An important tournament will take place in Quzhou, China, from June 30th: the Quzhou Lanke Cup World Weiqi Open Tournament! Participants from 7d to professional level can play. To select the European representative, a small qualification event is happening online.

This year, the Quzhou Lanke Cup World Weiqi Open Tournament, for its 3rd edition, invited European players from 7d and above to participate.
To select the unique European representative, a qualification event is happening online. You’ll find all the relevant information here and games.

Details about the qualification event:

Participants:

Mateusz Surma 3p 🇵🇱 | OGS: mateusz.surma1995
Andrii Kravets 2p 🇺🇦 | OGS:  AndriiKravets
Stanislaw Frejlak 1p 🇵🇱 | OGS: Siasio
Lukas Podpera 7d 🇨🇿 | OGS: Lukan

Schedule:

Semi Final
Game 1 – May 7th, 10:00 AM CEST – Mateusz Surma 3p 🇵🇱 – Lukas Podpera 7d 🇨🇿 | view
Game 2 – May 7th, 7:00 PM CEST – Andrii Kravets 2p 🇺🇦 – Stanislaw Frejlak 1p 🇵🇱 | view

Final
May 8th, 7:00 PM CEST – Lukas Podpera 7d 🇨🇿  vs Andrii Kravets 2p 🇺🇦 | view

[update] Congratulations to Andrii Kravets 2p for winning this qualification event and thus becoming the European player in the Quzhou Lanke Cup World Weiqi Open tournament!

System:

• Knock-out event. Seeding based on rating.
• Chinese rules, komi 7.5,
  45 min + 20 sec Fischer time. 
• Default starting time is 7pm CEST, on OGS.
• All games are played with video control

Links to the games (sgf) will be provided when they start.

Details about the Quzhou Lanke Cup:

Schedule：
June 30th: Registration, Opening ceremony
July 1st: Top 48 match
July 2nd: Top 32 match

Qualification for participation: Professional players, amateur players of 7 Dan or above.

Location: Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province

Time control: 2 hours are assigned for each side, and the overtime allocation is 5 periods of 60 seconds.

Fees: 48 players in the major competion will be awarded prize money, and any other expenses will be borne by the players.

Prize (before tax): Losers in 1st round : 20,000 RMB
Losers in 2nd round : 30,000 RMB
Losers in 3rd round : 50,000 RMB
Losers in 4th round: 100,000 RMB
Losers in semi-finals: 200,000 RMB
Runner up: 600,000 RMB
Champion: 1,800,000RMB