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Russia: Less than ten days after his victories at the 2013 European Go Congress, Ilja Shikshin 7d (left) conquered the Vladimir Open in Suzdal on August 18. Igor Nemlij 5d placed second and Dmitrij Surin 6d came in third. Poland: The Summer Go School – Jerzy Sacharewicz Memorial tournament in Przystanek Alaska also finished on August 18 with Cezary Czernecki 3d in first, Stanislaw Frejlak 4d in second, and Marek Kaminski 4d in third. Sweden: Fredrik Blomback 6d bested Yaqi Fu 6d at the Stockholm Open on August 18; Klas Almrot 4d came in third.
— Annalia Linnan, based on reports from EuroGoTV, which include complete result tables and all the latest European go news

A 10-day “Festival for the Mind”, the 17th Mind Sports Olympiad (MSO) opened in London on Friday 16 August, hosting a myriad of mind sport competitions, including the Creative Thinking World Championship, Hare and Tortoise, Chess – and variations on it, some novel such as Diving Chess – and last, but not least, go.

There will be a free introduction to go on the morning of Saturday, August 24, followed by the 13×13 competition that afternoon. The next day will see the all-day 19×19 go tournament, a 4-round McMahon, 40 minutes each main time + 30 moves in 5 minutes overtime.

Entry is £10 per event (single session) or £15 (double session) and it is being held at the University of London Union, Malet St, London, United Kingdom, WC1E 7HY. Click here for a full schedule of events.

Tony Collman, British Correspondent for the E-Journal. Photo: Mind Map, courtesy of MSO website.

Turkey: The 13th Istanbul Go Tournament will take place September 28 and 29 in Istanbul. Since fall 2001, the Istanbul Go Tournament has made its players its top priority. According to the official homepage, the Istanbul Go Topluluğu has “always been striving to achieve a higher quality of experience…and set a higher standard for other national tournaments in Turkey.” All players are invited to register. Pre-registration is open until September 20 and strongly encouraged. For official rules, full schedule, and more, please visit istanbulgo.org.
Italy: The Higashikita Go Club and Italian Go Federation (F.I.G.G.) will host the 2013 European Student Go Championship and 8th Higashikita Tournament on October 5-6 in Trieste. For the main tournament, any player that is a university student, under 30 years of age, and a citizen of any EGF member countries is invited to participate. There is no entry fee and if a country chooses to elect an official national representative, that player will receive free accommodations. For players who do not qualify for the main tournament, the Higashikita Tournament is open to all players. Players who register for the Higashikita Tournament before September 29 will receive a 30% discount on their entry fee. For more information about or to register for either tournament, please visit the ESGC 2013 official website.
— Annalia Linnan; for complete listings, check out the European Tournament Calendar; photo courtesy of Istanbul Go

Sweden: Recently, Leksand hosted both the Leksand Open and the European Women’s Go Championship. Even though he had triumphed at the EGF Qualification tournament for Beijing 2013 two days before, Hui Fan 7d championed the Leksand Open on July 24 with Ali Jabarin 6d in second and Cristian Pop 6d in third. The same day, victory at the European Women’s Go Championship belonged to Natalia Kovaleva 5d (left) while Dina Burdakova 5k placed second and Manja Marz 3d came in third. Croatia: The 475. Velika Gorica weekend go tournament finished July 27 with Mladen Smud 1k in first, Nikola Primetica 4k in second, and MIrko Primetica 9k in third. Romania: Catalina Bianca Tudosie 12k took first at the TrSeverin – Under 16 club tournament on July 28 in Drobeta-Turnu Severin. In second was Catalin Fabian Birlan 12k and third was Marina Popa 16k.
— Annalia Linnan, based on reports from EuroGoTV, which include complete result tables and all the latest European go news