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| French open championship |
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The end of summer is the season of the French Go Championship. This year, there are two “final” stages to determine the champions. First, the winner of the “open” championship is declared French “open champion”, while the best French player in this competition obtains a ticket for the Korean Ambassador Cup. Then the “fourth stage” of the French Championship, reserved for 8 players of french nationality, will decide the French champion and the representative for the World Amateur Championship.
 From the 26th to the 28th of August, twenty-four players gathered to compete for the “open” title in Bourges, a beautiful city of Berry region. After seven rounds, Motoki Noguchi 6d(photo right) from Japan won the title for the second time after 2008. Thomas Debarre, recently promoted to 6d thanks to his victory against Alexandre Dinerchtein 3p at the European Congress, got the second place and will represent France for the Korean Ambassador Cup.
Seven other french players qualified for the “fourth (and final) stage”, which will be held on the 18th and 19th of September in Strasbourg : Jérôme Salignon 4d, Antoine Fenech 5d, Fred Donzet 5d, Benjamin Dréan-Guénaïzia 4d, Paul Bivas 4d, David Horowitz 2d and Vivien Desveaux 3d. Since some players are not available, it is likely that young players as Tanguy Le Calvé 2d and Florian Melcer 2d will also be on the list for the French-only title.
Motoki Noguchi, French mushroom |
| placed by motoki at 00:31 Wed 01 September 2010 |
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| Iasi Cup 2010 |
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The friendly student city Iasi, Capital of the Romanian province Moldavie and surrounded by beautiful lakes and forests, is this weekend the perfect place for the first edition of the Iasi Cup.
Main organiser Dan Cucu managed to gather many local and international top players, getting top japanese professional KITANO RYO 7P to attend, and finding a great playing venue and many sponsors.
  
Round 1 didnt bring many suprises, except a loss on time by Ali Jabarin against Lucian Corlan. (Both players claim they had a winning position at that moment. Judge for your self here.) His 13 hour stay at the Bucharest Airport without sleep might just account for that (result of bad travel planning of his side).
 Round 2 made it clear that this could well be the Artem Kachanovskyj year. While in the first round he won in his usual super solid style; the second round he showed us his big heart when he entered a big fight. You can replay this game here.
Round 3 confirmed the round 2 remarks as Superboy Artem made Cornel resign in no time.....Replay this awesome game here.
Round 4.....and the Artem Kachanovskyj show goes on!
After Pal Balogh spended 40 minutes on move 12 he came really close to beat Artem, but close is not enough as our Superboy won with 0.5 points. Replay this territory vs influence game here.
In round 5 Ali Jabarin the Wonderboy from Israel couldn't repeat his 2008 European Youth Championship miracle and was forced to resign by our Ukraine Superboy. Replay the game.
Round 6 brought no big upset as Superboy forced Mihai Serban 4d (-photo below as he also played the Romanian Masters- who played a great tournament and came second) to resign.
SUPERBOY won the IASI CUp 2010!
Romanian Masters 2010
The Romanian Go Federation used this opportunity to play the Romanian Masters 2010 on the 2 days before the start of Iasi Cup.
Thursday the first 2 rounds were played; EuroGoTV broadcasted round 2.
The eight players invited to the competition were divided into two groups:
Group 1
Catalin Taranu
Lucian Corlan
Dragos Bajenaru
Mihai Serban
Round 1
Catalin Taranu - Mihai Serban 1-0
Dragos Bajenaru - Lucian Corlan 1-0
Round 2
Dragos Bajenaru - Mihai Serban 1-0
Catalin Taranu - Lucian Corlan 1-0
Group 2
Cristian Pop
Cornel Burzo
Ion Florescu
Daniel Cioata
Round 1
Cristian Pop - Daniel Cioata 1-0
Ion Florescu - Cornel Burzo 1-0
Round 2
Cornel Burzo - Daniel Cioata 1-0
Cristian Pop - Ion Florescu 1-0
  Friday:
Semi Final 1
Semi Final 2
Saterday:
- Final game 1 of 3
- Final game 2 of 3 Both finalists (Catalin and Popicu) showed that they know just how to build up the tension as they won 1 game each ^.^.
Sunday:
- Final game Catalin Taranu 5p became Romanian Master 2010 by forcing Cristian Pop 7d to resign.
Photos day 1
Photos day 2
Photos day 3
Photos day 4 |
| placed by HW9x9 at 22:54 Thu 26 August 2010 |
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