The Belgian championship is the only competition in Belgium that is divided in 2 Rounds: 8 players participate in the final round.
4 of them are seeded thanks their results in last year championship (they ended at places 1 to 4): Lucas Neirynck, Thomas Connor, Jan Ramon and Victor Schneider. This preliminary rounds would determine the 4 other players who would join them.
It was an intensive weekend of Go. 8 players battled it out in 7 rounds.
Here are the final results (note that Xin Shu missed the 2 first rounds):
1 Bounoider, Lucman 3 Dan 6 21 128 107
2 Kuy, Yannick 3 Kyu 5 20 129 87
3 Xin, Shu 5 Dan 5 20 120 90
4 De_Keijser, Guillaume 4 Kyu 5 20 108 67
5 Silcher, Michael 4 Kyu 3 18 110 32
6 Boukricha, Moad 8 Kyu 2 17 132 33
7 Dusausoy, Guy 5 Kyu 2 17 132 32
8 JEANJEAN, Edouard 15 Kyu 0 15 134 0
Congratulations to the first 4, who are qualified for the final stage !
The others will be reserve players.
(report by Guillaume De Keijser)