Yike Cup 2018

Title: Yike Cup, 4th European Go Grand Slam Tournament
Date: 26th April  - 29th April 2018
Venue: Berlin / Germany, Chinese Culture Center ("Chinesisches Kulturzentrum"), Klingelhöferstraße 21, 10785 Berlin http://c-k-b.eu
Address: Klingelhöferstraße 21, 10785 Berlin
Side Tournament Webpage: 9th China Cup
Host announcement: http://c-k-b.eu/?pid=2018/04/26
Suported by: Go Verband Berlin and Humboldt Initiative

This is an invitation-tournament of the European Go Federation for 12 players with one preliminary round and 3 final rounds. The 4 winners of the 8 participants in the preliminary-round qualify for the three final rounds. Four Professional players, certified by the EGF are already qualified for the final rounds.

Pairings / Results

Final Standing:

1. Ilya Shikshin
2. Pavol Lisy
3. Dusan Mitic
4. Andrii Kravets
5. Artem Kachanovskyi
6. Ali Jabarin
7. Mateusz Surma
8. Cornel Burzo

Sponsors:

Shanghai YIKE Information Technology Co., Ltd. (Weiqi Server)
CEGO
Chinese Culture Center Berlin

Tournament details:

Ruleset: Chinese rules, 7.5 Komi
Fischer Time: 90 minutes basic, 40 seconds additional per move

The first 4 boards will be broadcasted on KGS
GrandSlam1, GrandSlam2, GrandSlam3, GrandSlam4

• Each player must be citizen of an EGF member-country for at least 10 years
• Each player must be "active" in the EGD between 1st April 2017 and 31st March 2018

• 6 Professionals certified by EGF
• 2 spots for highest bonus points (Tanguy, Alexandre)
• 1 spot for highest EGD (maximum value of the last 3 months) + bonus points (Dusan)
• 2 spots through qualification just before the Grand Slam (Nikola and Cornel)
• 1 wild card (decided by CEGO, Stanisław)

According to the Yearend 2017 Bonus Point List the following four players are already qualified for the last 8 players of the Grand Slam Tournament: Artem, Ilya, Mateusz and Pavol. Their first round to play will be on Friday, 27th April. All others will start on Thursday, 26th April.