Carlo Metta 2d won the 2010 Turin Go Tournament, held June 12-13 in Torino, Italy, with a 5-0 record. Alberto Zingoni 4k (4-1) was second, while Mirco Fanti 1k (3-2) was third. In Vienna, Austria, Viktor Lin 5d swept the Alfred Nimmerrichter Gedenk Turnier 2010 which was also held on June 12th and 13th. Bernhard Scheid 5d was second at 4-1 and Ondrej Kruml 4d was 3-2 for third place. Weiying Soerlin 5d won the Stockholm Open 2010 by going undefeated in the tournament held in that Swedish city. Victor Damberg 2d only lost to Soerlin for second, while Erik Ouchterlony 3d lost to Soerlin and Damberg for third. Karel Kral 20k won the Northern Bohemia Cup, which is a handicap tournament that was held June 12-13 in Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic. Kral had 4 wins in 5 rounds as did Katerina Babicka 8k, who came in second, and Martin Cech 4k, who came in third.
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KYEONG-NANG SWEEPS IN BUDAPEST
Sunday June 20, 2010
Kyeong-nang Kang 7d swept the 2010 Hungarian International Tournament, going 5-0 at the June 4-6 event in Budapest. Pál Balogh 6d was second and Pavol Lisý 4d took third, both coming in just ahead of long-time teacher Csaba Mérõ 6d, and all with three wins. There were 44 participants in the tournament.
- EuroGoTV
JANSSEN WINS KOREAN AMBASSADOR’S CUP IN DELFT
Sunday June 20, 2010
Frank Janssen 6d (r) was perfect through seven rounds to win the 2010 Dutch Korean Ambassador’s Cup, held June 12-13 in Delft. Michiel Eijkhout 6d, Willem-Koen Pomstra 5d, and Rudi Verhagen 5d were all 5-2, each having lost to Janssen and once to each other, and came in 2nd through 4th respectively. There were 14 players in the tournament, which is a qualifier for the Dutch representative to the Korean Prime Minister’s Cup.
- EuroGoTV
SMUD WINS BUNDEK OPEN
Sunday June 20, 2010
Mladen Smud 1k (r) won the four-round Bundek Open Go Tournament, held June 12 in Zagreb, Croatia. Vedran Vasiljevic 2d was second,
losing only to Smud (who was a strong 4d fifteen years ago), while Vigor Grego 1d was third, losing only to Vasiljevic. This was the final tournament of ten in the first Croatian Go League, which was won by Matthew Zakanj 3d with Smud in second.
- EuroGoTV
TARUMI TOPS IN DARMSTADT
Wednesday June 9, 2010
Jun Tarumi 5d (l) topped a field of 113 players to win the Darmstaedter Go-Tage 2010, played June 5-6 in Darmstadt, Germany. Tarumi was undefeated in the five-round tournament, while Torsten Knauf 4d and Thomas Kettenring 3d came out on top of six players with 3 wins for second and third places. There were 80 kyu level players in the huge field.
- EuroGoTV
KRUSHELNYCKYJ SWEEPS RIVNE UNDER-12 OPEN
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
TARANU WINS THIRD CONSECUTIVE ROMANIAN CUP
Wednesday June 9, 2010
Catalin Taranu 7d (c) swept the finals of the 2010 Romanian Cup to notch his third consecutive title. Cristian Pop 7d (r) went 5-1 to come in second, while Cornel Burzo 6d (l) was one of four with a 4-2 record and came in third. The tournament was held June 4-6 in Pitesti.
- EuroGoTV
CHO DEFEATS DAI IN STRASBOURG
Saturday June 5, 2010
Cho Seok-Bin 7d of Korea (r) defeated Dai Janfu 7d of China in the final round to sweep the second annual Strasbourg Go Tournament, held May 29-30 in that city in eastern France. Dai was the winner of the first Strasbourg last year and came in second this year after his loss with a 3-1 record. Noguchi Motoki 6d came in third, while Viktor Lin 5d of Austria was the highest finishing European in fourth place.
- EuroGoTV
MACFADYEN & WONG TO PLAY FOR BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP
Saturday June 5, 2010
Matthew Macfadyen 6d (r)
was a perfect 7-0 in the British Go Association’s Challengers’ League, held in London May 28-31. The league determines which two players will play for the British Championship, which Macfadyen has won 23 times. Vanessa Wong 5d and Richard Hunter 4d were tied with five wins each at the end of the 8-player round robin, but Wong won the playoff and will face Macfadyen in the championship, which will be a five-game title match.
- EuroGoTV
MERO SWEEPS IN LAUSANNE
Wednesday May 26, 2010
Csaba Mero 6d (r) of Hungary went 7-0 to win the Swiss Championship tournament, which was held in Lausanne May 22-24. Viktor Lin 5d of Austria was second at 6-1, only losing to Mero in round 5. John Walch 3d was third with a 5-2 record, and was the highest placing Swiss making him the 2010 Swiss Champion. Based on his result, Lorenz Trippel 1d will be the Swiss representative to the World Amateur Go Championship 2011.
- EuroGoTV, photo by Judith van Dam, EuroGoTV
