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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.
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.
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
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) | |
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
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.
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
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
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.
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!