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TIAN YE 1P TAKES PANDANET AMSTERDAM OPEN

Despite being upset by Benjamin Teuber 6d (l) of Hamburg in the last round, Tian Ye 1P (r) from Beijing led three 5-1 players to win the Pandanet Amsterdam Open held May 13-16.  Dai Junfu 7d of France, who lost to Tian by a half-point in the fifth round, came in second based on SOSOS, while Teuber was third based on SOS. "Junfu's lesson on his book about the middle game paid off, although I went against his advice in my game against the pro!" Teuber told the E-Journal, savoring "my first victory over a pro in an official game." Teuber was a student of the late Hans Pietsch 6P. More than 100 players took part in the tournament, which was held at Iwamoto Kaoru's European Go Culture Centre.  Peter Liu 2P commented all of the Board 1 games.  This is the 39th year of the Amsterdam Open, making it among the oldest continuously-held events on the European calendar. - Peter Dijkema, EJ European correspondent; photo by Judith van Dam, EuroGoTV