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ResultsChinese Xin HE wins the 2019 KPMC; Dominik Versyk ends with 3 wins (out of 6 rounds)Chinese Xin HE remained unbeaten in the 14th edition of the KPMC (Korean Prime Minister Cup, more or less the Korean version of the World Amateur Championship). He ended ahead of: Best Westerner (and European): young (he is 15 years old) German raising star Arved PITTNER (5d), who ended 5th. Our representative, Dominik Versyk (2d) ended 36th out of 62 competitors, with a 3/6 score (expected wins against Bulgaria, Ecuador and Brunei, and expected defeats to USA, Australia and Netherlands). Complete results here: http://kpmc.kbaduk.or.kr/eng/result/gameTable.asp
Ilya Shikchine is 2019 European Champion (his 6th European title)32 competitors representing almost all the best European players have been struggling for the title of European Champion in a specific competition: the European Championship. The system of this tournament is a mix of double knockout and single knockout systems. 1. Preliminaries rounds: After three rounds in the main knockout, and two in the looser section, 4 players remained unbeaten: favourites pro Ilya Shikchine, Mateusz Surma and Pavol Lisy, joined by the surprising Lukas Podpera (7D, CZ), who took revenche of his lost final in the pro qualification tournament some weeks ago by beating new pro Tanguy Le Calvé (1p, FR). 2. Quarter of finals: After the last round of the losers section, the 8 quarter- finalists in the European Championship were known. 3. Semi-finals: Semi-finals offered us Lukas vs. Ilya, and Stanislaw vs. Artem. 4. Small final (for the 3rd place) Lukas Podpera took the bronze medal by beating Stanislaw Frejlak in the small final 5. Final: In the end of a gripping final, Ilya won just by HALF A POINT against Artem, and is 2019 European champion (for the 6th time !). Complete results here: https://www.eurogofed.org/egc/2019.html
2019 European Congress: results of the main tournament and of the WE tournamentNo less than 670 participants took part in the open (main) tournament of the 2019 European Congres. Sun Tengyu (CN, 7p) is the great winner of the 2019 open European championship. He remains unbeaten after the 10 rounds. The podium is completed with Four players ended with 7 points, in order of decreasing SOS: The 9th is one of the heroes of this congress: Yann Flambard from France, a genuine 1d, who ends with the incredible balance of 9 wins and 1 undecided game. Among his victims: one 3d, three 4d and two 5d ! Kim DoHyup (KR, 7d), 10th, appears to have the highest SOS among the competitors with 6 wins. Beside the top contenders, only three players managed to reach 8 points: *********** WE tournament: No one among the top competitors succeeded in remaining unbeaten: five players ended with 4 victories, four 7d Korean amateurs: Song Hong-Suk (1st), Yoon NamGi (3rd), Kim Kibaek (4th), Kang Koo Hong (5th) and one Chinese professional: Zhang Taiyu (1p) (2nd). Best competitors with 3 victories were Pavol Lisy (2p) (6th) and Ali Jabarin (2p) (7th). Dominik Boviz - who was not in the Mac Mahon super group- ended 8th with 4 wins. Good sign for the level of the European top players: Pavol Lisy and Dominik Boviz prevailed on a Chinese Professional (Huang Yan, 5p) plus some Europeans managed to prevail on Korean 7d amateurs! In total, 11 players got a perfect score: Samuel Teissier (2d, FR), Liu Xinyu (2d, DE), Fumihiro Tsubura (1d, JP), Nicola Flagothier (1k, BE), ...
On the tracks of Nadal: the 9th title of champion of Belgium for "invincible" Lucas NeirynckHe did it once again: Lucas Neirynck is Belgian champion. *** This year, for the 1st time, the final of the Belgian championship was organized as a knock-out tournament with (partially) 2 lives Unfortunately, 2 qualified competitors did not participate: There were no surprise during the 1st day of the competition. The semi-finals, played the 2nd day, opposed Lucas Neirynck to Gabriel Mercier (Winner: Lucas) and Jan Ramon to François Gonze ( Winner Jan). François won the "little final" and climbed onto the podium. And Lucas, as you know, triumphed in the final on a good-performing Jan. Here is the final standings:
Chinese Chen Wang is 2019 world amateur champion; François Gonze ends 26th out of 59 with 4/8Chinese Chen Wang triumphed in the 2019 World Amateur Championship. Second is Korean Jaesung Lee with 7/8, who lost by a half point to Chen Wang. Further, five competitors got 6 victories, in order of the tie-breaker: Our delegate was François Gonze.
European Team Championship: 8th and 9th rounds: Belgium won to Denmark and Switzerland 3-1 and ends 3rd in B-leagueIn the last 2 rounds of the 2018-2019 season, Belgian team won. In the 8th round (played on 18/04) against Denmark (3-1): Lucas +, Lucman + Gabriel - and Nelis + In the 9th round (played on 07/05) against Switzerland (3-1): Lucas +, Jan +, Lucman + and Nelis - Belgium ends at the 3rd place, behind Austria (2nd) and Serbia (1st) who climb in 1st division next year. Final standings: https://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps *** The 4 finalists in the A-league are: Russia, Hungary, France and Ukraine.
European Team Championship: 7th round: Belgium lost to Austria 1-3 (and the hope of being promoted to A-league)On 19/03, Belgian team lost to a direct competitor, Austria (1-3), losing the hope of being promoted to the A-league next season. On board 1, Lucas Neirynck lost to Victor Lin by 2,5 points. As François Gonze (board 2) and Gabriel Mercier (board 4) also lost, the victory by Jan Ramon (board 3) was not enough to avoid the defeat... Now Belgium (8 points) stands in the middle of the "peloton" in this B-league which is dominated by Austria (12 points) and Serbia (11 points). There are still 2 rounds to go. Results of the round: https://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps/rounds/499 Standings: https://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps
Europan Team Championship - 6th round: Belgium made draw against Turkey (2-2)On 19/02/2019, Belgian team made draw against Turkey. Lucas Neirynck won (against Denis Karadaban) and so did Gabriel Mercier, but François Gonze and Nelis Vets lost. Belgium is now still 3rd (with 8 points), 2 points behind Serbia (with the 2 Mitic brothers, both 7-d) and Austria (with Viktor Lin, a strong 6-d)... Results of the round: https://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps/rounds/498 Standings: https://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps
François Gonze (4d) winner in LeuvenFrançois Gonze (4d, Louvain-la-Neuve) has won with a prefect score the 29th edition of the tournament of Leuven ahead of his clubmate Gabriel Mercier (3d) and Nelis Vets (2d, Leuven). Two other competitors remained unbeaten: There were 33 participants. Complete results: https://www.gofed.be/tournament/results?tournament=LEU&year=2019
European Team Championship, 5th round: Belgium made draw against Netherlands 2-2On 22th of January, Belgian team made draw against the Netherlands (2-2). Belgium is now 3rd with 7 points, but the standings are very close (there are only 2 points difference between the leader and the 6th team) Results of the round: https://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps/rounds/497 Standings: https://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps
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