Lanke Cup Grand Slam 2021

Title: 6th Lanke cup European Go Grand Slam Tournament
Date: 16th - 19th December 2021
Venue: Belgrade, Hotel Marriott
Address:  Courtyard Belgrade City Center, Vase Carapica 2-4, Belgrade, 11 000, Serbia
Host announcement: 
Sponsored by: Lanke Culture & CEGO
Supported by: Go Savez Srbije

This is an invitation-tournament of the European Go Federation for 16 players.



Pairings / Results


Sponsors:

Lanke Culture & CEGO

Tournament details:

Ruleset: Chinese rules, 7.5 Komi
Fischer Time: 80 minutes basic, 30 seconds additional per move

Thursday 16th December: 09:30
10:00 - 15:30		 Opening
First round
Friday 17th December: 10:00 ~ 15:30 Quarter-final
Saturday 18th December: 10:00 ~ 15:30 Semi-finals and games for places 5-8
Sunday 19th December 10:00 ~ 15:30  
16:00         		 Games for 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th place
Prizegiving / Closing
 

The first 4 boards will be broadcasted on KGS

Prize money: 
  • 9th - 16th place: € 250
  • 8th place: € 500
  • 7th place: € 600
  • 6th place: € 700
  • 5th place: € 800
  • 4th place: € 1.250
  • 3rd place: € 2.500
  • Runner-up: € 5.000
  • Champion: € 10.000
Grand Slam tournaments are played with Chinese rules. The EGF guarantees broadcasting on the web, referees, and professional commentary.

Qualified players:
  • Ilya Shikshin, 4p (Russia)
  • Artem Kachanovskyi, 2p (Ukraine)
  • Mateusz Surma, 2p (Poland)
  • Pavol Lisy, 2p (Slovakia)
  • Ali Jabarin, 2p (Israel)
  • Stanisław Frejlak, 1p (Poland)
  • Tanguy Le Calvé, 1p (France)
  • Alexandr Dinerchtein 3p (Russia)
  • Lukas Podpera 7d (Czechia)
  • Nikola Mitic 7d (Serbia)
  • Dusan Mitic 7d (Serbia)
  • Benjamin Drean-Guenaizia 6d (France)
  • Oscar Vazquez 6d (Spain)
  • Viktor Lin 6d (Austria)
  • Cornel Burzo 6d (Romania)
  • Matias Pankoke 6d (Germany)

Tournament for 16 players
  • Each player must be a citizen of an EGF member-country for at least 10 years
  • Each player must be "active" in the EGD
Qualification
  • 8 Professionals certified by EGF
  • 3 spots for highest bonus points 
  • 1 spot for highest EGD (maximum value of the last 3 months) + bonus points
  • 3 spots through qualification just before the Grand Slam 
  • 1 wild card (given by CEGO)
Photos

Contacts:  Martin Stiassny, [email protected], mobile: +49 170 4966056