EuroGoTV (2007-2022): A Personal Journey and Its End
28 June 2025
From 2007 to 2022, I ran EuroGoTV.com, a website that provided live video coverage of major European Go tournaments. What started as an ambitious project grew into a comprehensive platform with various features for the European Go community.
What EuroGoTV was (2007-2022)
EuroGoTV provided live video coverage of major Go tournaments across Europe. The website included:
The impact of COVID-19
When COVID-19 hit, live tournaments simply ceased to exist. There were no events to broadcast, no tournaments to report on. The entire foundation of what EuroGoTV offered disappeared overnight. After the restrictions were lifted, demand for my services decreased and I decided to take a permanent job.
Personal setbacks
In October 2022, I suffered a stroke and developed a thrombosis in my right eye. Since then, I have had no income and my life has taken a completely different turn.
Technical setback
Several technical problems came together during the same period. Judith and I had moved to the heart of France (Haute-Vienne) in search of a new start. At the same time, the server in Germany was undergoing a transition from SQL to PDO - a necessary modernization that did not go smoothly.
Worst of all, our private photo server, with all 50,000+ photos, was corrupted. Years of Go history and thousands of captured moments were potentially lost forever.
Where things stand now
EuroGoTV has been offline ever since. What was once an active community platform is now a lingering memory of a different time.
Moving forward
I have no plans to revive EuroGoTV. These days I’m back to playing chess – not as strong as I was in my twenties and thirties, but I enjoy it. Life has taken a different turn.
The photos, if I can find them, will be moved to Judith’s website jujuphoto.eu, where they can find a good home.
A final note
This blog post serves as a record of what EuroGoTV was and why it ended. Sometimes projects come to an end, circumstances change and it is time to close a chapter and move on to the next.
To those who were part of the EuroGoTV community during the active years: thank you for being part of the journey.
HW9x9 / Harry Weerheijm
What EuroGoTV was (2007-2022)
EuroGoTV provided live video coverage of major Go tournaments across Europe. The website included:
- A news section maintained by a simple AI tool that kept the content up-to-date.
- Over 50,000 photos in the photo section documenting tournaments and events.
- An advanced search function that could find everything published on the site.
- An interactive Go board built in Node.js for game analysis.
- A feature that allowed users to tag parts of photos and create custom images. • Various other features that have evolved over the years.
The impact of COVID-19
When COVID-19 hit, live tournaments simply ceased to exist. There were no events to broadcast, no tournaments to report on. The entire foundation of what EuroGoTV offered disappeared overnight. After the restrictions were lifted, demand for my services decreased and I decided to take a permanent job.
Personal setbacks
In October 2022, I suffered a stroke and developed a thrombosis in my right eye. Since then, I have had no income and my life has taken a completely different turn.
Technical setback
Several technical problems came together during the same period. Judith and I had moved to the heart of France (Haute-Vienne) in search of a new start. At the same time, the server in Germany was undergoing a transition from SQL to PDO - a necessary modernization that did not go smoothly.
Worst of all, our private photo server, with all 50,000+ photos, was corrupted. Years of Go history and thousands of captured moments were potentially lost forever.
Where things stand now
EuroGoTV has been offline ever since. What was once an active community platform is now a lingering memory of a different time.
Moving forward
I have no plans to revive EuroGoTV. These days I’m back to playing chess – not as strong as I was in my twenties and thirties, but I enjoy it. Life has taken a different turn.
The photos, if I can find them, will be moved to Judith’s website jujuphoto.eu, where they can find a good home.
A final note
This blog post serves as a record of what EuroGoTV was and why it ended. Sometimes projects come to an end, circumstances change and it is time to close a chapter and move on to the next.
To those who were part of the EuroGoTV community during the active years: thank you for being part of the journey.
HW9x9 / Harry Weerheijm
Comments
No comments yet.