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NewsAndreii Kravets, European champion 2023The European Championship is tradionally organized during the European Go Congress (this year in Leipzig). The 32 best European players play a knock-out tournament (with 2 "lives", till the quarters of finals) to determine the European champion. In a 5-hour final against Ali Jabarin 2p, Andrii Kravets 1p emerged victorious. Andrii is Ukranian, 32 years old from Ukraine and playing as a pro since 2017. In the small final, Ashe (ex-Oscar) Vázquez 7d beat Fredrik Blomback 7d to take the bronze-medal position. Link to the describing article here: https://www.egc2023.de/en/european-championship-finals-andrii-kravets-1p... Here are the complete results of the European championship: https://www.egc2023.de/en/european-championship-2/ Note that "our" Lucas Neirynck lost in the 1st round (1/16 of finals) of the main section to Csaba Merö (HU, 6-d) and then in the 1st round of the loser's section to Martin Ruzicka (CZ, 5-d).:-( ***** The open European championship has been overwhelmingly dominated by Asiatic players, who trusted the 8 first places...with the exception of Dominik Boviz who succeeded in beating among others Kim Daehwi, the silver medail and ended on the podium There were 671 participants, among whom 5 Belgian: Here are the complete results of the open European championship: https://www.egc2023.de/en/open-european-championship/#tab-41122
11/09 : deadline registration for the federal WE: from Friday 22/09 6 pm to Sunday 24/09 6 pmOur traditional Go camp will be organised in September at the same place as last year. WHAT ? WHEN ? HOW MUCH ? WHERE ? Note that you should bring your own bedsheets and towels! Registration form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScDINt5tVlE6bW2c0mHfkgeCSwLjMZH... Deadline registration: 11/09/2023 Provisional program
Victor Schneider (2-k) won the 13th edition of the Gent tournamentVictor Schneider (2-k) won the 13th edition of the Gent tournament, with a perfect 6/6 score. Results here: https://www.gofed.be/webfm_send/614
Mateusz Surma (2-p) wins the 6th European professional championshipMateusz Surma (2-p) wins the 6th European professional championship by beating in final the Finnish Anti Törmannen (1-p in the Nihon Ki-in). Complete results here: https://www.eurogofed.org/epc/2023.html
Lucas Neirynck, champion of Belgium 2023 !On 18/06, Lucas Neirynck got (as expected) his 12th (!) title of Belgian champion (in 13 participations. Since his 1st participation in a Belgian Championship - in 2009 - Lucas won 116 games out of 122 and has not lost any game since 2016) !). Last year's winner, Huang Yong Sen, ended at (desappointing) 6th place. Here are the complete results, standings...and a video of 2 commented games by Christopher Annachachibi (2-d): You can also find the SGF file on OGS here:
Coming soon: 13th edition of the Ghent tournament: 01+02/07Come and enjoy ! All info and registration form : https://www.gofed.be/node/1379
9th (and last) round of the European Team championship: Belgium crushed by Germany (0-4) (but stays in B-league)Belgian team (Lucas, Jan, Gabriel, Victor) lost heavily (0-4) to the leader, Germany in the 9th (and last) round. Anyway, this encounter has no any stake: Germany was sure to end 1st (and to climb next season in A-league) and Belgium was certain to stay in B-league, whatever the result would be. Finaly, Belgium ends 6th out of 10 teams. Complet results of the round here: https://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps/rounds/911 Definitive standings here: Standing: https://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps
8th round of the European Team championship: Belgium beats Lituania (3-1)In May (02/05), Belgium beat Lituania (3-1). Complete results here: https://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps/rounds/910 It remains only one round to play. With this victory, Belgium climbed to the 6th place place (out of the 10 teams in the B-league) with 7 points and is ensured to stay in B-league in the next season.
Koichiro Habu, the Japanese from Poland, wins in LeuvenKoichiro Habu, a Japanese 5-d player living in Poland, won the 33rd edition of the Leuven tournament, with 4/5, ahead on tie-break on German 3-d Lukas Wandelt, 2nd.
Coming soon: the 33rd edition of the Leuven Tournament (06+07/05)You are soon welcome in Leuven, traditionnaly the 2nd most important tournament in Belgium (after the Brussels tournament).
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