
The Brisbane Go Club was founded around 1976 at the University of Queensland, helped found the Australian Go Association in 1978 (the AGA in turn was a founding member of the International Go Federation), moved to the Pancake Manor in Charlotte Street around 1979, grew branch meetings at Sunnybank Hills in early 2006 and Chermside in late 2007 and departed the Pancake Manor for the Queensland Contract Bridge Club in July 2008.
Later that year we incorporated, and stayed that way until March of 2013. The club passed through an interregnum for a year and was reformed as a chapter of the Queensland Go Society on Saturday the third of May, during the 2014 Queensland Open.

From the 15th of April in 2014 until the 21st of February in 2017, we met at the GO Lounge in Greenslopes, until Cindy retired and closed the place.
Then we met at Club Sosay in Paddington from 28th February until 11th of April that year. Since then, we have been meeting at Ace Comics and Games in Annerley.

We meet every Tuesday evening from 6pm at Ace Comics and Games, shop 18, Annerley Arcade, 478 Ipswich Road, Annerley. Parking is around the back via Dudley Street and then turn left into the little lane or out the front on Ipswich Road (good luck).
Playing costs $5/night, please drop the money into the cashbox, boards are in the battered blue metal Trunk Of Doom, snacks and drinks can be purchased on-site and food from the shops up and across Ipswich Road. We have coffee, tea, hot chocolate and biscuits freely available – help yourself!

The club championship tournament is the annual Brisbane Spring. They alternate with Gold Coast Go Club to host the Queensland Championship.
The incumbent Supreme High Overlord (which is a better title than club convenor, you have to admit) is Allan Hunt. He frequently begs people to rise up against his tyranny, but in the meantime provides cake.
We have our own Facebook page, but mostly hang out in the main QGS group.
We don’t usually have formal lessons, but we are always happy to teach beginners. Don’t know the game at all and happened to wander past? Happy to show you the basics! Played a few times years ago? The dust gets blown off much faster than you’d expect, and we’re always happy to polish off those rough bits. Drifting 6d? We have strong players for you to be challenged by!

Every two weeks, we have what has been called a “yum” night, in which we have some kind of delicious food available. This alternates between pizza and cake/generic baked goods. If you happen to find yourself there on one of those nights, please help yourself! The Supreme High Overlord is trying to lose weight, so the more you eat, the less his temptation.
Date | Note |
19 January 2021 | Pizza Night |
26 January 2021 | Meeting |
2 February 2021 | Cake Night |
9 February 2021 | Meeting |
16 February 2021 | Pizza Night |
23 February 2021 | Meeting |
2 March 2021 | Cake Night |
9 March 2021 | Meeting |
16 March 2021 | Pizza Night |
23 March 2021 | Meeting |
30 March 2021 | Cake Night |
6 April 2021 | Meeting |
13 April 2021 | Pizza Night |
20 April 2021 | Meeting |
27 April 2021 | Cake Night |
4 May 2021 | Meeting |
11 May 2021 | Pizza Night |
18 May 2021 | Meeting |
25 May 2021 | Cake Night |
1 June 2021 | Meeting |
8 June 2021 | Pizza Night |
15 June 2021 | Meeting |
22 June 2021 | Cake Night |
29 June 2021 | Meeting |
6 July 2021 | Pizza Night |
13 July 2021 | Meeting |
20 July 2021 | Cake Night |
27 July 2021 | Meeting |
3 August 2021 | Pizza Night |
10 August 2021 | Meeting |
17 August 2021 | Cake Night |
24 August 2021 | Meeting |
31 August 2021 | Pizza Night |
7 September 2021 | Meeting |
14 September 2021 | Cake Night |
21 September 2021 | Meeting |
28 September 2021 | Pizza Night |
5 October 2021 | Meeting |
12 October 2021 | Cake Night |
19 October 2021 | Meeting |
26 October 2021 | Pizza Night |
2 November 2021 | Meeting |
9 November 2021 | Cake Night |
16 November 2021 | Meeting |
23 November 2021 | Pizza Night |
30 November 2021 | Meeting |
7 December 2021 | Cake Night |
14 December 2021 | Meeting |
21 December 2021 | Pizza Night |