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Ryan Li and Ilya Shikshin Advance to Transatlantic Professional Go League Final

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The final round of the 1st Transatlantic Professional Go League will feature a showdown between North American pro Ryan Li 3P and European pro Ilya Shikshin 4P. The players will compete for a first-place prize of €1,000. In the semi-final round, Li defeated Artem Kachanovskyi 2P and Shikshin defeated Tanguy Le Calve 1P to earn ... Read More

Transatlantic Professional Go League Announced

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The North American Go Federation (NAGF) is joining the European Go Federation’s (EGF) Pro League to form a new Transatlantic Pro League, starting on May 15th. All EGF-certified and NAGF-certified pros have been invited to compete. Six European pros (Ilya Shikshin 4P, Ali Jabarin 2P, Artem Kachanovski 2P, Pavol Lisy 2P, Andrii Kravets 1P, Tanguy ... Read More

NAGF Announces New Professional Rank Promotion System

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The North American Go Federation (NAGF) has published its new professional rank promotion system, opening the way for NAGF pros to earn higher ranks based on performance in professional tournaments. The new system will be applied to all the NAGF-certified professional players retroactively. As a result, Ryan Li and Eric Lui have been promoted to ... Read More

Plans for the 2021 Pro Qualification Event

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The North American Go Federation is organizing the 2021 Pro Qualification Tournament to certify one new professional player. The event details are as follows: Dates: Summer 2021 (Tentative – final dates to be announced in May) Duration: 6 days (Tentative – final duration to be announced in May) Rules: Tournament Director: Jeff ShaevelMatch Format: Details ... Read More