The 2024 Championship Finals started with a bang as Philippe Renaut (White) engineered a massive kill to secure an early victory over Lu Xinqun (Black) in the first game of the best-of-three series. In the review below, Philippe explains his thought processes and decisions during this fascinating fighting game. Veterans will enjoy the appearance…
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Dublin Club Meetings Move to Mondays
Collegians Go Club meetings will now take place on Monday nights, starting from this coming Monday, 22nd April. The meeting place (Toner’s) and time (7.30pm onwards) remain unchanged. The move to Monday meetings should make it considerably easier to find tables in one of the busier pubs in the city centre.
Rip-Off Success for Dewei
Liu Dewei (Belfast) defeated John Courtney, Peter Kasko, and Matei Garcia (all Dublin) en route to overall victory at the April Rip-Off on Saturday. Further down the table, Niall Tuohy (Dublin), Larion Syrotkin (Cork) and Luke McGarvey (Belfast) also managed clean sheets, with three wins from three games. Last year’s champion, Marc Stoehr (Stockholm) stumbled…
Philippe Advances to the Championship
Philippe Renaut defeated John Courtney in the backdoor bracket final to advance to the Championship. Philippe will face the redoubtable Lu Xinqun in the best-of-three series. This is the same match-up as last year’s Championship, in which Philippe won the series 2–1. The first game will take place on Wednesday, 17th April at…
AGM Welcomes New President
Tiberiu Gociu (Belfast) became the new President of the Irish Go Association at Tuesday’s AGM, elected unopposed. Otherwise it was business as usual, with John Doyle (Cobh) and Eoghan Barry (Dublin) continuing as Treasurer and Secretary respectively. The tenor of the meeting was generally optimistic, with the officers’ reports noting the continued growth and financial…