Matthew Macfadyen

• Born 1953.
• learned to play go about 1965.
• Joined a regular go club at Oxford University in 1970.
• Reached about 4 kyu before graduating in Physics in 1974.
• Moved to Reading, improved to 3 dan during the first year of working in Meteorology.
• First attended the European Go Congress as 2 dan in 1975.
• British Champion 1978.
• European Champion 1980.
• Promoted to 6 dan after winning the 1981 London New Year Tournament
• Seven appearances in World Amateur Championship, best result 5th place in 1992.
• Numerous other tournament wins include 3 further European and 13 British Championships.
• Daughter, Lydia, born in 1991.
• Chosen as an official Teacher of the European Go Federation in 1992.
• 8 weeks spent studying Go Teaching and promotion in Japan in 1994.
• Finished 2nd. in the 1995 European Ing cup, probably the strongest European event ever.
• Regular series of go seminars started in 1996.
• Interactive Correspondence Course by post and E mail started in 1997.
• Together with partner Kirsty Healey, finished second in the first European Pairgo Championship in 1997
• Finished second in the second European Pairgo Championship in 1999 (Losing to the Germans again).
• By winning the 1998 Irish Open in Dublin, became British, British Open, Irish Open, Scottish Open and Welsh Open Champion simultaneously.
• During 2000, finished 3rd equal in European Ing Cup, and reached semi final of Fujitsu qualifier.
• Total of 126 mentions in the BGA 'Hall of Fame' list of past tournament winners.