Belgian Go Federation

The preliminaries rounds of the Belgian championship will be organised on the WE 11+12/03/2023 in the
"Association Belgique-Chine" Av. Paul Deschanel 92, 1030 BRUXELLES Schaerbeek

The tournament starts Saturday at 10 AM exactly.

The preliminaries are open to all members of the Belgian Go Federation, and registration is free of charge. Note that this tournament is rated, just like any other big Belgian tournament, so it is a great opportunity to play serious games in a competitive environment!

Rules:
Japanese rules with 6.5 komi
1 hour main time followed by Canadian Byo-yomi of 20 stones in 5 minutes.
All games are played without handicap.
For a detailed list of rules for the Belgian championship in Dutch/French, please refer to this page.

In this tournament the 4 best placed players qualify for the Belgian Championship Finals. They will join the 4 best placed players from the finals of the previous year:
1. Yong Sen Huang (1d)
2. Sven Cuyt (2d)
3. Thomas Connor (4d)
4. Gints Engelen (1k)

Registration form: click here

Registered players (last updated Wednesday 08/03/2023 5 PM ):
1. Lucas Neirynck 6D
2. Marie Jemine 1D
3. Joost Vannieuwenhuyse 1k
4. Roel Van Nyen 2k
5. Renaud Gaban 2k
6. Victor Schneider 2k
7. Guillaume De Keijser 5k
8. Ghislaine Weissgerber 8k
9. Midas Vanooteghem 8k
10. Moad Boukricha 12k
11. Adam Beguin 18k

Depending on the number of registered players, the tournament director might decide to decrease the total number of rounds played.
Do note that if you decide to participate, you are required to play all rounds.