Belgian Go Federation

The General Assembly of the Belgian Go Federation will take place on Sunday 18/01/2026 from 2 PM till 5 PM
at the Association Belgique-Chine Avenue Paul Deschanel,92 - 1030 Brussels (Schaerbeek) (place confirmed !).

This important yearly meeting is the main opportunity to exchange information, share ideas and comments regarding the past year and the future of your club and of the BGF.

In particular, we would appreciate the participation of every club captains, or at least 1 representative per club.

Agenda:
1. Report on 2025 activities (by the president);
2. 2025 financial report (by the treasurer)
3. Discharge of the adminsitrators
4. Projects for 2026 (and later on)
5. Setting of the 2026 budget (and of the 2026 member fee)
6. Election of the board of directors

In the third round of this year’s Pandanet Team Championship, the Belgium team faced a strong and well-balanced Finnish side. For this important matchup, Belgium fielded its top lineup: Lucas, Kevin, Lucman, and Jan, all ready to battle across the four boards.

The games were tense and closely contested, with both teams showing solid opening preparation and fighting spirit in the middle game. Neither side was able to gain a decisive overall advantage, and after the dust settled the match finished in a draw.

With this result, Belgium moves into 5th place in the current standings. While it wasn’t a win, the draw against a strong opponent keeps the team well positioned as the season progresses.

Belgium’s next challenge will come against Sweden, scheduled for January 13 or the week before. We look forward to another exciting round.

The Hoshi Brussels Go club is proud to announce its 6th go tournament !
More info: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qXKP3mV-7QWJXxUG-QsJJczidflwK1tFECdZ...

Belgium fought hard in the second round of the Pandanet League, but Ireland came out on top.
Board 1 – Lucas Strikes First
Lucas (Black) faced Karl Irwin using a sharp modern opening. Karl built an early 13-point lead, but Lucas turned on the engines and showed exactly why he’s now 7d in France—flipping the game with precise reading and taking the win.
Belgium 1–0
Board 2 – Renaud’s Dragon Falls
Renaud (White) played a Cho Chickun territorial style before diving into Black’s moyo. A high quality fight broke out, but Renaud had to resign after his dragon died.
Belgium 1–1
Board 3 – Joachim’s Near Upset
Joachim (Black), fresh off a win at the Korean Prime Minister Cup a 1st Kyu, pushed Ireland’s 3rd board to the limit. He even led by 2 points in the endgame, but the win slipped away at the very end.
Belgium 1–2
Board 4 – Guillaume Outpaced
John Courtney controlled the rhythm from start to finish, slowly widening his lead until Guillaume’s group finally fell.
Final: Ireland 3–1 Belgium

complete results of the 2nd round: https://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps/rounds/1346
https://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps
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Not the result we hoped for, but plenty of promising play across the boards.
Next match: Belgium vs. Finland — December 9, 2025.

The 2025 Interclub season has officially come to an end, with the final games played earlier this week.
Lille unfortunately had to forfeit their participation—meaning all results against them were cancelled, but this didn’t change the final result’s
We can confirm; we have a new champion this year.
Congratulations to the Gent Go Club, crowned Interclub Champion for the 6th time!
A well-earned victory and a strong performance throughout the season.
Bravo to the entire team, and thank you to all clubs and players who competed this year!
You can find the full results here .

The Korean Prime Minister Cup (KPMC) is the Korean version of the WAGC (World Amateur Go Championship) organised by the Nihon Ki-In.

2026 world amateur champion is Chinese Fu Yu (8-d), who won all his games.
Best European is Jan Prokop (CZ, 6-d) who ended 5th.
Our Belgian representant, François Gonze (4-d), ended 39th (out of a field of 52 competitors) with a 2/7 score.

Complete results of the main Tournament: https://eurogofed.org/newsp/2020/2025%20KPMC/KPMC_2025_National_Standing...

This year, a parallel tournament for the young players (under 15 years old) was organised.
Winner is the Taïwanese Tsang Minf Ruel (7-d).
Our "guy" was our rising star Joachim Laloux (3-k), who ended 15th (out of 28 players) with a 3/6 score (...and a win against a 1-k)

Complete results of the Youth Division (< 15 years old): https://eurogofed.org/newsp/2020/2025%20KPMC//KPMC_2025_Youth_Standings....

And here is a report by Damir Medak (in which you see a nice picture of François and Joachim playing a game in the pair tournament :-)
https://eurogofed.org/index.html?id=518

Good news: there are enough participants to organise our yearly go camp in December.
Registrations are possible till 30/11. You are very welcome.
https://www.gofed.be/node/1516

Our traditionnal yearly Go camp is planned this year in Tilff (near Liège) from Friday 12/12 to Sunday 14/12 (it is possible to arrive on Thursay 11/12 evening, or to arrive on Saturday morning just for the WE).

Info and registrations: https://www.gofed.be/node/1516

This is a last call for registrations before cancelation !

We need minimum 12 registrations on next Friday (14/11) to maintain the event.
Up till now, we have just 6 registrations.
That means we need minimum 6 more in the forthcoming days, otherwise, we'll have to cancel the event, what would be a pity !

This year, our main instructor will be this year Kim Ouweleen, also known as Murugandi.
Kim is an artist, writer, and 4-dan Go teacher from Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Known for the video series 'Murugandi Reviews' (2011, for EuroGoTV with Harry Weerheijm) and BadukMovies (2012-2015, created with Peter Brouwer).
https://www.murugandi.com/game-of-go.html

Xinghong Chen (China, 5-d) won the 39th edition of the Brussels tournament with a perfect score (5 wins).

He ends ahead of Fu TianYu (6-d), of the last year's winner, Kaku Maekawa (6-d) and of Cornel Burzo (6-d), all with 4 wins.

5th and best player with 3 wins was the young (8 years old !) prodigy Larion Syrotkin (3-d, Ukraine) (who managed to beat Cornel Burzo !).

This 39th edition met a big success: there were 74 participants, among whom 10 4-d or stronger

Complete results here: https://www.gofed.be/webfm_send/663