"Tsinghua Weiqi Foundation Cup" 9th European Pro Championship

Bucharest, Romania, 5th - 8th March 2026

Tournament system: Round Robin - 7 rounds.

Thinking time: 45 minutes main time plus 20 seconds increment per move (Fischer time)

Rules: Chinese rules (with the EGF rule for removing the opponent's stones), komi 7.5.

Pairings (participants mentioned first in the pairing play Black):

Round 1:   1-8, 2-7, 3-6, 4-5
Round 2:   8-5, 6-4, 7-3, 1-2
Round 3:   2-8, 3-1, 4-7, 5-6
Round 4:   8-6, 7-5, 1-4, 2-3
Round 5:   3-8, 4-2, 5-1, 6-7
Round 6:   8-7, 1-6, 2-5, 3-4
Round 7:   4-8, 5-3, 6-2, 7-1

Tie-breaks: Mutual game decides the placement if players have the same number of wins.
In a case of a three-way-tie (three players with the same number of points winning one mutual game in a cycle) for any of the places involving 1st, 2nd and/or 3rd, two additional games games will be played: time settings 10 minutes main time plus 20 seconds increment per move (Fischer time). Two players for the first game ("semi-finals") will be decided by drawing of lots. The winner of the first game is playing the second game ("finals") with the third player. The winner of the second game gets 1st place within the group, the loser of the second game gets 2nd place within the group. The loser of the first game gets 3rd place withing the group.

Prizes: Euro  1.300 / 1.000 / 700 / 600 / 500 / 400 / 250 / 250

Tournament Director:
Liviu Oprisan

Referee:
Damir Medak

Broadcast:
On the OGS by AI IZIS Boards, account EGF1

Live commentary:
On the EGF Twitch channel

Schedule (CET):