The 4th Silk Road International City Weiqi Tournament takes place this year in Tianshui, China. 13 European players have come this year to fight for generous prizes and the title. 2017's European champion and the winner of 3rd Silk Road Tournament Ilya Shikshin 1p is also participating. Can he defend his title?

Among the 13 European participants there are 4 professional players and 6 players from the CEGO Academic Programme 2017/2018.

The European participants:
Ilya Shikshin 1p
Artem Kachanovskyi 1p
Ali Jabarin 1p
Pavol Lisy 1p
Nikola Mitic 6d (CEGO)
Stanislaw Frejlak 6d (CEGO)
Matias Pankoke 5d (CEGO)
Elian Grigoriu 4d (CEGO)
Andre D'Ales 4d
Chafiq Bantla 4d
Gabriel Wagner 4d
Arved Pittner 3d (CEGO)
Virginia Shalneva 3d (CEGO)
... among other participants from China.

Details:
8 rounds, Swiss system
Chinese rules,
Thinking time: 50 minutes main time + 2 times 10 seconds byo-yomi.
Participation 667 RMB per player

1 game is broadcasted on WBaduk.

Schedule:

Tuesday, October 10th
1st round 9:00
2nd round 14:00
3rd round 16:30

Wednesday, October 11th
4th round 9:00
5th round 14:00
6th round 16:30

Thursday, October 12th
7th round 9:00
8th round 14:00

The times are in Chinese Time, GMT+8

Prizes:

1st 60.000 RMB 
2nd 30.000 RMB 
3rd 15.000 RMB 
4th 8.000 RMB  
5th 5.000 RMB  
6th 3.000 RMB 
7th 2.000 RMB
8th 2.000 RMB 

Update after round 7:
- Another Chinese player beat Li Xu, Zhou Yo bear Xiao Liao Tao , Pavol also beat someone from China. Everyone from Europe with only two losses has won.
-There is noone with 7 wins.
-There's 4 players with only one loss: Li Xu, Zhou Yo, Pavol Lisy and another Chinese player. Noone is undefeated.
-There are 8 players with two losses: Ilya Shikshin, Artem Kachanovskyi, Ali Jabarin, Nikola Mitic, Stanislaw Frejlak, Xiao Liao Tao and another 2 Chinese players.

Name	Rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total	Placement
Ilya Shikshin	1p	+	+(girl)	-(xlt*)	+	-	+	+	+(Nikola)	6	6.
Artem Kachanovskyi	1p	-(Pavol)	+(Chafiq)	+(Andre)	-(Ma Q.)	+(girl)	+	+	-(Ali)	5	14.
Ali Jabarin	1p	+	+	+	- (Pavol)	+	-(Zhou Yo)	+	+(Artem)	6	5.
Pavol Lisy	1p	+(Artem)	+	+(Zhou Yo)	+(Ali)	+ (xlt)	-(Li Xu)	+	-	6	4.
Nikola Mitic	6d	+	+	+	-(xlt)	+	-	+	-(Ilya)	5	8.
Stanislaw Frejlak	6d	-(7d)	+	+	- (Zhou Yo)	+	+	+	+	6	10.
Matias Pankoke	5d	+	-(7d)	-	+ (Elian)	+	-	+	-	4	23.
Elian Grigoriu	4d	+	-(xlt)	-	-(Matias)	+	-	-(Virginia)	-	2	44.
Andre D'Ales	4d	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	2	47.
Chafiq Bantla	4d	-	-	+(Gabriel)	-	-	-	+	+	3	46.
Gabriel Wagner	4d	-	-	-(Chafiq)	+	-	-(Virginia)	+	+	3	43.
Arved Pittner	3d	-	+	-	+	-	-	+	-	3	38.
Virginia Shalneva	3d	-	-	-	+	-	+(Gabriel)	+(Elian)	+	4	35.

(*)Notes :
 
Xiao Liao Tao (xlt)= Last year's 9th place.
Li Xu = 2nd Silk road champion.
7d = A 7d player from Tianshui, participating for the first time.
After 3 rounds, there's 6 undefeated players: Ali Jabarin, Pavol Lisy, Nikola Mitic, Li Xu, "7d" and "Xiao Liao Tao.
After 4 rounds the unbeaten are: Pavol Lisy, Li Xu and Xiao Liao Tao.
After 6 rounds, only Li Xu is unbeaten, who beat Pavol Lisy in 6th round.
Li Xu lost to another Chinese player in the 7th round.

See also 2nd Silk Road Tournament
See also 3rd Silk Road Tournament