(Report by Davide Grasso)

The Pisa International Weiqi Cup took place in Pisa the 6th and 7th and was part of the EGF Grand Prix Circuit.
67 players from 10 different countries took part in the event.

In the fight for the €500 prize for first place, the tables were turned several times right from the beginning.
The first upset happened in round 1, when the European rising star Stjepan Medak (5d, HR) beat Dohyup Kim (8d, KR).

Before the last round of a well balanced tournament, 4 players were leading the tournament with 3 wins and 1 loss: everything was then to be decided in the crucial last round.

Eventually, Mateusz Surma 3p, crowned European Champion this summer, came out as the winner.

Here are the final results:
1st Mateusz Surma (3P), PL
2 - Dohyup Kim (8d), KR
3 - Alessandro Pace (5d), IT
4 - Stjepan Medak (5d), HR
5 - Ho Yeung Woo (6d), UK
6- Alban Granger (5d), FR
7 - Koichiro Habu (5d), PL

You can find some kifus there (Pisa Tavolo 1-3): https://videokifu.altervista.org/ 

See you perhaps next year at the Pisa tournament!

Thanks to Davide Grasso for the report and photos, and the whole organising team for this great tournament!