Belgian Go Federation

Former Winners of the Belgian Championhip
(and Belgian representatives to the WAGC & KPMC)

Year	Winner	WAGC	KPMC
2025	Jan Ramon 4-d	Kevin Prist, 4/8 (30th/52)	François Gonze, 2/7 (39th/52)
2024	Lucas Neirynck 6-d (Xin Shu, 5-d, winner, but not Belgian)	Renaud Gaban, 4/8 (31th/60)	Joost Vannieuwenhyse 3/7 (41th/60)
2023	Lucas Neirynck 6-d	Bram Vandenbon, 3/7 (32th/46)	Sven Cuyt, 3/7 (40th/56)/
2022	Sven Cuyt 1-d (Huang Yong Sen 1-d, winner but not Belgian)	Lucman Bounoider, 3/6 (25th/45)	Lucas Neirynck, 3/6 (22th/52)
2021	Lucas Neirynck 6-d	Jan Ramon, 3/6 (30th/57) (on line)	Gints Engelen (on line)
2020	Lucas Neirynck 6-d	(canceled due to Covid-19)	Lucas Neirynck, 1/16 of finals (on line)
2019	Lucas Neirynck 6-d	François Gonze, 4/8 (29th/59)	Dominique Versyck, 3/6 (36th/62)
2018	Lucas Neirynck 5-d	Thomas Connor, 4/8 (32th/61)	Bram Vandenbon, 3/6 (29th/59)
2017	Lucas Neirynck 5-d	(no Belgian delegate)	François Gonze, 4/6 (16th/56)
2016	Lucas Neirynck 5-d	Nelis Vets, 4/8 (28th/56)	Gabriel Mercier, 4/6 (20th/54)
2015	Thomas Connor 3-d	Thomas Connor, 2/8 (34th/56)	François Gonze, 3/6 (24th/52)
2014	Lucas Neirynck 5-d	Dominique Versyck, 4/8 (31th/55)	Bram Vandenbom, 3/6 (31th/52)
2013	Lucas Neirynck 5-d	Lucas Neirynck, 3/8 (37th/56)	Kevin Prist, 3/6 (26th/62)
2012	Lucas Neirynck 4-d	François Gonze 3/8 (40th/56)	Kwinten Missaen 3/6 (24th/70)
2011	Lucas Neirynck 4-d	Jan Ramon, 3/8 (25th/57)	Lucas Neirynck, 3/6, 24th/70
2010	Jan Ramon 4-d	Alain Wettach 4/8 (28th/62)	Nelis Vets, 3/7 (43th/68)
2009	Lucas Neirynck 4-d	Jan Ramon, 5/8 (23th/66)	François Gonze, 3/7 (44th/66)
2008	Jan Ramon 4-d	Alain Wettach 4/8 (37th/68)	François Gonze, 4/8 (31th/68)
2007	Jan Bogaerts 4-d	Jan Bogaerts, 3/8 (47th/68)	Jan Ramon, 5/8 (!) (14th/66)
2006	Alain Wettach 4-d	Jan Ramon, 5/8 (!) (25th/68)	Alain Wettach, 4/8 (31th/66)
2005	Jan Bogaerts 4-d	Jan Bogaerts, 3/8 (43th/65)
2004	Jan Bogaerts 4-d	Alain Wettach, 4/8 (33th/62)
2003	Jan Ramon 4-d	Jan Bogaerts, 4/6 (15th/58) (Incheon World Amateur Baduk Ch'ip)
2002	Jan Bogaerts 4-d	Alain Wettach, 4/8 (33th/61)
2001	Alain Wettach 4-d	Jan Bogaerts, 4/8 (27th/56)
2000	Jan Bogaerts 4-d	Alain Wettach, 3/8 (39th/55)
1999	Jan Bogaerts 3-d	Michel Wettach, 4/8 (27th/55)
1998	Michel Wettach 2-d	Jan Bogaerts, 5/8 ! (17th/50)
1997	Jan Bogaerts 3-d	Olivier Dodinval, 3/8 (30th/46)
1996	Alain Wettach 3-d	Alain Wettach, 5/8 (!) (17th/46) (!)
1995	Alain Wettach 2-d	Olivier Dodinval, 3/8 (35th/44)
1994	Alain Wettach 2-d	Alain Wettach, 3/8 (30th/44)
1993	Vincent Lemaître 1-d	Chi-Yiu Wong, 3/8 (30th/40)
1992	Chi-Yiu Wong 1-d	Alain Wettach, 3/8 (31th/40)
1991	Alain Wettach 1-d	Marc Ginoux, 3/8 (29th/40)
1990	Olivier Dodinval 1-d	Alain Wettach, 3/8 (33th/40)
1989	Vincent Lemaitre 1-d	Vincent Lemaître, 3/8 (30th/38)
1988	Vincent Lemaître 1-d	Marc Ginoux, 3/8 (28th/36)
1987	Marc Ginoux 2-k	Michel Gilbert, 2/8 (32th/34)
1986	Vincent Lemaître 3-k	Guy Dusausoy, 2/8 (30th/34)
1985	Guy Dusausoy 4-k	---

Summary Belgian Champion - from 1985 to 2025

13 times: Lucas Neirynck
7: Jan Bogaerts
6: Alain Wettach
4: Vincent Lemaître, Jan Ramon
1: Sven Cuyt, Thomas Connor, Michel Wettach, Olivier Dodinval, ChiYiu Wong, Marc Ginoux, Guy Dusausoy

Summary of the Belgian delegates - from 1986 to 2023:

Alain Wettach: 9 participations (8 WAGC, 1 KPMC)
François Gonze: 6 (2 WAGC, 4 KPMC)
Jan Ramon: 5 (4 WAGC, 1 KPMC)
Jan Bogaerts: 5 (5 WAGC)
Lucas Neirynck: 4 (1 WAGC, 3 KPMC)
Bram Vandenbon: 3 (1 WAGC, 2 KPMC)
Dominique Versyck - Thomas Connor - Nelis Vets - Marc Ginoux: 2
Lucman Bounoider - Sven Cuyt - Gints Engelen - Gabriel Mercier - Kevin Prist - Kwinten Missaen - Michel Wettach - Olivier Dodinval - ChiYiu Wong - Vincent Lemaître - Michel Gilbert - Guy Dusausoy: 1

The tournament will take place on Sunday 17/12/2023

IMPORTANT: if there is no a minimum of 4 pairs registered on 04/12/2023, the tournament coumd be canceled.

In the Belgian Rengo Championship, teams of 2 players battle it out to become the Belgian Rengo Champions.
There are no gender restrictions on the players within a team, any combination of male and female players are possible!
However, only the mixed pairs where both have Belgian nationality can qualify to be the Belgian delegation to the International Pair Go Championship.

Participation in this tournament is free, but participants have to be member of the Belgian Go Federation.
1st prize is the eternal glory of being Belgian Pair Go Champions! :)

Rules
Depending on the number of teams, main time will be between 45 and 60 minutes, followed by Japanese Byo-yomi of 3 periods 30 seconds.

We will play with handicap -2. The rating of each pair is calculated as the average of the rating of the two players.

Schedule
The first round starts at 10:00.

Registration
To register, please fill in this form, with 1 registration per team: REGISTRATION FORM

REGISTERED PAIRS:
to be completed

Address
Association Belgique-Chine
Av. Paul Deschanel 92, 1030 BRUXELLES Schaerbeek

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Older Results

10. 2023
9. 2022
8. 2021
7. 2011
6. 2010
5. 2009
4. 2008
3. 2007
2. 2006
1. 2005

The Korean Prime Minister's Cup Selection Tournament is a tournament sponsored by the Korean embassy and the Korean Amateur Baduk Organisation. The winner of the tournament will represent Belgium at the Korean Prime Minister's Cup in Korea in November (usually, all travel and accomodation is payed by the very generous sponsors). More details

26/27 April the Antwerp Go Club organises its first Open Tournament on the same location as the preliminaries of the Belgian Championship more information here.

Pl.	Name	Str	Cl.	MMS	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pt	SOS	SOSOS
1	Fain, Simon	1d	Pantin	7	15+	7+	9+	6+	3+	5+	2+	7	28	187
2	Neirynck, Lucas	1d	Louvain-La-Neuve	5	17+	4+	3+	5-	13+	11+	1-	5	28	181
3	Jemine, Marie	5k	Le Pantin	5	16+	10+	2-	18+	1-	8+	5+	5	27	174
4	Yue, Wang	2d	Le Pantin	5	8+	2-	14+	12+	5-	7+	6+	5	26	183
5	Ramon, Jan	4d	Leuven	4	10-	14+	11+	2+	4+	1-	3-	4	31	177
6	Walvish, Demian	7k	Antwerpen	4	12+	11+	8+	1-	7-	9+	4-	4	30	176
7	Leen, Willaert	6k	Leuven	4	14+	1-	12-	10+	6+	4-	17+	4	26	171
8	De Boel, Joren	12k	Antwerpen	4	4-	18+	6-	16+	9+	3-	13+	4	24	171
9	Benjamin, Gigot	1k	?	4	18+	15+	1-	13+	8-	6-	12+	4	24	170
10	Steve , Hertecant	5k	Antwerpen	4	5+	3-	13-	7-	15+	17+	11+	4	22	174
11	Menge, Herve	1k	Liège	3	13+	6-	5-	14+	12+	2-	10-	3	25	178
12	Pierre, Pecher	6k	?	3	6-	17+	7+	4-	11-	16+	9-	3	23	172
13	Lochen, Vincent	7k	Liège	3	11-	16+	10+	9-	2-	18+	8-	3	23	164
14	De Bruyn, Erik	8k	Antwerpen	2	7-	5-	4-	11-	17-	15+	16+	2	21	170
15	Heleu, Katrien	7k	Antwerpen	2	1-	9-	16-	17+	10-	14-	18+	2	21	157
16	Hennenbert, Jean-Denis	4k	Chaff	2	3-	13-	15+	8-	18+	12-	14-	2	20	160
17	Geeraerts, Guy	12k	Antwerpen	1	2-	12-	18-	15-	14+	10-	7-	1	21	162
18	Jonathan, Decembry	8k	Le Pantin	1	9-	8-	17+	3-	16-	13-	15-	1	21	160

7 round swiss with handicap-2 and 15 minutes sudden death.

Free but only for members.

Place to be: Outpost Games, Rue de la Tribune 8, 1000 Bruxelles

An error occurs during the registration.
Please, check that all fields are correct.

Some concrete info:

Starting time: 2 PM
We meet on the BGF page of Discord at 1:50 PM in the "salon" Belgian-bitz-championship.
Temporary link:
https://discord.com/channels/772280959005360149/1414193688233644122

If you have difficulties, you can also go to the DISCORD BADUK CAFE and say hello from there - we would see you. :)

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 (until 2023: was played 15 mn sudden death)

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).

Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScG6_lA8m-6_UmN6xWHqFNPSrRplsY5...

Registered players: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vQWBzE8tepIFBG9ksBTnnwpgyMt6hvs-...

Former winners

Results

22. 2025
21. 2024
20. 2023
19. 2022
18. 2021
17. 2020
xx. 2019: not organized
16. 2018 results unavailable (Winner: Jan Ramon, 4-d)
15. 2017
14. 2016
13. 2015
12. 2014 results unavailable (winner: Thomas Connor, 3-d)
11. 2013
10. 2012
9. 2011
8. 2010 results unavailable (winner: Kwinten Missaen, 2-d)
7. 2009
6. 2008
5. 2007
4. 2006
3. 2005: results unavailable (winner: Jan Ramon, 4-d)
2. 2004
1. 2003

Finals of the Belgian Championship 2008 10 round robin (1h30min+15/5min)