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This page contains information about the state of Go in India, along with any planned events on the AIGP calendar.

Represent India at the International Humanitarian Games 2025

Date: 20 Dec, 2024

We are excited to announce that the Association of Indian Go Players (AIGP) has been invited to participate in the International Humanitarian Games 2025. This prestigious event will take place from February 11–15, 2025, in Kermanshah City, Iran.

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AIGP News October 2024

Date: 04 Nov, 2024

October has been quite busy for the Indian Baduk Scene. The first quarterly national tournament held online finished. We also had multiple offline workshops, tournaments and club meetups.

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September Update

Date: 02 Oct, 2024

We Had a few successful Meetups at the Kolkata Baduk Club this September. Our Quarterly Tournament has also been very successful, it will end on 2nd week of October. There's an event happening on 6th October in Bangalore. Click more information to view all images.

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19th KPMC & Indian Online League

Date: 03 Aug, 2024

Saranraj Nambusubramaniyan to Represent India in the 19th Korea Prime Minister Cup, and Starting of the National Online League.

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Asian Weiqi Championship 2024 Invitation

Date: 28 Jun, 2024

Apply to represent India in Asian Weiqi Championship by Chinese WeiQi Association

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Indian Representative Selection Tournament for Korean Prime Minister's Cup, 2024

Date: 09 May, 2024

AIGP has been invited by the Korean Baduk Federation to participate in the Korea Prime Minister Cup 2024.

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Lots of November updates

Date: 08 Nov, 2023

November activities

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August challenge winners & next challenge announcement

Date: 27 Sep, 2023

Join our monthly challenges which help you get better, faster, stronger & harder to beat

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Mumbai meetups and Monthly Challenges

Date: 02 Aug, 2023

Find out about the Mumbai monthly meetups and our brand new "Challenge of the Month"

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Indian representation in KPMC 2023 and AWC 2023

Date: 26 Jul, 2023

Find out about Indian representatives at international tournaments!

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News Article on AIGP on the Korean Baduk Federation website

Date: 08 May, 2023

Our First Indian Go Tournament was featured in the "Baduk News" section of the Korean Baduk Federation's website. You can read the news article using the link below

If that link doesn't work, please find an archive.org link here

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Delhi and Mumbai meetups with Yeonwoo!

Date: 09 Mar, 2023

We have had a very special guest from Korea visiting and arranged multiple Go community meetups around Yeonwoo's visit Check out the articles for lots of pictures!

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Go Workshop and Tournament Results

Date: 26 Feb, 2023

The Go workshops held over 2 days of Meeplecon was a big success. Ilia Trullin from Russia won the 19x19 tournament! Check out more pics, vids and the award ceremony inside

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India's First Open Go Convention and Tournament - Mumbai, 18th and 19th Feb

Date: 27 Jan, 2023

The AIGP is proud to annouce that we are organising India's FIRST Open Go Convention in association with Cluedo and Meeplecon. The convention includes learning sessions the entire day on 18th February, followed by a tournament for all on the 19th of February.

Venue - Dublin Square, Phoenix Marketcity, Mumbai

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Physical Meetup in Kolkata

Date: 22 Jan, 2023

With the reduction of COVID in India, we have slowly started having ad-hoc meetups. Karan hosted one such meetup in Kolkata this year.

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Pranjal Srivastava to represent India in the 2022 WAGC

Date: 16 Nov, 2022

Pranjal Srivastava has won the 10-person, 4-round swiss WAGC Indian Representation Selection Tournament 2022. He will be representing India in the WAGC 2022, which will take place online. Congratulations to Pranjal!

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Soumya Kundu wins the 9x9 Independence Day Tournament

Date: 15 Aug, 2022

To commemorate India's 75th Independence Day, the AIGP conducted a 9x9 tournament. There were 12 participants, and Soumya Kundu defeated everyone else to win the tournament! Congratulations, Soumya!

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Shashwat Chandra to represent India in the 17th KPMC

Date: 26 Jul, 2022

Congrats to Shashwat Chandra from Bangalore, Karnataka for winning the KPMC Indian Representative Selection Tournament, held from 22nd to 27th July, 2022. This year, the KPMC tournament will be held in-person in South Korea, and Shashwat Chandra will be representing India there. The decider match, between Karan Rawat and Shashwat Chandra was a nail-biter, and Shashwat won by a tiny 1.5 point margin to claim the victory.

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16 year old Pranjal Srivastava to represent India at 16th KPMC

Date: 27 Jun, 2021

Congrats to Pranjal Srivastava, a 16 year old from Bangalore, Karnataka, who defeated 5 others to win the KPMC Indian Representation Selection Tournament, held in June 2021. Pranjal will now go ahead and represent India at the 16th Korean Prime-Minister Cup, 2021.

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Indian participants at the Durham Go Tournament, 2021

Date: 20 Jun, 2021

The Durham Go Tournament for the year 2021 was held by the British Go Association from 19th to 20th of June, 2021. It was held online this year. The AIGP had one representative in this tournament, Shashwat Chandra, who finished the tournament ranked 14, out of 69 participants.

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Indian participants at the 48th Paris International Tournament, 2021

Date: 05 Apr, 2021

The 48th Paris International Tournament was conducted by the European Go Federation from 3rd to 5th of April, 2021. It was held on the Online Go Server (OGS). The AIGP had one representative in this tournament, Karan Rawat, who finished the tournament ranked 74, out of 175 participants.

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