British Go Association

30/07/2026

Congratulations go to Jake Game - winner of the AGA congress lightning tournament

19/07/2026

We highly recommend the Confucius Cup in Dublin!

We are delighted to announce entries are now open to Confucius Cup 2026, Ireland's biggest tournament every year.
Full details can be found on the event page in the QR code!

14/07/2026

The latest video from Numberphile (presented by Richard Elwes) explores some of the huge numbers underlying Go, and includes a nice explanation of the surprisingly large number of possible games on a 2x2 board.

Their second channel also features an interview with John Tromp, a leading researcher in Combinatorics of Go:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it9YGUibtcA

NEW VIDEO on the epic numbers underlying the game Go - https://youtu.be/1cvKGqgOx_8

09/07/2026

📅 British Championship 2026

The 3-game Title Match between Zeyu Qiu (6d, LGC) and Becky Li (3d, UCL) will be held on 11/17/18 July at London Go Centre.

The games will played on an IZIS board and relayed to 'LGC account' on OGS:
🔗 https://online-go.com/player/786859/

The first game will start around 11am UTC+1 on Sat 11 July, with live commentary from around 12pm UTC+1 on the BGA YouTube:
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/

Commentary will be provided by Damen Woo (7d, Nottingham), the 2023 British Champion and winner of the European Go Federation Grand Prix Finale 2025.

The prize pool is £1,000 for the winner and £300 for the runner-up (with thanks to our sponsors).

National governing body for the game of Go (围棋/圍棋/囲碁/바둑) in the UK. Making connections on and off the board since 1953 ⚫⚪

08/07/2026

📱 Eurgo Mobile App

Matt Marsh, a BGA volunteer and author of https://egdinsights.info, has released a free Android app on the Google Play Store:
🔗 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.crazedbytes.eurgo

Track your rating from the European Go Database...
- See your rating progress
- View your tournament history and results
- Get notified whenever your rating changes

Track the ratings of your friends...
- See their ratings, tournament histories and results
- Get notified when their ratings change

Find Go events in Europe...
- View details of major European tournaments and events
- Get notified of new upcoming tournaments

No ads. No in-app purchases. Just a free app for the European Go community.

07/07/2026

The Korea Baduk Association announced today that Shin Jin-seo 9-dan will compete in a three-game series against the Go AI KataGo, with a two-stone handicap.

29/06/2026

From our website: BGJ 215 is Available in Members' Area

The Spring 2026 edition of the BGJ is now available for members to read in the Members' Area, with printed copies being sent out to those that receive them.

10/06/2026

From our website: UK Lose Promotion Match Against Israel

After finishing second in League B (behind the Netherlands) the UK team had to play a promotion match against the team second bottom in League A. At one point it was expected this would be Hungary, but Israel ended in the ninth slot on tie-break. Italy was bottom and automatically relegated. Israel....

08/06/2026

The 46th World Amateur Go Championship (WAGC), the most prestigious international amateur Go tournament recognised by the International Go Federation (IGF), will be held in Mungyeong, Republic of Korea, from 6 to 13 September, 2026!

03/06/2026

From our website: Jake Game Wins a Sunny Welsh Open

The Welsh Open was in its usual seaside venue of the Dragon Theatre in Barmouth. It was a little earlier in the year than normal and this worked well as they had had lovely sunny weather throughout the weekend. The tournament featured 28 players, ranging from 4d to 23k, including former multiple win...