We organize a monthly "newcomer night". Every second monday of the month, from 20:15, we have a club night aimed especially at players new to the game of Go. We will explain the rules and basic tactics and play some practice games. Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/nl-NL/Groningen-Go-Game-Meetup/

We also welcome experienced players. Maybe you are familiar with the game of Go / Baduk / Weiqi and you are looking for real-life opponents. Try us and have a nice evening !

The Martinicup is the annual tournament of the Go Club Groningen. In 2019 we're playing in the weekend of September 28-29.

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1. Siu      3d  5+  3+  2-  6+  4+  4    14.5
2. Herman   4d  6+  7+  1+  3-  5+  4    13.5
3. Rene A.  5d  9+  1-  5+  2+  6+  4    13
4. Heike    1k  --  --  --  8+  1-  2.5  6.5
5. Pieter   3k  1-  8+  3-  7+  2-  2    15
6. Arnoud   4k  2-  9+  7+  1-  3-  2    14.5
7. Rene G.  3d  8+  2-  6-  5-  --  1.5  9.5
8. Reijer  10k  7-  5-  9+  4-  --  1.5  7
9. Lotte   16k  3-  6-  8-  --  --  1    7.5

#     Naam                  Nat Club  Rank   MMS  R1      R2      R3      R4      R5     Pt  SOS
1     Pomstra, Willem-Koen   NL Arnh  5 Dan   27  7+      5+      3+      4+      8+      5  125
2     Zhou, Xiaoyun          CN Gron  3 Dan   26  5-      14+     13+     6+      4+      4  121
3     Ditzhuijzen, Zeno van  NL Utre  5 Dan   25  14+     6+      1-      7-      11+     3  124
      Rehm, Robert           NL Amst  5 Dan   25  13+     10+     11+     1-      2-      3  124
5     Tel, Michiel           NL Gron  4 Dan   25  2+      1-      8-      19+     15+     3  123

Pl. Name                 Str Cl. MMS   1    2    3    4    5   Pt  SOS  
  1 Ditzhuijzen, Zeno van 3d Utr 15    4+   5+   2+   7+   3-  4    69  
  2 Pomstra, Willemkoen   5d Arn 14    9+   3+   1-   4+   5-  3    70  
  3 Verhagen, Rudi        5d Ens 14    8+   2-   7-   9+   1+  3    68  
  4 Aaij, Rene            5d Gro 14    1-  13+   5+   2-   7+  3    67  
    Hiddema, Herman       4d Gro 14   10+   1-   4-  11+   2+  3    67  
  6 Tel, Michiel          3d Gro 14   --   --    8+  --   --   1    57  
  7 Riedeman, Dick        3d Del 13   --   10+   3+   1-   4-  2    66  

Pl. Name                 Str Cl. MMS   1    2    3    4    5   Pt  SOS  
  1 Pomstra, Willem-Koen  5d Arn 22    9+   7+   2+   4+   3+  5    99  
  2 Hiddema, Herman       4d Del 21    8+   3+   1-  13+   4+  4    99  
  3 Knauf, Torsten        4d K   20   11+   2-   5+  10+   1-  3   101  
  4 Verhagen, Rudi        5d Ens 20   10+   6+  14+   1-   2-  3   100  
  5 Riedeman, Dick        3d Del 20    6-   8+   3-   9+   7+  3    97  
  6 Aaij, Rene            5d Gro 20    5+   4-  13-  11+   8+  3    96  
  7 Knauf, Barbara        3d K   19   12+   1-  10-  17+   5-  2    97  

The Island weekend 2010 will be held from friday 4 until sunday 6 june.

In 2010 we are visiting Giethoorn again. This time in last years accommodation "Kraggehuis" but in another accomodation called "Sameneen" on the edge of the lake. This is close to last years location, and like last year only reachable by boat.

Advantages of the new location:

• More space around
• Motor boat as well as sailing boats
• More separate rooms

Details will folow. Registration will open in 2010. Organisers are Pieter, Mirjam, and Emile.

In 2009 the Martinicup will not be held. De Go club Groningen has been toying with the idea to move the Martinicup from fall to spring for several years now. In fall, there are already a lot of tournaments, while spring doesn't have many serious tournaments Furthermore, Groningen is a city with many terraces, but november is not the best month for drinking a cold beer outside.

Because a lot of the members of the club put all their energy into organizing the European Go Congress, this year was deemed ideal to make the switch. So Groningen 2009 will only refer to the congress, and not to a martinicup

Just like last year, Bert van der Marel, the owner of café Atlantis, is organizing a mindsports day on Queensday (thursday april 30th), to be held on the square in front of the Harmoniebuilding (off the Oude Kijk in 't Jatstraat). Several members of the club will be explaining the game to anyone interested.

On top of the explanation of the game, there will also be a blitz go tournament (10 min pp) from 13:00 in the afternoon.

Registration for the blitz go tournament starts from 11:30, the registration fee is € 3,-