"Tsinghua Weiqi Foundation Cup" 9th European Pro Championship

Bucharest, Romania, 5th - 8th March 2026

Tournament system: Round Robin - 7 rounds.

Tie-breaks: Mutual game decides the placement if players have the same number of wins.
In a case of a three-way-tie (three players with the same number of points winning one mutual game in a circle) for any of the places, two additional games games will be played.

Thinking time: 45 minutes main time plus 20 seconds increment per move (Fischer time)

Rules: Chinese rules (with the EGF rule for removing the opponent's stones), komi 7.5 .

Pairings (participants mentioned first in the pairing play Black):

Round 1:   1-8, 2-7, 3-6, 4-5
Round 2:   8-5, 6-4, 7-3, 1-2
Round 3:   2-8, 3-1, 4-7, 5-6
Round 4:   8-6, 7-5, 1-4, 2-3
Round 5:   3-8, 4-2, 5-1, 6-7
Round 6:   8-7, 1-6, 2-5, 3-4
Round 7:   4-8, 5-3, 6-2, 7-1

Prizes:

• Prize money:  Euro  1.300 / 1.000 / 700 / 600 / 500 / 400 / 250 / 250

Tournament Director:
Liviu Oprisan

Referee:
Damir Medak

Broadcast:
On the OGS by AI IZIS Boards, account EGF1

Live commentary:
On the EGF Twitch channel

Schedule (CET):