Wessex Go Tournament
This is one of the oldest Go tournaments in the UK, first held in 1970. It has moved between various locations in the area but has mostly been in the city of Bath in recent years. Bristol Go Club took over organising the event from the Bath Club in 2019 having previously run the event in its early days.
It's typically a three-round McMahon tournament and usually takes place on the Sunday in October when the clocks go back.
The 53rd Wessex Go Tournament
The 53rd Wessex tournament took place on October 29th 2023 once again at St Mark's Community Centre in Bath. There were 36 entrants, and it was won by Tianyi Chen from Liverpool club who won all three of his games.
The other undefeated players were Clinton Yu (18k Manchester), Saber Khan (12k Bath), Patrick Ridley (9k Chester) and Scott Griffiths (4k Bristol).
The 52nd Wessex Go Tournament
The 52nd Wessex tournament took place on October 30th 2022 at its regular venue of St Mark's Community Centre in Bath. There were 36 entrants, and it was won by Yue Matt Xi from London who won all three of his games.
The 51st Wessex Go Tournament
The 51st Wessex tournament took place on Halloween 2021 at its regular venue of St Mark's Community Centre in Bath. There were 25 entrants, and it was won by Yaoling Yang from the Bristol club who won all three of his games.
The only other undefeated player was Alison Bexfield (1d Letchworth).
The 50th Wessex Go Tournament
26th and 27th October 2019
The 50th Wessex Tournament in 2019 was held in Bristol because it was a special event, but we plan to hold future tournaments in Bath as before for the foreseeable future.
This was a two-day event (for 2019 only) celebrating the 50th year of the tournament and the memory of T Mark Hall, a former member of Bristol Go Club and four-time Wessex winner. The event was made possible by sponsorship from the T Mark Hall Foundation.
A report can be read here.
The full results are here.