A group stage and knockout stage tournament with short games on 13x13 boards. The knockout stage will be the day after the group stage.

Pairing: Round robin system for the group stage and regular tournament tree for the knockout stage.

The size of each group and the number of qualified player per group will depend on the number of registrations and will be announced after the closing of registration.

A group stage and knockout stage tournament with short games on 9x9 boards. The knockout stage will be the day after the group stage.

Pairing: Round robin system for the group stage and regular tournament tree for the knockout stage.

The size of each group and the number of qualified player per group will depend on the number of registrations and will be announced after the closing of registration.

The Japanese Ambassador’s Cup (Blitz Tournament)

A group stage and knockout stage tournament with really fast games (10 minutes sudden death). The knockout stage will be the day after the group stage.

Pairing: Round robin system for the group stage and regular tournament tree for the knockout stage.

The size of each group and the number of qualified player per group will depend on the number of registrations and will be announced after the closing of registration.

Playing chess and go simultaneously by teams.

A nice music feast from Hacettepe University Conservatory.

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Exploring every aspect that contributes to the development of Go and its players. The Summit will host multidisciplinary discussions on a wide range of horizon-expanding topics, including cognitive development, game theory, artificial intelligence, geopolitics, education, club governance, and cultural diplomacy.

Going beyond traditional lecture formats, the Summit is designed to be highly interactive. The program will feature a dynamic blend of keynote speeches, traditional presentations, and moderated roundtable panels where multidisciplinary experts and the audience actively engage, debate, and brainstorm together to generate concrete, policy-oriented outcomes.

EGF Annual Meeting

The European Championship is the most prestigious event of the EGC. Only the best 32 European players can participate, using the European Championship System, to decide the best Go player for 2026. For all information on the player selection process and past winners, go to the dedicated page of the European Go Federation. Don't forget to confirm your participation at the infodesk upon your arrival. Most games will be broadcast, and live commentary on Twitch is planned, too.

Game Review by Professional Players during the congress

Let's get together to save memories.

Go lesson from professional go players. Details will be announced soon.

Turkish Go Players' Open Tournament

This tournament is organized with the collective support and solidarity of Turkish Go players:

Uğur Arıkan

Mehmet Taçalan

Fatih Söylemez

Abdulkadir Başkoca

Mehmet Savaş Koparan

Kübra Şafak

Yılmaz Çalık

Doruk Cansev

Seda Kalaç

Ecem Layra Görk

Seçil Yeşilırmak

Mustafa Kürşat Elitok

Onur Yılmaz

Hatice Allahverdi

Muharrem Yiğitcan Çördük

The Open European Championship is the largest tournament of the European Go Congress. Everybody can participate, including players from outside Europe. You just have to register for it. Don't forget to confirm your participation at the infodesk upon your arrival. There will be one game per day, starting in the morning. The participants of the European Championship join this tournament at the latest in the second week. All games of the European Championship, besides the semifinals and finals, also count for the Open Championship. The tournament is EGF-ranked and there are nice prizes to win, not only for the top players, but for anybody with a good tournament performance.

The system: best 8 teams play a three-round knockout (quarterfinal, semi final, finals + small finals). All other teams play the open section.

Important Note Registration will be closed by 28 July 2026. Due to Please register your team 2 days prior to the event.

Team composition:

• The tournament is rated as class C
• 30 minutes + 5 seconds byo yomi
• Teams are composed of between 5 and 8 players. Each round 5 players play.
• Each team must include at least a female player and a youth player (U21, so up to 20 years old) at each round, a single player cannot fulfill both of these requirements.
• Countries can have full national teams or they can choose another country to form a team.
• To play for a specific country, players must have the country's residency or nationality.
• Professional players are allowed to play.
• All 5 boards are ordered by rating, professional players must play in the top boards and can order freely among them.
• A team level is computed by averaging the 5 top players level. In this regard professional players count as 8 dan.

Tournament organization (top section and open section):

• The 8 strongest teams play in the top section in a cup tournament, eliminated teams join the open section.
• Other teams play in the open section, the open section is played using a MacMahon system.
• Only national team (not mixed teams) can play in the top section.
• Each country can have a single team in the top section, the other teams play in the open section.
• Non-European team can participate in the top section.

Prizes: There are prizes for the best 3 teams in the top section and the best team of the open section that was not in the top section at the beginning of the tournament and the best European team in the top section.

One-Color Go is played with a single color of stones (e.g., all white), so both players must remember which stones belong to them and which belong to their opponent. All standard Go rules apply. A move is illegal if a player forgets where their stones are and attempts to place where they have no legitimate play, there will be a referee to track the true board state.

Official opening ceremony of the European Go Congress.

The Pair Go tournament is another highlight of the European Go Congress. This tournament is open to mixed-gender pairs, with an average rank lower or equal to 5.5 dan (in this respect, professionals count as 8-dan). There will be independent level groups, based on the average rank of the pair, and the winners in each group will be rewarded.

Registrations:

• Maximum 128 pairs can register
• Maximum average rank is 5.5 dan (in this respect, professionals count as 8-dan)
• Players must have an EGD rank, or play in the main tournament, to register

Rules: International Pair Go rules by default

• Time Setting: Fischer Time 25 min + 10 sec
• No handicap
• Komi: 6.5
• Women play first
• No speaking except for: warn of the remaining time, ask whose turn it is, ask if partner wants to resign
• If an unintentional error on the order of moves occurs, and the error is spotted before another move is played, a three points penalty is given
• If the error is intentional, the referee can decide to forfeit the game

Tournament: There will be groups of 16 pairs, based on the average rank of the pair, except for the lowest group, which can contain 16 to 31 pairs. In each group there will be a qualification stage, and a knockout stage. The podium of each group will be rewarded during the prize giving ceremony.

Finals of the European Pandanet Team Championship with 4 qualified national teams.

https://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps

Details will be announced soon.

In Phantom Go, two players each have their own board and can only see their own stones, while a referee maintains the true board. On a player’s turn, they attempt a move on their board; the referee checks its validity on the real board. If the move is illegal (e.g., suicide or repetition), the referee simply says “illegal” and the player tries again. If the move is legal, the referee places the stone on the real board and announces any captures (“Black captured at …”) or ataris (“White puts Black into atari”). Players must rely solely on this verbal feedback and memory to infer the opponent’s stones and the overall position, adding a layer of deduction and uncertainty to standard Go strategy.

Prize Giving Ceremony details will be announced soon.

First Week Prize Giving Ceremony

• Japanese Ambassador MASAMI Tamura's Speech
• Shamisen Artist and Singer will give a small concerto

This tournament is played on a 19x19 board, with reduced thinking time of 30 minutes per player. There are 8 rounds of MacMahon, beginning shortly after the main tournaments. You don't have to play all rounds. Don't forget to confirm your participation at the infodesk upon your arrival.

As soon as you arrive at the congress site, you must go to the infodesk to confirm your presence and validate your registration for the tournaments.

Details coming soon.

The SEYGO tournament is part of the Saijo European Youth Go Tour project.

It will be a five rounds tournament for players aged 18 or younger. Players born in 2008 and later shall play as U18, and players born in 2014 and later shall play as U12. The tournament begins as a regular Open tournament (both U12 and U18 players playing in the same tournament) with Knock-Out phases, separate for U12 and for U18, starting in the most appropriate round. At the end, we will have clear winners, runner-up and the third place for each age group. The winners will be awarded with medals and vouchers.

Time Setting: basic time: 45 minutes + 20 seconds increment per move (Fischer time)

Rated at class A in EGD.

Professional players will play simultaneous games.

This tournament is open only to Turkish Go players. Therefore, the information below is provided in Turkish.

Düzenleyici Kurum: Türkiye Go Derneği (TGOD)

Destekleyici Kurum: Çin Halk Cumhuriyeti Ankara Büyükelçiliği

Yaş Kategorileri

• 21 Yaş Altı Kategorisi (5 Ağustos 2005 veya sonrası doğumlular)
• 16 Yaş Altı Kategorisi (5 Ağustos 2010 veya sonrası doğumlular)
• 12 Yaş Altı Kategorisi (5 Ağustos 2014 veya sonrası doğumlular)

Program

• 09:30 - 10:00: Kayıt Onayı ve Eşleştirmelerin İlanı
• 10:00 - 10:30: Açılış Seremonisi ve Weiqi Kültür Günü Başlangıcı
• 10:30 - 11:45: 1. Tur Maçları
• 12:00 - 13:15: 2. Tur Maçları
• 13:15 - 14:30: Öğle Arası
• 14:30 - 15:45: 3. Tur Maçları
• 16:00 - 17:15: 4. Tur Maçları
• 17:30 - 18:30: Sayın Büyükelçinin Hitapları, Ödül Töreni ve Kapanış

Ödüller

• Birincilere: Şampiyonluk Kupası, 3 adet özel ders

• İkincilere: Madalya, 2 adet özel ders

• Üçüncülere: Madalya, 1 adet özel ders

Kurallar

Maçlar 19x19 boyutlu tahtada, 30'ar dakika mutlak zaman ile avanssız olarak oynanacaktır.

Beyaz 6.5 Tiemu alır.

MacMahon eşleştirme sistemi kullanılacaktır.

Eşitlik bozucular: MMS, SOS, SOSOS, DC.

VIP dinner of EGC2026.

Başakşehir Çam and Sakura Hospital Weekend Tournament

Traditionally, the weekend between the two Congress weeks is the time for a separate five-round McMahon tournament. Everybody who has registered can participate, including players from outside Europe! The tournament is EGF-ranked and there are nice prizes to win, for the top players, but also for anybody with a good tournament performance. Don't forget to confirm your participation at the infodesk upon your arrival.

Oplist Women's Tournament, open for participation of all women go players. 2 days, 5 rounds.

A five-round tournament open to all players under the age of 18.

Age Categories

• U12: Players born on or after 25 July August 2014
• U18: Players born between 25 July 2008 and24 July 2014, inclusive

All participants will play in the same tournament. Prizes will be awarded separately for the U12 and U18 categories.

Online registration deadline:

25 July 2026 Saturday

Program

Tuesday, 28 July

• Final registrations and opening: 17.00
• Opening: 17.45
• Round 1: 18:00
• Round 2: 19:30

Wednesday, 29 July

• Round 3: 17:00 (All players must check in before 17:00)
• Round 4: 18:30
• Round 5: 20:00
• Prize ceremony: 21:30

Tournament Rules

Rules: Japanese rules

Board size: 19×19

Komi: 6.5 points, nigiri is used for colors

Time control: Fischer time — 10 minutes initial time plus 15 seconds per move, corresponding to approximately 40 minutes of adjusted time

Handicap: Reduced handicap based on MacMahon score difference: score difference minus 2 stones, outside the top group

Tournament category: Class B

. All players should participate in all five rounds. Players wishing to skip a round must inform the tournament referee or pairing operator in advance. Players in the top group must play all rounds.