Lanke Cup European Pro Qualification 2025

 The 8th European Pro Qualification will take place on February 10-16th at the Go7 Go Club in Vienna, with 12 candidates to become the 10th European Pro! They will play a round robin (11 rounds). Six boards will be broadcasted and games will be reviewed live on Twitch.
Go7 will host the Professional Go Championship from the 13th of February, thus the broadcasted games will be split between the two events.
Below, you will find all the relevant information and updates for the pairings and rounds.

The event is sponsored by Lanke Quzhou, organised by the EGF and Go7 and supported by the Austrian Go Federation.


Date:
From Monday to Sunday, February 10 - 16  2025
Place: Vienna, Go7 - Location of Vienna Go-Club, Lerchenfelder Str. 97, 1080 Wien (map)
Sponsors: This tournament is supported by Lanke Quzhou
Supported by: EGF
EGD:


Pairings / Results

 (cf rules for the pairing table)

10th Feb 15:15 Round 1 1 - 12 2 - 11 3 - 10 4 - 9 5 - 8 6 - 7
11th Feb 10:15 Round 2 12 - 7 8 - 6 9 - 5 10 - 4 11 - 3 1 - 2
11th Fev 15:15 Round 3 2 - 12 3 - 1 4 - 11 5 - 10 6 - 9 7 - 8
12th Feb 10:15 Round 4 12 - 8 9 - 7 10 - 6 11 - 5 1 - 4 2 - 3
12th Feb 15:15 Round 5 3 - 12 4 - 2 5 - 1 6 - 11 7 - 10 8 - 9
13th Feb 10:15 Round 6 12 - 9 10 - 8 11 - 7 1 - 6 2 - 5 3 - 4
13th Feb 15:15 Round 7 4 - 12  5 - 3 6 - 2 7 - 1 8 - 11 9 - 10
14th Feb 10:15 Round 8 12 - 10 11 - 9 1 - 8 2 - 7 3 - 6 4 - 5
14th Feb 15:15 Round 9 5 - 12 6 - 4 7 - 3 8 - 2 9 - 1 10 - 11
15th Feb 10:15 Round 10 12 - 11 1 - 10 2 - 9 3 - 8 4 - 7 5 - 6
15th Feb 15:15 Round 11 6 - 12 7 - 5 8 - 4 9 - 3 10 - 2 11 - 1
 

The games are broadcasted, you will find all of them at gogameslive.eu. A live stream from the event is available here.
Game commentaries will take place on the EGF Twitch (all rounds), 30 minutes after the start, with Ondrej Kruml 6d, Elian Grigoriu 6d and Fredrik Blomback 7d.

Time Table

Monday 10th February:  Opening  / Drawing   at 14:30
   1st round at 15:15               
Tuesday 11th February:
  2rd round at 10:15    3rd round at 15:15
Wednesday 12th February:   4th round at 10:15    5th round at 15:15                        
Thursday 13th February:
  6th round at 10:15
   7th round at 15:15
Friday 14th February:
  8th round at 10:15
   9th round at 15:15
Saturday 15th February:       
  10th round at 10:15
   11th round at 15:15
Sunday 16th February
  1st Tie-break round at 10:15 (optional)
   2nd Tie-break round at 14:00 (optional)

Participants


Tournament Overview


In the EGF Professional Qualification System (EPQS) – qualification protocol – Version 5.0 you can find the setup of the qualification with more details about the selection criteria and the mode and rules of the qualification tournament. In the EGF Professional Go System Constitution you find all the details about the rights and duties of the new European go professionals. 

Number of participants: 12
Tournament mode: Round Robin
Ruleset: Chinese rules (so 7.5 Komi), no nigiri, EGF rule for removing opponent's stones (see EPQS rules)
Thinking Time: Fischer time with 45 minutes basic time and 20 seconds additional per move
Referee-team: Li Ting / Damir Medak
Tournament-leaders: Mirta Medak / Martin Stiassny

Photos & Articles

Photos (2021) by Harry van der Krogt