Events Calendar

2020: May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr Later

2020

NOTE Coronavirus
Over-the-board events are currently cancelled. Check nearer the time for status of later events not yet cancelled. Monthly Online events are being planned.

May

Not the London Open ** Postponed to July **

Saturday 23rd - Monday 25th May. London Go Centre, 54 Goldhawk Rd, London W12 8HA. 7 round McMahon tournament. 70 minutes plus 10 seconds Fischer Time. Also side events, including Lightning, Pairgo, lectures and analysis. Contact londongocentre at gmail.com A

June

British Pair Go Championships ** Cancelled **

Saturday 6th June. Red Lion [1], 88 Great North Road, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL9 5EU [2] Tournament for teams of one male and one female; play alternately; no conferring; Championship and Handicap sections. Registration by 10:15. Prize-giving 16:30. Contact Francis Roads, 61 Malmesbury Road, London E18 2NL 0208 505 4381 francis.roads at gmail.com More about PairGo [4]

Durham ** Cancelled **

Saturday 13th – Sunday 14th June. Elvet Hill House, Millhill Lane, Durham DH1 3TH [5] (next to the Oriental Museum) Registration by 10:30 Saturday. Prize-giving by 17:30 Sunday. 6 Round McMahon. Contact Andrew Ambrose-Thurman tournament at durhamgo.club B

Galway (Provisional)

Saturday 13th – Sunday 14th June.

28th Welsh Open ** Cancelled **

Saturday 20th - Sunday 21st June. Min y Mor Hotel [6], The Promenade, Barmouth, LL42 1HW [7] 6-round McMahon tournament. Entries welcomed for single days or both days. Players are welcome to miss any round(s), without detriment to prize-allocation. Free coffee, tea & biscuits. An early and a later sitting for the Saturday evening meal. Contact Helen and Martin Harvey harveymartin939 AT gmail DOT com B

July

Not the London Open Tournament

Saturday 25th - Sunday 26th July. London Go Centre, 54 Goldhawk Rd, London W12 8HA. 5 round McMahon tournament. 70 minutes plus 10 seconds Fischer Time. Contact londongocentre at gmail.com A More Info/Entry [11]

August

Scottish Open ** Cancelled **

Saturday 8th - Sunday 9th August. Masonic Hall, 7 Artillery Lane, Dundee DD1 1PE [12]. 6 round McMahon tournament. 60 minutes Fischer time. Registration Saturday/Sunday 09:45. Prize Giving by 18:00 Sunday. Likely to be preceded by a Friday small board event (same venue). Contact Donald MacLeod donald.macleod at physics.org A

Mind Sports Olympiad

Weekends and most evenings in August. Online events in 2020. 24th edition. Competition for medals; expected prize money in Go (and other) events - 9x9, 13x13 and 19x19. More Info [13]

Youth Training Residential

Monday 24th - Thursday 27th August. Caythorpe Court [14], near Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG32 3ER. Go teaching mornings, afternoons outdoor activities, Go tournament evenings. Flyer [15] Register [16]

September

T Mark Hall Rapid Play Tournament

Saturday 5th September 2020. London Go Centre [17], 54 Goldhawk Rd, London W12 8HA. Registration by 09:45. Prize giving 18:00. 5 round McMahon tournament. 40 minutes with sudden death. Contact londongocentre at gmail.com C More Info/Entry [18]

European Women's Championship

Saturday 5th - Monday 7th September 2020. London Go Centre [17], 54 Goldhawk Rd, London W12 8HA. A More Info [19]

Cornwall

Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th September.

Swindon

Sheffield

October

Northern

Wessex

Sunday 25th October. St. Mark's Community Centre, St. Mark's Road, Bath BA2 4PA [20]. 3-round McMahon tournament. 60 minutes per round plus overtime. Registration by 10:00 GMT; prize giving about 18:00. More details later. Contact bristolgoclub at gmail.com. B

Three Peaks

Saturday 31st October - Sunday 1st November. The Wheatsheaf [23], 22 High Street, Ingleton, LA6 3AD. 5-round McMahon tournament. Time limits by Fischer Time (equivalent of an hour). £12 for members, £10 pounds concession (students and non-waged). Registration by 10:45 Saturday. Prize giving 15:15 Sunday. Contact Adrian Abrahams adrian7k at live.co.uk. Emergency on the day phone number: 07429228608 B

November

Doki Doki Festival, Manchester

Saturday 7th - Sunday 8th November. Sugden Sports Centre, 114 Grosvenor Street, Manchester M1 7HL (as in 2019). BGA members are as ever manning 4 stalls both days. Free demos of Go will be given to many members of the public. In 2019, of the 4,000 attendees, we demo-ed to 200, or 5%. Festival site [24]. If you could spare time to join the BGA team - on one day or both - please contact Martin Harvey, harveymartin939 AT gmail DOT com

British Youth Go Championship

December

Edinburgh Xmas

Saturday 12th December. St Columba's by the Castle Episcopal Church Hall [25], 14 Johnston Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2PW [26]. 4-round McMahon tournament. Time Limit: 45 minutes Main Time, accelerating overtime, 30/40/50 stones in 5 minutes. Cost: £15 for BGA / £20 Non-BGA Members. Concession: £5 saving. Registration from 9:20 to 09:45. Prizegiving approximately 17:50. Contact edinburghgoclub at gmail.com. B

London Open

Monday 28th–Thursday 31st December. London Go Centre [17], 54 Goldhawk Rd, London W12 8HA. 7 round McMahon. Time limit 90 minutes with 20/5 overtime. Also Lightning, Pair Go and Rengo tournaments and teaching. A

January

Hitachi-Maidenhead or Maidenhead-High Wycombe

February

Oxford

March

Irish Go Congress

April

British Go Congress

Near Nottingham (provisional).

Later

28th Welsh Open

Saturday 26th - Sunday 27th June 2021. Min y Mor Hotel [6], The Promenade, Barmouth, LL42 1HW [7] 6-round McMahon tournament. Entries welcomed for single days or both days. Players are welcome to miss any round(s), without detriment to prize-allocation. Free coffee, tea & biscuits. An early and a later sitting for the Saturday evening meal. Contact Helen and Martin Harvey harveymartin939 AT gmail DOT com B