Belgian Go Federation

Official tournament to qualify 4 players (4 players are already qualified) for the final stage of the Belgian Championship (final to be played 15 + 16 March).

Registration form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdhyUjt0UXKZTby6X0_9VbcsYf1m_Fx...
Please register at least 24 hours in advance at the latest.

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 08/02.
Swiss system - 7 rounds (possibly round robin up to 8 participants)

For who ?

Belgian Nationality is not required, but only a Belgian player can become Belgian Champion.
Free of charge. But only for members of the Belgian Go Federation.
--> If you are not member yet, please check with your club manager.

No level restriction, every player is welcome but confirmed club level is advisable.

Already registered players (7 february)

Prist Kévin 3d
Vannieuwenhuyse Joost 1k
Silcher Michael 4k
Lucman Bounoider 3d
Moad Boukricha 7k
Kuy Yannick 1k
Dusausoy Guy

Antwerpen - Gents Go Genootschap

Round	Table	Black	White	Handicap	Result
Round 3	Table 1	Debacq Kenny 4k (GGG)	Vannieuwenhuyse Joost 2k (Ant)	2	W
Round 3	Table 2	Van den Broeck Tom 13k (Ant)	Verhaeren Gertjan 6k (GGG)	7	B
Round 3	Table 3	Villagra Carmen (Ant)	Tavernier Ruben 21k (GGG)	0	B

Leuven - Brussels Phénix

Round	Table	Black	White	Handicap	Result
Round 3	Table 1	Westhovens Bram 4k (Leu)	Kuy Yannick 3k (Phe)	1	W
Round 3	Table 2	De Keijser Guillaume 5k (Phe)	Van Doorsselaere Tom 5k (Leu)	0	B
Round 3	Table 3	Janssens Simon 11k (Leu)	Baele Xavier 7k (Phe)	4	B

Brussels Phénix - Gents Go Genootschap

Round	Table	Black	White	Handicap	Result
Round 2	Table 1	Kuy Yannick (Phe)	Kenny Debacq (GGG)	0	B
Round 2	Table 2	Gertjan Verhaeren (GGG)	De Keijser Guillaume (Phe)	0	W
Round 2	Table 3	forfait by GGG	-	-	-

Antwerpen - Leuven

Round	Table	Black	White	Handicap	Result
Round 2	Table 1	Van Nyen Roel (Ant)	Ramon Jan (Leu)	4	W
Round 2	Table 2	Van Herck Marcel (Ant)	Westhovens Bram (Leu)	3	W
Round 2	Table 3	Van Den Broeck Tom (Ant)	Janssens Simon (Leu)	0	B

The tournament will take place on Sunday 17th December2023

IMPORTANT: A minimum of 4 pairs registered on 16th December 2023 is needed. If not the tournament may be canceled.

In the Belgian Rengo Championship, teams of 2 players battle it out to become the Belgian Rengo Team Champion.

What is Rengo ?

To play Rengo all you need is to know how to play Go and find a partner to make a team of 2 players.
Rengo is a popular variant of Go played in many countries for hundreds of years. It is played by 2 teams of two players - with no gender restriction.
The rules of Go apply, but players in each team alternate play turn and no conferring is allowed. Therefore, new game ideas emerge and collaborative play/tacit understanding with his/her partner is needed in order to win.
Quote: "In Rengo winning doubles joy, losing halves sorrow".

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.
Games will be played with handicap -2. The rating of each pair is calculated as the average of the rating of the two players.
There is no gender restriction 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 for the International Pair Go Championship.

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

Schedule

The first round starts at 10:00.

Registration

To register, please fill in this form (1 registration per team):
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdbOiRvalbqiYAdKQ_1zODUytOkUpFM...


If you are alone, to find another player go to the #rengo channel on Discord Baduk Cafe .

REGISTERED PAIRS

Yannick Kuy (3k) & Edouard Jeanjean (15k)
Moad Boukricha & Michael Silcher (4k)
(updated 16th December)
Whatever the number of teams present, the tournament will take place this Sunday at 10:00
For last minute registration, please call the president https://www.gofed.be/en/contact, it's still possible...

Address

Association Belgique-Chine
Av. Paul Deschanel 92, 1030 BRUXELLES Schaerbeek (10 mn from North Station)

Sunday 26 November - starting time: 2 PM finish time about 6:30 PM

Rules

On-line on OGS server or KGS (if you prefer)
Organisation via Discord, Belgian Go Federation server
15 minutes sudden death.
handicap - 2 (taking the last available rating in points rating into consideration; thus: rounded delta minus 200)

7 rounds swiss (or round-robin up to 8 participants).
Tie breaker: round robin: sos, sodos, mutual game; swiss: sos, sosos, mutual game Tie-breaker: sos, sosos, mutual game

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).

Registration Form

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeRtFOnoWYXSxZfO-Jh4YGDvEageSF2...

NEW: the registered players who are members of the BGF (sorry for the others, who are not allowed to play this tournament) will be contacted by e-mail Sunday 26/11 at 1 PM with the link to the organisational page (on Discord).

Discord link

https://discord.gg/eKf6Pjxb

Registered players (2023-11-20):
Guillaume De Keijser 5k
Xin 5D
HENNEBERT Jean-Denis 5k
SILCHER Michael 3k
BAELE Xavier 7k
Jan Ramon 3d

Deadline registration: Saturday 25/11

Final standings:

1. Lucas Neirynck
2. Thomas Connor
3. Jan Ramon
4. Victor Schneider
5. Renaud Gaban
6. Huang Yong Sen
7. Guillaume De Keijser
8. Joost Vannieuwenhuyse

Tournament table:

Huang -----+
Guillaume -+- Huang -+
                     +- Jan ---+
Jan -------+- Jan ---+         |
Victor ----+                   |
                               +- Lucas ----+
Thomas -+                      |            |
Joost --+- Thomas ---+         |            |
                     +- Lucas -+            |
Lucas --+- Lucas ----+                      |
Renaud -+                                   +- Lucas --+
                                            |          |
           Guillaume -+                     |          |
           Victor ----+ Victor --+          |          |
                                 +- Victor -+          +- Lucas
           Joost -----+- Renaud -+                     |
           Renaud ----+                                |
                                                       |
                                   Jan -----+- Thomas -+
                        Huang --+- Thomas --+
                        Thomas--+

                                               Jan ----+- Jan
                                               Victor -+

                   Guillaume --+- Guillaume 
                   Joost ------+

Results table : https://www.gofed.be/webfm_send/613

Videos and games:

• Video (commented games - see hereunder - by Christopher Annachibi (2-d)
• Lucas vs Thomas
• Jan vs Thomas

The club of Gent has the great pleasure to invite you to the 13th edition of the Ghent go tournament on 1st and 2nd of July.

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

Entry Fee: €10

Register form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_Zv3HYuw9E4i15GP-cTSAbDS9SIdxYIwH2_hoJw...

Registered players (updated 21/06/23):
Bram Vandebon 2D
Joost Van Nieuwenhuyzen 1K
Victor Schneider 2k
Kenny Deback 4k
Philipp Vlummens 9k

Prizes
TBD

Round 1

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

Round 2

Home	Away	Points	Tie breaker
Brussels Phénix	Gent	3-0	6-0
Antwerpen	Leuven	1-2	1-5

Round 3

Home	Away	Points	Tie breaker
Antwerpen	Gent	3-0	6-0
Leuven	Brussels Phenix	1-2	1-5

Summary

Team	Rounds	Points	Tie breaker
Brussels Phénix	3	7	16
Antwerpen	3	5	8
Leuven	3	4	7
Gent	3	2	5

Round 1

date unknown but played: Gent – Leuven
27/4/2023 at 20h : Brussels Phenix – Antwerpen

Round 2

14/09/2023 : Brussels Phenix – Gent
14/09/2023 : Antwerpen – Leuven

Round 3

16/11/2023 : Antwerpen – Gent
14/11/2023 : Leuven – Brussels Phenix

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