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European Championship 2019 in Brussels, day 8
By Tony Claasen | News | 28.07.2019 10:24| Views: 4151
Both players, Stanislaw Frejlak 7d and Lukas Podpera 7d, arrived early for the small final.

In the clash for third place Lukas is able to win against Stanislaw and so he is the best Amateur in this years Championship.

Lukas Podpera vs. Stanislaw Frejlak

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The clash for third place



Artem also was early for his game against Ilya, who arrived one minute before the start of the game.
Where Ilya arrived already in a concentrated state of mind, Artem was relaxed talking with us until Ilya arrived, it felt as if he used the moment of nigiri to change his state of mind.

an empty board just after nigiri
Ilya places his first stone on the board
Than Artem follows

As all kibitz are talking about the game some who use an AI (LEELA) the game seems to go up and down for both players.
a small impression of the kibitz with LEELA


Both players do not seem to show any kind emotions as LEELA gives black a 55% chance to win to the game.

Ilya Shikshin vs. Artem Kachanovskyi

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Slowly the game seems to go in the favor of Artem and than some moves later Ilya seems to be in a better position. In the end Ilya is able to pull of a half point victory and so wins his sixth European title.
Ilya Shikshin the European Champion 2019


Thanks to the great effort of Daniel, his parents were able organise this congress
The four giants of this years European Championship

I want to thank all players for the good time they gave me as scribe. It was a pleasure for me to see so many good and high level games.

all results here.
European Championship 2019 in Brussels, day 8

This article was written by Antonius Claasen

Born 31th of January 1962, in 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands
started playing go 1979
Promotion to 1 Dan in 1981, after the Go Congress in Linz.
Promotion to 4 Dan in 1985 After the Go Congress in Terschelling.
Eurpean Champion 13X13 in 1984
European Team Champion in 1985, together with Frank Janssen and Joost Cremers.
I have 5 children and live at the moment in Hamburg Germany.

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