Belgian Go Federation

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

Round 1

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

Round 2

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

Round 3

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

Round 4

08/10/2024 : Phenix – Leuven
07/10/2024 : Pantin – Gent
Antwerpen - bye

Round 5

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

Third Pantin Tournament: April 13 & 14, 2024
Brussels go club Le Pantin is proud to announce its third tournament!

Tournament format
System: 4 rounds MacMahon
Time limit: 45 min
Byo-yomi: 5*20 sec
Rules: Japanese
Komi: 6,5
Handicap: -2

Results will be taken into account in the Belgian rating.
Please note that the tournament venue is a bar. It should be calm but we cannot guarantee it.

Registration and entry Fee
If you want to register, please email us to club_lepantin@gofed.be with your last name, first name, rank and club (if you have any). For your information, there will only be 20 places so be aware! The registration fee includes one free drink per day.

Registration AND payment until April 10: 5€
Registration from April 11: 10€

Payment preferably by cash but feel free to ask our bank account if this is easier for you.
If you wish to cancel your pre-registration before April 12, you will be fully refunded.

Please use the same email address (club_lepantin@gofed.be) for any questions.

Registered players: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12WyM0mYiU6g8_r7uRCjW14k3jhL97q0AvHWL...

Venue
Le Pantin
Chaussée d’Ixelles, 355
1050 Ixelles

Easily reachable by public transport from Central Station (bus 71) and Bruxelles-Midi Station (tram 81).

Schedule
Saturday April 13
10:00 - 10:45 registration (and confirmation of pre-registrations)
11:00 round 1
13:30 - 15:00 break
15:00 round 2

Sunday April 14

11:00 round 3
13:30 - 15:00 break
15:00 round 4

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

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeLK1jy-WNlm02HOug1MLG6BZGkRvYV...

Entry Fee

25€ for registration and payment before 20/10/2024
30€ after 20/10/2024 (included)
+10€ for Belgian players, non-member of the BGF
-5€ for Players born after 26/10/2006

You can pay the fee by transfer on our bank account (IBAN: BE24 7755 9621 2238) (BIC: GKCC BE BB) with the communication : "Brussels" + your name + your rank. For international transfers, further information about the bank account of the Belgian Go Federation can be found at the bottom of this page.

Please note that you only qualify for the early registration fee if the the payment arrives before 20/10/2024. 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 20/10/2024.

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 20/10/2024, 12€ will be refunded, after 20/10/2024 only 7.5€.

Schedule

Saturday (GMT +2)
10:00 - Opening of registration
10:40 - Deadline of registration
11:00 - First Round
14:00 - Second Round
16:30 - Third Round
Sunday (GMT +1 !!)
10:00 - Fourth Round
13:00 - Fifth Round
16:30 - Prize giving

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

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 (updated 24 Oktober 2024 11 PM)

52 registered - still 18 registrations possible

Kaku Maekawa 6 D DE Cologne (Pre Payment Received)
Chen Xinghong 5 D
Thomas Danel 5 D France
Koichiro Habu 5 D Krakow, Poland (Pre Payment Received)
Akira Maekawa 5 D DE Cologne (Pre Payment Received)
Haohan Wu 5 D Duisburg DE
Martijn van Ling 4 D Utrecht NL (Pre Payment Received x 3)
Bounoider Lucman 3 D Le Pantin - Belgium
Rey Jean 3 d Lille france
Kévin Prist 3 D phénix BE (Pre Payment Received)
Riedeman Dick 3 D Delft Nederland (Pre Payment Received)
Roux Guillaume 2 D Lille France (Pre Payment Received)
Bernd Wolter 2 D Berlin Germany
Friscourt Romain 2 D Arras / France (Friscourt Nicolas?)
Petrashevska Nika 1 D Kyiv, UA (Pre Payment Received)
Louis Baudaux Song 1 D Le Pantin (Pre Payment Received)
Guifré Estall Bellmàs 1 K La Pedra, Spain (Pre Payment Received)
Detivaud Pierre 1 K Rennes France
Leplat Franck 2 K Lille France
Roel Van Nyen 2 K Antwerpen Belgium (Pre Payment Received x 2)
Joost Vannieuwenhuyse 1 K Antwerpen (Pre Payment Received)
Daniel Maier 3 K Gent (written in 5 Kyu)
Pittonet Jonathan 3 K Valenciennes (Pre Payment Received)
Munteanu Vladimir 3 K Meijin Pitesti (Pre Payment Received)
Bram Westhovens 3 K Leuven, België (Pre Payment Received)
Debacq Kenny 4 K GGG (Pre Payment Received)
Friscourt Nicolas 4 K Arras / France (Pre Payment Received x 2)
Donald Macleod 4 K Dundee UK (Pre Payment Received)
Frank Segers 4 K Leuven Belgium (Pre Payment Received)
Terefenko Alexandre 4 K Ath, Belgium
Guy Dusausoy 5 K Phoenix
Gardner Dillon 5 K Amsterdam Go Club The Netherlands
Hennebert Jean-Denis 5 K Phénix Brussels - Belgium (Pre Payment Received)
Stojanovic Voja 4 K Pantin/Marolle, Belgique
Tom Van Doorsselaere 5 K Leuven (Belgium) (Pre Payment Received)
Filipe Vasconcelos 7 K Lille (France)
Lise Werquin 7 K Lille, France (Pre Payment Received)
Baijot Eric 8 K Ath, Belgique (Pre Payment Received)
BOUKRICHA Moad 8 K club du phoenix Belgique (Pre Payment Received)
Midas Vanooteghem 8 K Leuven Belgium (Pre Payment Received)
Ghislaine Weissgerber 9 K Pantin (Bxl) Belgique (Pre Payment Received)
Charlier Florian 9 K no club, Belgium (Pre Payment Received)
Nguyen Jeffrey 9 K Lille france
Zidan Zha 9 K Go Club Leuven, Belgium (Pre Payment Received)
Gaëtan de Menten 10 K LLN Belgium (Pre Payment Received)
Pacucci Dominique 11 K Ath (Pre Payment Received)
Elsen Joël 12 K België (Pre Payment Received)
GUILLAUME Léo 12 K 75CF (Pre Payment Received)
Malak Hayar 12 K LilleGo France
Thomas Stassin 12 K Louvain-La-Neuve (Belgique)(Pre Payment Received)
Benoît Vasnchoebeke 12 K Ath, Belgique (Pre Payment Received)
Tristan Hoorelbeke 14k GGG (Pre Payment Received)

https://www.gobond.nl/?&page=150

Zondag 25 februari 2024
Locatie: Buitenom, Broekstraat 4, Tilburg
Inloop: vanaf 10:00u.

Start: 11:00u
5 rondes, 30 minuten bedenktijd, geen byo-yomi volledige voorgift.

Inschrijfgeld: €12,50
Vooraanmelding €10,00, stuur dan een berichtje naar goclub013@gmail.com

European Congress is the biggest go event of the year.
1263 registered players on 08/07/24...a historical record (but only 8 Belgian ones !) !
https://egc2024.org/en/index.html

Easter tournament of Paris is one of the major European tournament !
https://tournoi-de-paris.jeudego.org/#/presentation

Le club de go de Lille vous souhaite tout d'abord une merveilleuse année 2024, pleine de santé, de bonheur et de tesujis !
Nous sommes heureux de vous convier au Tournoi Ch'ti, le weekend des 9 et 10 mars 2024. Il s'agira de la seconde édition de cette nouvelle mouture du grand tournoi du nord, qui a été un franc succès l'année passée, et que nous souhaitons rendre toujours plus inoubliable.
Au programme : une incroyable ambiance, de la bière à flots, une soirée sur place le samedi soir (avec dîner, boissons, jeux, tournoi de blitz en musique, et la ville à portée de main)... et, accessoirement, quatre rondes de tournoi !
Le tournoi aura lieu en plein centre, à la Maison de quartier du Vieux Lille, facilement accessible à pied à partir des gares de Lille. Nous aurons par ailleurs l'honneur d'avoir Hisokah pour commenter vos parties.
Plus d'informations sur le site du club, LilleGo.org : inscrivez-vous sans tarder !
Dans le vif espoir de vous voir bientôt à Lille,
Didier, pour LilleGo

More info and regsitration: click here