Obsolete: Current UK and Irish Tournaments: Past Winners

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x-y means every year between x and y inclusive

British Championship

1965-9 Jon Diamond
1970 Jon Diamond (congress result)
1971 Jon Diamond (post-congress play-off T. Goddard)
1972 Jon Diamond (2-0 T. Goddard)
1973 Jon Diamond (unchallenged)
1974 Paul Prescott (1-0 J. Diamond)
1975 Jon Diamond (3-0 P. Prescott)
1976 Jon Diamond (3-0 P. Prescott)
1977 Jon Diamond (3-2 P. Prescott)
1978 Matthew Macfadyen (3-0 B. Casteldine)
1979 Matthew Macfadyen (3-1 T. Stacey)
1980 Matthew Macfadyen (3-1 T. Stacey)
1981 Matthew Macfadyen (3-2 T. Stacey)
1982 Matthew Macfadyen (3-0 J. Barty)
1983 Matthew Macfadyen (3-0 T. Stacey)
1984 Matthew Macfadyen (3-0 T. Stacey)
1985 Terry Stacey (3-1 M. Macfadyen)
1986 Terry Stacey (3-1 M. Macfadyen)
1987 Piers Shepperson (3-2 T. Stacey)
1988 Matthew Macfadyen (3-0 P. Shepperson)
1989 Matthew Macfadyen (3-1 E. Shaw)
1990 Matthew Macfadyen (3-0 J. Rickard)
1991 Matthew Macfadyen (3-0 E. Shaw)
1992 Matthew Macfadyen (3-1 E. Shaw)
1993 Shutai Zhang (3-0 M. Macfadyen)
1994 Shutai Zhang (3-0 M. Macfadyen)
1995 Shutai Zhang (3-2 M. Macfadyen)
1996 Shutai Zhang (3-1 M. Macfadyen)
1997 Matthew Macfadyen (3-0 C. Matthews)
1998 Matthew Macfadyen (3-0 E. Shaw)
1999 Matthew Macfadyen (3-0 M. Cocke)
2000 Matthew Macfadyen (3-0 D. Cann)
2001 Matthew Macfadyen (3-1 Y. Kim)
2002 Matthew Macfadyen (3-0 M. Cocke)
2003 Matthew Macfadyen (3-0 M. Cocke)
2004 Matthew Macfadyen (3-1 D. Ward)
2005 Matthew Macfadyen (3-0 D. Cann)
2006 Bei Ge (3-2 M. Macfadyen)
2007 Bei Ge (3-1 A. Selby)
2008 Matthew Macfadyen (3-1 Hui Wang)
2009 Matthew Macfadyen (3-0 Hui Wang)
2010 Matthew Macfadyen (3-1 Vanessa Wong)
2011 Matthew Macfadyen (2-1 Nick Krempel)
2012 Andrew Kay (2-0 Nick Krempel)

Arundel

2008 Jaeup Kim
2010 Matthew Macfadyen
2011 Matthew Cocke
2012 Paul Tabor

Bar-Low

Held in Cambridge. Open only to kyu-graded players.

1997 Jonathan Chin
1998 Jonathan Chin / Pengfei He / Robert Salkeld / Nick Wedd
1999 Jonathan Chin
2000 Phil Beck
2001 Mike Cockburn
2002 Edward Blockley
2003 Paul Taylor
2004 Jong Ug Kim
2005 Matthew Reid
2006 Paul Tabor
2007 Andrew Kay
2008 Ed Wormington
2009 Edwin Brady
2010 James Murray
2011 Graham Lamburn / John Richardson / Adan Mordcovich
2012 Florian Borchers

Belfast

1992 Tony Goddard
2007 Ian Davis
2008 Yohei Negi
2009 Matthew Crosby
2010 David Phillips
2011 Andrew Simons
2012 Laurens Spijker

Bracknell

British Open

British Lightning

1976 T.Mark Hall
1977 Francis Roads
1978-83 Matthew Macfadyen
1984 Piers Shepperson
1985 Matthew Macfadyen
1986 Brian Chandler
1987 T.Mark Hall
1988 Brian Chandler
1989 Matthew Macfadyen
1990 Simon Shiu
1991-2 T.Mark Hall
1993 Matthew Cocke
1994 Matthew Macfadyen
1995 Mark Harrod
1996 T.Mark Hall
1997-8 Des Cann
1999 Seong-June Kim
2000 Tim Hunt
2001 Matthew Macfadyen
2002 Shawn Hearn
2003 T Mark Hall
2004-5 David King
2006 Ben He
2007 Phil Beck
2008 T Mark Hall
2009 Baron Allday
2010 Nick Krempel
2011-2 Andrew Kay
2013 Oscar Selby

British Small Board (13×13)

1980 Terry Stacey
1981 Richard Granville
1982 Des Cann
1983 Francis Roads
1995 Francis Roads
1997 Yong Cheol Shin
1998 Mike Charles
1999 Dan Micsa
2000 Seong-June Kim
2001 John Rickard
2002 Jin Hoon Yoon
2003 Simon Goss
2004 David Ward
2005 Alex Selby
2006 William Brooks
2007 Natasha Regan
2008 Paul Smith
2009 Matthew Cocke
2010 Andrew Simons
2011 Andrew Simons

Cambridge

"The Trigantius" since 1977

Candidates’

This tournament is held primarily to select players who will compete in the Challenger’s Tournament. Incorporated the Challenger's League in 1979-1982.

1978 David Mitchell
1983 John Rickard / Richard Granville
1984 John Smith / Richard Granville
1985 Jon Diamond
1986 Edmund Shaw / Francis Roads / T.Mark Hall
1987 Edmund Shaw / Brian Chandler / Alistair Thmpson
1988 Matthew Macfadyen
1989 Neil Symes / John Smith / Adam Pirani
1990 Harold Lee
1991 Edmund Shaw
1992 T.Mark Hall
1993 Shutai Zhang
1994 Matthew Cocke
1995 Des Cann
1996 T.Mark Hall
1997 Des Cann
1998 Martin Smith / Jim Clare
1999 Toby Manning / John Rickard
2000 Young Kim
2001 T.Mark Hall
2002 Seong-June Kim
2003 Quentin Mills
2004 Piers Shepperson
2005 Jon Diamond / Kiyohiko Tanaka
2006 Bei Ge
2007 Matthew Macfadyen
2008-9 Matthew Cocke
2010 Vanessa Wong
2011-2 Andrew Kay

Challengers’

This tournament was held primarily to select a player who will challenge the British champion for the championship title. From 2006 it selected the two title challengers. Incorporated the Candidates' Tournament in 1979-1982.

1977 Paul Prescott
1978 Matthew Macfadyen
1979-81 Terry Stacey
1982 Jim Barty
1983-5 Terry Stacey
1986 Matthew Macfadyen
1987 Piers Shepperson
1988 Matthew Macfadyen
1989 Edmund Shaw
1990 John Rickard
1991-2 Edmund Shaw
1993 Shutai Zhang
1994-7 Matthew Macfadyen
1998 Edmund Shaw
1999 Matthew Cocke / John Rickard / Des Cann. Matthew Cocke won the play-off.
2000 Des Cann
2001 Young Kim
2002-3 Matthew Cocke
2004 David Ward
2005 Des Cann
2006 Matthew Macfadyen (second Bei Ge)
2007 Bei Ge (second Alex Selby)
2008 Matthew Macfadyen / Hui Wang
2009 Hui Wang (second Matthew Macfadyen)
2010 Matthew Macfadyen (second Vanessa Wong)
2011 Matthew Macfadyen (second Nick Krempel)
2012 Andrew Kay (second Nick Krempel)

Cheshire

1984 Chee-kul Choi
1985 Richard Granville
1986 Piers Shepperson
2001 Kunio Kashiwagi
2002 Ruud Stoelman
2003 Tony Atkins
2004 Andrew Morris
2005 Toby Manning
2006 Yangran Zhang
2007 Lianpeng Zhang
2008 Tony Atkins
2009 Martin Harvey
2010 David Ward
2011 Alex Rix
2012 Tony Atkins
2013 Toby Manning

2009 awarded on results at the British Go Congress

Cheshire Handicap

2001 Richard Moulds
2002 Edward Blockley
2003 Robin Hobbes
2004 Edward Blockley
2005 Jonathan Tims
2006 Mark Sullivan
2007 Robin Hobbes
2008 Huw Talliss
2009 Stephen Bailey
2010 Justin Neeves
2011 Matt Marsh
2012 Kath Timmins
2013 Dave Horan

2009 awarded on results at the British Go Congress

Cork (UCC)

2008 Wei Wang
2009 (Jan) Wei Wang
2009 (Nov) Wei Wang
2010 Willem-Koen Pomstra
2011-2 Kim Ouweleen

Cornwall

Held in Penzance. Replaced the Devon in 2000.

1995 Alistair Wall
1996 Thorstein Thorsteinsson
1997-8 Antonio Moreno
1999-2000 Tony Atkins
2001-2 Alistair Wall
2003 Simon Goss
2004 Toby Manning
2005 Ian Marsh
2006 Edmund Shaw
2007 Shige Uno
2008 Yaeko Takano
2009 Paul Massey
2010 Toby Manning
2011 Ian Marsh
2012 Toby Manning

Cornwall Rapid Handicap

2000 John Rickard
2001 Roger Daniel
2002 Annie Hall
2003 Hennie Groot Lipman
2004-5 Jonathan Englefield
2006 Robert Churchill
2007-8 Eric Hall
2009 Ian Marsh
2010 Tony Atkins
2011 Sue Paterson
2012 Peter Harold-Barry

Coventry

Coventry Tournament until 2002 (though held in Leamington that year) and from 2008. Leamington Tournament 2003 to 2006. Midlands Tournament in 1988.

1988 Matthew Macfadyen
1989 Piers Shepperson
1990-9 Matthew Macfadyen
2000 Seong-June Kim
2001 Matthew Macfadyen
2002-4 Des Cann
2006 Bei Ge
2008-10 Matthew Macfadyen
2011 Andrew Kay
2012 Andrew Simons

Durham

2004 Simon Shiu
2005 Francis Roads / Tim Hunt
2006 David Ward
2007 Matthew Cocke
2008 Andrew Jones
2009 Yohei Negi
2010 Matt Crosby / Yohei Negi / Matt Reid
2011-2 Andrew Kay

East Midlands

Replaced the Leicester Tournament.

2006 Simon Shiu
2007 Hui Wang
2008 David Ward
2009 Summer Tian Xia
2010 Jon Diamond
2011 Chong Han
2012 Jon Diamond

Edinburgh Christmas

2009 Alex Kent
2010 David Lee
2011 Yunlong Liu
2012 David Lee

Galway

2008 Lukasz Blek
2011 Justyna Kleczar
2012 Kim Ouweleen

Irish Open

From 2012 was The Confucius Cup

1990 Isao Toshima
1991 David Phillips
1992 Taro Matsumoto
1993 Gerry Mills
1994 Tony Goddard
1995 Matthew Macfadyen
1996 Zhang, Shutai
1997 Alistair Wall
1998-9 Matthew Macfadyen
2000 Richard Hunter
2001 Gerry Mills
2002 Toby Manning
2003 Marco Firnhaber
2004 Toshio Nishimura
2005 Yung Chen
2006 Hwang, In Seong
2007 Kim, DK
2008 Cho, Seok Bin
2009 Hwang, In Seong
2010 Ondrej Silt
2011 Antti Tormanen & Wei Wang
2012-3 Csaba Mero

Irish Rapid

1996 Colin Adams
1997 Des Cann
1998 Christoph Gerlach
1999 Ruud Stoelman
2000 Konagai, Masaru
2001 Cornel Burzo
2002 Tony Atkins
2003 Marco Firnhaber
2004 Dan Gilder
2005 Tony Atkins
2006 Ian Davis
2007 Roman Pszonka
2008 Dylan Carter
2009 Oh, Chi Min
2010 Edwin Brady
2011 Ian Davis
2012 Julien Renaud
2013 Yuanbo Zhang

Isle of Man Open

1991 Thomas Derz & John Smith
1993 Francis Roads
1995 Andrew Jones
1997 Vesa Laatikainen
1999 Francis Roads
2002, 2004, 2006 Piers Shepperson
2008 Matthew Cocke
2010 Alex Selby

Isle of Man Afternoon

1991 Jim Clare
1993, 1995, 1997 Francis Roads
1999 Shigehiko Uno
2002 Francis Roads
2004 Tony Atkins
2006 Matthew Cocke
2008 Richard Hunter
2010 Toby Manning

Isle of Man Lightning

1991 Christian Wohlfahrt
1993 Paul Boogerd
1995 Mark Harrod
1997 Richard Hunter
1999 Shawn Hearn
2002, 2004 William Brooks
2006 Demian Walvisch
2008 Jenny Radcliffe
2010 Barney Shiu

Isle of Man 13×13

1991 Simon Brooks
1993 Francis Roads
1995 Michael Charles
1997 Gunner Bertram
1999, 2002 Francis Roads
2004 Tim Hunt
2006 Jonathan Englefield
2008 Jenny Radcliffe
2010 Oscar Selby

Isle of Man Pair Go

1993 Hazel Milne & Matthew Macfadyen
1995 Andrea Smith & Paul Smith
1997 John Atherton & Richard Hunter
1999 Michael Marz & Gernot Belger
2002 David King & Eric Hall
2004 Pauline Bailey & Steve Bailey
2006 Jenny Radcliffe & Matthew Cocke
2008 Jenny Radcliffe & Edmund Stephen-Smith
2010 Oscar Selby & Matthew Cocke

Isle of Man Handicap

1993 Paul Margetts
1995 Francis Weaver
1997 Ian Marsh
1999 Chris White
2002 William Brooks
2004 Bill Streeten
2006 Simon Billouet
2008 Ian Marsh
2010 Peter Collins

London Open

London Open Lightning

1979/0 Adam Pirani
1980/1 Matthew Macfadyen
1981/2 Peter Zandveld
1982/3 Komori
1983/4 Andre Moussa
1984/5 C.S. Lee
1985/6 Andre Moussa
1986/7 Brian Chandler
1988/9 Rob van Zeijst
1991/2 Zhang, Shutai
1992/3 Zhang, Shutai
1993/4 Zhang, Shutai
1994/5 Zhao Pei
1995/6 Wakaru Miyakawa
1996/7 Lee Hyuk
1997/8 Emil Nijhuis
1999/2000 Victor Chow
2000/1 Seong-June Kim
2001 Filip van der Stappen
2002 Li Shen
2003 Emil Nijhuis
2004 Christoph Gerlach
2005 Daniel Althans
2006 Arnaud Godet
2007 Julio Martinez
2008 Qing Du
2009 Emeric Lemaire
2010 Jukka Jylanki
2011 Young-Sam Kim
2012 Yuanbo Zhang

London Open Pair Go

2002 Mihoko Isoda & Masashi Sugiyama
2003 Tied
2004 Suvi Lepanen & Teemu Rovio
2005 Dominique Cornuejols & Jean-Loop Naddef
2006 Natasha Regan & Matthew Cocke
2007 Dominique Cornuejols & Toru Imamura
2008 Guo Juan & Ian Davis
2009 Yanqi Zhang & Wei Wang
2010 Guo Juan & Ian Davis
2011 Ko Juyeong & Chong Han
2012 Guo Juan & Claude Brisson

London City

2012 Andrew Kay

Maidenhead

Formerly Furze Platt Tournament; Maidenhead-Hitachi from 2011.

1992 Jim Clare
1993 Shun Nagano
1994 Matthew Macfadyen
1995 T.Mark Hall
1996 Harold Lee
1997-8 T.Mark Hall
1999 C.S. Park
2000-2 Seong-June Kim
2003-5 Li Shen
2006 Piers Shepperson
2007 Bei Ge
2008 Jaeup Kim
2009 Du Qing
2010 Jon Diamond
2011 Andrew Simons
2012 Chu Lu
2013 Matthew Cocke

Milton Keynes

1989 Matthew Macfadyen / Edmund Shaw
1990 Matthew Macfadyen
1991 Edmund Shaw
1992 Des Cann
1993 Y. Kim / Des Cann / Harold Lee / Francis Roads
1994 Edmund Shaw
1995 Matthew Macfadyen
1996 T.Mark Hall
1997 Simon Shiu
1998 Des Cann
1999 Young Kim
2000 John Rickard
2002 Min Yang
2003 Lei Chen
2004 Alex Rix
2005 Bei Ge
2006 Alex Selby
2007 Shaoyou Ouyang
2008 David Ward
2009 Matthew Macfadyen
2010 Mathieu Delli-Zotti
2011-2 Andrew Simons

Mind Sports Olympiad: Main (Open)

1997 Guo Juan
1998-9 Zhang, Shutai
2000 Guo Juan
2001-2 Matthew Macfadyen
2003-5 See Northern
2006 Alistair Wall
2007 Kyung-Nang Kang
2008 Paul Tabor
2009 Felix Wang
2010 Bulent Tuncel
2011 Matthew Cocke
2012 Felix Wang

Mind Sports Olympiad: 13×13

1997 Zhang, Shutai
1998 Vladimir Danek
1999 Zhang, Shutai
2000 Guo Juan
2001, 2003 Masashi Sugiyama
2004 Carl-Johan Ragnarsson
2007-9 see British Small Board
2010 Paco Garcia de la Banda
2011 Matthew Cocke
2012 Francis Roads

Northern

A European Grand Prix event in 1993 and 1994. Part of the MSO from 2003.

1975 Colin Irving
1976 Paul Prescott
1977-81 Matthew Macfadyen
1982 Terry Stacey
1983 John Smith
1984 John Rickard
1985 Richard Granville
1986 J.Y. Lee
1987 Matthew Macfadyen
1988 Edmund Shaw
1989 Harold Lee
1990 Des Cann
1991-2 Matthew Cocke
1993 Kyung-su Ju (Matthew Macfadyen won GP)
1994 Matthew Cocke / Des Cann
1995 T.Mark Hall
1996 Matthew Cocke / T.Mark Hall
1997 Simon Shiu
1998 Michael Zhang
1999 Francis Roads
2000-1 T.Mark Hall
2002-3 Li Haiou
2004 Carl-Johan Ragnarsson
2005 Alistair Wall
2007 Norbert Bittner
2008-9 Bob Bagot
2010 Ivan Wong
2011-2 Richard Moulds

Nottingham

1983 Brian Chandler
1984 John Smith
1985-6 J.Y. Lee
1987 Edmund Shaw
1988 John Rickard
2010 Alex Selby
2011 Chong Han
2012 Sin Voon Chin

Oxford

Held in London in 1985.

1983 Terry Stacey
1984 Chee-kul Choi
1985 Matthew Macfadyen
1986 Terry Stacey
1987 Matthew Macfadyen
1988 Piers Shepperson
1989 Matthew Macfadyen
1990-1 Edmund Shaw
1992 Alex Rix
1993 Edmund Shaw
1994 William Connolley
1996 Edmund Shaw / Piers Shepperson
1997 Walthar Warnaar
1998-9 Matthew Macfadyen
2000 Seong-June Kim
2001 Seong-June Kim
2002 Piers Shepperson
2003 Li Shen
2004 Wenhao Li
2005 Li Shen
2006 Bei Ge
2007 Sam Aitken
2008 Matthew Macfadyen
2011 Andrew Simons
2012 Lingjun Miao
2013 Li Shen

Pair Go

1991 Sue Paterson & Jim Barty
1992 Kirsty Healey & Matthew Macfadyen
1993 Alison Jones & Andrew Jones
1994 Alison Jones & Nick Webber
1995 Kirsty Healey & Matthew Macfadyen
1996 Alison Jones & Tony Atkins
1997-9 Kirsty Healey & Matthew Macfadyen
2000 Emma Marchant & Simon Goss
2001-4 Kirsty Healey & Matthew Macfadyen
2005 Natasha Regan & Matthew Cocke
2006-9 Kirsty Healey & Matthew Macfadyen
2010-2 Natasha Regan & Matthew Cocke

Pair Go Handicap

1998 Pauline Bailey & Steve Bailey
1999 Jini Williams & Fred Holroyd
2000 Fiona Campbell & Jim Edwards
2001-2 Nicola Hurden & Shawn Hearn
2003 Elinor Brooks & Eric Hall
2004 Pauline Bailey & Steve Bailey
2005 Maria Tabor & Paul Tabor
2006 Jackie Chai & John Johnstone
2007 Lydia Feasey & Jonathan Englefield
2008 Sam McCarthy & John Collins
2009-10 Kelda Smith & Paul Smith
2011 Sam McCarthy & John Collins
2012 Helen Harvey & Martin Harvey

Scottish Championship

2003 Jim Cook
2004-5 Allan Crossman
2006-7 Robbie Miller
2008-9 Piotr Wisthal
2010-12 David Lee

Scottish Open

First two events were called the Edinburgh Tournament, but count as Scottish Opens.

1980 Gerhard Birk
1981 X. T. He
1982 Piers Shepperson
1985 H. Iwashita
1992 David Keeble
1993 Francis Roads
1994 Alistair Wall
1995 Francis Roads
1996 John Rickard
1997-8 Matthew Macfadyen
1998-9 Simon Shiu
2000-1 Quentin Mills
2003-4 Francis Roads
2005 Jakub Zborowski
2006 Ben He
2007 Shaoyou Ouyang
2008-10 Yohei Negi
2011 Sandy Taylor
2012 Matt Crosby

Shropshire

(Shrewsbury until 2011)

1988-93 Matthew Macfadyen
1994 Des Cann
1995 Matthew Macfadyen
1996 Jo Hampton
1997 Matthew Macfadyen
1998-9 Des Cann
2008 Bill Brakes
2009 Matthew Macfadyen
2010 Charles Fisher
2011-2 Toby Manning

Skye

2010/2 Matthew Macfadyen

Swindon

1993 Zhang, Shutai
1994 T.Mark Hall
1995 Francis Roads
1996 T.Mark Hall
1997 Simon Shiu
1998 Matthew Macfadyen
1999 Des Cann
2000 Simon Shiu
2005 Bei Ge
2006 Alex Selby
2007-8 Jaeup Kim
2009 Matthew Macfadyen
2010 Alistair Wall
2011 Bei Ge
2012 Matthew Cocke

Three Peaks

1993 Simon Shiu
1994 Toby Manning
1995 John Rickard
1996 Alistair Wall / Hennie Groot Lipman
1997-8 Francis Roads
1999-2000 John Rickard
2001 Tim Hunt
2002 Jinhoon Yoon
2003 Francis Roads
2004-7 Tony Goddard
2008-10 Matthew Cocke
2011 Andrew Kay
2012 Matthew Cocke

UK Go Challenge Finals

2004 William Brooks
2005 Matthew Hathrell
2006 William Brooks
2007 Hai Xia
2008 Matthew Hathrell
2009 Tian Ren Chen
2010 Roella Smith
2011 Adan Mordcovich
2012 Satoru Oshima

Welsh Open

1993-2008 Matthew Macfadyen
2009-10 Yohei Negi
2011 Alex Kent / Sandy Taylor
2012 Richard Hunter

Welwyn Garden City

2011 Alison Bexfield / Alan Thornton
2012 Andrew Kay
2013 Michael Webster

Wessex

West Surrey Handicap

Was the RTP Handicap 1987-89

1987 Simon Goss
1988 John Rickard
1989 Harold Lee
1990-2 Stuart Barthropp
1993 Jonathan Chetwynd
1994 Paul Margetts
1995 Jay Rastall
1996 T.Mark Hall
1997 David Ward
1998 Tony Atkins
1999 Chris Dawson
2000 Des Cann
2001 Malcolm Hagan
2002 Taiko Nakamura
2003 Alan Thornton
2004 Peter Fisher
2005 Natasha Regan
2006 Ken Kneller
2007 Shawn Hearn
2008 Alan Thornton
2009 Peter Collins
2010 Sue Paterson
2011 Malcolm Hagan

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