 
|
About
Links7th European Grand Prix Finale 2023
The Grand Prix Finale 2023 is the culmination of all the Bonus Point Tournaments that took place over the year.
This year it will be held in London, UK from the 28th – 31st December 2023. 12 players, both professional and amateur, and with the citizenship of an EGF member-country, qualified for the tournament by winning Bonus Points in the Grand Prix Serie 2023.
-
Venue |
-
Schedule |
-
Groups / Pairing-System / Results |
-
Group-Charts |
-
Rules & tournament system |
-
|
-
Photos
Venue
Place : London Go Centre
EGD: TBA.
1st place:
Cornel Burzo, 6d 2nd place:
Lukáš Podpěra, 7d 3rd place:
Stanislaw Frejlak, 1p4th place
Woo, Ho-Yeung, 6d 
Schedule
| 10:30 | Opening |
| 11:00 | Round 1 |
| 15:15 | Round 2 |
| 10:00 | Round 3 |
| 14:15 | Round 4 |
| 10:00 | Final round for 1 to 8 place |
| 13;45 | Pricegiving / Closing |
Groups
Group A Mateusz Surma, 3p  Ashe Vazquez, 7d Stanislaw Frejlak, 1p Woo, Ho-Yeung, 6d  Yuze Xing, 5d Group-building according to won Bonus-Points in the Grand Prix 2023 |
Group B Lukáš Podpěra, Cornel Burzo, 6d  Alessandro Pace, 5d  Valerii Krushelnytskyi, 6d Dmytro Bogatskyy, 6d Group A: 1,4,5,8,9, Group B: 2,3,6,7,10, |
Pairing-System for rounds 1 to 5 per Group
Round 1: 2 - 4 5 - 1 3 - 6
Round 2: 5 - 2 4 - 3 6 - 1
Round 3: 3 - 1 4 - 5 2 - 6
Round 4: 3 - 5 1 - 2 6 - 4
Round 5: 1 - 4 2 - 3 5 - 6
.........
Pairings / Results
Round 1:
A2 - A4:
Ashe Vazquez, 7d --- Woo, Ho-Yeung, 5d 0 - 1A5 - A1:
Yuze Xing, 5d --- Mateusz Surma, 3p 0 - 1A3 - A6:
Stanislaw Frejlak, 1p --- free 1 - 0------------
B2 - B4:
Cornel Burzo, 6d --- Valerii Krushelnytskyi, 6d 1 - 0B5 - B1:
Dmytro Bogatskyy, 6d --- Lukáš Podpěra, 7d 0 - 1B3 - B6:
Alessandro Pace, 5d --- free 1 - 0 Round 2:
A5 - A2:
Yuze Xing, 5d --- Ashe Vazquez, 7d 0 - 1 A4 - A3:
Woo, Ho-Yeung, 6d --- Stanislaw Frejlak, 1p 1 - 0 A1 - A6:
Mateusz Surma, 3p --- free 1 - 0----------
B5 - B2:
Dmytro Bogatskyy, 6d --- Cornel Burzo, 6d 1 - 0B4 - B3:
Valerii Krushelnytskyi, 6d --- Alessandro Pace, 5d 1 - 0B1 - B6:
Lukáš Podpěra, 7d --- free 1 - 0Round 3:
A3 - A1:
Stanislaw Frejlak, 1p --- Mateusz Surma, 3p 1 - 0A4 - A5:
Woo, Ho-Yeung, 5d --- Yuze Xing, 5d 1 - 0A2 - A6:
Ashe Vazquez, 7d --- free 1 - 0----------
B3 - B1:
Alessandro Pace, 5d --- Lukáš Podpěra, 7d 0 - 1B4 - B5:
Valerii Krushelnytskyi, 6d --- Dmytro Bogatskyy, 6d 1 - 0 B2 - B6:
Cornel Burzo, 6d --- free 1 - 0Round 4 :
A3 - A5:
Stanislaw Frejlak, 1p --- Yuze Xing, 5d 1 - 0 A1 - A2:
Mateusz Surma, 3p --- Ashe Vazquez, 7d 0 - 1 A4 - A6:
Woo, Ho-Yeung, 6d --- free 1 - 0 ------------
B3 - B5:
Alessandro Pace, 5d --- Dmytro Bogatskyy, 6d 0 - 1B1 - B2:
Lukáš Podpěra, 7d --- Cornel Burzo, 6d 1 - 0B4 - B6:
Valerii Krushelnytskyi, 6d --- free 1 - 0Round 5 :
A1 - A4:
Mateusz Surma, 3p --- Woo, Ho-Yeong, 6d 0 - 1 A2 - A3:
Ashe Vazquez, 7d --- Stanislaw Frejlak, 1p 0 - 1A5 - A6:
Yuze Xing, 5d --- free 1 - 0--------------
B1 - B4:
Lukáš Podpěra, 7d --- Valerii Krushelnytskyi, 6d 1 - 0B2 - B3:
Cornel Burzo, 6d --- Alessandro Pace, 5d 1 - 0B5 - B6:
Dmytro Bogatskyy, 6d --- free 1 - 0Round 6 - Semifinals:
For 1 to 4
Woo, Ho-Yeung, 6d -- Cornel Burzo, 6d 0 - 1 Lukáš Podpěra, 7d -- Stanislaw Frejlak, 1p 1 - 0 -------------------------------------------------
For 5 to 8
Ashe Vazquez, 7d -- Dmytro Bogatskyy, 6d 1 - 0 Valerii Krushelnytskyi, 6d -- Mateusz Surma, 3p 0 - 1 -------------------------------------------------
For 9th place
Yuze Xing, 5d -- Alessandro Pace, 5d 0 - 1Round 7 - Finals :
For 1st:
Cornel Burzo, 6d -- Lukáš Podpěra, 7d 1 - 0For 3rd:
Woo, Ho-Yeung, 6d -- Stanislaw Frejlak, 1p 0 - 1- For 5th:
Mateusz Surma, 3p -- Ashe Vazquez, 7d 1 - 0 For 7th:
Valerii Krushelnytskyi, 6d -- Dmytro Bogatskyy, 6d 1 - 0 Groups
Group A
| Name | MS | AV | SF | WHY | YX | free | Points Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Mateusz Surma, 3p |
xxx | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 / 4 |
| 2 |
Ashe Vazquez, 7d |
1 | xxx | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 / 3 |
| 3 |
Stanislaw Frejlak, 1p |
1 | 1 | xxx | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 / 2 |
| 4 |
Woo, Ho-Yeung, 6d |
1 | 1 | 1 | xxx | 1 | 1 | 5 / 1 |
| 5 |
Yuze Xing, 5d |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | xxx | 1 | 1 / 5 |
| 6 |
free | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | xxx |
Group B
| Name | LP | CB | AP | VK | DB | free | Points Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Lukáš Podpěra, 7d |
xxx | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 / 1 |
| 2 |
Cornel Burzo, 6d |
0 | xxx | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 / 2 |
| 3 |
Alessandro Pace, 5d |
0 | 0 | xxx | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 / 5 |
| 4 |
Valerii Krushelnytskyi, 6d |
0 | 0 | 1 | xxx | 1 | 1 | 3 / 3 |
| 5 |
Dmytro Bogatskyy, 6d |
0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | xxx | 1 | 3 / 4 |
| 6 |
free | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | xxx |
.
Games will be transmitted on KGS (Userids EGF1, EGF2, maybe EGF3 and EGF4 as well) and on Twitch
Rules and Tournament System
Game parameters:
– Even games, Japanese rules, 6.5 komi
– Fischer time – 45 minutes basic with 20 seconds per additional move
– “EGF Nigiri” only in rounds 6 and 7 (halffinals and finals) – the winner of nigiri decides the colours, and the loser the position for the clock
The group stage is a round robin system - All players in a group have to play 5 rounds
After the 5 rounds the top 2 players per group qualify for the finals for 1-4 place, the players finishing on 3/4 after 5 rounds will play for 5-8 final place, and players on 5/6 after the first 5 rounds will play for final 9-12 place..
Tiebreak for the Group Stage (same number of wins after five rounds):
– Mutual game (if possible)
– Number of won Bonus Points in the Grand Prix 2023
Mode of pairing for the 2 final rounds:
6. round (Satutrday afternoon): A1 - B2, A2 - B1, A3 - B4, A4 - B3, A5 - B6, A6 - B5
7. round (Sunday morning):
For 1st place: Winner A1/B2 -- Winner A2/B1
For 3rd place: Loser A1/B2 -- Loser A2/B1
For 5th place: Winner A3/B4 -- Winner A4/B3
For 7th place Loser A3/B4 -- Loser A4/B3
For 9th place: Winner A5/B6 -- Winner A6/B5
For 11th place Loser A5/B6 -- Loser A6/B5
Tournament prize-chart
Prize-money Grand Prix Final 2023 - London 28-31 December 2023
€ 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th Budget
1 Qualification Grand Prix Final 2023 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 3.000
2 For each won game in R1,2,3,4 and 5 100 x* x* x* x* y* `y* y* y* z* z* z* z* 3.000
3 Qualification for Halffinal (1-4 after 5 rounds) 600 600 600 600 600 2.400
4 Game win in Halffinal top 4 (R6) 250 250 250 500
5 Game win in final round top 4 (R7) 300 / 150 300 150 450
6 Qualification for Halffinal (5-8 after 5 rounds) 250 250 250 250 250 1.000
7 Game win in Halffinal 5-8 (R6) 150 150 150 300
8 Game win in final round 5-8 (R7) 150 / 100 150 100 250
9 Game win in Halffinal 9-12 (R6) 100 100 100 200
10 Game win in final round 9-12 (R7) 100 100 100 200
------------
11.300
Player's prize-money (without rounds 1 to 5) 1400 1100 1000 850 800 650 600 500 450 350 350 250
line 2: x* = € 500, 400 or 300
y* = € 400, 300, 200 or 100
z* = € 300, 200, 100 or zero
Maximal prize-money (including rounds 1 to 5) 1900 1600 1500 1350 1200 1050 1000 900 750 650 650 550
Photos & Articles
