The 2nd Qinling Mountains Cup Silk Road International City Weiqi Tournament will start tomorrow! The tournament is held in Xi'an, China from October 9th till October 11th 2015.
Today, 19 representatives from Europe, our president Martin Stiassny and 18 players have attended the opening ceremony of the 2nd edition of this tournament. Together,players from 21 cities from 13 countries will participate in this team competition.

Martin's speech at the opening ceremony.


In the 1st Qinling Mountains Cup, Europe was very succesful. Pavol Lisy got the Champion followed by Ali Jabarin, that time the two new EGF professionals. We will follow the tournament. Will someone from Europe be the Champion again? Let's see.

Prize giving of the 1st Qinling Mountains Cup, Xian.


Details:
9 rounds, swiss system
Chinese rules,
Thinking time: 60 minutes sudden death.
From China, only amateur players not younger than 25 years old and must be from a city west from Xian can participate.
Participation fee: 2.000 RMB per team (667 RMB per player)

Results:

First two boards are broadcasted on Tygem/Wbaduk.
Round 1 
62 players started in Round 1.
18 players from Europe, everyone played against a Chinese opponent.
10 players have won their games: Grigorij Fionin, Tanguy Le Calve, Benjamin Teuber, Johannes Obenaus, Artem Kachanovskyi, Andrii Kravets, Pavol Lisy, Mateusz Surma (by 1,5), Lukáš Podpěra (by time), Ali Jabarin.
8 players have lost their games: Timur Sankin lost against Chinese 6 dan. Alexandr Dinerstein, Agzam Ismail-Akhunov, Kim Shakhov, André D'Alès, Lukas Krämer, Valerii Krushelnytskyi, Jonathan Lidor have lost against Chinese opponents.

Round 2 
2 "European" pairings:
Pavol Lisy vs. Artem Kachanovskyi
Kim Shakhov vs. Valerii Krushelnytskyi

8 players have won their games. Pavol Lisy(against Artem), Kim Shakhov (against Valerii), Tanguy Le Calve, Johannes Obenaus (by 0,5), Timur Sankin, Alexandr Dinerstein, Jonathan Lidor, Lukas Kramer
10 players have lost... Ali Jabarin lost against Thai 5 dan (by a bad move), Andrii Kravets against Chinese 6dan, Mateusz Surma against Malaysian 5 dan (by 5,5), Lukas Podpera against someone from China (by 6,5), Benjamin Teuber against someone from China (by 1,5), Grigorij Fionin, Agzam Ismail-Akhunov, Andre D Ales, Artem Kachanovskyi (against Pavol), Valerii Krushelnytskyi (against Kim).

2 points: Tanguy Le Calve, Pavol Lisy, Johannes Obenaus
0 points: Agzam Ismail-Akhunov, Andre D Ales, Valerii Krushelnytskyi
1 points: all the others. 

Round 3
1 "European" pairing:

Lukas Podpera vs. Timur Sankin

11 players have won. Tanguy Le Calve beat a Chinese 6 dan(by 3,5), Lukas Podpera (against Timur, by 14,5), Alexandr Dinerstein, Jonathan Lidor, Ali Jabarin, Andrii Kravets, Mateusz Surma, Artem Kachanovskyi, Kim Shakhov, Andre D Ales, Valerii Krushelnytskyi
7 players have lost. Pavol Lisy lost against Chinese 5 dan, Johannes Obenaus lost against Thai 5 dan (Ali's opponent from 2nd round), Lukas Kramer, Grigorij Fionin, Agzam Ismail-Akhunov, Timur Sankin (against Lukas)

Only Tanguy Le Calve has 3 points out of 3 from Europeans. There are seven more players without a loss in the tournament.

We will attend a Forum tonight at 19:30.

Round 4
3 European pairings:

Alexandr Dinerstein vs. Kim Shakhov
Andre D Ales vs. Benjamin Teuber
Ali Jabarin vs. Johannes Obenaus

10 players have won their games. Alexandr Dinerstein (against Kim), Benjamin Teuber (against Andre), Ali Jabarin (against Johannes), Mateusz Surma (against Luo Gang), Lukas Podpera (against Krit from Thailand), Pavol Lisy (against Liang Zhije), Andrii Kravec (against Chinese 5 dan), Timur Sankin, Grigorii Fionin, Valerii Krushelnytskyi.
8 players have lost. Tanguy Le Calve (against Chinse 6 dan who beat Pavol and Lukas), Kim Shakhov (against Alexandr), Andre D Ales (against Benjamin), Johannes Obenaus (against Ali), Artem Kachanovskyi (against Chinese 5 dan), Lukas Kramer (against Cheng Khai Yong from Malaysia), Jonathan Lidor, Agzam Ismail-Akhunov.

There are 4 players with 4 wins in the tournament and 15 players with 3 wins. 7 out of them are European players.

Round 5

2 Europan pairings:
Alexandr Dinerstein vs. Pavol Lisy
Ali Jabarin vs. Lukas Podpera

8 players won, 10 lost.
Round 6

3 European pairings:
Mateusz Surma vs. Tanguy Le Calve
Artem Kachanovskyi vs. Jonathan Lidor
Johannes Obenaus vs. Timur Sankin

12 players have won, 6 players lost.
Alexandr Dinerstein was defeated by a Chinese 6 dan player.
Agzam Ismail-Akhunov was unpaired.

After 6 rounds: 
1 player with 6 wins
6 players with 5 wins (from Europe 3: Pavol, Mateusz, Lukas)
14 players with 4 wins (from Europe 4: Ali, Artem, Andrii, Tanguy)

Round 7

1 European pairing
Artem Kachanovskyi vs. Tanguy Le Calve

Pavol has lost against undefeated player. (by 4,5. Pavol had 1 second left) Lukas lost against Chinese 5 dan (who beat Lukas K., Pavol and Tanguy, by 4,5 as well)
Mateusz has 6 points out of 7.
Ali, Pavol, Lukas P., Artem and Andrii have 5 points out of 7

All together:
1 undefeated player
3 players with 6/7
10 players with 5/7

Round 8

2 European pairings:
Lukas Podpera vs. Andrii Kravec
Tanguy Le Calve vs. Grigorii Fionin

Mateusz will play against undefeated player.
Ali will play against Chinese opponent. Mateusz's opponent from last round (They also played last year in the 9th round, Ali has lost that game.)
Artem plays against Ke Yang, chinese 6 dan. He beat Alexandr Dinerstein in 6th round and finished 5th place last year.
Pavol is paired against Krit Jamkachorkiat, 4 dan from Thailand

Round 9
starts 16:00

European pairing:
Ali Jabarin vs. Pavol Lisy

1 player is undefeated.
1player has 7/8
7 players have 6/8 (out of them 5 from Europe: Ali, Pavol, Mateusz, Artem, Andrii

Artem plays against the untefeated player.
Mateusz plays against the player with 7 wins.
Andrii plays against a Chinese opponent (who beat Lukas K., Pavol, Tanguy, Lukas P.)
Pavol plays against Ali.

FINAL RESULTS:

1. Li Xu 
2-3. Mateusz Surma
2-3. Pavol Lisy
... 
6. Andrij Kravec
8. Lukas Podpera
...
11. Artem Kachanovskyi
12. Ali Jabarin
15. Grigorii Fionin
21. Tanguy Le Calve
23. Johannes Obenaus
24. Alexandr Dinerstein

The team competition:
1. Team Central Europe
2. Team Luoyang
3. Team Ukraine
4. Team Qinling
5. Team Lanzhou
6. Team Russia (Grigorii, Alexandr, Timur)

Mateusz and Pavol had same SOS & SOSOS. They had to draw who will be officially second. Mateusz is 2nd place, Pavol is 3rd place. Actually, they are both 2nd and 3rd, they share the price.
We will attend the closing ceremony at 18:30 now.

Final Results (in Chinese)

Results

Name	Rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total	Placement
Ali Jabarin	1p	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	6	12.
Alexandr Dinerstein	3p	-	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	-	5	24.
Pavol Lisy	1p	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	7	2-3.
Mateusz Surma	1p	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	7	2-3.
Lukas Podpera	6d	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	6	8.
Artem Kachanovskyi	7d	+	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	6	11.
Andrii Kravec	6d	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	7	6.
Lukas Kraemer	6d	-	+	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	3	47.
Tanguy Le Calve	6d	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	+	5	20.
Timur Sankin	6d	-	+	-	+	-	+	-	+	+	5	27.
Grigorii Fionin	6d	+	-	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	6	15.
Benjamin Teuber	6d	+	-	-	+	-	+	-	+	-	4	34.
Johannes Obenaus	5d	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	5	23.
Jonathan Lidor	5d	+	-	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	5	29.
Agzam Ismail-Akhunov	4d	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	3	54.
Valerii Krushelnytskyi	4d	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	+	-	4	39.
Andre D Ales	4d	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	+	+	4	42.
Kim Shakhov	3d	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	3	46.

Schedule:

Friday 8.10
1st round 9:00
2nd round 14:00
3rd round 16:30

Saturaday 9.10
1st round 9:00
2nd round 14:00
3rd round 16:30

Sunday 10.10
1st round 9:00
2nd round 13:30
3rd round 16:00

Prices

Same as last year.

1st 60.000 RMB ~ 6700 EUR (after tax)
2nd 30.000 RMB ~ 3300 EUR (after tax)
3rd 15.000 RMB ~ 1700 EUR (after tax)
4th 8.000 RMB ~ 900 EUR (after tax)
5th 5.000 RMB ~ 550 EUR (after tax)
6th 3.000 RMB ~ 330 EUR (after tax)
7th 2.000 RMB ~ 220 EUR (after tax)
8th 2.000 RMB ~ 220 EUR (after tax)

The prices are for an individual player.

Registered participants from Europe

1) Team Russia 1:
(Ilja Shikshin 1p) - won't participate
Alexandr Dinerstein 3p 
Timur Sankin 6d

2) Team Russia 2:
Grigorij Fionin 6d
Agzam Ismail-Akhunov 4d
Kim Shakhov 3d

3) Team France:
Tanguy Le Calvé 6d
(Rémi Campagnie 5d) won't participate
André D'Alès 4d4)

Team Germany:
Lukas Krämer 6d
Benjamin Teuber 6d
Johannes Obenaus 5d

5)Team Ukraine:
Artem Kachanovskyi 7d
Andrii Kravets 6d
Valerii Krushelnytskyi 4d

6) Team Central Europe:
Pavol Lisy 1p (Slovakia) last year's Champion
Mateusz Surma 1p (Poland)
Lukáš Podpěra 6d (Czech Republic)

7) Team Eastern Europe:
Ali Jabarin 1p (Israel) last year's Runner-up
(Cristian Pop 7d (Romania)) - won't participate
Jonathan Lidor 5d (Israel)

Unfortunately, Ilya Shikshin Cristian Pop and Rémi Campagnie did not arrive. Ilya Shikshin had problems with his visa.