Ryan Li Wins the 1st Transatlantic Pro League

Transatlantic Pro League
Ryan Li, an NAGF-certified professional 3 dan, defeated EGF pro Ilya Shikshin 4P by 2-0 in the best-of-three final of the 1st Transatlantic Pro League, which took place on August 15. Li wins the €1,000 prize along with the Transatlantic Pro League title. The video from the live commentary event can be viewed at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1119207310. ... Read More

NAGF Pro Qualification Tournament Postponed

Pro Qualification
Due to growing concerns about the Covid outbreak across the US, the NAGF Pro Qualification Tournament has been postponed.  The main reasons for this decision were: New Covid cases are growing rapidly across the US, including in Washington DC, which hosts the National Go Center, the venue for this tournament. The Delta variant is known ... Read More

Transatlantic Professional Go League Announced

Transatlantic Pro League
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

Professional Players
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

Pro Qualification
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