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Bulgarian Go Championship 2013 in Varna Печат Е-мейл
Автор Цветомир Върбанов   
09.09.2013 г.

The Bulgarian Go Association is happy to invite players from all over Europe to come and participate in the 10-th Annual Bulgarian Go Championship near Varna, on the Black Sea coast, 20-22 September 2013.

The event would be held at the Sunshine Magnolia Spa 4* hotel on the outskirts of Varna, just like last year and the hotel is providing all-inclusive offers for Go players and their friends throughout Europe.

The Championship would be 5 round Swiss system, Japanese rules, spread over two days, 1 hour player time per person and 3x20 sec byo-yomi.

Entry fee 15 EUR.

It is the annual gathering for our small, but growing Go-playing community and this year, we are going back to our summer capital – Varna.

The hotel that is hosting us has free parking and private beach nearby, all-inclusive offers. If you decide to stay in it for the Championship, do not hesitate to contact the hotel directly by email to reserve your place and mention that you are participating in the Bulgarian Go Championship 2013.

There are also a number of hostels in the area, if you feel like staying in the city, the hotel is 15 mins by bus from the city centre.

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Date:

20-22 September, Sunshine Magnolia&Spa hotel, Golden sands, bus top Pissatel,
Latitude 43.2517905694315, Longitude 28.0264556407928

go to    http://www.magnoliabg.com/index.php?go=t&id=21 for more info on how to get to the hotel from the bus or train station in Varna.

 

Schedule: 

21 September: 

09:00-09:15 Registration,

09:30-18:30 Rounds 1,2,3

22 September:

09:00-14:00 Rounds 4 and 5

14:00-16:00 Awards Ceremony and Annual gathering of Bulgaria Go Association


Hotel Prices (All inclusive):

20th and 21st September - 80BGN ( 41EUR) per person for two nights in DBL room, 100 BGN (51 EUR) per person for the two nights in a SIGNLE room, 60 BGN (31 EUR) for additional person in DBL room for the two nights. Kids under age of 6 - free. Kids above 6 and below the age of 16 - 50 % off the price for adults.

For staying up to 19th September or on the 22nd September and after - 26 EUR per person per night in DBL room or SINGLE room, 20% off  for an additional person in DBL room from these prices. Kids under age of 6 - free. Kids above 6 and below the age of 16 - 50 % off the price for adults.

Contact the hotel directly at   Този е-мейл адрес е защитен от спам ботове, трябва ДжаваСкрипт поддръжка за да го видите  and specifically mention that you are participating in the Bulgarian Go Championship in order to get these discounted fares.

lunch for non-visitors of the hotel: 5 EUR.


The City:

Varna is one of the oldest Bulgarian cities and is famous for its beaches, nature, people and summers. A cultural hotspot nonetheless, it is nicknamed the summer capital in Bulgaria. Full of history and interesting places to visit, we'll be happy to guide you through them to see if you come around.

A couple of good hostels in Varna are: http://www.yohohostel.com/ and  http://www.varnahostel.com/

Come visit us and have fun playing Go!

 
Invitation for Bulgarian Go Championship 2012 Печат Е-мейл
Автор Цветомир Върбанов   
03.04.2012 г.

The Bulgarian Go Association is happy to invite players from all over Europe to come and participate in the 9-th Annual Bulgarian Go Championship near Varna, on the Black Sea coast, 9-10 June 2012.

The event would be held at the Sunshine Magnolia Spa 4* hotel on the outskirts of Varna and the hotel is providing exclusive offers for Go players and their friends throughout Europe.

The Championship would be 5 round Swiss system, Japanese rules, spread over two days, 1 hour player time per person and 3x20 sec byo-yomi.

Entry fee 15 EUR.

It is the annual gathering for our small, but growing Go-playing community and this year, we are going to our summer capital – Varna.

Don’t miss the chance to see the beautiful Black Sea coast at its best and meet the fans of Go from our country.

The hotel that is hosting us has free parking and private beach nearby, all inclusive offers. If you decide to stay in it for the Championship, do not hesitate to contact the hotel directly by email to reserve your place and mention that you are participating in the Bulgarian Go Championship 2012.

There are also a number of hostels in the area, if you feel like staying in the city, the hotel is 15 mins by bus from the city centre.

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Proposals from Romania for the EGM , Tampere , 2010 Печат Е-мейл
Автор Християн Табаков   
30.05.2010 г.

Before starting with the actual proposals we would like to express a certain disappointment  concerning  the activity of EGF for the past year. The new team leading EGF has sparked hopes of changes in an already declining European Go World, but  we have yet to receive information about the policy and vision of the new leadership.

Especially  now, very close to the deadline for proposals from countries, we have received no document  or other kind of information that would enlighten us  as to what are the real problems of the European Go World at the moment, what is the activity of EGCC  and generally what EGF does for the benefit of the Go community.

The proposals of changes from Romania are as follows:

1.    There is a long discussion about the European Championship  system, over some years now no conclusion has been drawn  and the tournament continues to pose a problem.

We would like the members of EGM to vote YES/NO on the topic of allowing  foreigner players  to play in the championship. Romania would like an European championship only for Europeans, as America and the asian countries   do for their own national tournaments. A NO vote from the majority of members would ensure finding an easier solution , while an YES vote would at least make it clear that Europe is not willing to change its ways yet.

 

2.    There was a grave problem at the last congress in Groningen. Despite raising a very large amount of money from tournament taxes, the organizers decided to invest in asian pros rather than give decent prizes to players, thus we arrived to the ridiculous and shameful situation when the European Champion prize was a mere 450 euro. The prizes at the side tournaments were also ridiculous. While is normal that the tournament organizers should have some profit from the EGC, the example of last year shows how bad the situation can become if the organizers abuse their rights to the detriment of the players. This is possible because EGF is reluctant to take partial control of the tournament and its resources. While EGF has no rights to decide over the money the organizers raised through their own effort, the tax paid by the participant players should be controlled by EGF, as the authority that auctions this tournament every year .

Our proposal is that EGF makes a new rule for the EGC organizers , that a percentage of the tax taken from players should go back to them in form of prizes. We propose the percentage to be 60percent, but we are aware that we don’t have a budget allocation of the previous congresses to make the calculations . Be it 50 percent or 40 percent, a decent part of the money  should be given to the players, in the limit  of ensuring the organizers have enough money for the organization costs. An observer from EGF to ensure that its policy is respected by tournament organizers is a must, countries that ignore EGF policy should suffer severe penalties.

 

3.    The EGCC in Amstelveen is nearing its 20th anniversary, but nothing good has come of it so far. The website is dead, there are people who get salaries but we don’t know exactly who and how much, they are supposed to work for Go but we hear nothing from them.

Last year Catalin Taranu asked the EGCC representatives to start working on promotional materials that surely the tournament organizers from all Europe need very much. So far there is absolutely no initiative from the center to provide such materials.

The situation is clearly worsening year by year, we are totally losing the Go center, but EGF does nothing about it. In the beginning of november last year, Catalin Taranu sent a proposal to the EGF leaders to start thinking about moving the Go Center, as well as projecting a vision of growth for the center so that it can finally be used for its intended purpose. Sadly, 7 months later no progress is made with discussions . We believe that the only real possibility to change something is to force EGF leaders to take attitude through a vote in the EGM. We would like the meeting to vote on the following questions with YES/NO :

a)                Is the EGCC situation a problem  and should we change something about it?

b)                The Amstelveen Go center is not working well, should we try to change the location of this center to a different country/city ?

c)                Should the people that currently work for the center be changed or not ?

 

Moreover, we ask EGF to provide to the community  detailed information about the Go center activity, paid personal and their wages, reports of activity of employed people, budget  and  especially the development vision of its leaders. The last rumors we heard say that the center was rented for a long period of time for a rather pathetic amount of money. Those actions should not have been kept secret  and we should not allow anybody to make this gift to European Go their personal affair.

Catalin Taranu ‘s proposal  is to move the center to Bucharest , mainly motivated by the cheap costs and investment potential, as well as a strong Go community that could  aid the center in its development stage. But Romania will support as well any other reasonable proposal, as long as there is a will to change the situation.

 

4.    A proposal coming from Cristian Pop , that we also support , is that part of the money  invested by EGC organizers in teaching should go towards European top players.

Last year in Groningen seemingly more than 50000 euro was invested in foreign  pro teachers , but Europeans were not even taken in consideration and Catalin Taranu’s request to the organizers to do some lectures together with EUROGOTV was refused 

with the argument of lack of funds. Considering the huge amount of money invested in foreigner pros we believe that this argument  was ridiculous. EGF’s  failure to protect european players  is a minus for the European Go community.

 

5.    A proposal coming from Ion Florescu is the organizing of a new tournament : The European Champions League. The idea is to make all national champions play together in a super league, but so far we have not developed a project  on it. We could start by a vote in the EGM to decide  if this is a good and sustenable idea or not.

 
 
An answer from Martin Finke, President of the Dutch Go Association could be found in the forum at http://bga.bg/component/option,com_fireboard/Itemid,32/func,view/catid,13/id,1677/#1677
 
Introduction of the 1st World Mind Sports Games Печат Е-мейл
Автор International Mind Sports Association   
27.10.2008 г.

1. The background of holding the 1st World Mind Sports Games
With a background of the economic globalization, the economic
competition has shifted from the monopoly of resources, technology and
market to the possession of talents, knowledge and information. The
latter is “put people first” and focuses on reflecting the content of human
wisdom. A wisdom advocation atmosphere has shaped globally and a
new era of the intelligence economy of “wise man is the king” is quietly
approaching.

With the development of human civilization, mind sports have
become an advanced cultural wealth and excellent fruits of human
wisdom. Looking over the tendency of human civilization development,
it can be said that mind sports is the highest format of comprehensive
competitive sports of human. With board and card games as the
representatives, the mind sports are spreading all over the world rapidly.
Bridge, chess, draught, go and xiangqi are gaining more and more
concern and participation by the fans. They are a mere popular and a
bright prospect especially among young people at school. Board and card
games are helpful in cultivating man’s overall view, cultivating
enterprising spirit of never losing heart when defeated and strengthening
team spirit. These five games are well spread all over the world,
regardless of age, gender, religious belief or race. All the youth, adult and
senior citizens are intoxicated in the happiness brought by mind sports.
Therefore, in a society of fierce competition and quick changing,
choosing healthy and elegant public board and card games of
entertainment are helpful to improve man’s living standard and promote
social harmonious development.

 

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The game of Go: Stars on the goban Печат Е-мейл
Автор Konstantin Bayraktarov, BGA   
12.11.2007 г.

The Chinese game weiqi, also known in the world as “Go” is invented, according to some sources, by the legendary emperor Yao. The same emperor is cited also as the creator of the calendar. And the system of chronology in China is traditionally started in the year 2357 BC – the year of the enthroning of Yao. The Chinese sources give credit for the game’s invention also to other mythological persons of Chinese origins. For example, the successor to Yao – emperor Shun, also known as the Encircling Shun – directly corresponds to the essence of the game itself – the process of surrounding and encircling of territories. One can only be certain that weiqi (Go) or “the game of encircling” bears the honorary age of three to four thousand years, making it the oldest known intellectual game.
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