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ResultsKim Young-Sam (KR, 7-d) won the WE tournament in Saint-PetersburgKim Young-Sam (KR, 7-d) won unbeaten the WE tournament in Saint-Petersburgh. Pavol Lisy (SK, 1-p), Andrei Kravets (UK, 6-d), Lee Kibong (KR, 7-d) and Kim DoHyup (KR, 7-d) followed, each with only 1 defeat. remarks: suprinsingly enough, 2014 world amateur champion, Chan Yi Tien (TW, 7-d), was beaten 2 times (by Dusan Mitic and by Lee Kibong) Here are the complete results:
Ilya Shikchin (RU, 1-p) is 2016 European ChampionBy winning the final against Ali Jabarin (IL, 1-p), Ilya Shikchin (RU, 1-p) is European Champion this year. At 25, this is already his 4th European title ! Here are the results of the European Championship (the 8 participants were selected after the 4 first rounds of the main tournament)
Results of the 9th edition of Ghent Go TournamentThis weekend Bram Vandenbon won the Ghent Go Tournament for the second time, Dominique Versyck took second place and Joost Vannieuwenhuyse was
Chinese Bao Xiang Bai is world amateur championIn the 37th edition of the WAGC, Chinese Baoxiang Bai defeated everyone by resignation (except Japanese ex-world champion Satoshi he beats by 2,5 points) to win his second world amateur championship (he had won 5 years ago) with - one again - a perfect 8-0 record. Korean Kibaek Kim finish clear second at 7-1. Six players ended with 6-2 records, Chinese Taipei’s Chia-Cheng took 3rd place, ahead of Andreii Kravets (UK), 4th and best European, Japanese Hiraoka Satoshi, Hungerian Csaba Mero, Serbian Dusan Mitic, and Romanian Cristian Pop.. Our representative was Nelis Vets, who ended 28th out of a field of 56 competitors with "expected" results (wins against Mongolia, Argentina, Portugal and Malaysia; defeats to China (!), Slovenia, Czechia and France). More details here: http://www.ranka.intergofed.org/
Belgian Blitz Championship 2016Thomas Connor, 4d won with 7/7 the Blitz Championship 2016. Eight players took part in the round on Sunday 5th June in the cite center of Brussels. Complete results:
Results of the first Pantin TournamentIn the weekend of 15 and 16 May go club 'Le Pantin' held its first ever tournament. The tournament was won by Olivier Drouot and had 21 participants. Full Results
Ilya Shikchin (RU, 1-p) wins Kido CupIlya Shikchin (RU, 1-p) wins unbeaten the 2016 Kido Cup, in which 4 out of the 5 new European professionals participated, along with 4 top amateurs. 2nd: Ali Jabarin (IL, 1-p) who only lost to Shickhin. Here are the complete results: http://www.kidocup.com/?Ergebnisse PS: there were no less than 177 participants in the "main" (open section) tournament ! impressive !
11th (and last) round of the European Team Championship: Belgium - Austria 3-1On 17th May, Belgium team (Lucas +, Kwintens +, Nelis -, Gabriel +) won against Austria (to be noted: Lucas' victory on Viktor Lin, 6-d, one of the top European player) Belgium ended finally 8th out of 12 teams in B-League. Here are the results of the round: And here the standings after this round: In A-league, the 4 best teams (Russia, Ukrainia, Romania and France) will compete against each others for the final victory during the European Go Congress in St-Petersburgh...
10th round of European Team Championship: Belgium - Israel 0-4End April, Belgian team (Jan, Nelis, Dominique, Gabriel) lost heavily (0-4), like the 2 previous month, this time against the future champion of B-League, Israël (pity for Jan on table 1: Ali Jabarin, the pro, did not play). There is now a last round to be played. With 2 points more than the potentially descending teams, Belgium should avoid relegation... Here are the results of the round: And here the standings after this round:
2nd European Grand Slam Tournament in BerlinThe most (qualitatively) important European tournament of the year was organized this WE in Berlin (top amateurs had to fight in a preliminary tournament to join the European pros for this Grand Slam tournament). Ali Jabarin (1-p, IL) won 1st prize (10.000 € !) by beating in final Artem Kachanovski (1-p, UA) Here are the results: Preliminary round Quater Final Semi-Final Final: Small Final: Mateusz Surma vs Pavol Lisy B+Resign
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