43'rd London Open Go Congress

[Richard Mullens]

There is information about the London Open Tournament (Dec 28-31) at http://www.britgo.org/tournaments/logc

As I write, there is dorm accommodation available at £20 a night. By mid November we can expect that the International Students House will have details of more accommodation when they know how many students will be vacating their rooms over the Christmas holiday.

The price to enter this tournament is very reasonable but the discount for early entry ends on November 1'st. There is no need for an up front payment. If you are unsure of your grade please enter at a provisional grade - you will be able to discuss this at formal registration on Dec 28'th.

The International Students House is an attractive venue with large playing areas and a room for talks and game reviews. We will be able to use the canteen and bar. This is an excellent event where you will be able to meet players from the UK and abroad.

[Richard Mullens]

You can see who has entered so far at https://tournaments.britgo.org/listentries.php?tcode=London2016

You may get a security warning as the security certificate may be out of date.

The top registered so far are

Chimin Oh Durham UK 7D
Juri Kuronen eGo Finland 6D
Daniel Hu London UK 4D
Yuwen Hu London City UK 4D
Chris Li London City UK 4D
Zixu Lu London City UK 4D
Mingyuan Zhang UCL Go Club China 4D
Bruno Poltronieri Cambridge UK 3D
Alex Rix West London UK 3D
Alexander Taylor Bristol England 3D
Lucas Baker London UK 2D
Gong Cheng Central London England 2D
Mathis Elmgaard Isaksen Copenhagen Denmark 2D
Tim Hunt Milton Keynes UK 2D
Alistair Wall Wanstead UK 2D
Toby Manning Leicester UK 1D
Francis Roads Wanstead UK 1D
Lova Wahlin Sthlm Go Club Sweden 1D

[Richard Mullens]

The results of the 43'rd London Open are now available. The first prize was shared by Korean and Chinese nationals.

112 entries in all miuch improved on 75 for the previous year.

Thanks to all that came

Results http://britgo.org/results/2016/london

EGF report and photos at http://www.eurogofed.org/index.html?id=98

Report (Chinese) and photos at http://k.sina.cn/article_2261324833_86c91421001001ybe.html?from=sports&subch=chess&vt=4&kfrom=sports

Photos https://www.facebook.com/groups/1841909209354040/photos/?filter=albums

Yet more photos at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=563292531&sk=photos&collection_token=563292531%3A2305272732%3A69&set=a.10154255607152532&type=3&pnref=story

Thanks to all who reported on this