Wednesday June 9, 2010
Valerij Krushelnyckyj 7k went 6-0 to top the field of 19 at the Rivne (Ukraine) Open Championship for those under 12. Vladyslav Verteleckyj 8k was second at 5-1 and Andrij Pylypchuk 11k was third at 4-2. The tournament was held June 5-6.
– EuroGoTV
Sunday May 9, 2010
Artem Kachanovskyj 6d (r) went 6-0 to take the Ukrainian Student Go Championship, which
was held May 1-2 in his hometown of Rivne. Bohdan Zhurakovskyj 5d took second place with a 5-1 record, while Kostjantyn Lopatjuk 5d took third with 4-2. There were 45 players in the tournament.
Marek Kaminski 3d won the Polish Young Masters League by going 6-1 at the tournament held April 30 – May 2 in Bielsko-Biala, Poland. Mariusz Pabich 2d took the silver, while Sebastian Pawlaczyk 2d beat out last year’s winner Andrzej Zyzak 3d on SOS for the bronze. The league is players 23 years old and younger and while Kaminski will be too old to compete next year, the others will return.
– Peter Dijkema, EJ European 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