Events

You can register to the EGC the whole day.

SEYGO tour tournament of 2023.

For more information look here.

In this tournament national teams play in a league system on the Pandanet-IGS server. The teams consist of up to 12 players, out of which four are selected to play in each round. The final is played in 3 rounds before the offical start of the EGC. All information for the Pandanet European Team Championship can be found here.

We will have a really nice Opening Ceremony with all of you!

You can register rot the EGC.

The European Championship is the most prestigious event of the European Go Congress. Only the best 32 European players can participate, using the European Championship System. Games can be watched, however, by everybody, and many of the games will be broadcasted.

In 2022, Benjamin Dréan-Guénaïzia (7d, France) won the championship. For the past winners see The Hall of Fame of the European Go Federation.

The Open European Championship is the largest tournament of the European Go Congress. Everybody who has registered can participate, also players from outside Europe.
The participants of the European Championship join this tournament latest in the second week. (All games of the European Championship besides semifinals and the final also count for the Open Championship.)
The tournament is EGF ranked and there are nice prizes to win, for the top players, but also for everybody with at least 7 wins.

This tournament is played on a 19×19 board, with decreased thinking time of 30 min per player. There are 8 rounds of MacMahon, (almost) every day shortly after the Main round. You don´t have to play all rounds.

Rules: This variant is played on a 19×19 board, but with the twist that the board is not empty in the beginning. 16 stones (8 of each color) are already placed on the board, in a position that invites fighting. We play 4 rounds of MacMahon.

Time Setting: Fischer Time 15 minutes of basic time plus 5 seconds per move.

Participants: ~45

This tournament is played on 9×9 boards. On the first day on sunday 23th july we play a group stage that uses Round Robin and on the second day on Tuesday 25th july we have the finals which are played in knockout-mode. The detailed handicap tables will be published before the tournament.

The European Championship is the most prestigious event of the European Go Congress. Only the best 32 European players can participate, using the European Championship System. Games can be watched, however, by everybody, and many of the games will be broadcasted.

In 2022, Benjamin Dréan-Guénaïzia (7d, France) won the championship. For the past winners see The Hall of Fame of the European Go Federation. Most games will be shown on OGS. Additional broadcasts on Twitch with commentary are planned.

The Open European Championship is the largest tournament of the European Go Congress. Everybody who has registered can participate, also players from outside Europe.
The participants of the European Championship join this tournament latest in the second week. (All games of the European Championship besides semifinals and the final also count for the Open Championship.)
The tournament is EGF ranked and there are nice prizes to win, for the top players, but also for everybody with at least 7 wins.

Rules: In Magnet Go (aka 1000V Go or Eletric Go) after a stone is placed, it affects the nearest stone on the same line in each of the four directions:

• If the stone has the same color as the placed stone, it is moved away until it either bumps into another stone or the edge of the board.
• If it has the opposite color, the stone is moved next to the placed stone.

Stones are only removed from the board after the movement phase is over.

In the picture, the marked white stone has just been played. Thus, the black stone is attracted (orange arrow), the white stone is repelled (red arrow). The other stone is not moved, since it is not on the same line with the new stone.

We play 4 rounds of Swiss System.

Time Setting: Fischer Time 10 minutes of basic time plus 5 seconds per move.

Participants: ~20

This tournament is played on a 19×19 board, with decreased thinking time of 30 min per player. There are 8 rounds of MacMahon, (almost) every day shortly after the Main round. You don´t have to play all rounds.

Rules: Only people identifying as female or diverse are allowed to play. This tournament is played on a 19×19 board.

Time Setting: Fischer Time 30 minutes of basic time plus 5 seconds per move.

Participants: ~50

Magnet Go (aka 1000V Go or Eletric Go) after a stone is placed, it affects the nearest stone on the same line in each of the four directions:

• If the stone has the same color as the placed stone, it is moved away until it either bumps into another stone or the edge of the board.
• If it has the opposite color, the stone is moved next to the placed stone.

Stones are only removed from the board after the movement phase is over.

In the picture, the marked white stone has just been played. Thus, the black stone is attracted (orange arrow), the white stone is repelled (red arrow). The other stone is not moved, since it is not on the same line with the new stone.

We play 4 rounds of Swiss System.

Time Setting: Fischer Time 10 minutes of basic time plus 5 seconds per move.

Participants: ~20

The European Championship is the most prestigious event of the European Go Congress. Only the best 32 European players can participate, using the European Championship System. Games can be watched, however, by everybody, and many of the games will be broadcasted.

In 2022, Benjamin Dréan-Guénaïzia (7d, France) won the championship. For the past winners see The Hall of Fame of the European Go Federation. Most games will be shown on OGS. Additional broadcasts on Twitch with commentary are planned.

The Open European Championship is the largest tournament of the European Go Congress. Everybody who has registered can participate, also players from outside Europe.
The participants of the European Championship join this tournament latest in the second week. (All games of the European Championship besides semifinals and the final also count for the Open Championship.)
The tournament is EGF ranked and there are nice prizes to win, for the top players, but also for everybody with at least 7 wins.

Rules: In this variant you always have to find two moves instead of one. Then you suggest those two moves to your opponent and they decide which of your moves is actually played.

Time Setting: Fischer Time 10 minutes of basic time plus 10 seconds per move.

Extra material: 2 red/green marker/stones per board

Participants: ~20

This tournament is played on a 19×19 board, with decreased thinking time of 30 min per player. There are 8 rounds of MacMahon, (almost) every day shortly after the Main round. You don´t have to play all rounds.

This tournament is played on 9×9 boards. On the first day on sunday 23th july we play a group stage that uses Round Robin and on the second day on Tuesday 25th july we have the finals which are played in knockout-mode. The detailed handicap tables will be published before the tournament.

Rules: In this variant you always have to find two moves instead of one. Then you suggest those two moves to your opponent and they decide which of your moves is actually played.

Time Setting: Fischer Time 10 minutes of basic time plus 10 seconds per move.

Extra material: 2 red/green marker/stones per board

Participants: ~20

The European Championship is the most prestigious event of the European Go Congress. Only the best 32 European players can participate, using the European Championship System. Games can be watched, however, by everybody, and many of the games will be broadcasted.

In 2022, Benjamin Dréan-Guénaïzia (7d, France) won the championship. For the past winners see The Hall of Fame of the European Go Federation. Most games will be shown on OGS. Additional broadcasts on Twitch with commentary are planned.

Rules: The Chess and Go Event will be played in teams of two versus two. Team composition is without restrictions and games will be played without handicap. Both teams play a game of Rengo (on a 13×13 board) and Pair Chess simultaneously. The first team plays with black Go stones and black Chess pieces, the second team uses white stones and pieces.

Play order:

   A) Black Player 1 (B1) plays the first Go move, then switches to the Chess board, and B1 presses the clock.
B) White Player 1 (W1) plays the next Go move, White Player 2 (W2) plays the first Chess move, W1 and W2 swap positions, and W2 presses the clock.
C) Black Player 2 (B2) plays the next Go move, B1 plays the next chess move, B1 and B2 swap positions, and B2 presses the clock.
D) W2 plays the next Go move, W1 plays the next Chess move, W1 and W2 swap positions, and W2 presses the clock.
E) B1 plays the next Go move, B2 plays the next Chess move, B1 and B2 swap positions, and B1 presses the clock.

Repeat B – C – D – E until either the Chess game or the Go game are finished. At that point, the remaining game is continued as either Rengo (penalty for unintentional rotation error is 3 captures, if noticed immediately) or Pair Chess.

Komi for Rengo is 3 points (lower than usual due to White’s statistical advantage in Chess and allows for Jigo since a Draw is possible in Chess, too.)

We play 5 rounds of Swiss System.

Time Setting: Fischer Time 10 minutes of basic time plus 15 seconds per „Chess&Go” move. The clock sits next to the chess board, visible to all players, and pressed by the player only after BOTH moves are played and players swapped positions.

Participants: ~50

The European Championship is the most prestigious event of the European Go Congress. Only the best 32 European players can participate, using the European Championship System. Games can be watched, however, by everybody, and many of the games will be broadcasted.

In 2022, Benjamin Dréan-Guénaïzia (7d, France) won the championship. For the past winners see The Hall of Fame of the European Go Federation. Most games will be shown on OGS. Additional broadcasts on Twitch with commentary are planned.

The Open European Championship is the largest tournament of the European Go Congress. Everybody who has registered can participate, also players from outside Europe.
The participants of the European Championship join this tournament latest in the second week. (All games of the European Championship besides semifinals and the final also count for the Open Championship.)
The tournament is EGF ranked and there are nice prizes to win, for the top players, but also for everybody with at least 7 wins.

Rules: While there are still 2 players sitting at the board, we only need one color of stones. Both players place white stones, a referee keeps track of the “actual” board position. Be careful to remember the board position well 🙂 Illegal moves don’t lose the game, but have to be taken back.

Participants: ~20

The pair go tournament is another highlight of the European Go Congress.

The tournament is open to mixed-sex pairs with an average rank lower or equal to 5.5 dan (in this respect professionals count as 8 dan). Of all registered pairs, the 32 best compete for the title ‘Open European Pair Go Champion’. All other pairs play in the (normal) Pair Go Tournament.

Registration: Thursday 24th july from 3pm to 4.30 pm

Rounds: 3 rounds on Thursday and 3 rounds on Friday

Rules: The tournament is open to mixed-sex pairs with an average rank lower or equal to 5.5 dan (in this respect professionals count as 8 dan). Of all registered pairs, the 32 best compete for the title ‘Open European Pair Go Champion’. All other pairs play in the (normal) Pair Go Tournament. The tournament consists of two stages: a preliminary stage of three rounds and a knock-out stage. A seeding system will make sure that the best four seeded pairs will not compete against each other in the preliminary stage. All pairs with at least 2/3 wins will qualify for the last 16, the four pairs on three wins will not meet before the semi-finals. International Pair Go Rules will apply. This means that the order of moves will be restored after an unintentional rotation error has occurred. If such an error is spotted immediately, a three-point-penalty will be given to the pair who made the error.

Type: Preliminary and Knock-Out

Time Setting:

 Preliminaries: 30 minutes plus 20 seconds Japanese byoyomi
Knock-out stage: 40 minutes plus 20 seconds Japanese byoyomi

Board size: 19×19

Handicap: no

Komi: 6,5

Rules: While there are still 2 players sitting at the board, we only need one color of stones. Both players place white stones, a referee keeps track of the “actual” board position. Be careful to remember the board position well 🙂 Illegal moves don’t lose the game, but have to be taken back.

Participants: ~20

The European Championship is the most prestigious event of the European Go Congress. Only the best 32 European players can participate, using the European Championship System. Games can be watched, however, by everybody, and many of the games will be broadcasted.

In 2022, Benjamin Dréan-Guénaïzia (7d, France) won the championship. For the past winners see The Hall of Fame of the European Go Federation. Most games will be shown on OGS. Additional broadcasts on Twitch with commentary are planned.

The Open European Championship is the largest tournament of the European Go Congress. Everybody who has registered can participate, also players from outside Europe.
The participants of the European Championship join this tournament latest in the second week. (All games of the European Championship besides semifinals and the final also count for the Open Championship.)
The tournament is EGF ranked and there are nice prizes to win, for the top players, but also for everybody with at least 7 wins.

In this variant, only the board is different: every boundary point of the Go board is considered to be connected to the boundary point on the other side of the board, so that each point has four neighboring points! This leads to some surprisingly tricky gameplay!

In the picture on the left, the two white stones are connected (indicated by the orange arrows). The two black stones are connected as well (red arrows).

Time Setting: Fischer Time 10 minutes of basic time plus 5 seconds per move.

Participants: ~20

The pair go tournament is another highlight of the European Go Congress.

The tournament is open to mixed-sex pairs with an average rank lower or equal to 5.5 dan (in this respect professionals count as 8 dan). Of all registered pairs, the 32 best compete for the title ‘Open European Pair Go Champion’. All other pairs play in the (normal) Pair Go Tournament.

Registration: Thursday 24th july from 3pm to 4.30 pm

Rounds: 3 rounds on Thursday and 3 rounds on Friday

Rules: The tournament is open to mixed-sex pairs with an average rank lower or equal to 5.5 dan (in this respect professionals count as 8 dan). Of all registered pairs, the 32 best compete for the title ‘Open European Pair Go Champion’. All other pairs play in the (normal) Pair Go Tournament. The tournament consists of two stages: a preliminary stage of three rounds and a knock-out stage. A seeding system will make sure that the best four seeded pairs will not compete against each other in the preliminary stage. All pairs with at least 2/3 wins will qualify for the last 16, the four pairs on three wins will not meet before the semi-finals. International Pair Go Rules will apply. This means that the order of moves will be restored after an unintentional rotation error has occurred. If such an error is spotted immediately, a three-point-penalty will be given to the pair who made the error.

Type: Preliminary and Knock-Out

Time Setting:

 Preliminaries: 30 minutes plus 20 seconds Japanese byoyomi
Knock-out stage: 40 minutes plus 20 seconds Japanese byoyomi

Board size: 19×19

Handicap: no

Komi: 6,5

In this variant, only the board is different: every boundary point of the Go board is considered to be connected to the boundary point on the other side of the board, so that each point has four neighboring points! This leads to some surprisingly tricky gameplay!

In the picture on the left, the two white stones are connected (indicated by the orange arrows). The two black stones are connected as well (red arrows).

Time Setting: Fischer Time 10 minutes of basic time plus 5 seconds per move.

Participants: ~20

The European Championship is the most prestigious event of the European Go Congress. Only the best 32 European players can participate, using the European Championship System. Games can be watched, however, by everybody, and many of the games will be broadcasted.

In 2022, Benjamin Dréan-Guénaïzia (7d, France) won the championship. For the past winners see The Hall of Fame of the European Go Federation. Most games will be shown on OGS. Additional broadcasts on Twitch with commentary are planned.

Traditionally, the weekend in between the two congress weeks is the time for a separate five rounds McMahon tournament. Everybody who has registered can participate, also players from outside Europe! This tournament is the second biggest tournament at the EGC.

The tournament is EGF ranked and there are nice prizes to win, for the top players, but also for everybody with a good tournament performance.

The European Championship is the most prestigious event of the European Go Congress. Only the best 32 European players can participate, using the European Championship System. Games can be watched, however, by everybody, and many of the games will be broadcasted.

In 2022, Benjamin Dréan-Guénaïzia (7d, France) won the championship. For the past winners see The Hall of Fame of the European Go Federation. Most games will be shown on OGS. Additional broadcasts on Twitch with commentary are planned.

Traditionally, the weekend in between the two congress weeks is the time for a separate five rounds McMahon tournament. Everybody who has registered can participate, also players from outside Europe! This tournament is the second biggest tournament at the EGC.

The tournament is EGF ranked and there are nice prizes to win, for the top players, but also for everybody with a good tournament performance.

The Open European Championship is the largest tournament of the European Go Congress. Everybody who has registered can participate, also players from outside Europe.
The participants of the European Championship join this tournament latest in the second week. (All games of the European Championship besides semifinals and the final also count for the Open Championship.)
The tournament is EGF ranked and there are nice prizes to win, for the top players, but also for everybody with at least 7 wins.

The rules are simple: black plays one stone, white two, then black three, white four etc. All stones are played sequentially, so each move has to be legal by itself. Don’t be surprised if a new group suddenly appears in the eye space of your group!

Time Setting: Fischer Time 10 minutes of basic time plus 10 seconds per move.

Participants: ~20

This tournament is played on a 19×19 board, with decreased thinking time of 30 min per player. There are 8 rounds of MacMahon, (almost) every day shortly after the Main round. You don´t have to play all rounds.

Preliminaries of the 13×13 tournament.

Board size: 13×13

Modus: 5 rounds Preliminaries, 5 rounds Final

Time Setting: Fischer Time 20 minutes basic time plus 8 seconds per move [60min per game].

Participants: 64 in the finals, probably 3-6 times that in the preliminary

The rules are simple: black plays one stone, white two, then black three, white four etc. All stones are played sequentially, so each move has to be legal by itself. Don’t be surprised if a new group suddenly appears in the eye space of your group!

Time Setting: Fischer Time 10 minutes of basic time plus 10 seconds per move.

Participants: ~20

The Open European Championship is the largest tournament of the European Go Congress. Everybody who has registered can participate, also players from outside Europe.
The participants of the European Championship join this tournament latest in the second week. (All games of the European Championship besides semifinals and the final also count for the Open Championship.)
The tournament is EGF ranked and there are nice prizes to win, for the top players, but also for everybody with at least 7 wins.

This tournament is played on a 19×19 board, with decreased thinking time of 30 min per player. There are 8 rounds of MacMahon, (almost) every day shortly after the Main round. You don´t have to play all rounds.

Finals of the 13×13 tournament .

Board size: 13×13

Modus: 5 rounds Preliminaries, 5 rounds Final

Time Setting: Fischer Time 20 minutes basic time plus 8 seconds per move [60min per game].

Participants: 64 in the finals, probably 3-6 times that in the preliminary

This is an outdoor activity and may be cancelled or moved based on the weather conditions. The goban is created by placing a net on the grass. Black and white frisbees are used as stones. Stones are placed by throwing them from outside the board. The minimum distance from the board will be set age depend, if necessary.

Time Setting: No set time, but players are encouraged to play at a reasonable fast rate.

Participants: ~20

Rules: The players are given a recording of the last stage of an interesting game. The players will pick colors (Nigiri) and finish the game, recording the final score. Afterward, they swap colors and finish the game with opposite colors. The sum of the scores will be the result of the match. Wins in the individual games don’t count.

Rounds: 4-5

Modus: 4 rounds, Swiss System

Time Setting: Fischer time 10 minutes of basic time plus 10 seconds per move

Participants: ~75

Rules: This variant is played on two boards. At each board sits one player from each team and they play a game against each other. They are not allowed to see the other board. However, all four players are actually playing on the same board which only the referee can see. After each move, the referee checks if the move is allowed and request a take-back otherwise. The reason (e.g. suicide, immediate retake of a ko) is not given. If stones are captured, they are removed by the referee and the total number of stones is announced.

Modus: 4 rounds, Swiss System

Time Setting: In this variant there is no time-limit, but you should play reasonably quickly, with the referee encouraging you to finish the game within 30 minutes.

Participants: ~50

The Open European Championship is the largest tournament of the European Go Congress. Everybody who has registered can participate, also players from outside Europe.
The participants of the European Championship join this tournament latest in the second week. (All games of the European Championship besides semifinals and the final also count for the Open Championship.)
The tournament is EGF ranked and there are nice prizes to win, for the top players, but also for everybody with at least 7 wins.

Rules: Each player plays two moves in a row. The stones must have a keima (knight’s move) distance (see picture). The first move must be valid on its own, suicide is not allowed. The regular ko rule doesn’t apply. If both moves of a player have captured a ko, the opponent is not allowed to take both ko. At the end of the game, all stones remaining on the board are alive. Points are counted under Chinese rules. Intersections count as territory, if they are surrounded on all sides by stones from one color or the boundary of the board. Komi and handicap will be published on-site.

Modus: 8 rounds, Swiss System

Board size: 9×9

Time Setting: Fischer Time 10 minutes of basic time plus 5 seconds per move [30min per game].

Participants: ~20

This tournament is played on a 19×19 board, with decreased thinking time of 30 min per player. There are 8 rounds of MacMahon, (almost) every day shortly after the Main round. You don´t have to play all rounds.

Rules: Each player plays two moves in a row. The stones must have a keima (knight’s move) distance (see picture). The first move must be valid on its own, suicide is not allowed. The regular ko rule doesn’t apply. If both moves of a player have captured a ko, the opponent is not allowed to take both ko. At the end of the game, all stones remaining on the board are alive. Points are counted under Chinese rules. Intersections count as territory, if they are surrounded on all sides by stones from one color or the boundary of the board. Komi and handicap will be published on-site.

Modus: 8 rounds, Swiss System

Board size: 9×9

Time Setting: Fischer Time 10 minutes of basic time plus 5 seconds per move [30min per game].

Participants: ~20

The Open European Championship is the largest tournament of the European Go Congress. Everybody who has registered can participate, also players from outside Europe.
The participants of the European Championship join this tournament latest in the second week. (All games of the European Championship besides semifinals and the final also count for the Open Championship.)
The tournament is EGF ranked and there are nice prizes to win, for the top players, but also for everybody with at least 7 wins.

Rules: In this variant, both players have their own board in front of them. They are not allowed to see the other board. After each move, the referee checks if the move is allowed and request a take-back otherwise. The reason (e.g. suicide, immediate retake of a ko) is not given. If stones are captured, they are removed by the referee and the total number of stones is announced.

Modus: 4 rounds, Swiss System.

Time Setting: Fischer Time 10 minutes of basic time plus 5 seconds per move.

Participants: ~20

This tournament is played on a 19×19 board, with decreased thinking time of 30 min per player. There are 8 rounds of MacMahon, (almost) every day shortly after the Main round. You don´t have to play all rounds.

Rules: In this variant, both players have their own board in front of them. They are not allowed to see the other board. After each move, the referee checks if the move is allowed and request a take-back otherwise. The reason (e.g. suicide, immediate retake of a ko) is not given. If stones are captured, they are removed by the referee and the total number of stones is announced.

Modus: 4 rounds, Swiss System.

Time Setting: Fischer Time 10 minutes of basic time plus 5 seconds per move.

Participants: ~20

The Open European Championship is the largest tournament of the European Go Congress. Everybody who has registered can participate, also players from outside Europe.
The participants of the European Championship join this tournament latest in the second week. (All games of the European Championship besides semifinals and the final also count for the Open Championship.)
The tournament is EGF ranked and there are nice prizes to win, for the top players, but also for everybody with at least 7 wins.