Belgian Go Federation

This year the Ghent tournament will be a one day - 4 rounds tournament.

Information about the tournament

Results of previous years can be found here.

This year the Ghent will be a one day tournament.

Tournament set-up

System: 4 rounds MacMahon
Time limit: 30 min
Byo-yomi: 5*20 sec Japanese
Rules: Japanese
Komi: 6,5
Handicap: H-2

Schedule:

Saturday
10:00 - 11:00 registration
11:30 round 1
13:00 break
13:30 round 2
15:00 round 3
16:30 round 4
18:30 prize giving

Location

Schaakhuis Caïssa
Abrahamstraat 46
9000 Gent

Registration & entry fee

You can register here.

Entry Fee: €15

Registered players
Kenny Debacq	4 kyu	Gents Go Genootschap
Maarten Mariën	4 kyu	Gents Go Genootschap
Ibn Zwanckaert	13 kyu	Gents Go Genootschap

Prizes

Depends on number of participants

Round 1

Date	Home	Away	Points	Tie breaker
07/04/26	Phénix	GGG	?-?	?-?
09/04/26	Antwerpen	Hoshi	?-?	?-?
-	Leuven	Bye	-	-

Round 2

Date	Home	Away	Points	Tie breaker
05/05/26	GGG	Antwerpen	?-?	?-?
07/05/26	Leuven	Hoshi	?-?	?-?
-	Phenix	Bye	-	-

Round 3

Date	Home	Away	Points	Tie breaker
08/09/26	Phénix	Antwerpen	?-?	?-?
08/09/26	GGG	Leuven	?-?	?-?
-	Hoshi	Bye	-	-

Round 4

Date	Home	Away	Points	Tie breaker
07/10/26	Hoshi	Phénix	?-?	?-?
08/10/26	Antwerpen	Leuven	?-?	?-?
-	Gent	Bye	-	-

Round 5

Date	Home	Away	Points	Tie breaker
03/11/26	Leuven	Phénix	?-?	?-?
05/11/26	Hoshi	GGG	?-?	?-?
-	Antwerpen	Bye	-	-

Summary

Team	Rounds	Points	Tie breaker
GGG	0	0	0
Phénix	0	0	0
Antwerpen	0	0	0
Hoshi	0	0	0
Leuven	0	0	0

For the 4 pre-qualified players (Jan Ramon, Kevin Prist, Yannick Kuy, Lucman Bounoider) and the 4 best placed players (François Gonze, Joachim Laloux, Philippe Tranchida, Guillaume De Keijser) of the Belgian Championship Preliminaries (on 14 and 15 March).

More info soon.

Pre-registration: https://forms.gle/J8g6t61oGniBLe8g9

Location:
Monseigneur Sencie Instituut; Erasmusplein 2, 3000 Leuven (5m walk from Leuven Station)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/sLBM9ov8VdSz4ko57

Format:
5 Round MacMahon where final standings will be determined by MacMahon Score with SOS and SODOS as 1st and 2nd tiebreakers.
Handicap -2 is applied for players below 15kyu when they play each other.
1h main time, 20 stones in 5m Canadian byoyomi; Japanese rules with 6.5 komi.

Entry Fee:
€20 for pre-registered adult players 14kyu and stronger
€15 for pre-registered adult players 15kyu and lower, or players under 18yo.
+€5 surcharge for registrations after 24/05/2026 or on the day of the tournament
!Entry fee is to be paid on site either by cash or wireless via app/QR-code!

Prizes:
1st €150, 2nd €90, 3rd €60

Schedule:
Saturday 30/05
10:00 Registration opens
10:45 Deadline for registration
11:00 First Round
13:30 Second Round
16:00 Third Round
Sunday 31/05
10:00 Fourth Round
12:30 Fifth Round

We communicate hereunder the info about the forthcoming tournament of Lille - Rijssel ("tournoi des Ch'tis")

Le Tournoi Ch’ti, organisé par LilleGo, revient le week-end du 28 février et 1 mars 2026 au coeur de Lille ! Ce tournoi s’adresse à tous les passionnés de go, qu’ils viennent pour se mesurer aux meilleurs ou simplement passer un moment agréable dans une ambiance détendue.
info et inscriptions: https://lillego.jeudego.org/tournoi-chti-2026/

Preliminaries Belgian Championship

In this tournament, we determine which four players will qualify for the Belgian Championship Finals on 16 and 17 May. They will be joined by the four top finishers from last year’s finals (*).

The tournament is open and free of charge to all members of the BGF (and open only to members).
Non-Belgian players have to have been domiciliated in Belgium since at least one year.

(*) Pre-qualified players are: Jan Ramon, Kevin Prist, Yannick Kuy, Lucman Bounoider.

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 14/03.
Swiss system - 7 rounds (possibly round robin up to 8 participants)
Timing: 60 minutes + 20 stones/5 min Canadian byo-yomi.

Registration Deadline: Please apply before Friday 13/03 at 18h.

Registered players

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AAUnr1sZxWfJZQv-Z-gnhE4dA4mWa98S...

Live Broadcast

Some games will be transmitted and commented live on Twitch on Saturday and Sunday in the evening or afternoon somewhere.

https://www.twitch.tv/belgiangofederation

Commentary will be in French by Yannick, Lucman and Olivier.

Antwerpen - Gents Go Genootschap

Table	Black	White	Handicap	Result
Table 1	Debacq Kenny 4k (GGG)	Vannieuwenhuyse Joost 1k (Antwerpen)	2	B
Table 2	Van Den Broeck Tom 8k (Antwerpen)	Marien Maarten 6k (GGG)	3	W
Table 3	Van Herck Marcel 8k (Antwerpen)	Zhang Ziyue 7k (GGG)	2	B

Hoshi - Phénix

Table	Black	White	Handicap	Result
Table 1	De Keijser Guillaume 4k (Phe)	Teirlinck Laurens 3k (Hos)	1	W
Table 2	Laurent Martin 10k (Hos)	Boukricha Moad 8k (Phé)	2	W
Table 3	Six Lucas 15k (Hos)	Baratier Pierre Loic 15k (Phé)	0	W

Kevin Prist (3-d) has won the 15th edition of the tournament of Ghent, ahead of our young rising star Joachim Laloux (4-k, 14 years old) and Bram Vandenbon (2-d)
To be noted: Guillaume De Keijser (4-k) won against Bram.
There were 9 participants.

Complete results: https://www.gofed.be/webfm_send/662