The third edition of the World Riichi Championships took place in Vienna, in August 2022. There were 152 hopefuls from a record 34 countries. The event had been postponed from 2020 and 2021 due to the global health pandemic. Final numbers were a little lower than planned following the exclusion of Russian/Belarussian players due to… Read More »World Riichi Championships 2022
Representatives from seven countries, including the UK, foregathered to celebrate one of the first ranked tournaments in Europe since the onset of the Covid19 pandemic, in this eleventh iteration of the UK Riichi Open series. Many old acquaintanceships were renewed, whilst a handful of players were making their baptism in face-to-face tournament play. One such… Read More »UK Open Riichi Tournament 2022
After a 2 year break we are pleased to announce that registration for the 11th UK Open Riichi Mahjong Championship, and the 3rd UK Open MCR Tournament is now open. Both tournaments will take place at a new venue in Godalming, Surrey. The MCR Tournament is on Friday 22nd July; the Riichi Championship on Saturday 23rd – Sunday 24th July 2022. Full… Read More »11th UK Open Riichi Mahjong Championship & the 3rd UK Open MCR Tournament 2022
Mahjongtime.com again sponsored with UKMA the second UK online riichi tournament which attracted a goodly following from both home and overseas, one third of the field being home grown players. Fewer in number, but clearly superior in quality the locals took four of the top six places, with Russell Chan emerging the winner to improve… Read More »2nd UK Online Riichi Tournament – 2021
We are very pleased to announce following last year’s successful event that we have arranged a second UKMA online tournament to be held on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th December. This tournament will be hosted on the Mahjong Time platform which is popular among many European players. It is open to allcomers. There will be attractive prizes for… Read More »The Second UK Online Riichi Tournament
The 1st UK Online Tournament was held over the weekend of 12th and 13th December 2020 on the Mahjong Time platform. We had 88 players at the outset with the vast majority keeping to the agreement to play all 8 rounds; we received very good support and prizes from the Mahjong Time administrators, and the… Read More »1st UK Online Riichi Tournament – 2020
Just when you thought all hope was lost. Yes – there will be a UK Riichi Championship in 2020! It will necessarily be on-line, of course, but with a generous prize list, virtually free entry, the chance to compete in a tournament setting again at long last, not to mention national glory, and trophies for… Read More »2020 Online Tournament
The 2020 tournament season gets underway with the Cambridge Open Riichi Tournament on 25/26th April which will be held at the Trumpington Village Hall (just outside Cambridge). For full details please visit the tournament website here. Looking further ahead, the UK Riichi Open will take place on 11/12th July at the Guildford RFC. Following the success of previous years we will also be holding an… Read More »2020 Tournament News
Nine different countries were represented in the 2019 riichi tournament. Once again there was a tale of local success when Paola Bungaro ultimately secured a convincing victory – her second tournament win in twelve months. After seven hard fought rounds, there were realistically just five main contenders for the title, and as the draw had… Read More »10th UK Open Riichi Tournament – 2019
The MCR rule set, although the most widely supported rule set throughout Europe, is still in its infancy in the UK. This curtain raiser to the UK’s weekend ‘mahjongfest’ attracted a strong field of European entrants with many of the players highly ranked in the EMA ranking system. It is therefore pleasing to report not… Read More »2nd UK Open MCR Tournament – 2019