CYPRUS GO ASSOCIATION

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The Cyprus Go Association was formed in September 2003. It is a member of the International Go Federation (IGF) and the European Go Federation (EGF). This page will mainly be used to coordinate our efforts to promote Go in Cyprus. Our goal is to increase awareness of the game of Go in Cyprus and build a strong Go community.

We are happy to teach anyone how to play during our regular meetings at Oktana. If you have a group and want to arrange for a Go presentation, feel free to contact us to arrange for that. We encourage and support people to start clubs in their areas.

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Meetings: Every Saturday
Meeting place: Oktana (6 Aristides Street, Nicosia) Directions
Time: 5:30 pm
Information: Email

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For our beginners: Visit our links section. You will find some good links to start with and you can also go through the introductory comic created by Andreas Fecke (translated into Greek). Feel free to print it and give it to your friends!

UPCOMING EVENTS:

  1. Go players Alkis Martidis and Alexis Voudouris have organised an online tournament among the top Cypriot and Greek Go players. The games will be played on KGS. Dates to be announced. Refer to the tournament page.


  2. The Cyprus Go Association is organising weekly Go lessons for interested youth (from age 6 and up). Mr. Dimitris Regginos (1 Dan) teaches the young Go players how to enjoy Go for a lifetime!

NEWS:

  1. The CGA ratings for the first quarter of 2008 have been published, covering the period up to, and including, March 2008. You can see them here. Statistics for all the games played in the period can be seen here.

  2. The Cyprus Go Association has organised the Hyperion Cyprus Go Championship on December 8-9. This event was sponsored by Hyperion Systems Engineering Ltd and took place at the Yu Shan Chinese Restaurant in Nicosia. Yu Shan provided an excellent venue and a great lunch buffet for Go players and friends on both days of the tournament. The results of the Championship were as follows:

    1. Dimitris Regginos(1 dan)
    2. Giannis Kassinopoulos (5 kyu)
    3. Sotiris Ioannides (5 kyu)

    Second Category
    1. Maria Leonidou (11 kyu)
    2. Theodoros Konstantinou (10 kyu)
    3. Constantinos Constantinou (10 kyu)

    Under 13 Category
    1. Alberto Silva (30 kyu)
    2. Christoforos Kassianides (30 kyu)
    3. Lilia Regginou (30 kyu)



  3. The Cyprus Go Association has organised a Go event on August 23-26 for players from Cyprus, Greece and Turkey. Please visit the event page for details. The event was kindly sponsored by Tamieftirio Dimosion Ypallilon Lefkosias, PricewaterhouseCoopers Ltd and SPE Strovolou.


  4. The Friendship Tournament took place on 10-11 March. The results are as follows:

    1. Yu Hui (3 dan)
    2. Cheng Jun (2 dan)
    3. Dimitris Regginos(1 dan)

    Under 18 Category
    1. Theodoulos Papatheodoulou (4 kyu)
    2. Giannis Kassinopoulos (5 kyu)
    3. Alexandros Hadjixenofontos (5 kyu)

    Under 13 Category
    1. Alberto Silva
    2. Lilia Regginou
    3. Paris Charana

    Tsumego competition
    1. Alkis Martides
    2. Nicolas Morisseau
    3. Theodoulos Papatheodoulou



  5. The fourth and last period for 2006 CGA ratings have been published, covering the period up to, and including, December 2006. You can see them here. Statistics for all the games played in the period can be seen here.

  6. The Cyprus Go Championship was organised successfully on the weekend 2-3 December. The tournament had a record participation of 26 Go players, including several young players, under 18 years old. The winners were as follows:

    1. Yu Hui (3 dan)
    2. Dimitris Regginos(1 dan)
    3. Alexios Voudouris (1 dan)

    Under 18 Category
    1. Theodoulos Papatheodoulou (8 kyu)
    2. Giannis Kassinopoulos (8 kyu)
    3. Alexandros Hadjixenofontos (8 kyu)

  7. The third period CGA ratings have been published, covering the period up to, and including, September 2006. You can see them here. Statistics for all the games played in the period can be seen here.

  8. The second period CGA ratings have been published, covering the period up to June 2006. You can see them here. Statistics for all the games played in the period can be seen here.

  9. Friendship Tournament took place on the weekend 18-19 March.

  10. The Cyprus Go Championship was held on the weekend 26-27 November. It was a 5 round open tournament and the results were as follows:
    1. Cheng Jun (2 dan)
    2. Yu Hui (3 dan)
    3. Dimitris Regginos(1 dan)

    Under 18 Category
    1. Theodoulos Papatheodoulou (11 kyu)
    2. Giannis Kassinopoulos (14 kyu)
    3. Alexandros Hadjixenofontos (15 kyu)

  11. Mr Isamu Haruyama, 9-dan professional Go player, visited Cyprus from 7 to 10 October 2005. Mr Haruyama's visit was sponsored by the Japanese Go Association (Nihon Ki-in) and the Japan Foundation. It was a great honour for us to have Mr Haruyama teach us about Go.

    Mr Haruyama's teaching sessions took place at the English School Old Boys and Girls Association's club house (ESOBGA) on the weekend 8-9 October. The sessions run from 10am to 5pm.


  12. A "giant goban" event was organised in Nicosia on 21 May, at the opening of Ledras and Onasagorou Streets. To see what it looks like click here. Unfortunately the giant goban event for Limassol has been postponed, because the Mayor of Limassol refused to allow us to organise the event in the city's square.


  13. The 18th SPE Strovolou Friendship Tournament was held on 19-20 March 2005. The results of the open Go tournament which was part of it were as follows:

    1. Dimitris Regginos (1 dan)
    2. Cheng Jun (2 dan)
    3. Alkis Martidis (10 kyu)

    Under 18:

    1. Alexandros Hadjixenofontos (30 kyu)
    2. Giannis Kassinopoulos (30 kyu)
    3. Theodoulos Papatheodoulou (30 kyu)


  14. Platy Go Club: Dimitris Regginos started a Go club at the Platy Gymnasium where he is the music teacher. Over 15 students are already learning how to play Go. For details click here.


  15. Famagusta Go Club: Nurman Aylanc, member of the Cyprus Go Association, is organizing the first Go meeting in Famagusta on Sunday 30 January 2005. For details click here.

  16. A ladder has been started for all the members of the Cyprus Go Association. The standings will be published on this web site and will also be available at our weekly meeting. More on the ladder page.


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