Belgian Go Federation

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

Gents Go Genootschap - Hoshi

Table	Black	White	Handicap	Result
Table 1	Debacq Kenny 4k (GGG)	Victor Schneider 1k (Hoshi)	3	B
Table 2	Marion Devaux 13k (Hoshi)	Marien Maarten 6k (GGG)	8	W
Table 3	Lucas Six 15k (Hoshi)	Zhang Ziyue 7k (GGG)	9	W

Lille - Antwerpen

Table	Black	White	Handicap	Result
Table 1	Franck Leplat 1k (Lil)	Joost Vannieuwenhuyse 1k (Ant)	0	B
Table 2	Tom Van den Broeck 8k (Ant)	Joris Vandenbroeck 2k (Lil)	6	B
Table 3	Samy Saurand-gourrier 16k (Lil)	Layo Vanderbauwhede 15k (GGG)	0	B

Phénix - Leuven

Table	Black	White	Handicap	Result
Table 1	Yannick Kuy 1D (Phé)	Sven Cuyt 2D (Leu)	1	W
Table 2	Frank Segers 4k (Leu)	Guillaume De Keijser 4k (Phé)	0	W
Table 3	Moad Boukricha 7k (Phé)	Steven Foulon 4k (Leu)	3	B

Leuven - Gents Go Genootschap

Table	Black	White	Handicap	Result
Table 1	Foulon Steven 4k (Leuven)	Debacq Kenny 4k (GGG)	0	W
Table 2	Marien Maarten 6k (GGG)	Tom Van Doorsselaere 5k Leuven)	0	B
Table 3	Segers Frank 4k (Leuven)	Zhang Ziyue 7k (GGG)	1	B

Lille - Phénix

Table	Black	White	Handicap	Result
Table 1	De Keijser Guillaume 4k (Phé)	Desbonnet Louis 1k (Lil)	3	W
Table 2	Boukricha Moad 7k (Phé)	Loic Thiebault 5k (Lil)	4	B
Table 3	Segers Auffret Regis 25 Kyu (Lil)	Baratier Pierre Loïc 19 Kyu (Phé)	6	B

Antwerpen - Hoshi

Table	Black	White	Handicap	Result
Table 1	Laurent Martin 10 Kyu (Hos)	Van Herck Marcel 8k (Ant)	2	B
Table 2	Six Lucas 18k (Hos)	Van Den Broeck Tom 8k (Ant)	6	W
Table 3	Resignation Hoshi			Win For Anwerpen

https://www.gofed.be/en/tournament/blitz

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

Registration form

available soon

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 01/11/2007

You can pay the fee by transfer on Belgian Go Federation bank account (IBAN: BE24 7755 9621 2238) (BIC: GKCC BE BB) with the communication : "Brussels" + your name + your rank.

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)
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)
10:00 - Fourth Round
13:00 - Fifth Round
16:30 - Tournament awards ceremony

Venue

Belgium-China Association
Avenue Paul Deschanel 92
1030 Brussels

How to get there
The tournament location is 15 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

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 €.

Accommodation

Private accommodation is available, but quite restricted.

Youth Hostels in the vicinity :

Bruegel Hostel
Jacques Brel Hostel
You will also find a very large number of hotels within close range of the playing venue.
Here are a few of them :

Atlas Hotel
Hotel Novotel Brussels Centre Tour Noire

List of registered players

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Gents Go Genootschap - Lille

Table	Black	White	Handicap	Result
Table 1	Debacq Kenny 4k (GGG)	Jean Rey 2d (Lille)	5	B
Table 2	Marien Maarten 6k(GGG)	Louis Desbonnet 1k (Lille)	3	W
Table 3	Rémi Lesaffre 7kk (Lille)	Zhang Ziyue 7k (GGG)	0	W

Hoshi - Leuven

Table	Black	White	Handicap	Result
Table 1	Bram Westhoven 3k (Leuven)	Olivier Drouot 3d (Hoshi)	5	W
Table 2	Martin Laurent 10k (Hoshi)	Steven Foulon 4k (Leuven)	5	B
Table 3	Lucas Six 18k (Hoshi)	John Cassidy 6k (Leuven)	8	W

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: H-2

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: €15

Registered players
Lucman Bounoider	3 dan	Hoshi Go Club
Bram Vandenbon	2 dan	Gents Go Genootschap
Dick Riedeman	2 dan	Delft
Kuy Yannick	1 dan	Phénix
Joachim Laloux	4 kyu	Louvain-la-Neuve
Kenny Debacq	4 kyu	Gents Go Genootschap
Guillaume De Keijser	4 kyu	Phénix
Tristan Hoorelbeke	12 kyu	Gents Go Genootschap
Pierre-Loïc Barattier	17 kyu	Phénix
Joeri Ramon	20 kyu	Gents Go Genootschap

Prizes

Depends on number of participants

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, Handicap: H-2

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

Detailed information about the tournament 2025

You can register here.

Registered players
Lucman Bounoider	3 dan	Hoshi Go Club
Bram Vandenbon	2 dan	Gents Go Genootschap
Dick Riedeman	2 dan	Delft
Kuy Yannick	1 dan	Phénix
Joachim Laloux	4 kyu	Louvain-la-Neuve
Kenny Debacq	4 kyu	Gents Go Genootschap
Guillaume De Keijser	4 kyu	Phénix
Tristan Hoorelbeke	12 kyu	Gents Go Genootschap
Pierre-Loïc Barattier	17 kyu	Phénix
Joeri Ramon	20 kyu	Gents Go Genootschap

Round 1

Date	Home	Away	Points	Tie breaker
01/04/25	GGG	Lille	2-1	4-2
02/04/25	Hoshi	Leuven	2-1	5-1
01/04/25	Phénix	Antwerpen	1-2	2-4

Round 2

Date	Home	Away	Points	Tie breaker
29/04/25	Leuven	GGG	0-3	0-6
01/05/25	Lille	Phénix	1-2	3-3
01/05/25	Antwerpen	Hoshi	2 -1	3-3

Round 3

Date	Home	Away	Points	Tie breaker
27/05/25	Phénix	Leuven	2-1	3-3
27/05/25	GGG	Hoshi	3-0	6-0
29/05/25	Lille	Antwerpen	2-1	4-2

Round 4

24/09/25 : Hoshi – Phénix
23/09/25 : Leuven – Lille
25/09/25 : Antwerpen - GGG

Round 5

30/10/25 : Lille – Hoshi
28/10/25 : Phénix – GGG
28/10/25 : Leuven - Antwerpen

Summary

Team	Rounds	Points	Tie breaker
GGG	3	8	16
Antwerpen	3	5	9
Phénix	3	5	8
Hoshi	3	3	8
Lille	3	4	9
Leuven	3	2	4

The 2025 Belgian Championship Finals 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 kibitzing.
This tournament is restricted to the 4 best players of the finals of the 2024 Belgian Championship + the 4 best players in the preliminaries of the 2025 Belgian Championship (visitors are welcome).

Participating players

1. Guillaume De Keijser (3rd in the final 2024)
2. Jan Ramon (4th in the final 2024)
3. Kevin Prist (1st in the preliminairies 2025)
4. Lucman Bounoider (2nd in the preliminaries 2025)
5. Yannick Kuy (3rd in the preliminaries 2025)
6. Michael Silcher (4th in the preliminaries 2025)
7. Mouad Boukricha (6th in the preliminaries 2025)

NB: Xin Shu (1rd in the final 2024), Lucas Neirynck (2nd in the final 2024) won't participate!

Schedule

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

Saturday March 15th
10:00 - FIRST ROUND
13:30 - SECOND ROUND
16:30 - THIRD ROUND

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

FYI: The start of second and third round are estimated but may vary according to games duration.