This March marked three years since we published our first edition – February 2021. I thought that it would be a great opportunity to share my vision of the project, its recent highlights and challenges, where we are now and where we are going.
Excerpt from the Interview with Jan Šimara, Newly-Certified 1-Dan Professional
Announcement of free access to a new edition of the European Go Journal
Announcement of the 65th European Go Congress, which will take place in Leipzig, Germany, accompanied by an interview with the Congress Director René Scheibe
An interview with Cătălin Țăranu 5p, the main organizer of the 2022 European Go Congress.
Announcement of continuation of the project.
Artem's plans on continuation on the project.
An article on an AI goban device that looks like a real go board and can be played on with normal stones, but at the same time has a built-in AI automatically recording your games, offering various levels of opposition and providing many other features.
An overview of the European Grand Prix, a report on the Grand Prix Finale 2021 and a brief interview with the winner - Ilya Shikshin 4p.
An article on the “Go Baron”, a Czech title with three ounces of gold as the prize, and a brief interview with Lukáš Podpěra 7d – the title holder.
A report on the European Championship 2021, written by Artem Kachanovskyi and Jean-Yves Papazoglou.
Overview of the online European Youth Go Championship 2021 and commentary written by the tournament organizers - Cătălin Țăranu and Damir Medak.
A report on the European Pair Go Championship 2021 accompanied by an interview with Natalia Kovaleva 5d - one half of the championship pair.
An interview with Mateusz Surma, 2 dan professional of the European Go Federation.
Mateusz tells a wonderful story of becoming a professional go player and creating go business - Polgote, a company that sells go equipment, offers go lessons by a variety of teachers, and organizes go events.
An announcement of the two new chapters of the European Go Journal: "Favorite Place to Go" and "The Journal Answers".
A process of distribution of the European Go Journal under the Go Club License policy is getting simplified.