Cork Go

Last weekend saw the 6th annual UCC Go Club Tournament. In a pleasant break with tradition, there were no storms, floods, or blizzards to dampen spirits. The weather could nearly have been described as clement, if not for a spot of rain on the second day…

The venue was the Mardyke Pavilion, which was undoubtedly the best venue the tournament has seen to date. The shot below does not do it justice, although it does capture the colour coordinated chairs ^^ In the foyer, there were two go board cakes, a picture of which can be seen on the NUIG Go Soc’s latest post.

A total of 31 players took part this year; the largest ever turnout. A full table of results is available from the EGD.

It’s fair to say that the event was a resounding success. A big thanks to Justyna and the rest of the UCC Go Club committee for a job well done! It remains to be seen how they’re going to top this one next year.

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The IGA has a brief post with results.

An update from the mailing list…

As some of you may know, we organise a Go tournament every year. This year the tournament will take place on 17-18th November in the Mardyke Pavillion (which is a really nice venue by the way) and will consist of 5 rounds (3 on Saturday and 2 on Sunday). We’re expecting about 30 players from Ireland and abroad to show up, so it seems like it will be quite a large event (for the Irish Go scene anyway!). We have a budget of €500 euros for the prizes, therefore it’s definitely worth trying your chances! There will be 2 groups – a top group and a kyu level group. In the lower one the games will be played on handicap basis so everyone has a chance for a flawless 5/5!!! Whoever is interested in the tournament please let us know by e-mail.

For those of you that don’t want to participate in a serious tournament, there is a possibility of organising a Beginners tournament on the same date. Such tournament wouldn’t be included in the European Go Database rating, meaning that it’s just all for fun (and you can also win some cool prizes) ;-) So, as long as we have a minimum of 8 people interested in such tournament we will look into organising it. I think it would be a good event since you could see what a serious tournament looks like and at the same time play against other beginners. Sound like fun… Doesn’t it?!