How to get there?

The tournament will be held at the following adress:

Headquarters of Lintec Information Technologies AG
Otto-Schmidt-Straße 22
04425 Taucha.

The venue is located east of Leipzig. Until midnight there is a regular tram connection from Leipzig main station which takes about 20 minutes. Night busses are running all night. Map

by plane

The following airports are suitable for travelling to Leipzig:

These are possible airlines you may use:

by train

Arrival at Leipzig HBF (main station). Take tram number 3 towards Taucha (you need a ticket for zone 2). Leave the tram at the station Otto-Schmidt-Straße. Turn right into Otto-Schmidt-Straße and follow this road for about 500m. Map

by car

Leave the motorway A14 (Halle-Leipzig-Dresden) at exit 25 Leipzig-Nordost towards Taucha. At the first crossing, turn right into Otto-Schmidt-Straße and follow this road for about 500m. Map

News

02/10/05

Unexcepted Outcome

Three young women became European Woman Champion 2005. mehr>>

02/10/05

Bord 1

Just at the end, it happened, that there were some discrepancies in the game on board 1, so the referees had to find a solution. They decided that the game should be finished, and Svetlana could win the game by 3 points. Now 3 womens got 4 points. Who will be the winner? mehr>>

02/10/05

Final round

Rita beat Manuela in a very hard fight. Rita is now at least under the first three. Manuela can still hope that Zhao will win her game. mehr>>

02/10/05

4th round

Zhao Pei beat Rita Pocsai and leads the championship with 4 points. In the 5th round Zhao and Svetlana will fight for the championship. The fight between Rita and Manuela will decide at least the third place. mehr>>

01/10/05

Start of the EWGC

The first three rounds were held today. Round 3 was the day's highlight and the day of the hungarian girls. Rita Pocsai beat Svetlana Shikshina and Alexandra Urbán beat Daniela Trinks (3d). mehr>>

29/09/05

Workshop with Manuela

Manuela's workshop was dedicated for Kyu-players. The theme was proper invading and some basic shapes, everyone should be familiar with.

28/09/05

Arrival

The first women arrived today. The journey of the hungarian girls took about 11 hours, the one of Liza Gorbunova (1k, Urkaine) about 35 hours.

09/08/05

Special hotel fee

There is a special hotel fee for participants and visitors of the EWGC 2005. more>>

17/06/05

Announcement

We expect three professional go players from japan for the workshops and the championship. more>>

29/04/05

Change of venue!

The venue has moved to Taucha, east of Leipzig. more>>

29/04/05

Update Tournament Rules

There are some changes according to the used byoyomi rule of the main tournament. more>>

Sponsors

  • European Go Federation
  • Nihon Kiin
  • Japan Foundation
  • Ing Foundation
  • Lintec Information Technologies AG
  • 4und20net
  • Taucha
  • DGoB
  • LV-BST