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NewsAndreii Kravets (UA, 1-p) prolonges his title of European championAndreii Kravets, already European champion last year, became 2024 European champion by beating Thomas Debarre (FR, 7-d) in final of the European championship. Frederik Blomback (Sweden, 7-d) took bronze medail by beating a surprising Denis Karadaban (FR, 6-d) in the « little »final. Complete results: https://eurogofed.org/egc/2024.html
Lucas Neirynck qualified for the 1/4 of finals of the European Championship !https://www.eurogofed.org/egc/2024.html What a feat !
Register for the go camp with the famous Motoki Nobuchi (7-d) as main instructor (26/09 to 29/09) !WHERE ? Motoki Noguchi: Our main instructor will be this year and for the first time the famous Motoki NOGUCHI 7d - reigning champion of France. WHAT ? WHEN ? HOW MUCH ? Fee to transfer on the account of the BGF IBAN: BE24 7755 9621 2238. Registration form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf2v5mppp8Keab-zQ0JebPOydaPLx-6...
The come-back of Kevin Prist (3-d), winner in GhentKevin Prist (3-d) had not played any competitive game since 04/2016. Here are the complete results: https://www.gofed.be/webfm_send/630
Save the date / coming soon: 14th edition of Ghent Go Tournament 6th and 7th July 2024On the first weekend of Juli, the 6th and 7th, the Gent Go Tournament will take place. You can register here. Tournament set-up System: 6 rounds MacMahon
9th (and last round) of the European Team Championship: Belgium lost heavily to Switzerland (0-4)In the 9th (and last round) of the European Team Championship, Belgium (Lucas, Gabriel, Sven, Larisa) lost heavily to Switzerland (0-4) Belgium ended 4th out of 10 teams. Results of the 9th round: https://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps/rounds/1009 Final standing: https://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps PS: In A-league, Ukraine, France, Poland and Czechia are the 4 teams qualified for the finals (which will be played during the European Go Congress this summer in Toulouse).
Xin Shu wins the Belgian Championship 2024, Lucas Neirynck Belgian ChampionFor this year Belgian Championship the 3 favorites were Lucas Neirynck, Jan Ramon and Xin Shu. Jan (4-d) has been champion 3 times and Lucas (6-d)...12 times ! The newcomer, Xin Shu (5-d), is a student from China who arrived in Belgium last year for studies. Of course, Xin stayed in the championship with this only loss, because the final stage of the Belgian Championship is a double elimination tournament. As a result this Sunday only 4 players were still qualified: Lucas, Xin, Jan and Guillaume. In the 1st game, after a flying dagger opening (!), Xin took a clear lead and kept it until the end of the game. A second decisive game was thus needed to define the winner of the tournament. He does 20-30 minutes of Go problems every day and 2 – 3 serious games at the club per week. Games detailed reportGame 1 SGF on OGS commented by Xin himself !** If you don't see the comments, download the SGF and open it with your favorite SGF reader. Nigiri gave Xin black stones. Both opened with a double Hoshi. On move 5 san-san invasion was played by and it went to a complex Flying Knife joseki. After a couple of mistakes at moves 40 and 42 and the turn of 43 (AI assessed it was a 16 point mistake), there were a few big moves, then a ko on the top left leading to a trade where Black takes the corner and splits the top and White manages to link underneath his weak stones - but this was not good enough for the AI. The lead did grow again a bit. Lucas then rolled up his sleeves and before move 156 the difference went to less than 8 points. Lucas got more solid territory, but black had great influence around the center. Luces said after the game that at this point he estimated that he got to go as deep as 156 to get a chance to come back. That didn’t make it back and at the end of the game Xin got his first victory against Lucas in this tournament. Game 2 SGF on OGS commented by Xin himself !After a short break before the final game of the competition, both players opened with Hoshi’s, and early 3-3 invasion by Xin again. This time Lucas chosed a more solid joseki than usual. Move 37 in particular is going for influence. After move 76 the game is still close but White has more cash, it’s on Black to go get some points. Lucas puts the pressure on with move 77. Xin replies with a powerful counter peep and defends actively - and a good defense is a strong offense, isn't it ? Strong pincer to black served also as base for his weaker stones. Xin defends and after the hane of 90 tenukis and gets a huge move at 92 first (AI estimates 7 point difference there). Lucas now got to solve a complicated tsumego, where every move is dangerous, Xin gets some more valuable stones on the outside. Move 133 Lucas managed to make an eye but in Gote and Xin goes for the kill. Lucas didn't make it through and after Xin played a nice tesuji to prevent a second eye, Lucas resigned.
Bai Baoxiang (China), 2024 (and 5th times) amateur world champion !The 44th World Amateur Go Championship (WAGC) was held on 19–22 May in Tokyo, Japan. After eight rounds of intense games, Bai Baoxiang from China emerged victorious, clinching his fifth championship. Korea’s Kim Jeong-Seon (last year champion) came in second, and Japan’s Ōzeki Minoru was third. Each one had a score of seven wins and one loss, with Bai having lost to Ōzeki, Ōzeki to Kim, and Kim to Bai. Bai has a total of 37 wins and 1 loss in all the WAGC tournaments he has participated in, his game with Ōzeki being his only loss. Top 6 places: Our delegate was Renaud Gaban (1-k). More info on: https://www.intergofed.org/igf-news-feed/bai-baoxiang-from-china-wins-44...
8th round of the European Team Championship: Belgium lost to Serbia (1-3)In the 8th round of the European Team Championship, Belgium lost to Serbia (1-3) (but remains 3rd). The terrible Mitic brothers (both 7-d) were too strong for Sven and Nelis, and Larisa (1-k) lost to a 4-d...But Bram (4-k ?) succeeded in beating a 3-d. Congratulations to him ! Complete results here: https://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps/rounds/1008 Standings in B-league after this round: https://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps
Shu Xin (5d) wins the 2024 tournament of LeuvenShu Xin (5d) won unbeaten the 2024 tournament of Leuven in which 23 players (a disappointing figure) participated. Complete results: https://www.gofed.be/webfm_send/626
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