Monday May 3, 2010
Valerij Ponomarev 4d became the champion of the district of Novosibirsk last Sunday, edging out Sergej Pavlov 4d in the final round-robin. Ponomarev beat Pavlov head to head which served as the tiebreaker because both had 6-1 records. Eight players participated in the tournament.
– Peter Dijkema, EJ European Correspondent, reporting on EuroGoTV.
Monday May 3, 2010
In the A group of the Korean-style Insei League on KGS, Ali Jabarin’s 17-0 record was not enough to overcome the bonus
points awarded for Gabriel Benmergui’s (r) 25 games played (23-2), which led to a tie at the top. Both players were awarded $162.50, while third place winner Fredrik Blomback (13-1) won $75. In the B group, DrHazar took first and $100 with a 19-4 record, while Syptryn (22-7) and Kalmah (20-5) tied for the two third-place spots. In the C group, imagine was first and AYOCZI placed second. D group: first: Srgey, second: Macheeide. E group: first: Suitengu, second: Calwen72. A new league starts up in May.
– Peter Dijkema, EJ European Correspondent, reporting on EuroGoTV.
Wednesday April 28, 2010
Favorite Zou Jin 6d was twice surprised in the Messeturnier in Hannover, Germany on April 24-25, losing to the winner, Zhang Yi 5d, who went undefeated, as well as to Marlon Welter 3d, who took silver with only one loss. Dieter Rasche, who created the yearly Messeturnier, took part in the 50th edition of the event. 95 players participated in the tournament which also saw the Nihon Ki-in award diplomas to the three group winners. In addition to Yi, Tijmen van Wettum 1d and Stefan Junger 4k (each with 4-1 records) won the diplomas. Yoon Young-sun 5P was also present to comment on the games.
– based on Peter Dijkema’s report on EuroGoTV
Monday April 26, 2010
Sign-up for the European Go Congress — July 24 – August 8 in Tampere, Finland — has passed 300, including two Americans (Boris Bernadsky from Manhattan and Paul Bensen of Coral Gables FL). Also signed up are Naoyuki Kai 6d, with his with wife Mihoko 2k and son Keima 5k of Yokohama, the Marz family of Marburg — Manu 4d, Micha 3d, and their young son Ferdinand — and many more from Europe, Japan, and elsewhere.
Two upcoming tournaments of note in Amsterdam are the free blitz tournament on April 29, May 1-2 and the 39th annual Amsterdam International Go Tournament, a major event in the Pandanet Go European Cup series, and will be held May 13-16.
– Peter Dijkema, EJ European Correspondent, reporting on EuroGoTV
Sunday April 25, 2010
Alessandro Pace 1k topped a field of 51 on March 27-28 at Yama no Kaze in Bassano del Grappa, Italy. Davide Minieri 3d took the silver. Full results from the Hacettepe University tournament in Ankara, Turkey, held in the same weekend, are now available.
– Peter Dijkema, EJ Euoropean Correspondent, reporting on EuroGoTV
Friday April 23, 2010
Artem Kachanovskyj 6d went undefeated in six rounds to win the Youth (under 25) division of the Ukrainian Championship, which was held April 16-18 in Kiev. Andrij Kravec 5d lost only to Kachanovskyj, while Bohdan Zhurakovskyj 5d lost to both of them, to finish with the bronze. Viktoria Simonenko 11k also won five games, while Jurij Kuznjechykov 18k was undefeated in a 52-member league.
– Peter Dijkema, EJ European Correspondent, reporting on EuroGoTV
Friday April 23, 2010
In the decisive fourth round, OGP defeated PoGo 3-1 to take first place in the Finnish Team Championship, held April 17-18 in Espoo, Finland. OGP was led by Su Yang 6d who went undefeated in the five round event, which featured six teams of four players. PoGo’s second man Juri Kuronen 4d also won all his games. In the open team title, five teams of three players battled for five rounds with Dango defeating PoGo in another decisive fourth round.
– Peter Dijkema, EJ European Correspondent, reporting on EuroGoTV
Friday April 23, 2010
Franz-Josef Dickhut 6d (l) went undefeated to win the Baduk Botschafter (Ambassador’s) Cup held April 17 in Berlin. That 
qualifies Dickhut to participate in the Korea Prime Minister Cup later this year. Bernd Schütz 4d finished ahead of Robert Jasiek 5d and Matthias Terweij 4d, each with 3 wins. Ronnie Wilhelm 9k also won all of his games. 48 players took part in the tournament; complete results here.
– Peter Dijkema, EJ European Correspondent, reporting on EuroGoTV
Friday April 23, 2010
Reigning Russian Champion Ilya Shiksin 7d of Kazan won all five rounds at the Spring Youth Festival last weekend in Moscow. Reigning women’s Russian Champion Natalia Kovaleva 5d lost only to Shiksin, but defeated local Oleg Mezhov 6d, who finished third, also with a 5-1 result. In Kirov, Alexej Oglobin 4k beat Alexandr Shishin 4k on strength of schedule to win the Sunday Spring Tournament on April 18 with 16 participants. In Moscow, 32 played in the 1st league, while 47 played in the 2nd league which was topped by two undefeated players: Aleksandr Tishin 6k and Ksenia Shchipicina 8k.
– Peter Dijkema, EJ European Correspondent, reporting on EuroGoTV
Tuesday April 20, 2010
David Tang 2d led the dan division with a 3-0 result at the Bay Area Go 
Players Association’s monthly ratings tournament in Palo Alto, CA, on April 10. Kfir Dolev 5k (r) and Larry Qu 6k each went 4-0 to top the kyu division. Anthony Chiang 2d earned an honorable mention for completing a whopping ten games, a dan division record. “Our flexible tournament format lets people play as many or as few official games as they like,” explains tournament organizer Roger Schrag. Twenty-nine adults and children played, ranging from 24k to 5d, with eight of the 29 playing in their first tournament ever. Click here for more photos. Next month’s ratings tournament will be held May 2 in Oakland, CA.