Second EGF Ing Cup

Last year in Vienna, during the European Go Congress, it was decided the second EGP Ing Cup tournament would be held in Amsterdam. I was very pleased to hear this since it meant the strongest Go contest ever held in Europe would take place in my very home town. In a fine co-operation with the EGF we took things up. In consultation with Mr. Ing, the EGF invited 24 players, most of them to be selected by the national Go federations. We soon came to the conclusion that it would be nice to organize a supplementing open tournament in the weekend as well. For this would give the participants an opportunity to see some European top Go. Besides, it would give them a good impression of the Ing rules. Since Mr. Ing approved our ideas he sent 120 Ing's sets as a gift to the EGF. I remember, I was a little shocked when I saw the respectable size of the twenty cartons with Go sets which had to be stored in my apartment for a while.

A few weeks later the opening reception was held. With players arriving from all over Europe things started to live. We welcomed Mr. Ying, the son of Mr. Ing and Mr. Yang, an authority on the Ing rules. After a special Dutch cold buffet Mr. Yang explained the players the differences between Japanese and the Ing rules.

During the tournament some games and analysis were recorded on site on a computer. Later these games were reviewed by Guo Juan, who is a former pro from China. All in all a lot of material of interest for every aspiring student of Go. Thanks to the remarkable efforts of Rob Kok and Peter Dijkema we can present it to you!

Jos Koster, chief organizer