One of the premier North-West annual Go tournaments was kindly hosted again by the prestigious Cheadle Hulme School (CHS). Welcoming the competitors was CHS teacher Dave Barnett (whose Go-playing son is now at Cambridge), Helen Harvey (main tournament) and Martin Harvey (13x13).

In the third game of the 2025-2026 B-League season the team had to play the team from South Africa (who are allowed to play in Europe as they have no near Go neighbours). One game was played at the weekend and Jake's win meant the team only had to win two games on the night. As expected Victor Chow beat our board one, Damen Woo, but we won on the other two boards. This win moved the team up to seventh place. At the top Croatia became clear first by beating Ireland, with John Coutney the only Irish winner. The next match is on 13th January with UK against Austria.

The Autumn 2025 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.

In the second game of the 2025-2026 B-League season the team had to play a strong team from Netherlands. Two games started an hour earlier than the other two and the first win went to the UK when Michael unexpectedly won a lost game. Unfortunately the other three games went the way of Netherlands and so the match was a three-one loss. This placed the team eighth, just above the relegation zone containing Switzerland and Finland. Croatia beat Switzerland and Ireland beat Belgium to both lead the table. The next match is on 9th December with UK against South Africa.

Alvina Kwok regained the British Youth Go Champion title at the British Youth Go Championship. Despite the previous winner Ryan Zhang being away at the KPMC in Korea, she still had to play well, as Hayes Lee, a player only recently arrived in the country, was playing well to only lose to Alvina and claim an open under-14 title.

Having recently been togther at the youth team tournament in China (with Lukasz Kudla), Toby Manning and Ryan Zhang met up again in Korea for the Korea Prime Minister Cup (KPMC). The event was held in mountainous Taebaek and guest of honour was Lee Sedol 9p.

For the first time ever the KPMC had an event for players aged under 16, hence why Ryan was present. A Pair Go event was held with a senior partnering with a junior to celebrate this.

We took part in the 3rd Quzhou Lanke Youth International Child Friendly Amateur Weiqi Tournament. This is for teams of 3; we only had 2 players, Ryan Zhang 3d and Lukasz Kudla 5k who were able (and qualified) to play, so we recruited a strong Romanian youth, Dragos Boldeanu to make up the team entitled "UK International".

The 20 teams played a 7-round unseeded Swiss. Consequentially there were many mismatched games.

In the first game of the 2025-2026 B-League season the team had to play newly demoted Sweden. The match ended a draw which is a good result against a strong country. This placed the team sixth, behind Sweden and the four winning teams of that round: South Africa, Ireland, Belgium and Croatia. The next match is on 18th November against Netherlands.

League Page with game records

Durham Go Club was excited to host the 2025 European Student Go Championship. The weekend started with cultural events, beginning with a tour of Durham's UNESCO World Heritage Site - including the 900 year old Cathedral and Castle. Guests then enjoyed an evening in a typical British pub, with the opportunity to play Go and meet some of the Durham student players.

If you're not able to make it to the 2025 European Student Go Championship in Durham, on 11th and 12th October, there are several ways to follow along at home!

• The top boards will be streamed to YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@durhamgoclub2358

• Rounds 3 (14:30 BST) and 5 (12:45 BST) will also have a live commentary with Mateusz Surma (3p) on Twitch - https://twitch.tv/europeangofederation