European Women's Go Championship 2016

Antwerp, Belgium

20th - 21st August 2016

The European Women's Go Championship took place at the Pulcinella Youth Hostel in Antwerp.
The top two boards were broadcast on KGS.

There were 16 players from 10 countries.

This time it was the Russian player Natalia Kovaleva 5d who triumphed with five wins, including the vital round 4 game against Svetlana Shikshina 3p who ended second on 4 wins. Third was Rita Pocsai (4d Hungary), the 2015 winner.

EGF executive received a protest raised by Manja Marz and Natalia Kovaleva against the final table standing of EWGC 2016 announced by a referee immediatelly after EWGC was finished. EGF executive realised that there was a mistake in a use of tie-breakers criteria and they were used improperly. Therefore, the EGF executive decided to correct an order of the final table. To avoid any misinterpretation, the EGF executive decided to use as tie-breakers those criteria which are generally accepted for EWGC and easily understandable, it means: points, SOS, SOSOS in that order. This decision is valid since 5th October 2016 when it was taken.

EGD Results

Pl Name                    Gr Co  Club MMS   SOS SOSOS  1.    2.    3.    4.    5.
 1 Natalia Kovaleva        5d RU  74Ch  5    15   71   10+    8+    6+    2+    4+     
 2 Svetlana Shikshina      3p RU  16Kz  4    17   64    7+    5+    3+    1-   12+    
 3 Rita Pocsai             4d HU  Szen  4    12   67   14+   11+    2-    9+    8+     
 4 Elvina Kalsberg         3d RU  78SP  3    15   64   12+    6-   11+    5+    1-     
 5 Manja Marz              3d DE  J     3    14   67   13+    2-    7+    4-   10+   
 6 Irina Davis             1k RO  xxxx  3    14   65    9+    4+    1-    8-   15+    
 7 Dominique Cornuejols    1d FR  38Gr  3    13   66    2-   13+    5-   11+    9+     
 8 Laura Avram             2d RO  Bist  3    13   63   16+    1-   14+    6+    3-     
 9 Joanne Leung            2d UK  NoCb  2    14   61    6-   12+   10+    3-    7-     
10 Adelina Sora            1d RO  Crav  2    12   63    1-   16+    9-   13+    5-     
11 Marika Dubiel           2d NL  Amvn  2    11   58   15+    3-    4-    7-   16+    
12 Marie Jemine            1k BE  Lieg  2    10   68    4-    9-   16+   14+    2-     
13 Alzbeta Kadlecova       2k CZ  APra  2    10   59    5-    7-   15+   10-   14+    
14 Adriana Tomsu           1d CZ  TFMi  1    12   53    3-   15+    8-   12-   13-    
15 Catherine Fricheteau   10k BE  Pant  1     8   57   11-   14-   13-   16+    6-     
16 Senem Celikkol          4k TR  Izm   0    10   54    8-   10-   12-   15-   11-

Initial Final Ordering (ties split by direct comparison, SOS-2, SOS-1 and SOS):

This order is not valid anymore, it's just here because it has been changed!
  1. Natalia Kovaleva
  2. Svetlana Shikshina
  3. Rita Pocsai
  4. Laura Avram
  5. Irina Davis
  6. Elvina Kalsberg
  7. Manja Marz
  8. Dominique Cornuejols
  9. Joanne Leung
  10. Adelina Sora
  11. Marika Dubiel
  12. Marie Jemine
  13. Alzbeta Kadlecova
  14. Adriana Tomsu
  15. Catherine Fricheteau
  16. Senem Celikkol