39th Brussels tournament
39th Brussels Tournament 1st and 2nd November 2025
Tournament format
Five rounds MacMahon without handicap
Timing: 1 hour per player + byo-yomi: 15 stones for 5 minutes
Komi: 6.5
Non-smoking tournament
70 participants maximum
The Limit has been reached
Entry Fee
- 25€ for registration and payment before 20/10/2025
- 30€ after 20/10/2025 (included)
- +10€ for Belgian players, non-member of the BGF
- -5€ for Players born after 29/10/2007
You can pay the fee by transfer on our bank account (IBAN: BE24 7755 9621 2238) (BIC: GKCC BE BB) with the communication : "Brussels" + your name + your rank. For international transfers, further information about the bank account of the Belgian Go Federation can be found at the bottom of this page.
Please note that you only qualify for the early registration fee if the the payment arrives before 20/10/2025. It is your responsibility to take into account the possible delay of your bank in transferring money.
Players from outside the Euro zone facing high bank transfer costs, qualify for the early registration fee if they register online before 20/10/2025.
If you pre-register and can not make it for the first round, you are expected to notify the organization by sending an email to board@gofed.be before the start of the round. Once your registration fee has been received, you will be paired for the first round. You only have to confirm your presence if there are mistakes in your name or rating on our wall-list. You can cancel your registration by warning us. Before 20/10/2025, 12€ will be refunded, after 20/10/2025 only 7.5€.
Schedule
- Saturday 1st November 2025 (GMT +1)
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10:00 - Opening of registration
10:40 - Deadline of registration
11:00 - First Round
14:00 - Second Round
16:30 - Third Round
- Sunday 2nd November 2025 (GMT +1)
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10:00 - Fourth Round
13:00 - Fifth Round
16:30 - Prize giving
Venue
- Address
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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
Accommodation
Private accommodation is available, but quite restricted.
Youth Hostels in the vicinity :
You will also find a very large number of hotels within close range of the playing venue.
Here are a few of them :
Prizes
Prizes are guaranteed for all the players with 4 wins (30 €) or 5 wins (50 €).
Prizes for top places are determined by the MMS score and SOS. Prizes are divided equally if both MMS and SOS are equal.
In case we have less than 50 registrations, prizes money will be: 1st. 250 €, 2nd: 150 € ; 3rd: 75 €; If 50 or more, they will be 1st: 400 €, 2nd: 200 €, 3rd: 100 €.
List of registered players
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wljY84OJsPGPX1T4t7vfaSSoxujNsKpr...
Results past editions
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020: not organized due to Covid-crisis
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989: not organised
1988: complete results not available
1987
1986: complete results not available
1985: complete results not available
Former podiums of the Brussels Tournament
| Tournament |
Year |
Winners |
2nd |
3rd |
numbers of player (among whom # 4d or stronger) |
| 1 |
1985 |
Pierre Colmez, 5D |
Jean Michel, 4D |
Frank Janssen, 4D |
86 (8) |
| 2 |
1986 |
Frank Janssen, 5D |
André Moussa, 5D |
?, ? |
? (?) |
| 3 |
1987 |
Pierre Colmez, 5D |
Frank Janssen, 5D |
Jean Michel, 5D |
108 (6) |
| 4 |
1988 |
Yoo Jong-Su, 7D |
David Schoffel, 5D |
?, ? |
86 (6) |
| - |
1989 |
no tournament |
|
|
| 5 |
1990 |
Guo Juan, 7D |
Ronald Schlemper, 7D |
Alexei Lazarev, 6D |
116 (24 !) |
| 6 |
1991 |
Sheng Guanji, 6D |
Guo Juan, 7D |
Frank Janssen, 6D |
112 (28 !) |
| 7 |
1992 |
Sheng Guanji, 6D |
Guo Juan, 7D |
David Schoffel, 5D |
90 (16) |
| 8 |
1993 |
Sheng Guanji, 6D |
Guo Juan, 7D |
Jean-François Séailles, 5D |
100 (15) |
| 9 |
1994 |
Sheng Guanji, 6D |
Guo Juan, 7D |
Jean-François Séailles, 5D |
90 (12) |
| 10 |
1995 |
Guo Juan, 7D |
Zhang Shutai, 7D
Wataru Miyakawa, 6D |
Pierre Colmez, 5D |
84 (10) |
| 11 |
1996 |
Guo Juan, 7D |
Miyakawa Wataru, 6D |
Farid Ben Malek, 5D |
112 (15) |
| 12 |
1997 |
Park Sang Nam, 6D |
Guo Juan, 7D |
Vladimir Danek, 6D |
108 (12) |
| 13 |
1998 |
Geert Groenen, 5D |
Vladimir Danek, 6D
Franz-Josef Dickhut, 6D |
Guo Juan, 7D |
100 (10) |
| 14 |
1999 |
Guo Juan, 7D |
Pierre Colmez, 5D |
Geert Groenen, 6D |
70 (8) |
| 15 |
2000 |
Guo Juan, 7D |
Vladimir Danek, 6D
Emil Nijhuis, 5D |
Geert Groenen, 6D |
66 (7) |
| 16 |
2001 |
Guo Juan, 7D |
Paul Drouot, 5D |
Filip Vanderstappen, 5D |
76 (9) |
| 17 |
2002 |
Guo Juan, 7D |
Frédéric Donzet, 5D |
Ion Florescu, 6D |
80 (9) |
| 18 |
2003 |
Noguchi Motoki, 6D |
Guo Juan, 7D |
Vladimir Danek, 6D |
75 (8) |
| 19 |
2004 |
Franz-Josef Dickhut, 6D |
Zhao Pei, 6D |
Radek Nechanicky, 6D |
108 (9) |
| 20 |
2005 |
Cho Seok Bin, 7D |
Radek Nechanicky, 6D |
Li Jingrui, 6D |
111 (8) |
| 21 |
2006 |
Cho Seok Bin, 7D |
Jan Ramon, 4D |
Ondrej Silt, 6D |
86 (11) |
| 22 |
2007 |
Cho Seok Bin, 7D |
Radek Nechanicky, 6D |
Say Boon Ng, 4D |
85 (5) |
| 23 |
2008 |
Zou Lin, 6D |
Ondrej Silt, 6D |
Li Yue, 6D |
99 (6) |
| 24 |
2009 |
Dai Junfu, 7D |
Hwang In-Seong, 7D |
Yangqi Zhang, 6D |
89 (7) |
| 25 |
2010 |
Cho Seok Bin, 7D |
Csaba Merö, 6D |
Kyoungnang Kang, 6D |
74 (7) |
26 |
2011 |
Csaba Merö, 6D |
Chen Lei, 6D |
Vincent Van Gelderen, 4D |
76 (9) |
27 |
2012 |
Pavol Lisy, 6D |
Ondrej Silt, 6D |
Lluis Oh, 6D |
61 (9) |
28 |
2013 |
Zhang Yuanbo, 4D |
Antoine Fenech, 5D |
Benjamin Blanchard, 3D |
47 (5) |
29 |
2014 |
Vladimir Danek, 5D |
Kim Ouweleen, 4D |
Olivier Drouot, 3D |
42 (3) |
30 |
2015 |
Bogdan Zhurakovskyi, 5D |
Olivier Drouot, 3D |
Antoine Fenech, 5D |
71 (2) |
31 |
2016 |
Fabien Lips, 4D |
Lucas Neirynck, 5D |
Antoine Fenech, 5D |
63 (4) |
32 |
2017 |
Jonas Welticke, 6D |
Chen Qi, 4D |
Oscar Vazquez, 5D |
58 (6) |
33 |
2018 |
Lucas Neirynck, 6D |
Wang Zichen, 4D |
Jan Ramon, 4D |
59 (4) |
34 |
2019 |
Jan Ramon, 4D |
Sven Cuyt, 1k |
Dick Riedeman, 3D |
38 (1) |
- |
2020 |
(not organized-Covid) |
|
|
|
35 |
2021 |
Lucman Bounoider, 3D |
He JinMing, 3D |
Louis Baudaux, 1k |
32 (0) |
36 |
2022 |
Jia Hui Chen, 5D |
Zihan Yan, 6D |
He JingMing, 3D |
52 (2) |
37 |
2023 |
Cornel Burzo, 7D |
Zihan Yan, 6D |
Xin Shu, 5D |
66 (4) |
38 |
2024 |
Kaku Maekawa, 6D |
Xinghong Chen, 5D |
Haohan Wu, 5D |
53 (6) |
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