Regular playing at IFI starts up again in Oslo!

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Oslo Goclub is happy to invite everyone back to Ifi for some more Go!

Because of the change in the national regulations recently, Oslo Goclub will start with regular playing every wednesday at Ifi again!

As usual we will be playing at the Ifi cafeteria from 17:00 – 21:00 

Adresse: Gaustadalléen 23B, 0373 Oslo

Time: 17:00 -21:00, wednesday’s

Hope everyone is doing alright and looking forward to meeting everyone again and finally get to play some go face to face, on a real Go board,

Norsk

Oslo goklubb kan endelig invitere alle tilbake igjen til regelmessig spillinger ved Ifi på onsdagene fremover.
Håper alt fremdeles står bra til. Ser frem til å møte alle igjen og ikke minst endelig få spilt litt go ansikt til ansikt.

Adresse: Gaustadalléen 23B, 0373 Oslo

Tid: 17:00 -21:00, Onsdager.

Oslo Goklubb

Beginner course

Hey everyone, a new semester is around the corner and Oslo GoClub will hold two beginner course for the game of Go.

The dates are 1. september and 8. september (both on a Wednesday).

Time: 18:00

Address: Gaustadalléen 23B

We will as always be playing in the cafeteria at the Informatics building(Ole Johan Dahls Hus). The club will meet as from 17:00 to prepare for the beginner course and then the beginner course starts at 18:00.

If there is any problem finding us you can call me on this number: +47 91602739

the beginner course will start of with experienced players showing the beginners the rules and then we will all play some atari Go which is a simplified version of Go to let you quickly get a feel for the basics of the game.

The rules of Go is extremely simple, you can probably learn them in a minute or two but the depth and strategy hidden in this game is never ending to the extent you can learn something new even after a lifetime of playing.

You can also check out our facebook arrangement for the beginner course here: https://www.facebook.com/events/959335621278394/

Hope you all have a great start on the new semester and looking forward to play with you all.

Best regards Jon Runar Melting

– Leader Oslo GoClub

Summer go meetup in Oslo

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Hello everyone. There has been some time since the last update here. I hope everyone is doing fine and having a nice summer.

For everyone in Oslo this weekend we have som good news.

This coming sunday (11.07.21) we will have a summer Go party, where we meet and play Go outside in Jon Runar and Pernilles garden:).

It starts at 13:00 and the address is: Fallanveien 30a.

Nearest buss/tram station is “grefsen stadion”.

If you have stones and board it would be great if you took it with you but if you can’t no worries, we have some extra boards and stones:).

When it comes to dinner we will probably order some pizza together.

If you have any more questions about the event, need help with directions or have any other questions you can contact me at this number: 91602739 either by call or sms.

Looking forward to see you there and to play some Go.

NM i Go er avlyst

Go i Norge

Dette er, og har vært, et merkelig år for Go i Norge. Ingen fysiske turneringer er blitt spilt siden koronaviruset kom. Iløpet av vår-halvåret ble både Trondheim Open og Olso Open holdt som en-dags online turneringer istedet.

NM er i år avlyst. Det var en stund en håp om at vi kunne arrangere NM iløpet av høsten, men nå med den utviklingen de siste ukene ser vi at det ikke vil være mulig.

Iløpet av høsten har go klubbene begynt igjen der det lar seg gjøre. Smittesituasjonen gjør at det varierer fra uke til uke, men for de som ønsker å møtes fysisk for å spille kan man finne mer informasjon om det på her:

Norge – Slovakia: 2 – 2

European Go Team Championship

Forrige uke startet del to av 2019/2020 sesongen av Pandanet Go European Team Championshpi for Norge med en kamp mot Slovakia.

Slovakia har gjort det bra så langt i ligaen, og har et par poeng mer enn Norge, så vi er et godt steg på vei å sikre plassen i C ligaen når vi nå klarte å spille uavgjort mot dem denne gangen.

Neste motstander er Slovenia, som Norge møter den 25. februar. Norge ligger idag over dem i ligaen, men skiller bare 1 poeng. Så det vil være viktig kamp for å sikre videre spill i C ligaen!

Under følger partiene fra runden:

Severin Hanevik, 3D (sort) – Xaver Gubáŝ, 3D (hvit): W+Res
Heming Hanevik, 2D (hvit) – Marian Hrdina, 1 kyu (sort): B+9.5
Jon Runar Melting, 1D (sort) – Peter Smolarik, 1 kyu (hvit): B+Time
Kjetil Hjartnes, 2 kyu (hvit) – Martin Strelka, 1 kyu (sort): W+7.5

Go camp på Askøy, Bergen

Go i Norge

Vi har nettopp mottatt denne invitasjone fra Antti Törmänen, 1p, til en go camp på Askøy like utenfor Bergen. Campen er fra 3. – 9. august.

Nedenfor følger teksten fra Antti Törmänen, og her er link til invitasjonen.

It is my pleasure to invite all Nordic go players to the ’Go Retreat at Ask Island’ in Bergen, Norway on 3–9 August 2020!

It has long been my dream to start holding events in Northern Europe that bring together traditional Asian go philosophy and the Nordic lifestyle. Last year, by chance I came upon the Ask Retreat Centre in Bergen, which seemed like the perfect location to try out my concept. The retreat centre has many separate buildings that are made for meditation and yoga, but also make for a great go-playing environment – you can check out some of the retreat centre’s photos here. Together with our team of organisers, we are looking to create a relaxed learning experience where you can make acquaintances with other go enthusiasts from the Nordic countries, and also around the world!

Because our venue is relatively small, we can only host 30 people, including the organisers. There are in total 14 accommodation spots at the venue for students, and we can additionally take in eight students who arrange their own accommodation. At the time of writing, there are only five spots with accommodation and six spots without accommodation remaining – so, if you want to register, please respond to this email (send an email to antti@tormanen.net) as soon as possible! For the time being, registering is not binding.

The full participation fee of the go retreat is 800 euro for six nights, which includes accommodation, teaching (lectures and reviews of league games), three vegetarian meals a day, morning yoga, side activities (go-related and not), and car transport from Bergen airport to the venue and back. If the participant arranges their own accommodation, the fee is 300 euro.

The Ask Retreat Centre provides us wonderful recreational facilities. As you can see in the attached promotional leaflet, the venue itself is stunning, and we can easily arrange mountain hiking and fishing trips. There is also a sauna and swimming possibility, and one of the many buildings we have rented includes a video projector and audio system.

Join us to make this retreat a success!

To runder spilt i Pandanet Team Championship

European Go Team Championship

De første to rundene av Pandanet European Team Championship 2019/20 er allerede forbi. Norge spiller denne sesongen i C ligaen.

I første runde møtte Norge tøff motstand i Hellas, men klarte til slutt å få uavgjort.

Danmark var Norges motstander i andre runden. Denne gangen ble motstanderen litt for strek for det norske laget, og det endte med et 1 – 3 tap.

Etter et tap og en uavgjort ligger Norge på en 7. plass i gruppen. En tung start, men det er mange kamper igjen og forhåpentligvis vil de gi bedre resultater og Norge kan være med i kampen om å promoteres tilbake til B ligaen.

De 4 partiene mot Danmark kan sees under.

Severin Hanevik, 3D (sort) – Mathis Isaksen, 3D (hvit): W+Res
Heming Hanevik, 2D (hvit) – Torben Pedersen, 2D (sort): W+1.5
Kjetil Hjartnes, 2 kyu (sort) – Ruairi Powell, 1D (hvit): W+Res
Stian Valle, 3 kyu (hvit) – Jannik Gram, 1D (sort): B+Resign

Severin Hanevik is Norwegian Champion 2019

Go i Norge, Turnering

On the 12th to 13th of October the Norwegian Championship 2019 was held in Oslo. 33 players attended from 3 countries, 9 more players than last year! There was a good spread of players from 20 kyu and all the way to 3 dan, and enough players around all ranks that everyone got some good, even opponents to play against.

Norwegian Championship 2019

The tournament was won by Johan Berntsson, 2D, from Gothenburg and second place was grabbed by Leif Almrot, 2D, from Gothenburg.

After the two Swedes the top players shared 3rd to 7th place with the same score of 3 wins and 2 losses. And 3rd and 4th place was shared between the two Hanevik brothers, who even had the same SOS score!

Severin Hanevik did in the end receive 3rd place in the tournament, decided by SOSOS, and thus he was the best placed Norwegian player and keeps his title as Norwegian Champion.

Full result list can be seen at the European Go Database.