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Go In Hamburg
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Hamburg might well be called the Go capital of Germany - you can play Go here 7 days a week, and many of the top German players come from Hamburg. Since 1994, every year there have been at least 3 players from Hamburg in the final round of 8 of the German Go Championship!

Here are some of the top players in Hamburg:

All these are among the top 50 players in Germany according to the EGF Ratings.

And here are all the places you can play Go in Hamburg:

  • The Hamburg Go Club - Monday evenings from 7 PM at the CVJM. [ext] Inofficial Page.
  • [ext] Rahlstedt Go Club - Tuesday Evenings from 6 PM.
  • Harburg Go Group - Wednesday Evenings from 7 PM at the Rieckhof. (During the summer break, in the pub "Stumpfe Ecke" around the corner.)
  • University Go Group - Thursday Evenings from 6 PM. (They have a webpage but I lost the link...)
  • Stade Go Group - Thursday Evenings from 5:30 PM in the Pub "Zum Korken". (Stade is a small town near Hamburg.)
  • And last but not least the famous Schachcafe Altona, where you can play every evening from 7 PM. It is really full with Go players on Friday evenings, but some come almost every day. The owner is Jens Gillwald 4d.

There are plenty of tournaments in Hamburg. The big three are the Affensprung, which goes for 3 days and is a yearly stop on the Toyota Tour, as well as the Harburger Mausefalle and the Rahlstedter Tengen, which go for a full weekend each. There is a monthly lightning handicap tournament, usually on the first monday of each month, with prizes for the best performances over a whole year (and also promotions for those who won at least 75% of their games - Lutz Franke made it to 10 dan !!). Furthermore, we are currently planning a seasonal rapid (30 min sudden death) tournament to be held as a one-day weekend event in the Schachcafe. There is also a "Fall Tournament" held over several Mondays...

Recent winners:

You can find out more about these groups, the 3 big yearly tournaments in Hamburg and any special events at the [ext] Hamburg Chapter of the [ext] German Go Association.



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