British Champion

The list of British Go Champions can be found [ext] here

Below is a condensed list that puts across the general idea.

Year	Champion	Runner up
1965-73, -75-77	Jon Diamond	Paul Prescott (won 1974)
1978-84	Matthew Macfadyen (1st era)	Terry Stacey 5/7 years
1985-86	Terry Stacey	Matthew Macfadyen
1988-92	Matthew Macfadyen (2nd era)	Edmund Shaw 3/5 years
1993-96	Shutai Zhang	Matthew Macfadyen
1997-2005	Matthew Macfadyen (3rd era)	Matthew Cocke 3/9 years
2006-07	Bei Ge	Alex Selby
2008-11	Matthew Macfadyen (4th era)	Hui Wang 2/4 years
2012-14	Andrew Kay	various
2017-19	various	Andrew Simons (won 2015)
2020-23	various	Bruno Poltronieri

There has been no dominant player since 2014. No-one has been champion twice in a row. Daniel Hu has (barely) won most, 2/8 years. Andrew Simons has finalised most, 4/8 years. In recent years, Bruno Poltronieri has been the only runner up.

British Champion last edited by bugcat on March 10, 2024 - 03:14

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