What Is Go?
Go is an ancient board game which originated in Asia thousands of
years ago. In Chinese it is called weiqi, in Korean it is called baduk,
but we use the Japanese word, go.
You may have seen this game in movies such as A Beautiful Mind or
Pi. Go has also been featured in a popular anime,
Hikaru no Go.
The object of the game is to surround more territory than your
opponent. The rules are simple, and can be learned in a few minutes.
At www.321go.org or
at http://playgo.to/interactive/
you can find some nice introductions or maybe it is best if you pass by in one
of our clubs to get the game explained by an expert.
More Details can be found in the article about Go on Wikipedia.
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Go in Switzerland
In
Switzerland there are around 200 active go players who meet every week
in a club. Around 150 of those 200 attend at least one tournament per
year.There are certainly the double amount of players who play go only
from time to time with friends or in the family. In the cyberspace
there are many possibilities for players and so some swiss players are
usually always around on the biggest servers.
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Swiss Go History
The swiss go association was founded on October 14th 1979 in
Bern. Of course there were active go players also before the foundation
but they weren't really organized except from the club in Geneva or the
one at the research center Cern. With the growing popularity the first
big go wave leaded to foundations of clubs in the mayor cities,
tournaments and in 1984 the swiss go association even organized the european
go congress. Later the tournament of La Chaux-de-Fonds became one of the
biggest in Europe with more then 100 participants and high cash prizes.
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Support from the Swiss Go Association
The association supports every kind of go lessons or introduction to
the game with equipment and a contribution towards expenses.
The organizers of a tournament receive 5 Sfr for each participant.
Promotion of any kind: Posters, Flyers etc. get a full sponsorship.
Equipment for newly founded clubs.
Participants of european championships (Pairgo, Teamgo or Juniorgo) get a maximum of 200 Sfr for travel expenditures.
The cost limit for all support is in general around 200 Sfr.
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Newsletter
The newsletter informs about tournaments, actual happenings
as well as upcoming events like go weekends or visits of pro players.
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Board of Administration
| President |
Secretary & Treasurer |
Flavien Aubelle
Rue Liotard, 34
CH-1202 Geneva
 079 410 63 24
|
Lorenz Trippel
Habsburgstrasse 35
CH-8037 Zürich
077 417 39 70
|
| Vice-president |
Social media / Communication |
François Van Walleghem
079 370 60 78
|
Arnaud Pilet
077 256 11 62
|
| Head of Training |
|
Yurii Pliushch
|
|
| Official Teacher |
Official Teacher |
Hwang In-seong
|
Li Yue
|
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Statutes
Statutes of the Swiss Go Association english, french
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