Author : frantisek

The Winter JIGS Camp has come to an end, and we’re happy to look back at a week full of go, learning, and great shared moments. This time, the camp brought together six base players, with another 4-5 participants joining for a few days. The group was a nice mix of new faces and returning […]

The Autumn JIGS Camp took place a few weeks ago already, but we still want to share the very nice moments about the camp. This year’s edition was a kids + family camp, and with more than 15 enthusiastic participants the atmosphere was lively from the very first day. Over the course of the camp, […]

Dear Go players,our Play & Train course has been running with great enthusiasm — and now we’re looking to reschedule the weekly session to a time that suits everyone better. Interested in joining? Let us know! We’ll choose the new weekly time together with all participants. 🧩 What is Play & Train? A focused 2-hour […]

Hello everyone, Here comes Part 3 of our look back at EGC 2025 – and with it, the final chapter of our little recap. 🎉 First, a big thank you to everyone who took part in the JIGS Tsumego Challenge during the congress. Almost 100 participants tested their reading skills! 🙌 Many prizes have already […]

Hello again, As promised, here comes Part 2 of our EGC 2025 recap! 🙂 Let’s start with the Blitz tournament, which featured a thrilling final showdown. Valerii Krushelnytskyi 7d 🇺🇦 finished the 2nd place, and Lukáš Podpěra 7d 🇨🇿 took the championship title! Big congratulations to both – we’re lucky to have you as part […]

Dear Go players, Our next season of online training will start on the 1st of September. ⚠️BEGINNERS: This time, we will have a special group for beginners (players between 30k-20k). If you’re just starting out, this is the perfect place to improve. Of course, everyone is welcome to join – as always, we will form […]

Hi everyone, it is less than two weeks until the EGC in Warsaw starts 😊 We are looking forward to seeing you there! Therefore, we’ve prepared a JIGS Tsumego Challenge at EGC, which you may know already from the previous years. Each day you get 9 problems (in three categories) and you can collect up […]

Hello everyone, The next summer camp will take place in a little over a month, from July 11th to July 18th. We still have spots left, so you can join us for a week full of Go and other activities in Jena with fellow Go players. There are usually 3 blocks of go training per […]

Hello everyone, last weekend JIGS attended the 53rd Prague tournament with 12 students and 5 teachers. It’s one of the biggest European tournaments, and this year it attracted 182. It is a 6 round tournament with generous prize money, which attracts the strongest European (and also non-European ^^) players. The tournament moved to a new […]