Looking forward… March
2021 IGA AGM
This year’s AGM will take place online, Wednesday 24th of March at 20:00. All are welcome to attend (though only members will have voting rights). Keep an eye on Discord for updates.
2021 Top 8
The best-of-three between James and Matei will take place on the first three (or possibly two) Wednesdays in March.
Ireland v France
The next Irish vs French Club battle, against the famous Lyon-Shinogi club, will take place on Friday 19th at 19:30 Irish time
2021 Correspondence Championship
This is now underway
BGA Online Congress 2021
Also currently underway
Czech Go Association 1st Weekend Online Tournament
A 5-round online tournament happening the first weekend in March
6th New York Go League
Registration is open to anyone with a stable rank with any association or online go server until March 13th
Weekly Meetings
The IGA encourages people to play online while all local meetups are suspended.
Online – Wednesday 20:00 on Discord, with games played on OGS/IGS/KGS
Galway – visit their club on OGS
If you have not already joined the IGA Discord server, you can do so using this link – https://discord.com/invite/4vSnhjd
11th PGETC
Ireland lost 3-1 to Slovakia in round 4, dropping to 3rd position on the leaderboard. This is a single point behind Denmark, who Ireland will face in round 5 on the 23rd.
Looking back… February
2021 Top 8
Results so far
Tournoi de l’OGGRE (Online Go GREnoble)
The Tournoi de l’OGGRE (Online Go GREnoble) took place on the first weekend in February. (Scroll down the page for details in English.)
On the continent…
EGF SGM
The EGF has posted some info about their recent Special General Meeting
Further afield…
North American Go Federation
AGA and CGA announce the formation of NAGF
Chinese-English Dictionary of Weiqi Terms
This may be publicly available soon
Tenuki
Multilingual Go Book Project
The project has completed their French and Spanish versions. They have also managed to print 25 copies in Greek, which have been sent to the Greek Go Association, and 25 copies in English, which are available for free upon request.