Belgian Go Federation

The Hoshi Brussels Go club is proud to announce its 6th go tournament !
More info: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qXKP3mV-7QWJXxUG-QsJJczidflwK1tFECdZ...

Belgium fought hard in the second round of the Pandanet League, but Ireland came out on top.
Board 1 – Lucas Strikes First
Lucas (Black) faced Karl Irwin using a sharp modern opening. Karl built an early 13-point lead, but Lucas turned on the engines and showed exactly why he’s now 7d in France—flipping the game with precise reading and taking the win.
Belgium 1–0
Board 2 – Renaud’s Dragon Falls
Renaud (White) played a Cho Chickun territorial style before diving into Black’s moyo. A high quality fight broke out, but Renaud had to resign after his dragon died.
Belgium 1–1
Board 3 – Joachim’s Near Upset
Joachim (Black), fresh off a win at the Korean Prime Minister Cup a 1st Kyu, pushed Ireland’s 3rd board to the limit. He even led by 2 points in the endgame, but the win slipped away at the very end.
Belgium 1–2
Board 4 – Guillaume Outpaced
John Courtney controlled the rhythm from start to finish, slowly widening his lead until Guillaume’s group finally fell.
Final: Ireland 3–1 Belgium

complete results of the 2nd round: https://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps/rounds/1346
https://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps
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Not the result we hoped for, but plenty of promising play across the boards.
Next match: Belgium vs. Finland — December 9, 2025.

The 2025 Interclub season has officially come to an end, with the final games played earlier this week.
Lille unfortunately had to forfeit their participation—meaning all results against them were cancelled, but this didn’t change the final result’s
We can confirm; we have a new champion this year.
Congratulations to the Gent Go Club, crowned Interclub Champion for the 6th time!
A well-earned victory and a strong performance throughout the season.
Bravo to the entire team, and thank you to all clubs and players who competed this year!
You can find the full results here .

The Korean Prime Minister Cup (KPMC) is the Korean version of the WAGC (World Amateur Go Championship) organised by the Nihon Ki-In.

2026 world amateur champion is Chinese Fu Yu (8-d), who won all his games.
Best European is Jan Prokop (CZ, 6-d) who ended 5th.
Our Belgian representant, François Gonze (4-d), ended 39th (out of a field of 52 competitors) with a 2/7 score.

Complete results of the main Tournament: https://eurogofed.org/newsp/2020/2025%20KPMC/KPMC_2025_National_Standing...

This year, a parallel tournament for the young players (under 15 years old) was organised.
Winner is the Taïwanese Tsang Minf Ruel (7-d).
Our "guy" was our rising star Joachim Laloux (3-k), who ended 15th (out of 28 players) with a 3/6 score (...and a win against a 1-k)

Complete results of the Youth Division (< 15 years old): https://eurogofed.org/newsp/2020/2025%20KPMC//KPMC_2025_Youth_Standings....

And here is a report by Damir Medak (in which you see a nice picture of François and Joachim playing a game in the pair tournament :-)
https://eurogofed.org/index.html?id=518

Good news: there are enough participants to organise our yearly go camp in December.
Registrations are possible till 30/11. You are very welcome.
https://www.gofed.be/node/1516

Our traditionnal yearly Go camp is planned this year in Tilff (near Liège) from Friday 12/12 to Sunday 14/12 (it is possible to arrive on Thursay 11/12 evening, or to arrive on Saturday morning just for the WE).

Info and registrations: https://www.gofed.be/node/1516

This is a last call for registrations before cancelation !

We need minimum 12 registrations on next Friday (14/11) to maintain the event.
Up till now, we have just 6 registrations.
That means we need minimum 6 more in the forthcoming days, otherwise, we'll have to cancel the event, what would be a pity !

This year, our main instructor will be this year Kim Ouweleen, also known as Murugandi.
Kim is an artist, writer, and 4-dan Go teacher from Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Known for the video series 'Murugandi Reviews' (2011, for EuroGoTV with Harry Weerheijm) and BadukMovies (2012-2015, created with Peter Brouwer).
https://www.murugandi.com/game-of-go.html

Xinghong Chen (China, 5-d) won the 39th edition of the Brussels tournament with a perfect score (5 wins).

He ends ahead of Fu TianYu (6-d), of the last year's winner, Kaku Maekawa (6-d) and of Cornel Burzo (6-d), all with 4 wins.

5th and best player with 3 wins was the young (8 years old !) prodigy Larion Syrotkin (3-d, Ukraine) (who managed to beat Cornel Burzo !).

This 39th edition met a big success: there were 74 participants, among whom 10 4-d or stronger

Complete results here: https://www.gofed.be/webfm_send/663

The new Pandanet season kicked off with an excellent start for Belgium, defeating Switzerland 3–1in Round 1.

There were some lineup changes this year, with Kévin Prist moving to Board 2, Lucman Bounoider to Board 3, and Renaud Gaban and Joachim Laloux joining the team.

Lucas Neirynck (6d) led the way with a calm and confident win on Board 1, showing great control throughout. Lucman Bounoider followed with a flawless performance, dominating his opponent from start to finish. Jan Ramon (3d) sealed the victory after a brilliant endgame comeback. Only Kévin Prist(4d) fell short in a tactical fight on Board 2.

With this strong start, Belgium now sits second in League B.
Next up: Ireland, on or around November 11 or the week before, 2025.

Go Belgium!

On Monday 13/10, there are still / only 9 places left for the 39th Brussels tournament
(we limit the number of players to 70 - next year, we'll look for a greater tournament hall).

So if you intend to participate, don't hesitate, go ahead !

Info and registration: https://www.gofed.be/node/1508

PS: please note your registration is validated only when you have paid your registration fees.

Alexander Qi from USA is a prodigy: he learned to play at 8, he became pro at 14.
And he is now world champion U18, ahead of the best Korean and Chinese rising stars !
A milestone for the Western go community !

more info here:
https://usgo.org/content.aspx?page_id=5&club_id=454497&item_id=123478
https://usgo.org/content.aspx?page_id=5&club_id=454497&item_id=124686&