THE EGF ACADEMY IS BACK (yes, allcaps were needed for that)

After a - too - long hiatus, the EGF Academy is baaaaaaack!
Helping our young players to improve in a professional and coordinated environment is what the EGF Academy is all about. Whether you simply want to get stronger or to become a professional player, joining the Academy will benefit all its students.

https://www.eurogofed.org/?id=544

#egf #gogame #baduk #weiqi

Call for participants - The 10th annual World Collegiate WEIQI Championship, 7-13 July

The 10th annual World Collegiate WEIQI Championship will take place in Fudan University in Shanghai, China, on July 7-13.
14 players - up to PhD students - from Europe are invited to participate.

https://www.eurogofed.org/?id=543

#egf #gogame #baduk #weiqi

Richard Bozulich, Go Author and Publisher Who Helped Bring the Game to the West, Dies - American Go Association
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Richard helped bring Go reading material to non-Japanese people with a magazine and later publishing full books. Circulating the game and it's many details.

https://usgo.org/content.aspx?page_id=5&club_id=454497&item_id=133212&

#GoGame #Baduk #Strategy #BoardGames

Usually, I avoid to speak about proprietary software. But, here is an exception. There's a new app to play Go game on Apple devices. And it's fully accessible. The developer searches for beta testers. So, if you want, that's here : https://goban3d.com

I hope that initiate accessibility in all platforms to play online.

#blind #accessibility #GoGame #weiqi

Ars Technica: Figuring out why AIs get flummoxed by some games. “While beating an AI at a board game may seem relatively trivial, it can help us identify failure modes of the AI, or ways in which we can improve their training to avoid having them develop these blind spots in the first place—things that may become critical as people rely on AI input for a growing range of problems. A recent […]

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#Tournament in Dresden, Germany

https://dresdner-go-turnier.de/index.php/de

Team-EM Runde 7 gegen Ukraine
https://www.dgob.de/team-em-runde-7-gegen-ukraine/

#dgob #gogame #baduk #weiqi

Richard Bozulich, legendary Go author, publisher and translator, passed away

Richard Bozulich, the co-founder of Ishi Press and founder of the Kiseido Publishing Company, publisher of Go World, passed away a few days ago in Japan.

Richard Bozulich was part of the Go journey of so many of us, if not all.
Through the books and articles he wrote, translated, or published, many discovered the game or improved their skills.

https://www.eurogofed.org/?id=542

#egf #gogame #baduk #weiqi

Manja Marz 4d wins the SENKO CUP World Go Women's Championship!

In an incredible night for Europe, Manja Marz 4d from Germany won the SENKO CUP World Go Women's Championship in Tokyo, Japan! Olesia Malko 4d and Nyoshi Cao 3d unfortunately lost in the first round, but let's see what happened.

https://www.eurogofed.org/?id=541

#egf #gogame #baduk #weiqi

ten years ago today, lee sedol scored his only victory against alphago

#otd #gogame #囲碁 #바둑 #围棋

this article sheds light on alphago's transformative impact on the world of go – including a potentially surprising one: the rise of stronger female players

https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/02/27/1133624/ai-is-rewiring-how-the-worlds-best-go-players-think/