CEGO Grand Slam 2023

Title: CEGO Grand Slam 2023
Date: 19-22 October 2023
Venue: Prague, Czechia
 Address: 
--  National library, Klementinum 190 (Thursday)
-- Faculty of mathematics and physics, Malostranske nam. 25 (Friday to Sunday)
 
Host announcement: https://www.praguegrandslam.com
Sponsored by: CEGO

This is an invitation-tournament of the European Go Federation for 16 players.

Winner: Mateusz Surma (3p)
Runner up: Fredrik Blomback (7d)
Third place: Pavol Lisy (2p)

EGD: TBA

CEGO Grand Slam 2022

Pairings / Results


Sponsors:

CEGO

Tournament details:

Ruleset: Chinese rules, 7.5 Komi
Fischer Time: 75 minutes basic, 30 seconds additional per move:

Thursday 19th October: 14:00
14:30  -- 19:30		 Opening / Drawing
First round
Friday 20th October: 12:00  -- 17:00 Quarter-final
Saturday 21st October: 12:00  -- 17:00 Semi-finals and games for places 5-8
Sunday 22nd October 12:00  -- 17:00 
18:00         		 Games for 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th place
Prizegiving / Closing
 
Prize money: 
  • 9th - 16th place: € 250
  • 8th place: € 450
  • 7th place: € 550
  • 6th place: € 650
  • 5th place: € 750
  • 4th place: € 1.000
  • 3rd place: € 2.000
  • Runner-up: € 4.000
  • Champion: € 10.000
Grand Slam tournaments are played with Chinese rules. The EGF guarantees broadcasting on the web, referees, and professional commentary.
We will broadcast on OGS (Userids EGFx-y) and on twitch (EGF channel)

Qualified players:
  1. Artem Kachanovskyi, 2p (Ukraine)
  2. Andrii Kravets, 1p (Ukraine)
  3. Ali Jabarin, 2p (Israel)
  4. Benjamin Drean-Guenaizia, 7d (France)
  5. Jonas Welticke, 7d (Germany)
  6. Lukas Podpera, 7d (Czechia)
  7. Mateusz Surma, 3p (Poland)
  8. Pavol Lisy, 2p (Slovakia)
  9. Stanisław Frejlak, 1p (Poland)
  10. Cornel Burzo, 6d (Romania)
  11. Jan Simara, 1p (Czechia)
  12. Dominik Boviz, 6d (Hungary)
  13. Matias Pankoke, 6d (Germany)
  14. Nikola Mitic, 7d (Serbia)
  15. Vsevolod Ovsiienko, 5d (Ukraine)
  16. Fredrik Blomback, 7d (Sweden)

Tournament for 16 players
  • Each player must be a citizen of an EGF member-country for at least 10 years
  • Each player must be "active" in the EGD
Qualification
  • 8 Professionals certified by EGF
  • 3 spots for highest bonus points 
  • 3 spots through qualification just before the Grand Slam 
  • 1 wild card (given by CEGO)
  • 1 wild card (given by EGF)
Photos
  • Album (to be added during the event)

Contacts:  Martin Stiassny, [email protected], mobile: +49 170 4966056