The Pandanet website will be down for maintenance on Monday, July 6, from 10:00 to 12:00 CET while we move the site to a new server.

During this window, the website may be unavailable or temporarily show a maintenance page. IGS games and existing Pandanet accounts are not affected; this only concerns the website.

We expect the downtime to be shorter than the full maintenance window if everything goes as planned.

We have launched the Pandanet Go Beginners Academy, an English-language learning site for Go beginners.

• Perfect for those who want to start playing Go or learn the basics
• Learn step by step and smoothly move on to actual games

On Tuesday, July 16th 1AM CEST (July 15th 4PM PDT, July 15th 7PM EDT), the IGS Server will be down for maintenance work starting. It should be back up one hour later, hopefully earlier.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

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.

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!

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!

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

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.

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)

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