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April

Looking forward… April Irish Championship Overhaul The format for this is under review, with four options presented so far – https://docs.google.com/document/d/13Icw60TGUxF2FlI1AmxdOXu9mGgJ780atea3ZGdjUJA/edit PGETC Round 8 Opponents for round 8 will be Morocco on April 17th – http://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps/rounds/448 Go Server Rank Survey … Continue reading

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Confucius Cup Aftermath

Ian has posted a writeup of the weekend over at the IGA site: For the ordinary player, the Confucius Cup is normally the highlight of the year’s competition calendar. Unfortunately this year we were the target of the disruptive storm … Continue reading

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March

Looking forward… March Confucius Cup As mentioned earlier, tonight’s Rapid has been cancelled. The hope is that the main tournament will still run over the weekend, albeit in a reduced form. Keep track of updates at http://www.irish-go.org AGM This was … Continue reading

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December

Cork Winter Olympics Edition The 2017 Cork Go Tournament was held over the last weekend of November. As suggested by the locals sporting the latest in arctic fashion, it was cold… Thirteen players took part in all. Kim and Justyna, … Continue reading

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ten years on…

Cork Go launched just over ten years ago, making it one of the longest running projects I’ve been involved with. As with my own go playing, there have been occasional breaks along the way. While it has never reached any … Continue reading

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DeepMind announces recipients of million dollar prize fund

The fund will be split between UNICEF UK, Raspberry Pi/Code Club, the American Go Association, the European Go Federation and the Korean Baduk (Go) Association. source *update* The AGA later posted a breakdown The biggest recipient, UNICEF UK, will receive … Continue reading

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AlphaGo goes Pro?

Google Deepmind‘s AlphaGo has beaten Fan Hui 5-0. It seems they’re not done yet though, as they have issued a challenge to Lee Sedol for a match in March. The BGA have posted a writeup with links to news posts … Continue reading

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