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NewsLucman Bounoider (3-d) extend for a third time his title of "Belgian champion of rapid games"Lucman Bounoider (3-d) won unbeaten the 2022 edition of the Belgian Championship of rapid games (15 min per player, sudden death; handicap - 2). There were only 5 participants (a disappointing figure), but still a fun tournament for everyone - that has been quietly played from home. On the podium, Lucman got 4 wins, ahead of Jan Ramon (4-d) (3 wins) and Yvan Nollet (4-k) (2 wins).
European Team Championship season 2022-23: Belgium made a draw in 1st round, and lost in the 2nd roundOn 18/10, Belgian team made a draw (2-2) in the 1st round against Finland: https://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps/rounds/903 After 2 rounds, Belgium is 8th out of 10 teams in B-league. But the competition has only just begun...
A new school Go club in Anderlecht - Collège Matteo Ricci -We are very happy to announce the birth of a new Go club in the College Matteo Ricci. Go clubs in schools are not new and this activity is developing progressively and steadily in Belgium. We wish the Go club of the College Matteo Ricci to be successful in enlightening the spirit of its players ! Note: by chance, Matteo Ricci, a Jesuit missionaire (1552-1610) who lived in China has been the first Westerner to report about the existence of the game of go (weichi) ! ----
Jia Hui Chen wins the 36th edition of the Brussels tournamentChinese female 5-d JiaHui Chen won unbeaten the 36th edition of Brussels tournament, ahead of the favourite, Zihan Yan (CH, 6d). Best Belgian players were Sven Cuyt (4th) and Gabriel Mercier (5th), both with 3/5, while last year's winner, Lucman Bounoider ended 6th with a 2/5 score. There were 52 participants. JiaHui Chen was the only unbeaten participant. Players with 4 wins were: Renaud Gaban (3-k), Jonathan Pittonet (4-k), Kenny Bebacq (5-k), Thomas Lemaire (8-k), Eric Baijot (10-k), Gaëtan De Menten (12-k), Marie Evrard (14-k) and Léo Guillaume (18-k). Congratulations to them ! Complete results: https://www.europeangodatabase.eu/EGD/Tournament_Card.php?&key=T221029O
KIM Jung-Sung wins unbeaten the Korean Prime Minister Cup; Lucas Neirynck 22nd out of 52 participants.The Korean Prime Minister Cup is the Korean version of the World Amateur Championship. The 2022 has been won by 1. Jung-Sun KIM (Korea), who ended unbeaten (but in absence of representative from China). Our representative was Lucas Neirynck, who ended 22th out of a field of 52 competitors, with a 3/6 score and rather expected results: + against Iran, Columbia and Finland; - against Japan, New-Zeeland and France. Completed results here: http://kpmc.kbaduk.or.kr/eng/result/gameTable.asp
Benjamin Dréan-Guénaïzia 2022 European championFrenchman Benjamin Dréan-Guénaïzia (6-d) is the 2022 European champion. Artem is suffering the "Raymond Poulidor's syndrome": up till now, he has never been European champion. He was finalist in 2022, 2021 and 2019, and semi-finalist in 2020 and 2017. Complete results of the European Championship: https://www.eurogofed.org/egc/2022.html **** The Korean professional Won Jin Choi (1-p) won unbeaten the open tournament, ahead of his countrymen Kim Yuchan (another 1-p) (9 wins out of 10 rounds) and Kim Dohyup (7-d) (with 8/10). Complete results of the open tournament: https://egc2022.ro/main-wallist/
14-year-olds are North America’s newest professional go players, just 5 years after having learned to play !Young teenagers Kevin Yang and Alexander Qi topped a competitive field at the North American Go Federation’s (NAGF) 2022 Pro Qualification tournament and were granted the pro statute in the American Go Association. Both are 14 years old ...and have learned to play just 5 years ago ! F.i. Kevin Yang reached shodan by October 2019 and jumped to 7d in August 2021 (and thus pro in June 2022). Kevin's score against European pro players in a recent on-line competition (https://www.eurogofed.org/pros/league/transatlantic2.html) is amazing: 10 wins, 1 defeat ! I wonder whether such quick progressions have already been seen before, even in Asia (?).
Sven Cuyt wins in GhentSven Cuyt (1-d), our rising star and Belgian champion, has won the 2022 edition of the tournament of Ghent.
Coming soon (09+10/07): Ghent Go TournamentCome and enjoy !
Results Belgian Go Championship 2022For this 2022 edition, the final of the Belgian championship was again played in the Belgium-China association. The championship was marked by a disappointing number of participants (not even 8 members were registered at the start) and last minute forfeits of Lucas and Gints (Gints was still able to play half the tournament) because of Covid restrictions. But also, this edition was full of suspense and surprising results, especially as the best ranked and thus favorite Thomas Connor got eliminated after Sven managed to claim victory against him twice, once by just half a point! And finally in the end it's Yong Sen Huang who wins the final against Sven after a sharp game ending with a deadly Ko. Here is the final standings: Thanks to everyone to have made this event exciting and congratulation to the winner Yong Sen Huang! As Yong Sen Huang is not a Belgian citizen, Sven Cuyt is the 2022 champion of Belgium. Congratulation to him also !
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