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Ilya Shikshin Wins European Championship 2020

Website of The International Go Federation Posted on November 3, 2020 by Antti TörmänenNovember 3, 2020

This year the European Championship took place online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. From September 24th till November 2nd, the top 32 European players were fighting for the title of the European champion.

The following four European professional players made it to the semi-finals:
– Mateusz Surma 2p (Poland) v. Ilya Shikshin 3p (Russia)
– Ali Jabarin 2p (Israel) v. Artem Kachanovskyi 2p (Ukraine)

Starting from the semi-finals, the participants played best-of-three matches instead of just one game. In the semi-finals, Ilya won with a score of 2-1 against Mateusz, while Ali won with the same score against Artem.

In the match for third place, Artem won with a score of 2-0 against Mateusz and, in the final, Ilya won against Ali with a score of 2-1.

Here are the final top four:

  1. Ilya Shikshin 3p (Russia)
  2. Ali Jabarin 2p (Israel)
  3. Artem Kachanovskyi 2p (Ukraine)
  4. Mateusz Surma 2p (Poland)



For the tournament table, game records, and more details please visit the European Championship 2020 webpage.

Below you can see the record of the 3rd (and last) game of the European Championship Final between Ilya and Ali.

 

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Report by Artem

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European Go Championship 2020 Starts

Website of The International Go Federation Posted on October 14, 2020 by Antti TörmänenOctober 14, 2020

This year the European Championship takes place online. Normally, this competition is a part of the European Go Congress, but as this year there is no Congress due to COVID-19, it was decided to run the tournament online.

This year, the European Championship is formatted in an unusual way. In total there are 32 participants. There are two qualification rounds, two regular rounds, semi-finals, and finals. You can find all the details on the EC2020 webpage.

At the moment the two qualification rounds are finished. The most unexpected result so far was the victory of Lucas Neirynck 5d (Belgium) over Alexander Dinerchtein 3p (Russia). You can see a record of the game below.

For more information, please see the article on EC2020 on the EGF website.

 

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Report by Artem

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Interview With AGA E-Go Congress Organisers

Website of The International Go Federation Posted on September 28, 2020 by Antti TörmänenSeptember 28, 2020

On August 1–9, the 1st e-Go Congress was organised by the American Go Association due to the cancellation of the 2020 Colorado Springs US Go Congress.

This is the first time such an online event was performed by the AGA, and probably by any go organisation in the world, so we set out to find out how the AGA managed to accomplish this. For this purpose we reached Lisa Scott, Audrey Wang, and Stephen Hu, who were the Congress Director, the Deputy Director, and the Broadcast Executive Producer of the 1st e-Congress respectively, for an interview with us.


Left: Lisa Scott. Top: Stephen Xu. Right: Audrey Wang.

IGF: How did the idea of the E-Congress come up and how did you get involved?

Audrey: I called Lisa and we were wondering if we could recruit enough volunteers to pull it off.

Lisa: For this purpose we launched a survey which turned out successful, so we started planning around June. Our initial thought was that it would be a small event but it turned out really big. At first we just had one pro in, Kim Myung-wan, as well as Hwang In-Seong. In total 30 people volunteered.

Every event needed one or two coordinators so we made sure to have everything arranged before announcing the Congress in July.

Audrey: Many logistic details had to be taken care of. We are really grateful to the team.

IGF: What role did you play within the E-Congress organisation? What were your specific duties?

Lisa: I was the Congress Director. I’ve been organising the US Congress since 2016. I am something of an advisor and mentor. My story goes back to 2009 when I first volunteered in a Congress, and then, in 2011, I was in charge of the Congress in Santa Barbara, California. I’m also Chair of the AGA board.

I normally handle in situ problems, which took less hours than usual for this e-Congress.

Audrey: As Deputy Director I was in charge of the Relay Rengo Go Tournament. In this team competition, each team has 12 players, where two are chosen by the team coach to play in the main room. Meanwhile the rest of the team reviews the game and discusses the strategy in a separate room. Each pair plays for 12 minutes and then a new pair is chosen by the coach to jump into the main room. Everyone on the team has to go up before someone plays twice. This system is very popular in China nowadays.

Stephen Hu: I’m the AGA Broadcasting Executive Producer in. I love meeting go players in real life, streaming top games, setting up great variety for transmission such as the AGA City League among other tournaments. I’m in touch with pro commentators. I help in assisting, decision making, and platform choices.

It’s a great way to lose weight (hahaha). Prizes are still to be given out though.

IGF: How was the organisation structured? How many people or teams took part in organising?

Pro team: Lissa, Audrey. Cat Man.
Broadcasting team: Stephen plus 4 staff.
Tournament Directors plus supporters.

Lisa: We had meetings every Thursday night with everyone and on Tuesdays with tournament directors. The broadcast meetings were held four times a week. In total we had ten General meetings, one for brainstorming.

IGF: Could you talk a little about the numbers in the Congress? Number of attendees, number of events, number of pro players participating, number of lectures, etc.

Lisa: On a face-to-face Congress we normally have 200 pro events. This time we had 36, it’s rather different sending emails than having people sign up themselves on sheets. Seven main tournaments were played plus the Pandanet AGA City League Finals. We had players from 52 countries. 69% from the US, 5% from Canada. We had 702 people on the E- Open and in total 935 people registered but not everyone played. 257 were DDK players.

Stephen: We had a total of 32 hours 35 minutes streamed. 16,000 viewers. We added 368 new followers to reach 5.6k on our Twitch account. I love broadcasting, as a matter of fact I’ve also helped on some EGF broadcasts.

IGF: Did the Congress meet your expectations? How do you feel about it?

Lisa: I didn’t really know, 500 were expected. The Tournament Directors really made it grow. Most of it was single stream so we could have all the public focused on one activity. We had activities all day long so people could play without disrupting their daily life.

Audrey: It definitely exceeded my expectations, we had great feedback, people were really happy.

Stephen: I knew a lot of people would join. I hope real Congresses come back sometime soon. I think the big participation also had to do with it being a free Congress. People were really supportive.

Lisa: It’s also worth mentioning that we had 13 entries for the Song and poetry contest. Finalists played their songs during the closing ceremony. The winner was ‘Komi on your side’ while the runner up was ‘I’ve played every shape, man’, a Johnny Cash song written by a 16-year-old. Third place was ‘Song to Terry’.

IGF: What advice would you give to other organisations who might consider organising an e-Congress of their own?

Lisa: Weekly meetings were the key. We used Google Drive extensively so everyone could collaborate on the same documents.

We had a great mix of genders, ages and regions. Tournament Directors age ranged from 15 to 72 years. Having new volunteers was awesome. Reaching out in ways you wouldn’t do normally. The survey we launched before the event really helped to build up the enthusiasm.

Although some things didn’t go as expected. Small group events weren’t so popular, probably because you had to pay. Also the Hurricane that hit here in the US hurt a lot of people who couldn’t connect.

There were more behind-the-scenes logistics because there’s no physical space where people can meet to solve and settle issues. Although we had enough time in between events to check with TD for troubleshooting or make things better for the next day. That wouldn’t be possible in person. Improving day by day. I have lots of documentation so if anyone else wants to try it you can reach me.

Having a little more time to prepare would have made it less hectic. Have enthusiasm and be kind for it. If you want to make it happen, get your crew together and just go for it.

Interview by Emil García.

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Latin American Virtual Go Congress to Start in October

Website of The International Go Federation Posted on September 28, 2020 by Antti TörmänenSeptember 28, 2020

Over 200 players from over 20 countries have signed up so far for the first Latin American Virtual Go Congress which will take place from October 3 to 11 on KGS, OGS, and Twitch. This Congress comes in as a substitute of the 4th Latin American Go Congress which was supposed to be held in Buenos Aires at the same date, but has been postponed to next year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Congress promises to be one of the biggest go events in Latin American history, with six tournaments taking place on a span of nine days. Besides these tournaments, other activities such as workshops and game reviews with Mateusz Surma 2p from the EGF will be broadcasted through Twitch. It bears mentioning that Mateusz happens to speak Spanish fluently.

Organised by the Argentinian Go Association and supported by the Ibero American Go Federation, the Congress stands as a joint venture between different groups of tournament organisers. Examples of this are the Ibero American Go Federation Gender Commission who are running the Female Championship, the ‘Tres Águilas’ Organisation who are running the Youth Championship, the Chilean Go Federation who are running the Pair Go Tournament, and Guatemalan players who are running the Random Rengo Tournament.

You can check out the full tournament and lectures calendar through this link and check out registered participants through this link.

Report by Emil García

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8th Mexican Internet Go Tournament Gathers Over 80 Participants

Website of The International Go Federation Posted on September 28, 2020 by Antti TörmänenSeptember 28, 2020

Expectations for the 8th Mexican Internet Go Tournament got surpassed as 84 players from over ten countries registered for the event. Out of these players, 54 are Mexican and the other 30 from Latin American countries.

The six-round MacMahon tournament takes place over a six-week period, in which each round is played in OGS on Sundays at 19:00 GMT-3. Participants have a chance to settle another date and time for the match with their opponents by mutual agreement. A WhatsApp group was created for this purpose, and is also being used to give announcements about the event such as pairings and standings.

An interesting feature of this tournament is that points will be given out to the first five places in each of the top three MacMahon groups made for the pairing. Players can later exchange these points for the chance to represent Mexico in the WAGC or the KPMC. ‘Normally points would be given only to the top 5 players of the whole tournament, but we devised this system to bring in as many people as possible. We know you are still at home so you are welcome to play go with us!’ Pablo Tapia from the Mexican Go Association reports to IGF.

So far five rounds have been played, and the sixth and final round is taking place on October 4. You can check the pairings behind this link. You can also view the current standings from this table.

Report by Emil García

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European Professional Go Championship 2020

Website of The International Go Federation Posted on September 28, 2020 by Antti TörmänenSeptember 28, 2020

This year, due to the COVID-19 restrictions, the European Professional Championship was played online on the Pandanet Go Server on September 24–27.

Eight players from six different countries competed in a round-robin tournament. As all participants were of a similar level, the competition got very close.

The final standings are:

1. Ilya Shikshin 3p (Russia)
2-4. Ali Jabarin 2p (Israel)
2-4. Mateusz Surma 2p (Poland)
2-4. Andrii Kravets 1p (Ukraine)
5. Alexandr Dinershteyn 3p (Russia)
6. Pavol Lisy 2p (Slovakia)
7. Tanguy Le Calvé 1p (France)
8. Artem Kachanovskyi 2p (Ukraine)

Below is the record of the game between Ilya Shikshin 3p (Russia) and Andrii Kravets 1p (Ukraine), played on the last round, which decided the winner of the tournament.

For more details, please see the official webpage of the European Professional Championship 2020.

 

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Report by Artem

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European Professional Online Go League: Second Season Finished

Website of The International Go Federation Posted on September 8, 2020 by Antti TörmänenSeptember 28, 2020

European Professional Online Go League has two stages: round robin and playoffs. After the round-robin stage, the second and third best-rated participants play a semi-final match to determine who meets the winner of the round-robin stage in the final.

In the second season, the final order of the top three players after the first stage was the following:

  1. Ryan Li 1p (Canada)
  2. Pavol Lisy 2p (Slovakia)
  3. Ilya Shikshin 3p (Russia)



Same as in the first season of the league, the semi-final was played between Ilya and Pavol. The match was played on September 5. This time, opposite to the previous season, Ilya won with a score of 2:0.

The final took place on September 6. Similarly to the previous season, it was played as a best-of-five match. Ryan won the match 3:1, becoming the champion of the second season of the European Professional Online Go League.

For more details please see the webpage of the league.

Below you can see the last game of the final match between Ryan and Ilya.

 

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Report by Artem

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France Wins Pandanet Go European Team Championship

Website of The International Go Federation Posted on August 31, 2020 by Antti TörmänenSeptember 28, 2020

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, this year the Pandanet Go European Team Championship (PGETC) final was played online. The four teams participating in the final were: France, Russia, Czechia, and Ukraine.

Proper anti-cheating measures were applied. Each team had to gather the players in their own location, and a proctor approved by the EGF observed the team. A video of the playing process also had to be recorded.

This year was the second year in a row when the team of France became European champion. They won all three rounds.

Here is the final order of the teams:

  1. France
  2. Russia
  3. Czechia
  4. Ukraine



On the last round, France played a match against Russia. France only lost their first-board game, Dai Junfu 8d (France) against Ilya Shikshin 3p (Russia). You can see the game record below.

For more details please see the PGETC finals webpage.

 

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Report by Artem

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Ryan Li 1p Leads the European Professional Online Go League

Website of The International Go Federation Posted on August 11, 2020 by Antti TörmänenAugust 11, 2020

The second season of the European Professional Online Go League started on June 20.

More than half of the season is already behind. On August 9, the two undefeated participants played a match: Ilya Shikshin 3p (Russia) v. Ryan Li 1p (Canada). Ryan is a guest player in the League.

The winner was Ryan with a score of 2:0. You can view the record of the second game below.

After the round-robin stage is finished, the 3rd and the 2nd best-rated players will play a match to determine who will play against the winner in the Grand Final.

In the second season, several new features were introduced in the League, such as a YouTube channel and a Facebook page. See the official webpage of the League for more details.

 

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Report by Artem

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Female Go Moves Forward with Chile v. Mexico Team Match and Latin American League

Website of The International Go Federation Posted on July 31, 2020 by Antti TörmänenJuly 31, 2020

The Female Latin American Go scene has been quite busy as of late with the 1st Chile v. Mexico team match taking place, and the start of the 2nd Female Latin American League.

The 1st Female Chile vs Mexico Team Match was played on KGS on July 4–5 on nine boards, with the players ranking from 25k to 6k. The outcome of the match turned out to be a 6-3 victory for Chile.

Game records of this match may be found on the World Women Team Conquest website, which is the social go movement on which the match is immersed.

Regarding the 2nd Female Latin American League, on this occasion 30 players from seven countries got divided into five groups with six players each. The League will be played to five rounds so each player gets to play everyone within their group. 

Next season, plans are that the top two players in each group will ascend to the next group and bottom two players will descend to the preceding group.

So far four rounds of the League have been played. You may check game records on this four rounds on the League webpage. You may also check full group standings behind this link.

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