Belgian Go Federation

Youth and Student Belgian Championship

General information about the tournament

When

Who

All 2013 members of the BGF under 20 and students members under 29.
Please read details in the "general information"

Tournament format

6 rounds Swiss System without handicap
1 hour per player + 15 stones for 5 minutes
Komi: 6.5
The number of rounds might be shorter if needed (ex: if it happens to be only 6 players we can play a 5-rounds Round-Robin championship).

Place

The tournament will be played on KGS on several dates. The schedule will be announced later depending on the number of participants.

Online registration

Registered players

Former winners

Older Results

no longer organized after 2011 (no competitor, or only one)
6. 2011
5. 2010
4. 2009
3. 2008
2. 2007
1. 2006

Championnat de Belgique des jeunes

Ce championnat est réservé aux membres de la Fédération Belge de Go domiciliés en Belgique depuis au moins 1 an qui

• soit ont moins de 20 ans
• soit sont étudiants et ont moins de 29 ans

Ce championnat a deux objectifs

1. Désigner le champion de Belgique respectivement
   • "jeune" (moins de 20 ans) et
   • "étudiant"
2. Désigner le représentant officiel de la Belgique aux championnats d'Europe des jeunes d'une part et des étudiants d'autre part; celui-ci sera le représentant de nationalité belge le mieux classé à l'issue du championnat belge qui répondra aux conditions de participation de l'un et/ou l'autre du/des championnat(s) européen(s) au moment où ceux-ci se dérouleront).

Jeugd Belgische kampioenschap

Dit kampioenschap is voorbehouden aan de leden van de Belgische Go Federatie die minstens een jaar in Belgïe gedomiciliëerd zijn en die

• minder dan 20 zijn of
• student van minder dan 29 zijn

Dit heeft een dubbele doelstelling:

1. het toekennen van de titels van respect.
   • Belgische Jeugd (minder dan 20) kampioen
   • Belgische Student kampioen
2. het selecteren van de officiële Belgische vertengenwoordiger in de Europese kampioenschap van de jongeren, en in de Europese studenten kampioenschap (die zal de beste geplaatste deelnemer in het BK met Belgische nationaliteit die aan de deelnamevoorwaarden van een of ander Europese kampioenschap op de moment van de organisatie ervan beantwoordt).

33rd Brussels Tournament 27th & 28th October 2018

 

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

Registration and entry Fee

• 15€ for registration and payment before the 22/10/2018
• 20€ after the 22/10/2018 (included)
• +5€ for Belgian players, non-member of the BGF (Why and How to become a member)
• -5€ for Players born after 27/10/2006

You can pay the fee by transfer on our bank account with the communication : "Brussels" + your name + your rank. Information about the bank account of the Belgian Go Federation are here.

Please note that you only qualify for the early registration fee if the the payment arrives before 22/10/2018. It is your responsibility to take into account the possible delay of your bank in transferring money. When your payment arrives after 23/10/2018 (included), you risk to have to pay the late registration fee on site, after which your original payment will be refunded minus administration costs.

Players from outside the Euro zone facing high bank transfer costs, qualify for the early registration fee if they register online before 22/10/2018.

If you pre-register and can not make it for the first round, you are expected to notify the organization. For this, you can use the phone numbers +32 485 61 40 89 or +32 486 96 85 18. In addition to any consequences as specified in EGF rules, not showing up for the first round without warning the organization will forfeit the tournament.

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 22/10/2018, 12€ will be refunded, after 23/10/2018 only 7.5€.

Registered players

Prizes

Prizes are guaranteed for all the players with 4 or 5 wins.
Prizes for top places are determined by the MMS score and SOS. Prizes are divided equally if both MMS and SOS are equal.

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

Address

Gemeenschapcentrum De Markten
Oude Graanmarkt 5
1000 Brussel

Centre communautaire De Markten
Rue du vieux marché aux grains 5
1000 Bruxelles

How to get there

The tournament location is 15 minutes walking from the Gare Bruxelles-Centrale / Brussel‐Centraal.
 
5 minutes away from the metro station Sainte-Catherine / Sint-Kathelijn
 

Results past editions

2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989: not organised
1988: complete results not available
1987
1986: complete results not available
1985: complete results not available

Former Winners of the Brussels Tournament

Tournament	Year	Winners	2nd	3rd	numbers of player (among who 4d or stronger)
1	1985	Pierre Colmez, 5D	Jean Michel, 4D	Frank Janssen, 4D	86 (8)
2	1986	Frank Janssen, 5D	André Moussa, 5D	?, ?	? (?)
3	1987	Pierre Colmez, 5D	Frank Janssen, 5D	Jean Michel, 5D	108 (6)
4	1988	Yoo Jong-Su, 7D	David Schoffel, 5D	?, ?	86 (6)
-	1989	no tournament
5	1990	Guo Juan, 7D	Ronald Schlemper, 7D	Alexei Lazarev, 6D	116 (24 !)
6	1991	Sheng Guanji, 6D	Guo Juan, 7D	Frank Janssen, 6D	112 (28 !)
7	1992	Sheng Guanji, 6D	Guo Juan, 7D	David Schoffel, 5D	90 (16)
8	1993	Sheng Guanji, 6D	Guo Juan, 7D	Jean-François Séailles, 5D	100 (15)
9	1994	Sheng Guanji, 6D	Guo Juan, 7D	Jean-François Séailles, 5D	90 (12)
10	1995	Guo Juan, 7D	Zhang Shutai, 7D Wataru Miyakawa, 6D	Pierre Colmez, 5D	84 (10)
11	1996	Guo Juan, 7D	Miyakawa Wataru, 6D	Farid Ben Malek, 5D	112 (15)
12	1997	Park Sang Nam, 6D	Guo Juan, 7D	Vladimir Danek, 6D	108 (12)
13	1998	Geert Groenen, 5D	Vladimir Danek, 6D Franz-Josef Dickhut, 6D	Guo Juan, 7D	100 (10)
14	1999	Guo Juan, 7D	Pierre Colmez, 5D	Geert Groenen, 6D	70 (8)
15	2000	Guo Juan, 7D	Vladimir Danek, 6D Emil Nijhuis, 5D	Geert Groenen, 6D	66 (7)
16	2001	Guo Juan, 7D	Paul Drouot, 5D	Filip Vanderstappen, 5D	76 (9)
17	2002	Guo Juan, 7D	Frédéric Donzet, 5D	Ion Florescu, 6D	80 (9)
18	2003	Noguchi Motoki, 6D	Guo Juan, 7D	Vladimir Danek, 6D	75 (8)
19	2004	Franz-Josef Dickhut, 6D	Zhao Pei, 6D	Radek Nechanicky, 6D	108 (9)
20	2005	Cho Seok Bin, 7D	Radek Nechanicky, 6D	Li Jingrui, 6D	111 (8)
21	2006	Cho Seok Bin, 7D	Jan Ramon, 4D	Ondrej Silt, 6D	86 (11)
22	2007	Cho Seok Bin, 7D	Radek Nechanicky, 6D	Say Boon Ng, 4D	85 (5)
23	2008	Zou Lin, 6D	Ondrej Silt, 6D	Li Yue, 6D	99 (6)
24	2009	Dai Junfu, 7D	Hwang In-Seong, 7D	Yangqi Zhang, 6D	89 (7)
25	2010	Cho Seok Bin, 7D	Csaba Merö, 6D	Kyoungnang Kang, 6D	74 (7)
26	2011	Csaba Merö, 6D	Chen Lei, 6D	Vincent Van Gelderen, 4D	76 (9)
27	2012	Pavol Lisy, 6D	Ondrej Silt, 6D	Lluis Oh, 6D	61 (9)
28	2013	Zhang Yuanbo, 4D	Antoine Fenech, 5D	Benjamin Blanchard, 3D	47 (5)
29	2014	Vladimir Danek, 5D	Kim Ouweleen, 4D	Olivier Drouot, 3D	42 (3)
30	2015	Bogdan Zhurakovskyi, 5D	Olivier Drouot, 3D	Antoine Fenech, 5D	71 (2)
31	2016	Fabien Lips, 4D	Lucas Neirynck, 5D	Antoine Fenech, 5D	63 (4)
32	2017	Jonas Welticke, 6D	Chen Qi, 4D	Oscar Vazquez, 5D	58 (6)
33	2018	Lucas Neirynck, 6D	Wang Zichen, 4D	Jan Ramon, 4D	59 (4)

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Important warning : the Brussels Tournament has moved to a new place !

See below

General Information

The Brussels tournament will be held on October 24-25th, 2009.

Tournament format

5 rounds MacMahon without handicap
timing: 1 hour per player
byo-yomi: 15 stones for 5 minutes
komi: 6.5

Non-smoking tournament
(smoking corner in the Atomic 's Tavern on the ground floor).

Registration and entry Fee

• 15 EUR for registration and payment before the 19/10/2009
• 20 EUR after the 19/10/2009

+5 EUR for Belgian players, non-member of the BGF
-5 EUR for Players born after 23/10/1997

You can pay the fee by transfer on our bank account with the communication : "Brussels" + your name + your rank.
Inforamation about the bank account of the Belgian Go Federation are here.

Please note that you only qualify for the early registration fee if the the payment arrives before 19/10/2009. It is your responsibility to take into account the possible delay of your bank in transferring money. When your payment arrives after 19/10/2009, you risk to have to pay the late registration fee on site, after which your original payment will be refunded minus administration costs.

Players, from outside the Euro zone facing high bank transfer costs, qualify for the early registration fee if they register online before 19/10/2009.

If you pre-register and can not make it for the first round, you are expected to notify the organization. For this, you can use the phone numbers +32 474 891910 or +32 486 968518.

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 19/10/2009, 12 euros will be refunded, after 19/10/2009 only 7.5 euros. In addition to any consequences as specified in EGF rules, not showing up for the first round without warning the organization will forfeit the tournament.

Prizes

• 1st prize: 400 EUR
• 2nd prize: 300 EUR
• 3rd prize: 150 EUR
• 4th prize: 100 EUR
• 5th prize: 50 EUR

Prizes are guaranteed for all the players with 4 or 5 wins.
There will be a tombola for all pre-registered players.
Prizes for top places are determined by number of points and SOS. Prizes are divided equally if the number of points and the SOS is equal.

Schedule

Saturday

10:30 - Opening of registration
11:30 - Deadline of registration
12:00 - First Round
15:00 - Second Round
17:30 - Third Round

Sunday

10:00 - Fourth Round
13:00 - Fifth Round
16:30 - Prize giving

Venue

The tournament has moved ! This year it will be held in a new place, right in the centre of Brussels.

Address

Palais du Midi / Zuidpaleis
Rue Roger van der Weyden n° 9
1000 Brussels

How to get there

The Palais du Midi is only 5 to 10 minutes walking from the Gare du Midi (Zuidstation in Dutch), Brussels main train station.
 
Nearest underground / metro station : Anneessens
 

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Parking

We strongly advise you not to leave any luggage or valuable in your car.

Bar

Tea and coffee will be served in the playing room.
Other drinks and sandwiches will be available at the bar on the ground floor.

Accommodation

Private accommodation is available, but quite restricted. Don't forget your sleeping bag !

Youth Hostels in the vicinity :

• Bruegel Hostel
• Sleep Well

You will also find a very large number of hotels within close range of the Palais du Midi.
Here are a few of them :

• Hotel Barry (B&B)
• Auberge autrichienne (**)
• Hotel Mirabeau (**)
• Hotel A la Grande Cloche (**)
• Hotel Windsor (**)
• Hotel Bedford (****)
• Hotel Floris Avenue (****)

Online registration

You can register online here.