Type: McMahon McMahon

Tournament Type: A

Main Tournament is 7 rounds. Time limit 90 minutes with 20/5 overtime.

Web site: 2019 London Open Web Page

Venue: London Go Centre, 54 Goldhawk Road, London London Go Centre, 54 Goldhawk Road, London

Postcode: W12 8HA W12 8HA

Directions: Opposite Goldhawk Road underground station. Opposite Goldhawk Road underground station.

Current Champion: Daniel Hu Daniel Hu

Major four-day McMahon tournament, held in London at the New Year

The London Open is the UK's biggest tournament. It is always held at the new year period: 28th - 31st December. It first ran at new year 1974/75 (2nd - 5th January) and has run every new year since.

Previously, over 100 players have taken part - even up to 150 - but current event is limited to 100. Players battle over 4 days in 7 rounds, with long time limits. Many come from continental Europe and further away too, and usually several top European players take part. The top player gets to hold the London Open Trophy with cash prizes for the top players and prizes for other good results too. Prizes are also given for the Lightning Tournament, held one evening, and Rengo on the final afternoon.

Another evening event is the London Pair Go. Around a dozen male-female pairs compete for the best pair title. For more details see the London Pair Go Page.

There is usually a professional teacher, the most frequent one being Guo Juan from the Netherlands and Ali Jabarin from Israel. They give lectures and analyse games. Other teachers have come from Japan, Korea and China. In 2019 the teacher will be Catalin Taranu from Romania.

The venue from 2018 on is the London Go Centre. It is supported by the T Mark Hall Foundation and Nippon Club UK.

History

In the winners list the year shown is the old year of the new year period:

Past Winners and Results: 2019 Daniel Hu

2018 Chi-Min Oh

2017 Weijin Chen

2016 Seong-Jin Kim & Qiuchi Li

2015 Sai Sun

2014 Chi-Min Oh

2013 Yuanbo Zhang

2012 Lukas Kraemer

2011 Young-Sam Kim

2010 Antti Tormanen

2009 Zi Wang

2008 Chi-Min Oh

2007 Shaoyou Ouyang

2006 Ondrej Silt

2005 Cho, Seok-Bin

2004 Zhao, Pei

2003 Li, Wenhao

2002 Li, Hiaou

2001 Gbor Szabics

2000 Kim, Seong-June

1999 Zhang, Zhongyong

1998 Lee, Hyuk (Grand Prix); Guo, Juan (Open cash prize)

1997 Guo, Juan

1996 Guo, Juan

1995 Zhang, Shutai

1994 Guo, Juan

1993 Zhang, Shutai

1992 Shen, Gruangji

1991 Zhang, Shutai

1990 Michael Katscher

1989 Zhang, Shutai

1988 Yoo, Jing-Soo

1987 Terry Stacey

1986 Matthew Macfadyen

1985 Andre Moussa

1984 Lee, Choon-Sub

1983 Hosokawa, N

1982 Liu, Xiao Yuang

1981 Terry Stacey

1980 Matthew Macfadyen

1979 Robert Rehm

1978 Jim Bates

1977 Matthew Macfadyen

1976 Jon Diamond

1975 Hirama, K

1974 Jon Diamond David Ward Cup (for top British player): 2019 Daniel Hu

2018 Andrew Kay

2017 Daniel Hu

2016 Andrew Simons

2015 Andrew Kay

2014 Matthew Cocke

Start Year: 1974 1974

Normal Month: December December