Children Tournament

By Tony Claasen | News | 30.07.2019 11:00

Monday 29th of July 2019 a not so hot day and over 30 children wanting to play in the children´s tournament. An over enthusiastic me, freely volunteered to organize the organize the children´s tournament for this years Congress.I got lucky as Klaus Petri also volunteered to help me with the… Read more...

European Championship 2019 in Brussels, day 8

By Tony Claasen | News | 28.07.2019 10:24

finalday… clashes in final and small final. 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… Read more...

European Championship 2019 in Brussels, day 7

By Tony Claasen | News | 27.07.2019 10:04

Today the semi-finals are played. The heat down by 20 degrees compared to thursday. The weekend and so the registration for the weekend has started.. coming in the building I meet a lot of new and old friends who arrived to play the weekend tournament. In the semifinals of the… Read more...

European Championship 2019 in Brussels, day 6

By Tony Claasen | News | 26.07.2019 10:40

A little less hot at the start of the quarter-finals for the european championship 2019 After yesterday crashed several records in the history of temperature, today the heat is more bearable. Preparing the EGC-grouppicture After we made the group picture with all participants of the Congress we started at 10.30H… Read more...

European Championship 2019 in Brussels, day 5

By Tony Claasen | News | 25.07.2019 9:42

On day 5 the temperature rose in the fight to become European Champion. So today another four finals will be played, as only the winners will stay in the race to become the European Champion of 2019.The winners of yesterday’s matches need another victory today to stay in contention for… Read more...

European Championship 2019 in Brussels, day 4

By Tony Claasen | News | 24.07.2019 10:05

Today only 8 players play for a place in the top 16 First some impressions of day three at the championship: Ilya concentrating on the board, his opppent looking for a new drink Lukas in win mode, getting in his revenge against Tanguy Pavol Lisy 2p Artem Kachanovskyi playing against… Read more...

European Championship 2019 in Brussels, day 3

By Tony Claasen | News | 23.07.2019 10:17

Today only 24 players are left in the fight to become European champion. The four games that were broadcast on day 2 are below: Alexandr Dinerchtein vs. Lukas Krämer EC2019-r2-b1-2019-07-22.sgf Download Sgf-File Mateusz Surma vs. Benjamin Drean-Guenaizia EC2019-r2-b2-2019-07-22.sgf Download Sgf-File Artem Kachanovskyi vs. Lukas Podpera EC2019-r2-b3-2019-07-22.sgf Download Sgf-File Nikolai Mitic… Read more...

European Championship 2019 in Brussel, day 2

By Tony Claasen | News | 22.07.2019 10:49

It is getting hotter in Brussels and not just because of the excitement in the games! Some games played on day one: Ilya Shikshin vs. Antoine Fenech EC2019-r1-b1-2019-07-21.sgf Download Sgf-File Pavol Lisy vs. Matias Pankoke EC2019-r1-b3-2019-07-21.sgf Download Sgf-File Mateusz Surma vs. Elian Grigoriu EC2019-r1-b2-2019-07-21.sgf Download Sgf-File Artem Kachanovskyi vs. Johannes… Read more...

European Championship 2019 in Brussel, day 1

By Tony Claasen | News | 21.07.2019 16:35

We have started the European Championship in Brussels today with 32 players fighting for the title of european champion. The previous 2 days were for the Pandanet Go European Team Championship and the opening ceremony of the EGC, now the EC has started. The first 4 boards will be broadcast… Read more...

Pandanet Go European Team Championship

By Tony Claasen | News | 21.07.2019 15:26

France, Romania, Russia and Ukraine played the finals of this yea’rs Pandanet Team Tournament Pandanet Go European Team Championship finals in Brussels. Manneken Pis Being the scribe is always exiting.This time I was scribe for the France vs. Ukraine match on board one where Artem Kachanovskyi 2p from the Ukraine… Read more...