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NewsPreliminaries of the 2024 Belgian ChampionshipThe Belgian championship is the only competition in Belgium that is divided in 2 Rounds: 8 players participate in the final round. It was an intensive weekend of Go. 8 players battled it out in 7 rounds. Here are the final results (note that Xin Shu missed the 2 first rounds): 1 Bounoider, Lucman 3 Dan 6 21 128 107 Congratulations to the first 4, who are qualified for the final stage !
Save the date: coming soon : 2024 Belgian championship preliminaries 24+25/02Tournament to qualify 4 players for the final stage of the Belgian Championship
4th round of the European Team Championship: Belgium lost heavily to Italy (0-4)Belgium team (Lucas Neirynck -, Jan Ramon -, Sven Cuyt -, Nelis Vets -) lost heavily to Italy in the 4th round of the European Team Championship. Complete results here: https://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps/rounds/1004 Standings in B-league after this round: https://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps Belgium is now back in the middle of the division (which is by far dominated by Turkey and Italy, both still unbeaten).
Kim Jung Seon (KOR) wins the 43rd WAGC (World Amateur Go Championship); Bram Vandenbon ends 32th out of 46 players (3/7 score)As usually, the Asiatic players trusted the 1st places in the 43th WAGC ! ***** "Our guy" was Bram Vandenbon, who scored a fair 3/7 (wins to UK, Croatia, Mexico; losses to France, Chili, Luxembourg and Poland) Complete results via the site of the EGF: https://www.eurogofed.org/index.html?id=402
coming soon (Sunday 14/01 2 PM to 4 PM) : General Assembly of the Belgian Go FederationThe General Assembly of the Belgian Go Federation will take place on Sunday 14/01/2024 from 2 PM till 4 PM (online - MS Team). This important meeting is the main opportunity to exchange information, share ideas and comments regarding the past year and the future of your club and of the BGF. The link to participate to the meeting will be communicated to the every BGF member who are interested (send a mail to : board at gofed dot be).
3rd round of the European Team Championship: Belgium lost to Tukey (1-3)Unfortunately, after the 2 wins in the 2 first round, Belgium team has been beaten in the 3rd round by a strong Turkish team (Lucas Neirynck +, Sven Cuyt -, Nelis Vets -, Gints Engelen -). Complete results here: https://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps/rounds/1003 Standings in B-league after 3rd round: https://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps Belgium is now 3rd, just behind Turkey and Italy which remains both unbeaten.
Belgian Rengo Championship 2023 resultsThe best teams of Belgium did gather for this 2023 Belgian RenGo Championship edition. 1) Yannick Kuy 3k & Edouard Jeanjean 15k - team "Random Movers" Not a very quantitative edition but games were played seriously and we got both quality and fun. First game was very tense and ended in a victory for the first team by 2 points only after a last yose mistake. After passionate post-game analysis, it was already late and the teams were too tired to continue a third round. So this Championship ended with a tie score of 1 game won each and no decisive winner (everyone is winner...).
Rapid Championship Xin wins undeafeted and Victor becomes Belgian Rapid Champion 2023Xin Shun wins unbeaten the 2023 edition of the Belgian Championship of rapid games (15 min per player, sudden death; handicap - 2). Only 7 participants but again a fun tournament for everyone - that has been quietly played from home. Final resultXin Shu 6 wins (Tournament winner) Congratulations to Xin, winner of the 2023 Belgian Championship of Rapid Games !
2nd round of the European Team Championship: another wins for Belgium ! (3-1 against Croatia)Belgian Team got another win in the European Team Championship, by beating this time Croatia 3-1 (wins by Lucas, Jan and Gabriel, loss by Sven). Complete results here: https://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps/rounds/1002 Standings in B-league after 2nd round: https://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps
Suspense till the very end in the 2023 interclubs competition !Suspense till the very end in the 2023 interclubs competition ! This week the last rounds of the 2023 interclubs have been played and the name of the club champion has been decided. The match between Leuven and Brussels Phénix would determine which team got crowned this year. Leuven has won the Interclub competition 7 times in the past, whereas Phénix was last year’s champion. Board one was a clash of the rising stars: Yannick Kuy, playing for Phénix, recently scored 5-0 at the Brussels Go tournament and has just been promoted 3 Kyu. His opponent, Bram Westhovens, scored 14-1 as 7 kyu at the European Go congress this summer (his streak included a win against a 2kyu and Bram is inches away from a 3 kyu rating). The game was played with 0,5 komi and was the one that finished first with the victory of Yannick Kuy. 1-0 for the Phénix Go club. The next game to finish was played on board 3. It ended with a win by Leuven this time: Simon Janssens (11 kyu) won against Xavier Baele (7kyu): 1-1 So, board 2 would finally determine which team would go home with the interclubs title this year ! Congratulations to our Back-to-Back 2023 interclubs Champions Brussels Phénix The other match, that followed a couple of days later, opposed Antwerpen to Gent. There was only 12,5% chance of Antwerpen to grab second place. But somehow the stars were aligned for them this time and they managed to win the 3 games, and to finish with thr silver medail. The full results can be found here; https://www.gofed.be/node/1406 We hope more clubs will participate in the interclubs next year ! (report by Guillaume De Keijser)
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