Belgian Championship

Final of the Belgian Championship

25/05/2024 - 10:00
26/05/2024 - 17:00
Etc/GMT+1

As in the previous year, the Belgian Championship Finals for 2024 will take place in the building of the Belgium-China Association, located at the following address:

Avenue Paul Deschanel 92,
1030 Brussels

This is a closed tournament. Only the 8 qualified players can participate. But possibility for the public to come kibbitzing.

Participating Players

1. Lucas Neirynck 6 Dan P1
3. Jan Ramon 4 Dan P2
5. Bounoider, Lucman 3 Dan P3
6 Kuy, Yannick 3 Kyu P4
7 Xin, Shu 5 Dan P5
8 De_Keijser, Guillaume 4 Kyu P6
Silcher, Michael 4 Kyu (1st reserve player) P7
Joost Vannieuwenhuyse (2nd reserve player) P8

Invitation declined by qualified players

2. Thomas Connor 4 Dan
4. Victor Schneider 1 Kyu

Schedule

This schedule is an estimation. It is likely here will be slight changes if some rounds finish quickly.

Saturday May 26th
10:00 - FIRST ROUND
13:30 - SECOND ROUND
16:30 - THIRD ROUND

Sunday May 27th
10:00 - FIRST ROUND
13:30 - SECOND ROUND
16:30 - THIRD ROUND

Belgian Championship preliminaries

24/02/2024 - 10:00
25/02/2024 - 18:00
Etc/GMT+1



Official tournament to qualify 4 players (4 players are already qualified) for the final stage of the Belgian Championship (final to be played +/- end May, probably).

Registration form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfikXne-YSYB11zgefVZYN03YVCozEC...
Please register at least 24 hours in advance at the latest.

Venue

Belgium-China Association - Avenue Paul Deschanel 92 - 1030 Brussels

How to get there

The tournament location is 20 minutes walking from the Brussel North train station (Brussel-Noord / Bruxelles-Nord)
2 minutes away from the tram station Côteaux
15 minutes away from the metro station Botanique

1st round on 10 AM on Saturday 24/02.
Swiss system - 7 rounds (possibly round robin up to 8 participants)

For who ?

Belgian Nationality is not required, but only a Belgian player can become Belgian Champion.
Free of charge. But only for members of the Belgian Go Federation.
--> If you are not member yet, please check with your club manager.

No level restriction, every player is welcome but confirmed club level is advisable.

Already registered players (update 20th Feb 2024)

De Keijser Guillaume
Xin SHU
Kuy Yannick
SILCHER Michael
JEANJEAN Edouard
Dusausoy Guy
BEGUIN Adam
Boukricha Moad
BOUNOIDER Lucman

Belgian Championship 2023 finals results

Final standings:

  1. Lucas Neirynck
  2. Thomas Connor
  3. Jan Ramon
  4. Victor Schneider
  5. Renaud Gaban
  6. Huang Yong Sen
  7. Guillaume De Keijser
  8. Joost Vannieuwenhuyse

Tournament table:

Huang -----+
Guillaume -+- Huang -+
                     +- Jan ---+
Jan -------+- Jan ---+         |
Victor ----+                   |
                               +- Lucas ----+
Thomas -+                      |            |
Joost --+- Thomas ---+         |            |
                     +- Lucas -+            |
Lucas --+- Lucas ----+                      |
Renaud -+                                   +- Lucas --+
                                            |          |
           Guillaume -+                     |          |
           Victor ----+ Victor --+          |          |
                                 +- Victor -+          +- Lucas
           Joost -----+- Renaud -+                     |
           Renaud ----+                                |
                                                       |
                                   Jan -----+- Thomas -+
                        Huang --+- Thomas --+
                        Thomas--+

                                               Jan ----+- Jan
                                               Victor -+

                   Guillaume --+- Guillaume 
                   Joost ------+


Results table : https://www.gofed.be/webfm_send/613

Videos and games:

Belgian Championship Finals 2022

11/06/2022 - 10:00
12/06/2022 - 18:00
Etc/GMT+1

The Belgian Championship Finals for 2022 will take place in the building of the Belgium-China Association, located at the following address:

Avenue Paul Deschanel 92,
1030 Brussels

Participating Players

Thomas Connor 4d
Gints Engelen 2k
Haisen Huang 1d
Sven Cuyt 1d
Guy Dusausoy 5k
Joost Vannieuwenhuyse 1k

PS: unfortunately, Lucas Neirynck is ill and must give forfeit.

Schedule
This schedule is an estimation. With only 8 players, it is likely that on the day itself there will be slight changes if some rounds finish more quickly.

Saturday June 11th
10:00 - FIRST ROUND
13:30 - SECOND ROUND
16:30 - THIRD ROUND

Sunday June 12th
10:00 - FIRST ROUND
13:30 - SECOND ROUND
16:30 - THIRD ROUND

(DEADLINE: 27/02/2022) Preliminaries 2022 Belgian championship (live)

05/03/2022 - 10:00
06/03/2022 - 18:45
Etc/GMT+1

The 2022 Belgian Championship Preliminaries will take place live
Location is: Association Belgique-Chine Av. Paul Deschanel 92, 1030 BRUXELLES Schaerbeek

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 27/02/2022 at 23:59
Registration form is found below

CORONA MEASURES: While posession of a Covid Safe Ticket is not necessary, it will be mandatory to wear a mouth mask at all times when indoors.

These preliminaries are open to all members of the Belgian Go Federation, and registration is free of charge. The results will be recorded into the Belgian and European rating systems just like for any tournament, so it is a great opportunity to meet your fellow Belgian Go players over the board again after the Brussels tournament of last year! Do note that if you decide to participate, you are required to play all rounds.

In this tournament the 4 best placed players qualify for the Belgian Championship Finals where they join the 4 best placed players from the finals of the previous year.

For the rules and previous editions: click here

Depending on the number of registered players, the tournament director might decide to decrease the total number of rounds played.

Registration: click here

Schedule
SATURDAY 05/03
10:00 - First round
13:30 - Second round
16:30 - Third round

SUNDAY 06/03
10:00 - Fourth round
13:30 - Fifth round

Registered players:
Sven Cuyt 1d
Haisen Huang 1d
Renaud Gaban 4k
Sidi Mohamed Ed-Daoudi 5k
Guy Dusausoy 5k

Top 4 finalists of 2021 automatically seeded for the finals:
Lucas Neirynck 6d
Lucman Bounoider 3d
Thomas Connor 4d
Gints Engelen 2k

Preliminaries Belgian championship 2021 (online)

06/03/2021 - 09:30
07/03/2021 - 20:00
Etc/GMT+1

Tournament rules (in Dutch and French)


The preliminary rounds of the 2021 Belgian Championship will be played online on OGS (online-go.com). Participation is free of charge, and only registered members of the Belgian Go Federation can participate. Note that once you participate, you have to play all of the rounds.

All communication (pairings, results, schedule updates,...) during the tournament will take place in the Discord server of the Belgian Go Federation: https://discord.gg/uGcNkhwUFV (updated link)

Please register here: Registration Form

Each player will have 1 hour main time, followed by a Canadian byo-yomi of 20 stones in 5 minutes. All games are played without handicap. The top 4 players of the preliminary rounds will be qualified to participate in the final stage of the Belgian Go Championship, where they will be joined by the top 4 players from last year's Belgian Championship finals.

Tournament schedule:

Saturday 06/03

  • 9:00 -- DEADLINE OF REGISTRATION
  • 9:30 -- ROUND 1
  • 13:00 -- ROUND 2
  • 16:00 -- ROUND 3
  • 19:00 -- ROUND 4

Sunday 07/03

  • 10:00 -- ROUND 5
  • 14:00 -- ROUND 6
  • 17:00 -- ROUND 7

REGISTERED PLAYERS:

  1. Thomas Connor (4 dan)
  2. Lucman Bounoider (3 dan)
  3. Daniel French (4 kyu)
  4. Guillaume De Keijser (6 kyu)
  5. Alexandre Terefenko (6 kyu)
  6. Gwanael Dagrain (9 kyu)

Depending on the number of participants, the tournament referee may decrease the number of rounds.

Belgian Championship Finals (only for the 8 qualified players)

26/09/2020 - 09:00
27/09/2020 - 19:30
Etc/GMT+1

Belgian Championship finals will be played at "La Grande Muraille" bookshop on 26 + 27/09
Av Paul Deschanel 92 in 1030 Schaerbeek
starting time: 9 AM (new, no longer 10 AM)

Theorical pairings 1st round
P1 Lucas Neirynck - P8 Gints Engelen
P4 Gabriel Mercier - P5 Sven Cuyts
P2 Jan Ramon - P7 Joost Van Nieuwenhuyse
P3 François Gonze - P6 Yongsen Jefferson Huang

Finals Belgian Championship 2019

Finals Belgian Championship 2019

Tournament rules (in Dutch and French)

Pairings (in English)

Who?

Qualified Players:
P1: L. Neyrinck 6D
P2: F. Gonze 4D
P3: T. Connor4D
P4: T. Pillon 2D
P5: J. Ramon 3D
P6: L. Bounoider 3D
P7: G. Mercier 3D
P8: N. Vets 2D

Reserve Players:
R1: Y. S. Huang 1D
R2: G. Engelen 4k
R3: J.Vannieuwenhuyse 1K
R4: L. Calmus 7K
R5: S. Ed-Daoudi 12K

When:

See calendar

Where:

See calendar

Preliminaries Belgian Championship

30/11/2019 - 10:00
01/12/2019 - 18:00
Etc/GMT+1

Preliminaries of the Belgian Championship 2020.

More info

Belgian Go Championship 2019

15/06/2019 - 00:30
16/06/2019 - 20:30
Etc/GMT+1

The final round of the 2019 Belgian Championship will take place the 15th and 16th June in

Belgium-Chinese Association - Great Wall Library
92 Paul Deschanel street, 1030 Brussels

http://www.belchin.be/home/homeen/

Rules:
Double KO system with seeded players (for the 8 qualified players). Rules are japanese and komi 6.5.
80 min +5min/15 moves (around 3 hours/game)

Players:
1° Lucas Neirynck 6d
2° François Gonze 4d
3° Thibault Pillon 2d
4° Jan Ramon 4d
5° Lucman Bounoider 3d
6° Gabriel Mercier 3d
7° Nelis Vets 2d
8° Joost Vannieuwenhuyse 1k
Scribe : Laurent Calmus.

Saturday
R1 : 9:30
R2 : 13:00
R3 : 16:30
End of day between 19:00 and 20:00

Sunday
R4 : 9:30
R5 : 13:00
(R6 16:30 depending on the results)
End of day between 17:00 and 20:00

Pairings and results:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1vwHjA8TFOuAI0wxi4oIOdl1qB-HUOHDY

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