European Student Go Championship 2025
Durham, England
Welcome to the historic city of Durham in the North East of England. The city is built around a UNESCO World Heritage Site covering the 900 year old Cathedral and Castle, and is home to England's third oldest university - where this year's European Student Go Championship will be held.
Tournament details
Format
5 rounds McMahon
Fischer time - 45 minutes main time + 15 seconds per move (Class A)
AGA rules
More details and a full timetable will be released soon
Who can play?
- The championship is open to all full time university or college students, aged between 16 and 29 on August 1st, who are European nationals
- Up to three players in the championship can qualify for the World Students GO OZA Championship in Tokyo (usually in February)!
- (Entrants for the OZA Student Championship must be from different countries, nobody can go twice in a three years period, and graduate students are excluded)
Are you joining us?
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To sign up, please send an email to tournament@durhamgo.club with your name, club, country, and rank.
Note that you can change your grade on registration, if it's no longer correct.
If you register but then can't make the tournament, please let us know - otherwise we will assume you are playing!
If no one has signed up around your rank yet, please sign up yourself to encourage them!
List names
Friday 10th October
Details TBC
An evening of social activities from 5pm onwards
Saturday 11th October
Details TBC
- 09:00-09:30 Registration
- 09:30-11:30 Round 1
- 11:30-12:15 Lunch
- 12:15-14:15 Round 2
- 14:15-14:30 Break
- 14:30-16:30 Round 3
- 17:00 onwards An evening of social activities
Sunday 12th October
Details TBC
Outside the tournament
Playing Go is only half of the fun of a tournament - there's also the social side outside of the games
There are several things planned - the exact details may change between now and the tournament as things are organised
A tour of the 900 year old Durham Castle
A tour of Durham Cathedral, which was used in the Harry Potter films
A traditional tea ceremony
A visit to Durham's Oriental Museum
Getting to Durham
Durham is relatively easy to get to. If you're in the UK, we're on the East Coast Mainline for rail and the A1 for road - so good links from anywhere between London and Edinburgh.
If you're coming from outside the UK, we're close to Newcastle Airport - which has flights from most European countries.
Accommodation
We're trying to arrange a bulk room booking - we can confirm this in the next few weeks. This may be single rooms, or multiple people per room (twin or triple). When you register, please mark down if you are happy to share a room.
Durham has several hotels and B&Bs, including:
- Premier Inn has two hotels in central Durham - Walkergate and Milburngate - and others further out
- There is a Travelodge
- Hotel Indigo is central
- The Marriott is also central
- Radisson Blu is slightly further from the venue
There are many websites that give hotel listings that you can try:
- ThisIsDurham has many options for accommodation, including hostels, hotels, and caravan and campsites
- Google lists various hotels
- Trip Advisor lists many hotels and B&Bs in Durham
- AirBnB has several houses available
Other options include:
- If you prefer camping or caravanning, Durham has a Caravan and Motorhome Club site nearby
- Since the tournament is held during term time, accommodation in Colleges is likely to be limited. However, there may be some available (St Chads has a separate website).
If you find anywhere particularly good, please let us know and we'll tell people about it.
There may be some free accommodation, sleeping on floors / sofas / spare beds with local Go players - if you would like to take advantage of this, please let us know. You may need to bring a sleeping bag.
Prizes
Exact prizes will be worked out nearer the time, but will include locally produced alcohols, chocolate, and Durham souvenirs to remind entrants of their time at the tournament.
The winner of the tournament will receive our traditional Durham Goat Ornament!
Come for the tournament, stay for a holiday
If you're travelling to Durham for the European Student Go Championship, why not extend your stay and enjoy the area for a longer break? There are plenty of things to see and do:
- Durham Go Club (meeting on Monday and Thursday evenings)
- The Botanic Garden
- The Palace Green Library museum
- The rest of the World Heritage Site
- The National Trust owned Crook Hall Gardens
- Outside of Durham, Beamish Museum
- And many other options