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!

Top players

Here are some of the top players in Hamburg:

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

Go Places

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

  • [ext] 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.)
  • [ext] University Go Group - Thursday Evenings from 6 PM.
  • Stade Go Group - Thursday Evenings from 5:30 PM in the Pub "Zum Korken". (Stade is a small town near Hamburg.)
  • [ext] Perfume Garden ([ext] Opening hours) - Go players meet Wednesday and Friday from 7:00 PM. This is a recent addition, but on 2005-6-3 about 14 go players were spotted.
  • 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. (The Schachcafe is closed)

Tournaments

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.

Hamburg Champions:


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