2016 European Go Yearbook

The 2016 European Go Yearbook was the first yearbook of European go and was published in July 2017. The official release took place during the 61st European Go Congress in Oberhof, Germany. The book was commissioned by the EGF and written by Dutch go player Kim Ouweleen.

The 2016 European Go Yearbook counts 576 pages and reports on the most important go happenings in Europe in 2016, featuring:

• Statistics of European Go in 2016.
• Interviews with newly promoted professionals Artem Kachanovskyi 1p and Antti Törmänen 1p.
• An extensive catalogue of all the National Championships in Europe, including reports on Main Championships, Women's Championships and Youth Championships, accompanied by personal interviews with the champions.
• Tournaments in Asia, highlighting the achievements of European players in Asian invitational tournaments and the World Amateur Championships.
• Reports and beautiful photos of Major European Tournaments and Events, such as the 60th Polymetal European Go Congress, the 2nd European Go Grand Slam and the 3rd European Professional Qualification.
• An in-depth chapter of 80 pages on AlphaGo and the Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Go, with game commentaries by Fan Hui 2p, Gu Li 9p, Zhou Ruiyang 9p and Myungwan Kim 9p.
• Many game records and commentaries by top European players, including:
  • Yoon Young Sun 8p
  • Guo Juan 5p
  • Cătălin Țăranu 5p
  • Alexandre Dinerchtein 3p
  • Svetlana Shikshina 3p
  • Fan Hui 2p
  • Diána Kőszegi 1p
  • Ali Jabarin 1p
  • Pavol Lisý 1p
  • Artem Kachanovskyi 1p
  • Ilya Shikshin 1p
  • Mateusz Surma 1p
  • Antti Törmänen 1p
  • Dai Junfu 8d
  • Lukáš Podpěra 7d
  • Cristian Pop 7d
  • Cornel Burzo 6d
  • Merlijn Kuin 6d
  • Tanguy Le Calvé 6d
  • Viktor Lin 6d
  • Matthew Macfadyen 6d

More information and three pdf-previews of the book can be found on the official page.