European Go Federation is organizing 8th Pro Qualification Tournament, which is going to determine the 10th European Professional player among top 12 European amateurs.
They are going to play a Round Robing with 11 rounds, Chinese rules, komi 7.5, 45 minutes basic time with 20 seconds increment per move.
The tournament is played in Vienna Go7 club, starting on Monday, 11th February 2025, with the 1st round in the afternoon.
Games are played at 10:15 AM (CET) and at 3:15 PM (CET), with the direct transmission to the OGS using IZIS Boards.
More info with all game links is available on the official EGF website: https://eurogofed.org/proqualification/index_2025.html
Thank you for consolidating these links into a forum post. I hope that this will be the typical practice for event announcements going forward. See discussion in this thread: Too many pop-ups in the initial page
Sure! I am thankful to an OGS supporter who gave me the hint.
As an OGS user, I am always intimidated with too many announcements from a single event. In future, I will always use this handy option to publish more information about the event, together with links to the games. Thanks!
I saw them playing with the Goban and I think one big downside is that it only works with single convex stones. Many players like those from Japan and Korea may have an issue with that. Personally I prefer double convex too
After seeing so many go players sitting for hours and days, trying to catch-up with scribing moves from top games in tournaments, I can say that these electronic boards are a gift to humanity
I do not have any interest in selling the boards, but it should be noted that the boards are having a bit more value than just “a replacement for a scribe”.
First of all, you can play AI by putting stones on a board, instead of starring at a computer screen. There are nice options for learning josekis, solving tsumego, even some tesujis etc.
Secondly, you can scroll through actual pro games and - again - have a feeling of a real object in front of you while studying/analyzing.
I did not try this, but there is an option to play using your OGS account against someone who is just playing on a computer.
Now, about the stones and “plastic” boards: the “hardware” is done well and all this is quite stable on any table, especially compared to Korean glass stones, which tend to jump (and move) a little bit every time a player is touching the table. Seeing a lot of top players using these boards, it is my feeling that they prefer good visibility and stability over fancy “natural” materials. In addition, with the introduction of quicker games (Fischer time with increments of 20 seconds and less), it is quite hard (for a human scribe) to follow quick exchanges of moves when players are accumulating time.
The “software”, connectivity and operating the boards in real conditions is probably deserving another thread, but I am ready to share the experience.
Thanks for the comment.
It is not always easy to fully use all the technology.
For example, name tags with flags are oriented toward the middle corridor in order to help players and visitors on site. Since the corridor is “busy”, the tripod should be located on the edges where no one is walking. Thus, the clocks and name tags remain “hidden” from the wider audience
I think senserobot is also able to do that. And you have the robot to play the opponent’s moves for you. I’m not sure whether they can connect to OGS to play though, but I heard they can connect to some servers.
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