{"id":1590,"date":"2021-01-31T17:34:31","date_gmt":"2021-01-31T17:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.corkgo.org\/?p=1590"},"modified":"2021-02-01T01:42:15","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T01:42:15","slug":"february-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.corkgo.org\/?p=1590","title":{"rendered":"February"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

2021 Correspondence Championship<\/em>
\nEntries are open<\/a> until Sunday 7th. The tournament will begin on Monday 15th.<\/p>\n

2021 Top 8<\/em>
\nRounds 2-5<\/a> will be played on wednesdays this month, with the championship games scheduled across the first three wednesdays in March.<\/p>\n

\"Pandanet
\nTournoi de l\u00e2\u20ac\u2122OGGRE (Online Go GREnoble)<\/em>
\nClub de Grenoble invites Irish players to join their free online tournament<\/a> the first weekend in February. (Scroll down the page for details in English.)<\/p>\n

BGA Online Congress 2021<\/em>
\nThe British Go Association’s first Online Go Congress is now open to all<\/a> until Thursday 18th. Beginning on Saturday 20th, there will be multiple side-tournaments, plus two pro lectures by Mateusz Surma.<\/p>\n

IGA Membership<\/em>
\nPhilippe would like to remind people that annual membership fees<\/a> are now due, and that for the first time it will be possible to pay the annual sub this year using PayPal:
\nHey dear Go Players. Bad news for you, you have absolutely no more excuses to NOT pay your membership as Niall has implemented PayPal payment on the website, all modern and all, isn’t that cool ?<\/em>
\nIf you love Irish go and want to help making it grow, please don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t forget your membership, it is nearly a gift, as the membership is for now 10\u00e2\u201a\u00ac (yes for the whole year!). Next year we will try to have some of these special events for members only so don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t forget to renew or take the membership if you are new to the IGA!<\/em>
\nClick on this link<\/a> and make your move to make sure we have ample budget to organize more of all the fun and exciting go events that you like!<\/em><\/p>\n

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

The IGA encourages people to play online<\/a> while all local meetups are suspended.
\nOnline<\/a> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Wednesday 20:00 on Discord, with games played on OGS\/IGS\/KGS
\nGalway<\/a> – visit their club on OGS<\/a><\/p>\n

If you have not already joined the IGA Discord server, you can do so using this link – https:\/\/discord.com\/invite\/4vSnhjd<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Pandanet
\n11th PGETC<\/em>
\nA 2-2 draw against South Africa in round 3<\/a> keeps Ireland in second position overall<\/a>. Interestingly, 2 of the other 3 matches also resulted in draws, with the only decisive outcome being Lithuania beating Greece 4-0.
\nRound 4 is scheduled for the 23rd<\/a> and will see Ireland facing Slovakia.<\/p>\n

Looking back… January<\/strong><\/p>\n

Top 8<\/em>
\nFirst qualifier round results<\/a>
\nSecond qualifier round results<\/a>
\nRound 1<\/a> took place on the 27th – see the main tournament page<\/a> for results.<\/p>\n


\nIci, c\u00e2\u20ac\u2122est Paris!<\/em>
\nAnother epic Irish vs French Club battle<\/a>, this time against Paris-Aligre.<\/p>\n

On the continent…<\/strong><\/p>\n

EGF SGM<\/em>
\nThere has apparently been a Special General Meeting<\/a> (however that works) of the EGF on Jan 21st. While there are no details as to the outcome, of particular note on the agenda was item 7c3 – Allow tournament submissions to the EGD with higher class<\/a>. Also listed is the perennial discussion of EGF membership fees.<\/p>\n

Euro Pro OGL 3<\/em>
\nThe European Professional Online Go League Season 3 started on December 5th. One best-of-three match is played each saturday and sunday. More detail is available on the EGF site<\/a>.<\/p>\n

EGF Academy<\/em>
\nFounded to train promising European youths, the academy is looking for additional supporters<\/a><\/p>\n

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

The fairest of them all…<\/em>
\nKomi<\/a> that is<\/p>\n

OGS Rating Adjustments<\/em>
\nOGS are revising their rating system<\/a> in an effort to fix some bugs and move it closer to the EGF\/AGA ratings. After the proposed upcoming changes<\/a> to the EGF system, the comparison may be something like this:
\n\"EGF
\nRed curve is from the new OGS conversion formula
\nBlue curve is from the new EGF conversion formula (to be implemented soon)<\/em><\/p>\n

GoKibitz<\/em>
\nMove-by-move conversations<\/a> about go games<\/p>\n

\"SmartGo\"
\nSmartGo<\/em>
\nI thought I had posted this previously but seems not – SmartGo for Mac is currently free<\/a>, pending work on a new version at some point in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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