The 49th European Go Congress has finished in Prague in the Czech Republic. Over 700 players played in the main tournament.
Games were broadcast on IGS and KGS. At the end of the first week Alexandr Dinerstein from Russia beat the other top European pro,
Catalin Taranu from Romania, to take an early lead. However a lot of very strong Koreans were snapping at his heels.
Alexandr hung on despite two losses to become the European Champion again with 8/10.
Second on SOS tie-break was Cho Seok-Bin. Third with 9/10 (starting below the supergroup) was Park Jong-Wook.
Catalin Taranu and Ilja Shikshin also finished in the top 10, with 7 wins each.
Ondrej Silt, from Czechia, took an early lead in the daily Rapidplay event. However he started losing to the likes of Park and Cho
who ended at the top of the list with lots of other Koreans.
At the weekend the top Europeans played in the European Masters, so the Koreas dominated the Weekend Tournament.
First was Kim Jong-Min with 5/5. Next came Lee Ki-Bong, wheelchair-bound Lim Yeon-Sik and Park Jong-Wook on 4 wins.
Fifth was Kim Dong-Chan and sixth was Ilja Shikshin from Russia. There were 373 players.
There was a Pair Go event held on 03.08.05.
Main Tournament
Weekend Tournament
Rapid Tournament