1. European Go Grand Slam Tournament

Winner of the Grand Slam 2015: Ilya Shikshin
Runner up Mateusz Surma
Thrid Ali Jabarin

Title: 1. European Go Grand Slam Tournament
Date: 3rd - 6th April 2015
Venue: Berlin / Germany, Chinese Culture Center ("Chinesisches Kulturzentrum"), Klingelhöferstraße 21, 10785 Berlin http://c-k-b.eu
Address: Klingelhöferstraße 21, 10785 Berlin

This is an invitation-tournament of the European Go Federation for 12 players with one preliminary round and 3 final rounds. The 4 winners of the 8 participants in the preliminary-round qualify for the three final rounds. The Professional players, certified by the EGF in 2014 and 2015, are already qualified for the final rounds. More details about the qualification are on the European Grand Prix page: /grandprix

The 4 players who lost their game in the preliminary round, can participate in the 6th China Cup, starting on Saturday. More details about this tournament (6 rounds, 4-6th April, same location, 1.prize 1.000 Euro) http://turniere.govb.de/ccb/news.php.

Tournament details:

Ruleset: Chinese rules, 7.5 Komi
Basic time: 150 minutes
Overtime: One minute 5 times

Schedule:
Friday 3rd April: 10:00 
10:15 		 Opening
Preliminary round
Saturday 4th April: 9:30  Quarter-final
Sunday 5th April: 9:30  Halffinals and games for places 5-8
Monday 6th April: 9:30 
10:00 
17:00 		 Games for 3rd, 5th and 7th place
Final
Closing ceremony
 

Prize money: 
  • 8th place: € 500
  • 7th place: € 600
  • 6th place: € 700
  • 5th place: € 800
  • 4th place: € 1.250
  • 3rd place: € 2.500
  • Runner-up: € 5.000
  • Champion: € 10.000
Grand Slam tournaments are played with Chinese rules. The EGF guarantees broadcasting on the web, referees and professional commentary.

Qualified players:
  • Pavol Lisy 1p
  • Ali Jabarin 1p
  • Ilya Shikshin 1p
  • Alexander Dinerchtein 3p
  • Mateusz Surma 1p
  • Catalin Taranu 5p
  • Cristian Pop 7d
  • Fredrik Blomback 6d
  • Ondrej Silt 6d
  • Viktor Lin 6d
  • Andrii Kravets 6d
  • Artem Kachanovskyi 6d
  • Cornel Burzo 6d (reserve player)

Results:

Main Referee: Li Ting, 1p

Photos by Harry van der Krogt

Professionals (teaching, live-comments): Zhao Baolong (2p) and Yoon Young-sun (8p)
Sponsors: CEGO, EGF, Ge Yuhong Go Academy (Beijing), Chinese Culture Center Berlin
Contacts:  Martin Stiassny, [email protected]
Bernhard Runge, [email protected]