{"id":1239,"date":"2019-03-31T16:52:17","date_gmt":"2019-03-31T15:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.corkgo.org\/?p=1239"},"modified":"2019-03-31T19:31:06","modified_gmt":"2019-03-31T18:31:06","slug":"april-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.corkgo.org\/?p=1239","title":{"rendered":"April"},"content":{"rendered":"

A lot to cover this month. I have dropped the numbers from the title, going back to just the month name. Looked a bit unwieldily and these bulletins aren’t really intended for archival purposes anyway. Comments to the usual address<\/a>…<\/p>\n

Looking forward… April<\/strong><\/p>\n

2019 Online Interprovincials<\/em>
\nRound 2, at some point<\/a><\/p>\n

TPGTC<\/em>
\nThe first round of the Transatlantic Pro Go Team Championship<\/a> is scheduled for 20:00 CET on April 7th<\/p>\n

The Young One<\/em>
\nThe AGA’s Power Report has coverage on the career of 9-year-old Nakamura Sumire<\/a>, who will make her professional debut this month<\/p>\n

Further ahead… September<\/strong><\/p>\n

2019 Belfast Go Tournament<\/em>
\nThere will be a one day tournament<\/a> in Belfast on Saturday September 14th<\/p>\n

Weekly Meetings<\/strong><\/p>\n

Galway<\/a> – Tuesday 19:30 in Mc Swiggans
\nDublin<\/a> – Wednesday 20:30 in Toners
\nOnline<\/a> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Thursday 20:00-22:00 on OGS<\/a>
\nStillorgan<\/a> – Sunday 14:00-18:00 at PingZone, St Benildus College<\/p>\n

\"Pandanet
\n9th PGETC<\/em>
\nIreland trounced Cyprus 4-nil in the 7th round<\/a>.
\nAlthough Ireland and Iceland now both have the same match points, and total board points, and<\/strong> first board points, Iceland’s second board has more points than Ireland’s second board, so Iceland remain at the top of the table<\/a>. For now…
\nThe penultimate round<\/a> will be against Kazakhstan on the 16th, with the final round<\/a> versus Portugal taking place in May.<\/p>\n

Looking back… March<\/strong><\/p>\n

2019 Irish Go Congress<\/em>
\nResults for the Open are available<\/a><\/p>\n

2019 Online Interprovincials<\/em>
\nThe first round<\/a> is nearly complete. Leinster claimed a 2-1 victory over Munster, while there was one game to play between Connaught and Ulster when last updated<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2019 AGM<\/em>
\nThis took place during the Irish Go Congress. No minutes posted yet but Eoghan has stepped into the position of president.<\/p>\n

2018 Irish Championship<\/em>
\nJames is the new Irish Champion<\/a>. Games can be viewed online (1<\/a> 2<\/a>) and Cian has posted sgf files commented by Antti T\u00c3\u00b6rm\u00c3\u00a4nen 1p to the Irish Go mailing list<\/p>\n

2019 Irish Correspondence Tournament<\/em>
\nPlay continues<\/a><\/p>\n

On the continent…<\/strong><\/p>\n

2019 Euro Pro Championship<\/em>
\nHeld last month in Jena, Germany. The EGF has a report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Grand Slam Qualification<\/em>
\nEGF article<\/a> covering the 2019 tournament. The Grand Slam itself will take place at the end of April.<\/p>\n

The EYE<\/em>
\nCatalin Taranu has proposed<\/a> creating an European Youth Elite team<\/p>\n

Tenuki<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Future of Go in the West<\/em>
\nA lengthy but worthwhile read<\/a>, focusing on online content<\/p>\n

How to “Teach” Go<\/em>
\nTaking a different approach<\/a> to introducing new players.<\/p>\n

The Road to Recovery<\/em>
\nJanice Kim<\/a>, a well-known professional, successfully underwent surgery<\/a> to have a brain tumour removed<\/p>\n

Go Compare<\/em>
\nA comparison of ranks<\/a> across servers & associations from OGS survey data
\n\"rank<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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