A Swiss tournament with handicaps on 13x13 boards.

A knockout stage tournament with short games on 9x9 boards.

Beach Volley is available at the campus. Exact location will be advised soon

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. No handicap.

Tournament Structure • Board Size: 13x13 • Time Settings: Fischer time with 25 minutes + 3 seconds 8 players will be grouped into teams of two. The event will kick off with two separate 2v2 semi-final matches. The winning teams from those matches will then face off in the Grand Final. Pairings will be made according to the average level of the two players. 📜 Rules and How to Play The Go board will be stationed on a table a few meters away from the main climbing wall. 2 different metal spots, which are about 3 meters high up, will be used during the match. • One player from the Black team and one from the White team start at the board. Their teammates wait in a "blind zone" about 5 meters away, unable to see the board state while they wait. • Once the timer starts, the first Black player plays their move on the board, climbs on the left side until they touch the left metal spot, climbs back down, and then hits the timer. • The moment the timer is hit, the white player can play their move. Meanwhile, the first Black player walks to their teammate and taps them, swapping places with their teammate. When the first white player is done with climbing and touching the right side metal, they can hit the timer and the second black player can play. • The first White player tags in their own waiting teammate. • The second players from both teams will repeat this process. However, once both players on a team have climbed their starting wall, the routes switch! Black players will start climbing the second wall, and White players will start climbing the first wall. This alternating cycle continues for the rest of the game.

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

Kemal Gülbudak

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.

Time Setting: Fischer Time with 60 min + 30 sec

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 the end of July 29th 2026.

Team composition:

• The tournament is rated as class B
• 30 minutes + 10 seconds Fischer
• 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.

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 with 20 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.

First Week Prize Giving Ceremony

• Oplist Women's Tournament

• Seniors Tournament

• Youth Tournament

• 9x9 Tournament

• Chess&Go Tournament

• Turkish Go Players' Weekend Tournament

• Nation's Cup Tournament

-Japanese Ambassador MASAMI Tamura's Speech

• Japanese Ambassadors Cup Blitz Tournament

• Shamisen Artist and Singer will give a small concerto

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Second Week Prize Giving Ceremony

Europcar Rapid Tournament

This tournament is played on a 19x19 board, with reduced thinking time of 25 minutes + 3 seconds Bonus Fischer 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.

⚡ RELAY GO – SPEED, TEAMWORK & SURPRISES!

Get ready for one of the most entertaining and unpredictable Go events of the European Go Congress!

Relay Go transforms a normal game into a fast-paced team experience. Twenty players will take part in one special match, with ten players on each side. Every participant will contribute to the same game, trying to understand the plans of their teammates and continue them without any discussion.

The event is designed purely for fun, teamwork, and learning. After the game, a professional player will review the match and explain the most interesting moments, decisions, mistakes, and missed opportunities.

📅 Event Details

Format: One 10 vs. 10 Relay Go match Board Size: 19×19 Time Control: 5 minutes + 15 seconds Fischer increment per move, per team Number of Participants: 20 Registration: Individual registration only Participation: The first 20 people to register will be accepted

The organizers will divide the participants into two teams of ten before the game.

📜 The Rules

1. Team Composition

The match will be played between two teams of ten players.

Before the game begins, each team will be assigned a fixed playing order:

Player 1 → Player 2 → … → Player 10

This rotation must remain unchanged throughout the game.

After Player 10 completes a move, the rotation begins again with Player 1.

2. The Relay Mechanism 🏃

All players wait behind the designated start line, approximately two metres from the board.

When it is their turn, the player must:

1. Power-walk to the board.
2. Play exactly one move.
3. Press the clock.
4. Power-walk back behind the start line.

The next player may leave only after the previous player has completely crossed the start line.

3. Walking Only 🚶

For safety reasons, running is not allowed.

Players must power-walk between the start line and the board. Dangerous movement, sliding, pushing, or deliberately obstructing another participant is prohibited.

The referee may warn players who move unsafely. Repeated unsafe behaviour may result in a penalty.

4. No Communication 🤫

Players may not communicate about the game in any way.

This includes:

• Giving advice
• Calling out moves or coordinates
• Discussing strategy
• Pointing at the board
• Making tactical hand signals
• Deliberately directing a teammate’s attention to part of the board

Each player must independently understand the position when arriving at the board and decide how to continue the game.

General cheering, celebrations, laughter, and dramatic reactions are welcome, provided they do not communicate information about the position.

5. The Clock ⏱️

Each team has one shared clock.

Each team starts with five minutes. After every completed move, fifteen seconds are added to that team’s remaining time.

The team’s clock continues while its players are:

• Walking to or from the board
• Reading the position
• Choosing and playing a move
• Returning behind the start line
• Correcting a mistake

If a player forgets to press the clock, the team’s time continues until the clock is pressed.

A team loses on time if its clock reaches zero.

6. Legal Moves

Normal Go rules apply unless otherwise stated by the organizers.

A player must play one legal move and then press the clock.

Passing is allowed and counts as the player’s move.

The game ends after two consecutive passes, resignation, or time loss.

⚠️ Mistakes and Penalties

This is a friendly event, so the main penalty for procedural mistakes will be the time lost while correcting them. The team’s clock continues running throughout the correction.

Leaving Too Early

If the next player leaves before the previous player has completely crossed the start line, the player must return behind the line before approaching the board again.

Playing Out of Turn

If the wrong player makes a move, the move is removed.

The correct player must then approach the board and play. The team’s clock continues during the correction.

Illegal Move

An illegal move must be removed immediately.

The same player must make a legal move before pressing the clock. The team’s clock continues running.

Forgetting to Press the Clock

If a player forgets to press the clock, the opposing team is not required to remind them.

The team’s time continues until the clock is correctly pressed.

Disturbing the Board

If a player knocks stones out of position, the board must be restored under the referee’s supervision.

The team’s clock continues while the position is restored.

If the original position cannot be reconstructed reliably, the referee will decide how the game should continue.

Additional Penalties

Repeated, deliberate, or serious violations may result in a two-point penalty awarded to the opposing team.

The referee may apply a stronger penalty in cases of:

• Deliberate cheating
• Repeated communication
• Dangerous behaviour
• Intentional disruption of the board
• Refusal to follow instructions

The referee’s decision is final.

🎓 Professional Game Review

After the match, a professional Go player will review the game for all participants and spectators.

🎉 Spirit of the Event

Relay Go is not intended to be a serious competitive tournament.

The goal is to enjoy Go together, experience the challenges of team play, adapt to unexpected decisions, and learn from the professional review afterwards.

Players of all strengths are welcome.

Enthusiastic power-walking, cheering, laughter, and dramatic celebrations are encouraged. Communication about the game, however, remains strictly forbidden.

Register early—only the first 20 participants can join!

Time Setting: Fischer Time with 20 min + 10 sec No handicap

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

It will be a four 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 + 15 seconds increment per move (Fischer time)

Rated at class A in EGD.

Professional players will play simultaneous games.

Organising Institution: Turkish Go Association (TGOD)

Supporting Institution: Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Ankara

• The 2026 Embassy of People's Republic of China Türkiye Youth Weiqi Championship, organised with the support of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Ankara, is now open to all players born on or after 25 July 2005.

• As this is the Türkiye Youth Weiqi Championship, prizes will be awarded only to the top three Turkish players in each age category: U12, U16, U21

• However, all participants may play in the tournament, and as a Class C tournament, the results will count for rating points.

Rules

• 30 minutes of absolute time per player.
• No handicap.
• 19×19 board. Japanese Rules. Komi 6.5 Tiemu (Points).
• All players will compete in one tournament with McMahon pairing system.
• Tiebreakers: MMS, DC, SOS, SOSOS.

Schedule

• 09:00–09:30: Registration confirmation and announcement of pairings
• 09:30–10:00: Opening ceremony and start of Weiqi Culture Day
• 10:00–11:15: Round 1
• 11:30–12:45: Round 2
• 13:15–14:30: Lunch break
• 14:30–15:45: Round 3
• 16:00–17:15: Round 4
• 17:30–18:30: Address by the Ambassador, prize ceremony and closing

Age Categories For Prizes (For only Turkish Players)

• U21 Category: Players born on or after 25 July 2005
• U16 Category: Players born on or after 25 July 2010
• U12 Category: Players born on or after 25 July 2014

Prizes (For only Turkish Players)

• First place: Championship trophy and three private lessons
• Second place: Medal and two private lessons
• Third place: Medal and one private lesson

VIP dinner of EGC2026.

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.

Time Setting: Fischer Time with 30 min + 10 sec. No handicap

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

• Round 1: 18:00
• Round 2: 19:30

Wednesday, 29 July

• Round 3: 17:00
• Round 4: 18:30
• Round 5: 20:00

Tournament Rules

Rules: Japanese rules

Board size: 19×19

Komi: 6.5 points, nigiri is used for colors

Time Setting: Fischer Time with 45 min + 20 sec

No handicap

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.