European Student Go Championship 2026 in İzmir — Registration is Open!

This article was translated automatically from Turkish with AI (Google Gemini). If anything is unclear, the Turkish original prevails.

The European Student Go Championship (ESGC) is being held in Türkiye for the first time in its history! The 16th edition of the championship will be held on 19–20 September 2026 at the Urla campus of İzmir Institute of Technology (İYTE), in cooperation with the Turkish Go Association (TGOD) (Türkiye Go Derneği) and the İYTE Turkish-Japanese Culture Society, under the auspices of the European Go Federation (EGF).

Participation is free. As it is an official EGF championship, participation conditions are subject to EGF regulations: players must be full-time university/college students, at least 16 years old and under 29 years old as of 1 August 2026, and citizens of an EGF full member country representing that country; passports/IDs and student certificates will be checked at the registration desk. Players of all levels are welcome — from 30 kyu to dan level. The tournament, which will be played in 5 rounds under the McMahon system (Fischer: 45 minutes + 15 seconds per move), will crown the winner as the European Student Champion; the top players will also compete for the right to participate in the World Students Go Oza Championship held in Tokyo. A Go weekend full of accommodation options and a social programme awaits us at the campus on the Aegean coast, in the ancient lands of Ionia.

For detailed information and pre-registration, you can visit our championship page, write to esgc2026@tgod.org.tr for your questions, or join the tournament WhatsApp group. 2026 is becoming the biggest year in the history of Go in Türkiye, along with the 68th European Go Congress held in Ankara and the 25th International Istanbul Go Tournament in October — see you in İzmir!