7th European Pro Qualification 2023

The Qualification Tournament

 
Dates: Part 1 - Saturday/Sunday, February 25 - 26, 2023, Part 2 - Friday to Sunday, March 10 - 12, 2023
Place: Mokra Horakov, Brno, map
Sponsors: This tournament is supported by CEGO.
Supported by: EGF
EGD: https://europeangodatabase.eu/EGD/Tournament_Card.php?&key=T230225F&pin=13201914
and   https://europeangodatabase.eu/EGD/Tournament_Card.php?&key=T230310A&pin=13201914

Jan Simara wins the Pro Qualification 2023 and becomes Pro 1 Dan.

Pairings / Results


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Round 1  -  games # 1, 2 and 3 -  25/26 February 2023
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Lukas Podpera (Czech Republic)   --     Elian Grigoriu (Romania)              0 - 1       1 - 0        1 - 0
Oscar Vazquez (Spain)                   --     Jan Simara (Czech Republic)       1 - 0       0 - 1        0 - 1
Cornel Burzo (Romania)                 --     Benjamin Teuber (Germany)      1 - 0       0 - 1        0 - 1 
Jan Prokop (Czech Republic)           --     Dominik Boviz (Hungary)           0 - 1       0 - 1            
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Round 2  -  games # 1, 2 and 3  -  10/11 March 2023
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Lukas Podpera (Czech Republic)      --     Dominik Boviz (Hungary)           1 - 0       1 - 0
Benjamin Teuber (Germany)              --     Jan Simara (Czech Republic)     0 - 1       1 - 0        0 - 1
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Round 3 -  games # 1, 2 and 3  -  11/12 March 2023
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Lukas Podpera (Czech Republic)      --        Jan Simara (Czech Republic)     1 - 0       0 - 1      0 - 1
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Games will be transmitted on Twitch , OGS and KGS (Userids: EGF1, EGF2, EGF3, EGF4)

Time Table

 
Saturday 25th February: Opening  at 14:30 (CET)
Quarter-Final   1st game at 15:00
Sunday 26th February:
 Quarter-Final  2nd game at 9:30 Quarter-Final  optional 3rd game at 15:00
Friday 10th March: Semi-Final  1st game at 9:30 Semi-Final  2nd game at 15:00
Saturday 11th March:
 Semi-Final: optional 3rd game at 9:30 Final   1st game at  15:00
Sunday 12th March Final   2nd game at  9:30 Final   optional  3rd game at 15:00

Participating Players

Rules & Constitution


Referee-team: Li Ting / Martin Stiassny
Ruleset: Chinese rules (so 7.5 Komi) , Nigiri on the first and third game of a pairing
Thinking Time: Fischer time with 60 minutes basic time and 30 seconds additional per move

In the EGF Professional Qualification System (EPQS) qualification protocol Version 4.2 (version 2019) you can find out how the qualification is set up, with more details about the selection criteria and the mode and rules of the qualification tournament. In the EGF Professional Go System Constitution you find all the details about the rights and duties of the new European go professionals. 

Photos & Articles

Photos (2021) by Harry van der Krogt