyama Yuta, Judan and challenger is Yuki Satoshi, 9d. The match is best of five games, so three wins are required to secure the title.

How to watch

Schedule
  • The 1st game: March 6 (Wed). Iyama Yuta won, W+Resign.
  • The 2nd game: March 28 (Thu). Yuki Satoshi won, W+2.5.
  • The 3rd game: April 4 (Thu). Yuki Satoshi won, B+Resign.
  • The 4th game: April 18 (Thu). Iyama Yuta won, B+Resign.
  • The 5th game: April 26 (Fri). Yuki Satoshi won, W+1.5.

Won the “Judan” Yuki Satoshi 9d

All rounds starts at 10:00 (Japan Time), i.e., 03:00 CEST. The time limit is three hours each.

08 Feb 13 02:49:58

Professional Pair Go Championship 2013

Internet Broadcast of the Final : 20:00 (JPN time) March 31 (Sun), 2013
[ WINNER ]
Hsieh Yi Min Women’s Honinbo / Women’s Meijin / Women’s Kisei & Satoru Kobayashi 9-dan

16 pairs of male and female professional Go players who represent the Japanese Go world will play tournament games, and in the 4th round, the winning pair will be decided. Games from the 1st round to the semifinal round will be played at the Nihon Ki-in, and there will be commentaries using a large demonstration board. The final game will be played in the studio of IGO & SHOGI CHANNEL and broadcast at a later date.

Round1 – Final : All Results are here

13 Aug 12 09:17:30

The 2nd SportAccord World Mind Games Online Tournament

* Main Tournament: [1st round] 15 October ~ [Final round] 26 October, 2012.


* Main Tournament : 3rd round – Final rounds
  [ The tournament table. ]

Winner : shangshang ( China )
goraku1 ( Japan ) – shangshang ( China )

   Followings are the starting time for the 3rd – final rounds.
   Please be noted that the starting time is different depending on which group you and your opponent in.

    Asia and Oceania vs. North and South America
    PM 8:00 ( Local time of North and South America player )

    North and South America vs. Europe and Africa
    PM 8:00 ( Local time of Europe and Africa player )

    Europe and Africa- vs. Asia and Oceania
    PM 8:00 ( Local time of Asia and Oceania player )

* Main Tournament : 1st-2nd round – The tournament table
  [ SAWMG-EU. ]  [ SAWMG-AM. ]  [ SAWMG-Asia. ]


  Main Tournament details.
  Pairings for the third round of the Main Tournament.


* Preliminary Round Results
  [ SAWMG-EU. ] [ SAWMG-AM. ] [ SAWMG-Asia. ]


Tournament Outline

The winner of the main tournament will receive an invitation to the 2nd SportAccord World Mind Games (a round-trip ticket to Beijing , accommodation, a commemorative medal and a certificate), There are also generous prizes for sectional winners, as well iPAD’s as lottry prizes for anyone who finish the preliminary round!

Schedule

  • Registration period: 14 August – 12 September, 2012.
  • Preliminary Round: 16 September – 10 October, 2012.
  • Main Tournament: 16 October – 26 October, 2012.
         1st round: October 16 8pm (JST), 15 8pm (CET), 15 7pm (PST)
         2nd round: October 18 8pm (JST), 17 8pm (CET), 17 7pm (PST)
         3rd round: October 19 – 20
         4th round: October 21 – 22
         Semifinal: October 23 – 24
         Final: October 25 – 26

      * JST=Japan Standard Time (GMT+9)
        CET=Central European Time (GMT+2)
        PST=Pacific Standard Time (GTM-7)
      * The times after 3rd round are decided by the time zone of both players.

Requirements for participation

  • Participant must be a national or resident of an IGF member country or region.
  • Participant must be an amateur player.
  • All games are to be played on Pandanet.
  • Participant must be able to communicate by email.

Playing Schedule and Rules

[ Preliminary Round ]

  • Tournament period: September 16 – October 10, 2012
  • Grouping of players: Participants must register before September 12th 2012, into one of three groups (depending on where the participant resides): Europe and Africa, Asia and Oceania, North and South America.
  • During the tournament period, players play freely in his/her regional group during the tournament period. The games should be played in the “SAWMG-EU”, “SAWMG-AM”, or “SAWMG-Asia” rooms.
  • Players need to play at least 10 games in the preliminary round.
  • Qualification: 32 highest ranked players from the Asia and Oceania Group, 16 highest ranked players each from the Europe and Africa and the North and South America groups advance into the main tournament. (Ranking is done within each group only). The ranking is determined by points in descending order:
  1. Points = W / N + W * 0.02
    (W = number of wins, N = number of games played.
    Example: you win 3 out of 6 games, you get 3/6 + 3*0.02 = 0.56.
    Example: you win 4 out of 8 games, you get 4/8 + 3*0.02 = 0.58.
  2. With tied points, player with higher number of wins is ranked higher.
  3. With tied points and wins, player with higher SOP (sum of opponents’ points) is ranked higher.
  4. With tied points, wins, and SOP, the players are ranked equal.
  • All games are played even, with 6.5 point komi. Colors are determined by the system. Time allowance is 10 minutes basic time, with overtime of 25 moves in 15 minutes.
  • Special note for 2012: all players who finish ten games or more will be entered for a drawing for a grand prize, regardless of how or if they play in the main tournament.

Preliminary Round Results.[ SAWMG-EU ] [ SAWMG-AM ] [ SAWMG-Asia ]
Preliminary Round details.

[ Main Tournament ]

  • 64 players who have passed the preliminary round play a tournament. Single eliminations are played until a champion is determined.
  • Tournament period: October 16 – October 26, 2012
         1st round: October 16 8pm (JST), 15 8pm (CET), 15 7pm (PST) [64 players→ 32 players]
         2nd round: October 18 8pm (JST), 17 8pm (CET), 17 7pm (PST) [32 players→ 16 players]
         3rd round: October 19 – 20 [16 players → 8 players]
         4th round: October 21 – 22 [8 players → 4 players]
         Semifinal: October 23 – 24 [4 players → 2 players]
         Final: October 25 – 26 [2 players → winner and runner-up]
         *1st and 2nd are regional rounds. 3rd-6th rounds are rounds with mixed regions.

      * JST=Japan Standard Time (GMT+9)
        CET=Central European Time (GMT+2)
        PST=Pacific Standard Time (GTM-7)
      * The times after 3rd round are decided by the time zone of both players.

  • All games are played even, with 6.5 point komi. Colors are determined by the system. Time allowance is 10 minutes basic time, with overtime of 25 moves in 15 minutes.

The playing combination of the main tournament will be updated on the website. You can also check your opponent on the “Net Social Plaza”.
Basically, the games must be played at the designated time and date. If you can’t play at the designated time and date, please contact your opponent in advance on the “Net Social Plaza” and decide when you will play.

The designated time for the 1st and 2nd round is already set up.
As for the 3rd to 6th rounds, we will set up the time taking into account your time zone. Please press the [Settings] button on the “Net Social Plaza” and select your time zone.

The tournament table.[ SAWMG-EU ] [ SAWMG-AM ] [ SAWMG-Asia ]
Final Round details.

Notes

  • Please play in the official Pandanet tournament room.
  • Please play by yourself. Taking advice from a third person, or playing by a third person, is against the rules.
  • You must play your games at your home. The organiser may check the origin of your Internet connection.
  • If the organiser discovers that you have violated the rules, you may be disqualified, even if the game result has been confirmed. There could also be long-term suspensions by the International Go Federation and/or SportAccord for international play.
  • All games must be exclusive be played on the Pandanet Server.
  • Please use Pandanet’s client, GoPanda or Panda-Tetsuki.
  • There is a possibility that a second server may join the tournament. In which case, the format for determining the overall winner may change.

Participation Fee

Free of charge

Prizes

  1. The winner of the main tournament will receive an invitation to the 2nd SportAccord World Mind Games (a round-trip ticket to Beijing , accommodation, a commemorative medal and a certificate)
    Winner: shangshang
  2. The highest finisher in each regional group will receive a digital camera. ( three digital cameras in total)
    Winners: baduk1, fernando, goraku1
    After the main tournament finished, all rankings of 64 players will be decided. In the regional group of the main tournament winner, the second finisher will receive a digital camera.
  3. One lottery winner from each regional group will receive an iPad. (three iPads in total)
    Winners: Gagovedo, perreo, tomomasa
    *The three winners will be randomly drawn from all players who finished more than 10 games at the preliminary round.
  4. We will give two samsung computer tablets and two Swatch watches to four players who played ten games or more at the preliminary round by lottery.
    Winners of Samsung computer tablets: germgo, HappyLook
    Winners of Swatch watches: pouicpouic, kakimon

21 Nov 12 12:14:37

The 2nd SportAccord World Mind Games in Beijing

Go competition
Men’s Individual – Gold :
CHOI Chulhan 9 Dan – Pro [ Korea ]
Women’s Individual – Gold :
LI He 3 Dan – Pro [ China ]
Pair Go – Gold :
CHOI Jeong 2 Dan–Pro & CHOI Chulhan 9 Dan–Pro [ Korea ]

The Go competition of the 2nd SportAccord World Mind Games will take place from 12-19 December 2012 in Beijing, China. Pandanet will make reports from the games.

All Results

Also tv-broadcast games on the official event website.

Date / Venue

December 12th (Wed) – 19th (Wed), 2012
Beijing International Convention Center

Participants

A total of 28 players to participate, with the following distribution:

  1. China, Japan, and Korea – three men and two women each
  2. Chinese Taipei – two men and two women
  3. Europe – three men and three women
  4. U.S. – one man and one woman
  5. South America – one man

Tournament Format

Men’s Individual – A total of 16 players will play a double-elimination tournament.
Women’s Individual – A total of 12 players will play a double-elimination tournament.
Match duration is 60 minutes each side, with three 30-second byo-yomi periods.
Pair Go – A total of eight pairs (4 from Asia, three from Europe, one from US) will play in a single-elimination tournament. Match duration is 60 minutes each side, with three 30-second byo-yomi periods.

Tournament Schedule

December, 2012. Time zone: CST (UTC+8).

Individual

Round 1 Dec 12 (wed) 14:00-17:00
Round 2 Dec 13 (thu) 9:30-12:30
Round 3 Dec 13 (thu) 15:00-18:00
Round 4 Dec 14 (fri) 15:00-18:00
Round 5 Dec 15 (sat) 9:30-12:30
Semifinals Dec 15 (sat) 15:00-18:00
Final Dec 16 (sun) 15:00-18:00

Pair Go

Quarterfinals Dec 18 (tue) 9:30-12:30
Semifinals Dec 18 (tue) 15:00-18:00
Final Dec 19 (wed) 9:30-12:30

Online award

Online award Dec 16 (sun) 10:00-11:30

Players

Players marked with * will play in both Individual and Pair Go

Japan M MURAKAWA Daisuke
7 Dan – Pro *
UCHIDA Shuhei
7 Dan – Pro
FUJITA Akihiko
3 Dan – Pro
F MUKAI Chiaki
5 Dan – Pro *
OKUDA Aya
3 Dan – Pro
 
China M JIANG Weijie
9 Dan – Pro *
CHEN Yaoye
9 Dan – Pro
TUO Jiaxi
3 Dan – Pro
F LI He
3 Dan – Pro *
RUI Naiwei
9 Dan – Pro
 
Korea M CHOI Chulhan
9 Dan – Pro *
KANG Dongyoon
9 Dan – Pro
PARK Jeonghwan
9 Dan – Pro
F CHOI Jeong
2 Dan – Pro *
PARK Jieun
9 Dan – Pro
 
Chinese Taipei M LIN Chi-han
9 Dan – Pro *
LIN Chun-yen
5 Dan – Pro
 
F Joanne MISSINGHAM
6 Dan – Pro *
SU Sheng-fang
2 Dan – Pro
 
Europe M Csaba MERO
6 Dan [Hungary] *
Jan HORA
6 Dan [Czech] *
Ilya SHIKSHIN
7 Dan [Russia] *
F Rita POCSAI
5 Dan [Hungary] *
WONG Lok Ying
5 Dan [UK] *
Natalia KOVALEVA
5 Dan [Russia] *
North America M Tianyu LIN
7 Dan [Canada] *
   
F Irene SHA
6 Dan [Canada] *
   
Latin America M Fernando AGUILAR
7 Dan [Argentina]
   
F      

The total amount of prize money

USD $400,000

29 Nov 12 09:22:11

The 23rd International Amateur Pair Go Championship

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The 23rd version of this great event, a festival of international celebration of Pair Go, was held November 3 and 4, 2012 at the Hotel Metropolitan Edmont in Iidabashi, Tokyo. As has become standard, 21 international pairs and 11 Japanese regional pairs were included in the main tournament.

A separate, open handicap tournament, the Araki Cup, was simultaneously held for the general public.

More information

04 Oct 12 10:53:32

60th Oza Title Match

The match for the 60th Oza title starts on October 25th.

Defending champion is Cho U Oza and challenger is Iyama Yuta. The match is best of five games, so three wins are required to secure the title.

How to watch

Schedule
  • The first game: October 25 (Thu).
    Iyama Yuta won, W+7.5.
  • The second game: October 27 (Sat).
    Iyama Yuta won, B+Resign.
  • The third game: November 22 (Thu).
    Iyama Yuta won, W+Resign.

Iyama Yuta got the Oza title with three straight win!

All rounds starts at 09:00 (Japan Time), i.e., 02:00 CEST. The time limit is three hours each.

23 Aug 12 09:38:59

The 37th Meijin title match

The match for the 37th Meijin title is broadcast live on Pandanet-IGS, starting on August 30th.

Defending champion is Yamashita Keigo Meijin and challenger is Hane Naoki. The match is best of seven games, so four wins are required to secure the title.

How to watch

Schedule
  • The first game: Aug 30 (Thu) and Aug 31 (Fri).
    Yamashita Keigo won, W+Resign.
  • The second game: Sep 20 (Thu) and Sep 21 (Fri).
    Hane Naoki won, W+Resign.
  • The third game: Sep 27 (Thu) and Sep 28 (Fri).
    Hane Naoki won, B+Resign.
  • The forth game: Oct 10 (Wed) and Oct 11 (Thu).
    Yamashita Keigo won, B+Resign.
  • The fifth game: Oct 17 (Wed) and Oct 18 (Thu).
    Yamashita Keigo won, W+Resign.
  • The sixth game: Oct 31 (Wed) and Nov 1 (Thu).
    Hane Naoki won, W+Resign.
  • The seventh game: Nov 12 (Mon) and Nov 13 (Tue).
    Yamashita Keigo won, W+Resign.

Yamashita Keigo kept the title!

All rounds starts at 09:00 (Japan Time), i.e., 02:00 CEST. The time limit is eight hours each.

17 Jul 12 14:04:02

The 17th Internet World Amateur Go Tournament 2012

17th pandanetcup

Results

The winner of the 17th Internet World Amateur Go Tournament 2012 was RAICHUU (Japan) Congratulations!

Kifu (in ugi format) from the final game

More information

Prizes

Main Championship:
  • First prize: JPY 100,000
  • Second prize: JPY 30,000
  • 3rd – 16th place: Prize
Ranked Championship:
  • 1st – 8th place: Prize
13 Sep 12 12:49:03

"Pandanet Go European Team Championship" "European Pair Go Tournament" in the "European Go Congress 2012 BONN" was held.

13 Sep 12 12:50:18

"Youth-Adult Pair Go" "North American Pair Go Championship" in the "2012 US Go Congress North Carolina" was held.

08 Aug 12 06:37:45

The 2nd World Mind Sports Games - Go Competition August 13-23, 2012

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The second edition of the World Mind Sports Games will take place from 9-23 August 2012 in Lille, France.
Pandanet will make reports from the games.

Live Broadcasts


Go Competition Outline:

Date:
August 13-23, 2012
Venue:
Grand Palais Lille, Lille, France
Organizer:
IMSA (International Mind Sports Association)
System Cooperation:
Pandanet Inc.
Competition:
Men’s Individual / Women’s Individual / Pair Go / Team of 3 players / Youth
Schedul:
August10:0014:3017:30
13
(Mon)
 Men’s / Women’s Individual Round 1 
14
(Tue)
Men’s / Women’s Individual Round 2Men’s / Women’s Individual Round 3 
15
(Wed)
Men’s / Women’s Individual Round 4Men’s / Women’s Individual Round 5 
16
(Thu)
Men’s / Women’s Individual Semi-FinalMen’s / Women’s Individual Finals 
17
(Fri)
Teams Round 1Teams Round 2 
18
(Sat)
Teams Round 3Teams Round 4Teams Round 5
19
(Sun)
Teams Semi-FinalTeams Final
(13:30 Teams 3/4 Place)
 
20
(Mon)
Pair Go / Youth Round 1Pair Go / Youth Round 2 
21
(Tue)
Pair Go / Youth Round 3Pair Go / Youth Round 4 
22
(Wed)
Pair Go / Youth Round 5Pair Go / Youth Semi-Final 
23
(Thu)
Pair Go / Youth 3/4 Place12:00 Pair Go / Youth Final 
Live Broadcast:
Pandanet will make reports from the games.
Live Broadcasts
Photo:
Click Here.
official website:
Here is the official website of the 2nd World Mind Sports Games.
26 Jun 12 07:28:06

37th Gosei

The 37th Gosei is being broadcast live on the IGS server.

Defending champion is Hane Naoki Gosei and challenger is Iyama Yuta Tengen. The time limit is four hours each.

Schedule:
  • The first game: June 28rd (Thu).
    Iyama Yuta won, B+Resign
  • The second game: July 13th (Fri).
    Iyama Yuta won, W+Resign
  • The third game: July 23th (Mon).
    Iyama Yuta won, B+Resign

Iyama Yuta won the Gosei title with three straight wins!

01 Jun 12 11:57:19

European Pair Go Championship

Pandanet-IGS will braodcast games from the European Pair Go Championship, which is played on the weekend 2nd to 3rd of June in Lyon.

The top pair will be invited to the 23th International Amateur Pair Go Championship.

06 Feb 12 13:43:35

Panda-Tetsuki available for android

Panda-Tetsuki is now also available on Google Play

20 Feb 12 08:38:39

Rating Graph

Demo ratinggraph1

You can now watch the progress of your rating on Pandanet-IGS on a rating graph.

Note that a flash player is required.

25 Aug 11 12:17:18

Pandanet will present "Teaching Go Online" to 90 Pandanet users!

Christian Pop
Christian Pop
Cornel Burzo
Cornel Burzo
Ion Florescu
Ion Florescu

We are pleased to announce that three very strong players from Europe, Cornel Burzo, Ion Florescu and Cristian Pop, are going to teach Go for Pandanet users. Every month from September to November, 30 users (10 users for each teacher—90 users in total) can take an Internet Go lesson for free!

Apply for the November Lessons

Note: There was an error on the registration page. If you tried to register to the November lessons between October 17th and October 19th, please do it again now.
Condition of application
  • Being a Pandanet user
  • Being a well-manner player
  • (Please play on the latest version of GoPanda or Panda-Tetsuki.)
How to take a lesson
  1. Apply from the application form below. (The deadline for November is Novmeber 2nd, GMT time)
  2. Pandanet will email the winners by November 8th. (If you don’t receive any emails by November 8th, it means you are not selected this time.)
  3. We will inform the winners of the date, time and teacher. (You cannot select a teacher.)
  4. The game time is 45 minutes for playing and 15 minutes for review. (If you don’t log in by the designated time, the time loss will be deducted from your playing time. If you are late more than 20 minutes, you cannot take the lesson.)
  5. The review will be conducted by the chat function.
Schedule
Nov 9 (Wed) 6:00 GMT 8:30 GMT 11:30 GMT 14:00 GMT
Nov 16 (Wed) 6:00 GMT 8:30 GMT 11:30 GMT 14:00 GMT
Nov 30 (Wed) 6:00 GMT 8:30 GMT 11:30 GMT 14:00 GMT

Note that the times are in GMT, please make sure to check the correct time where you live.

Apply for the November Lessons

01 Jun 11 10:21:02

Report on the Great East Japan Earthquake Donation

Total amount raised: 398,148 yen
(Pandanet users : 368,900 yen, American Go Association 29,248 yen)

All funds will be transferred to the victims through the Chamber of Commerce and Industries Youth Section in the disaster prefectures.

We offer our sincere thanks to everyone who supported our disaster donation.

06 May 11 11:11:21

Currently Running: Pandanet Go European Team Championship

With 300 top players from 30 countries, the Pandanet Go European Team Championship is the strongest European tournament ever played. All the games are going to be played on IGS. To watch them, you just need to create an account on IGS , download GoPanda , and log on to IGS.

Keep an eye on the schedule to make sure you don’t miss anything.

16 Nov 10 00:26:01

Registration for European Team Champs open

The registration for the Pandanet Go European Tournament is now open. If you play in the tournament, please register as soon as possible.

16 Nov 10 00:24:50

Website launched!

The Pandanet IGS Website is now open!
It is still being worked on, so check back frequently for updates.


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