Belgian Go Federation

The 35th edition of the Leuven Go Tournament will take place during the weekend of 3 May 2025 and 4 May 2025.

Tournament format

Five rounds MacMahon without handicap
Timing: 1 hour per player + byo-yomi: 15 stones for 5 minutes
Rules: Japanese rules with 6.5 komi

Winners will be decided by MMS (MacMahon Score), followed by SOS, followed by SODOS.

Registration and entry Fee

Registration (before May 2th) : 20€
Registration after May 2th: 25€
Youth and -15 kyu: 15€

Payment in cash on the day of the tournament or on bank account BE68 0019 6434 0734 before May 1th.

--> For questions please email:frankk.segers@gmail.com or call 0499 39 90 67

Registration

To register, please fill in the following form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeqp3OmlQTTUxQdVxou_CQzf8AV1ocO...

Venue

Bar Baron, Baron August De Becker-Remyplein 27, 3010 Kessel-Lo (the same building as what used to be Café De Curve)
Five minutes from the railway station; parking accessible just to the right of Eenmeilaan 33

Hotel rooms and youth hostel nearby the station

Prizes

First prize: 150€, second prize: 90€, third prize: 60€

Prizes are guaranteed for all the players with 4 or 5 wins.

Schedule

Saturday
10:00 - Opening of registration
10:40 - Deadline of registration
11:00 - First Round
13:30 - Second Round
16:00 - Third Round
Sunday
10:00 - Fourth Round
12:30 - Fifth Round

Registered players (on 2025-04-27)

Chen Xinghong 5 D
Gonze François 4 D Namur + Louvain la Neuve Belgique
Ramon Jan 3 d
Lucman Bounoider 3 D Hoshi Brussels
Prist Kévin 3 D Hoshi go Club BE
Peters Taco 2 D Nijmegen
Sun Ryan 2 D Wuppertal,Germany
Jia Zichu 2 D Paris Observatoire (75OB), France
Tan Tan 2 k
Walgraffe Sébastien 3 k
Westhovens Bram 3 k Leuven, België
De Keijser Guilla 4 k Phénix Brussels
Foulon Steven 4 k Leuven
Segers Frank 4 k Leuven Belgium
Laloux Joachim 5 k Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Van DoorsselaereTom 5 k Leuven - BE
Nyaki Loïc 5 k
Tan Mengmeng 6 k
Cassidy John 6 k Leuven
Vanooteghem Midas 8 k Leuven
VAN HERCK MARCEL 8 k
Weissgerber Ghislaine 9 K Hoshi Brussels
Janssens Simon 10 k Leuven
Varlan Costin 10 k Leuven
Levrouw Lucas 10 k Geen club, België
Guillaume Léo 11k Paris 75 CF
Durant Kevin 13 k Geen club B
Ramacher Iris 14 k Cologne Germany

The Hoshi club tournament was organized as part of the artistic project of Marc Buchy around the game of go.
The results are:

  Pl Name                            Rk Co Club  MMS  SOSSOSOS
   1 Prist Kevin                     3D BE Pant   30   87  257 0    3+/w0    2+/w0    4+/b0
   2 Drouot Olivier                  3D BE Pant   29   86  257 0    5+/w0    1-/b0    6+/b0
   3 Tranchida Philippe              2K BE Pant   29   86  254 0    1-/b0    7+/w0    5+/b0
   4 Bounoider Lucman                3D BE Pant   29   85  254 0    8+/w0    6+/b0    1-/w0
   5 Nollet Yvan                     3K BE Pant   28   85  254 0    2-/b0    8+/w0    3-/w0
   6 Kuy Yannick                     2K BE Phen   28   85  251 0    9+/b0    4-/w0    2-/w0
   7 de_Keijser Guillaume            4K BE Phen   28   82  241 0   10+/w1    3-/b0    9+/w0
   8 Henri Anne                      2K BE Pant   27   82  245 0    4-/b0    5-/b0   12-/w1
   9 Stojanovic Voja                 4K BE Pant   27   80  243 0    6-/w0   11+/b0    7-/b0
  10 Lemaire Thomas                  7K BE Pant   25   75  233 0    7-/b1   12+/w0   11+/b0
  11 Boukricha Moad                  7K BE Phen   24   76  230 0   12+/b0    9-/w0   10-/w0
  12 Tolmatcheff Frédéric            7K BE Pant   24   75  233 0   11-/w0   10-/b0    8+/b1
  13 Groc Johanna                    9K BE Pant   23   63  181 0    0=      14+/w0   15+/w2
  14 Murai_von_Buenau Timothy       10K DE Leip   22   61  165 0   15+/w1   13-/b0   16+/w6
  15 Devaux Marion                  13K BE Pant   18   57  169 0   14-/b1   16+/w2   13-/b2
  16 Six Lucas                      18K BE Pant   13   45  155 0   17+/w0   15-/b2   14-/b6
  17 Buchy Marc                     18K BE Pant   13   37  117 0   16-/b0    0=       0=   

Hoshi Go Club tournament

Le Viaduc
43 Rue du Viaduc
1050 Bruxelles

16th November 2024
registration 10:00
first round 10:30
end of the tournament: 18:00

Rythm: 3 games, 45 min / 5 x 20 seconds japanese byo-yomi
Japanese rules
Handicap -2 on MMS until 5 Kyu / non handicap starting from 4 Kyu and higher level
Valid for Belgian and European ratings

Inscription via email hoshigoclub@gmail.com (please mention : Name Firstname & Club & Level)
or
on a dedicated paper in the Viaduc

Registered players:

Lucman Bounoider - Club du Pantin - 3 dan
Olivier Drouot - Club du Pantin - 3 dan
Kevin Prist - Club du Phénix - 3 dan (fbg) / 2Dann (egf)
Bousquet Sylvain - Club de Lille - 1 Dan
Yannick Kuy - Club du Phénix - 2 kyu
Philippe Tranchida - Club du Pantin - 2 kyu
Franck Leplat - LilleGo Club - 2 kyu
Henri Anne - Club du Pantin - 4 kyu
Guillaume De Keijser - Club du Phénix - 4 kyu
Lemaire Thomas - Club du Pantin - 7 kyu
Miss Tick - Club du Pantin - 9 kyu
Marion Devaux - Club du Pantin - 13 kyu
Lucas Six - Club du Pantin - 17 kyu

Phénix - Pantin

Table	Black	White	Handicap	Result
Table 1	Voja Stojanovic 4k (Pant)	Kuy Yannick 3k (Phe)	1	W
Table 2	Kroboth Oliver (TBC)k(Phe)	Martin Laurent 10k (Pant)	3	B
Table 3				Vicory Phénix by forteit

Leuven - Antwerpen

Table	Black	White	Handicap	Result
Table 1	Bram Westhoven 4k (Leu)	Joost Vannieuwenhuyse 2k (Ant)	1	W
Table 2	Marcel Van_Herck 7k (Ant)	Tom Van_Doorsselaere 5k (Leu)	1	W
Table 3	Arend Ryckeboer 12k (Leu)	Bart Caers 8k (Ant)	3	W

Rules

7 rounds swiss, or round-robin if less than 8 participants
handicap - 2 (taking the last available rating in points rating into consideration; thus: rounded delta minus 200)
12 minutes + 10 seconds/move.

Conditions de participation - deelname voorwaarden

Etre membre de la Fédération Belge de Go. Inscription gratuite. (remarque: seule une personne de nationalité belge peut être désignée "Champion de Belgique blitz").
Lid van de Belgische Go Federatie zijn. Geen inschrijvingskosten (opmerking: enkel personen die de Belgische nationaliteit hebben, kunnen "Belgisch Kampioen blitz" worden).

Meeting place

Discord of the Belgian Go Federation:
https://discord.gg/Sz2q32aB
Starting time 14:00

In case of trouble go to the Discord of Baduk Cafe:
https://discord.com/invite/wQUJCwnqhm
or in OGS contact user "Gnxmeh"

Games will be played on OGS, except if both players agree to play elsewhere (KGS...).

Registration form

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdhBM2jCynO1sxJbGFRfPrjTJwRgBlr...
You may also register the day of the tournament, but then come at least 15 mn in advance please !

REGISTERED PLAYERS (updated 14th December 2024)

BOUNOIDER Lucman
HENNEBERT Jean-Denis
De Keijser Guillaume
GABAN Renaud

Phénix - Gents Go Genootschap

Table	Black	White	Handicap	Result
Table 1	Debacq Kenny 4k (GGG)	Kuy Yannick 3k (phe)	1	W
Table 2	Marien Maarten 6k(GGG)	De Keijser Guillaume 4k (Phe)	1	B
Table 3	Hoorelbeke Tristan 15k (GGG)	Jeanjean Edouard 15k (Phe)	0	B

Antwerpen -Pantin

Table	Black	White	Handicap	Result
Table 1	Voja Stojanovic 4k (Pan)	Roel Van Nyen 2k (Ant)	1	W
Table 2	Johanna Groc 12 Kyu (Pan)	De Tom Van Den Broeck 9k (Ant)	0	W
Table 3	Lucas Six (Pan)	Lynn Van Hauwe (Ant)	0	W

Ghent Go Tournament

Location

Schaakhuis Caïssa
Abrahamstraat 46
9000 Gent

Rules

6 rounds MacMahon
45 min and Byo-yomi 5*20 sec Japanese
Japanese rules, no handicap

Schedule:

Saturday
10:00-11:00 registration
17:00 end last round

Sunday
11:00: start of round 4
17:30 prize giving

Detailed information about the tournament 2024

You can register here.

Results of previous years can be found here.

Tournament set-up

System: 6 rounds MacMahon
Time limit: 45 min
Byo-yomi: 5*20 sec Japanese
Rules: Japanese
Komi: 6,5
Handicap: none

Schedule:

Saturday
10:00 - 11:00 registration
11:30 round 1
13:30 break
14:00 round 2
16:00 round 3

Sunday
11:00 round 4
13:00 break
13:30 round 5
15:30 round 6
17:30 prize giving

Location

Schaakhuis Caïssa
Abrahamstraat 46
9000 Gent

Registration & entry fee

You can register here.

Entry Fee: €10

Registered players
Kévin Prist	3d	Phénix
Yannick Kuy	2kyu	Phénix
Bram Westhovens	4kyu	Leuven
Kenny Debacq	4kyu	GGG
Voja Stojanovic	5kyu	Le Pantin
Gertjan Verhaeren	6kyu	GGG
Midas Vanooteghem	8kyu	Leuven

Prizes

TBD

As in the previous year, the Belgian Championship Finals for 2024 will take place in the building of the Belgium-China Association, located at the following address:

Avenue Paul Deschanel 92,
1030 Brussels

This is a closed tournament. Only the 8 qualified players can participate. But possibility for the public to come kibbitzing.

Participating Players

1. Lucas Neirynck 6 Dan P1
3. Jan Ramon 4 Dan P2
5. Bounoider, Lucman 3 Dan P3
6 Kuy, Yannick 3 Kyu P4
7 Xin, Shu 5 Dan P5
8 De_Keijser, Guillaume 4 Kyu P6
Silcher, Michael 4 Kyu (1st reserve player) P7
Joost Vannieuwenhuyse (2nd reserve player) P8

Invitation declined by qualified players

2. Thomas Connor 4 Dan
4. Victor Schneider 1 Kyu

Schedule

This schedule is an estimation. It is likely here will be slight changes if some rounds finish quickly.

Saturday May 26th
10:00 - FIRST ROUND
13:30 - SECOND ROUND
16:30 - THIRD ROUND

Sunday May 27th
10:00 - FIRST ROUND
13:30 - SECOND ROUND
16:30 - THIRD ROUND

Round 1

04/04/2024 : Antwerpen – Pantin
02/04/2024 : Phenix – Gent
Leuven - bye

Home	Away	Points	Tie breaker
Antwerpen	Pantin	3-0	6-0
Phenix	Gent	1-2	3-3

Round 2

07/05/2024 : Leuven – Antwerpen
06/05/2024 : Pantin – Phenix
Gent - bye

Home	Away	Points	Tie breaker
Leuven	Antwerpen	1-2	2-4
Pantin	Phenix	0-3	0-6

Round 3

26/09/2024 : Antwerpen – Phenix
24/09/2024 : Gent – Leuven
Pantin - bye

Home	Away	Points	Tie breaker
Antwerpen	Phenix	1-2	1-5
Gent	Leuven	2-1	4-2

Round 4

02/11/2024 : Phenix – Leuven
15/10/2024 : Pantin – Gent
Antwerpen - bye

Home	Away	Points	Tie breaker
Phenix	Leuven	2-1	4-2
Pantin	Gent	0-3	0-6

Round 5

05/11/2024 : Gent – Antwerpen
05/11/2024 : Leuven – Pantin
Phenix - bye

Home	Away	Points	Tie breaker
Gent	Antwerpen	0-3	0-6
Leuven	Pantin	1-2	2-4

Summary

Team	Rounds	Points	Tie breaker
Antwerpen	4	9	17
Phenix	4	8	18
Gent	4	7	13
Leuven	4	4	8
Pantin	4	2	4