{"id":784,"date":"2016-10-09T18:56:40","date_gmt":"2016-10-09T17:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.corkgo.org\/?p=784"},"modified":"2016-10-09T18:56:40","modified_gmt":"2016-10-09T17:56:40","slug":"belfast-open-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.corkgo.org\/?p=784","title":{"rendered":"Belfast Open Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"belfast<\/p>\n

Posted by Cian on the Irish Go google group<\/p>\n

I travelled up on the Enterprise train from Dublin Connolly, which was
\ncomfortable and inexpensive – at least when booked in advance! <\/p>\n

I hadn’t been in Belfast in well over a decade. Lovely city, seems
\nvery liveable – everything’s quite compact and you can walk from place
\nto place around the city centre easily. <\/p>\n

The Belfast Boat Club was a great venue. The hall we played in was
\nbright and airy, and the bar wasn’t far away for food, coffee or
\nsomething stronger. I’ve attached one of Tibi’s photos to give a
\nflavour of it, I’m sure he won’t mind. :o) <\/p>\n

Everyone pitched in for setup & teardown, and the tournament ran
\nsmoothly end-to-end. The equipment sent by the Korean Amateur Baduk
\nAssociation to Belfast is really nice. <\/p>\n

There were 14 players, which was a nice size for varied games and
\ngetting to know one another. The Northern Irish players turned up in
\nforce, Joel & Neil visited from Manchester & Edinburgh respectively,
\nArthur, Matei & myself from Dublin, and Louise from Paris. Also a few
\nvisitors – Mr. Wang’s wife was there early on to share photos from the
\nEGC in St. Petersburg, and Matei’s partner Rachel even got a game in
\nagainst Jos\u00c3\u00a9. We shared lunches, and a dinner on Saturday night. <\/p>\n

Given that it was a small tournament, I was above the bar and got some
\ninteresting games in against stronger players. :o) I lost
\ncomprehensively to Mr. Wang, had somewhat closer games against James,
\nMatei & Tibi, and won against Louise. <\/p>\n

All in all, great fun. Thanks very much to James for organizing it –
\nI’ll be back next year, and perhaps we can rustle up a bigger
\ncontingent from Dublin. :o) <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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