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:

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 !!). Of course we have a Hamburg championship (see below), and 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.


Hamburg Championship

The Hamburg Championship is played on six Mondays at the Hamburg Go Club, from February to June. The top group is open to players of 3 dan or higher strength, and is run as a swiss system tournament with 75 minutes plus 20 stones per 10 minutes. There are also several groups below this for players of 2 dan strength and lower.

The defending champion is Egbert Rittner 6d.

Results from the 1st round of 2004:


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