The Hong Kong Go Association (abbreviated as ''HKGA'', ), created in 1982, is an organizational member of the
International Go Federation
The International Go Federation (IGF) is an international organization that connects the various national Go federations around the world.
Role
The role of the IGF is to promote the sport of Go throughout the world, promote amicable relations ...
, whose current chairman is 張大朋 (
Pinyin
Hanyu Pinyin (), often shortened to just pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Chinese, Standard Mandarin Chinese in China, and to some extent, in Singapore and Malaysia. It is often used to teach Mandarin, normally writte ...
: Zhāng Dà Péng). It is dedicated to training and ranking
Go players
This article gives an overview of well-known professional and amateur players of the board game Go throughout the ages. The page has been divided into sections based on the era in which the Go players played and the country in which they pla ...
in
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...
.
Activity Background
The Go player population in Hong Kong is not high as mainland China or Japan, but it is considered that Go is one of the most popular games in Hong Kong due to the following reasons:
# Hong Kong has hosted the
World Youth Go Championship
The World Youth Go Championship (WYGC) is a Go tournament that has been held annually since 1984 making it the second longest running amateur Go tournament in the world.
This event is sponsored by the Ing Foundation, and therefore Ing's rules ar ...
in 1987.
# Hong Kong has been sending representative players to international tournaments such as the
World Amateur Go Championship
The World Amateur Go Championship (WAGC) is an international tournament for amateur Go players, held once a year since 1979. The organising body is the International Go Federation (IGF).
Each participating country sends one player, although in ...
every year
The 34th World Amateur Go Championship
/ref> (some Hong Kong players have ranked in to 2nd or 3rd place).
The Go players in Hong Kong have increased and getting stronger since the establishment of the HKGA, and it is recognized that HKGA has somewhat contributed to these advancements.
See also
* International Go Federation
The International Go Federation (IGF) is an international organization that connects the various national Go federations around the world.
Role
The role of the IGF is to promote the sport of Go throughout the world, promote amicable relations ...
* List of professional Go tournaments
This is a list of professional Go tournaments, for competitors in the board game of ''Go''. The tradition, initiated by the Honinbo Tournament in Japan, is for an event to be run annually, leading up to a title match and the award of a title fo ...
* Zhongguo Qiyuan China Qiyuan () is an official agency responsible for board games and card games such as go, bridge, chess and Chinese chess affairs under the All-China Sports Federation of the People's Republic of China.
It oversees the Chinese Weiqi Associatio ...
* Taiwan Chi Yuan
* Singapore Weiqi Association
References
External links
Website of Hong Kong Go Association
HKGA Facebook Page
* Source: Pinyin translated wit
CozyChinese.COM
Go organizations
{{Asia-org-stub