{"id":1256,"date":"2019-04-30T23:46:31","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T22:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.corkgo.org\/?p=1256"},"modified":"2020-02-29T21:35:39","modified_gmt":"2020-02-29T21:35:39","slug":"may-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.corkgo.org\/?p=1256","title":{"rendered":"May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Exciting happenings in both the PGETC and TPGTC. Also, applications are open for the KPMC.<br \/>\nClearly, the Go community has not caught on to the idea of backronyms&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Looking forward&#8230; May<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Galway Tournament<\/em><br \/>\nA <a href=\"http:\/\/www.irish-go.org\/galway-tournament-2019\/\">2-day tournament<\/a> will be held on May 25th-26th in the Galway Bridge Centre<\/p>\n<p><em>Online Interprovincials<\/em><br \/>\nRound 2, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.irish-go.org\/online-interprovincials\/online-interprovincials-2019\/\">real soon now<\/a><br \/>\nMunster v Ulster<br \/>\nLeinster v Connaught<\/p>\n<p><strong>Further ahead&#8230; September<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Belfast Go Tournament<\/em><br \/>\nThere will be a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.irish-go.org\/2019\/03\/29\/2019-belfast-go-tournament\/\">one day tournament<\/a> in Belfast on Saturday September 14th<\/p>\n<p><em>2019 KPMC<\/em><br \/>\nThe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.irish-go.org\/2019\/04\/29\/korea-prime-ministers-cup-2019-invitation\/\">search is on<\/a> for an Irish player to attend the 14th Korea Prime Minister Cup International Baduk Championship<\/p>\n<p><strong>Weekly Meetings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/galwaygoclub\">Galway<\/a> &#8211; Tuesday 19:30 in Mc Swiggans<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.irish-go.org\/clubs-tournaments\/dublin\/\">Dublin<\/a> &#8211; Wednesday 19:00 in Toners<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.irish-go.org\/clubs-tournaments\/online\/\">Online<\/a> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Thursday 20:00-22:00<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/213994972070977\/permalink\/917134471757020\/\">Stillorgan<\/a> &#8211; Sunday 14:00-18:00 at PingZone, St Benildus College<\/p>\n<p>Kindly note that Dublin meetings are now starting earlier (allegedly in the hope of finishing earlier)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eurogofed.org\/pics\/pandanet_logo_with_text.png\" alt=\"Pandanet Go European Team Championship\" width=\"243\" height=\"86\"><br \/>\n<em>9th PGETC<\/em><br \/>\nWith Ireland&#8217;s 3-1 victory over Kazakhstan in the <a href=\"https:\/\/pandanet-igs.com\/communities\/euroteamchamps\/rounds\/516\">penultimate round<\/a>, the team now stands at the top of the table. League C beckons next year&#8230;<br \/>\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/pandanet-igs.com\/communities\/euroteamchamps\/rounds\/517\">final round<\/a> versus Portugal takes place on the 7th.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.corkgo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/TPGTC-600x240.png\" alt=\"Transatlantic Pro Go Team Championship\" width=\"600\" height=\"240\"><br \/>\nMateusz Surma has eliminated all opposition so far in the <a href=\"https:\/\/transatlanticgo.org\">TPGTC<\/a>. The EGF posted an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogofed.org\/index.html?id=249\">interview<\/a> with him after the second round.<br \/>\nThe next game will take place on May 5th.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Looking back&#8230; April<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Top 8<\/em><br \/>\nThis year&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.irish-go.org\/national-international\/top-8\/\">Top 8<\/a> kicked off <a href=\"http:\/\/www.irish-go.org\/2019\/04\/28\/the-top-8-tournament-begins\/\">over the weekend<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Online Interprovincials<\/em><br \/>\nThe third game between Connaught and Ulster was played, putting Connaught ahead 2-1, and bringing an end to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.irish-go.org\/online-interprovincials\/online-interprovincials-2019\/\">round 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Irish Correspondence Tournament<\/em><br \/>\nPlay <a href=\"https:\/\/senseis.xmp.net\/?IrishCorrespondence\">continues<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Further back&#8230; March<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>2019 Irish Go Congress<\/em><br \/>\nThe IGA has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.irish-go.org\/2019\/03\/31\/irish-go-congress-2019-report\/\">detailed writeup<\/a> of the event.<br \/>\nThe BGA also posted one entitled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.britgo.org\/news\/2019\/irish\">Irish Open Runs Smoothly<\/a> on April 1st, which I&#8217;m sure was completely unintentional.<\/p>\n<p><strong>On the continent&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>EGF &#8211; The Movie?<\/em><br \/>\nSomeone has started a thread <a href=\"https:\/\/lifein19x19.com\/viewtopic.php?f=47&#038;t=16584&#038;sid=6cc05a610b0f9fded91f7b7b324daf3d\">over on L19<\/a> about the cons and pros (pun intended) of creating a movie. The concept is vague but the discussion is lively.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tenuki<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Leela Zero Reviews OGS<\/em><br \/>\nOGS are <a href=\"https:\/\/forums.online-go.com\/t\/preview-of-the-upcoming-integrated-ai-review-feature-for-ogs\/21143\">building LZ analysis into the site<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Autumn 1989<\/em><br \/>\nSomeone recently linked me an old issue of the British Go Journal, to highlight how far computer Go has progressed in the last 30 years. However, there was an unexpected fragment from the past on page 15&#8230;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.corkgo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/BGJv076p15-e1556488528486.png\" alt=\"BGJ fragment\" width=\"478\" height=\"1043\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exciting happenings in both the PGETC and TPGTC. Also, applications are open for the KPMC. 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