2nd Transatlantic Professional Go League

Final standings, top four:

Winner	Ryan Li 3p
Runner-up	Kevin Yang 1p
3rd place	Ilya Shikshin 4p
4th place	Artem Kachanovskyi 2p

Starting from 2 April 2022 the EGF professionals, Ryan Li 3p, and two NAGF amateurs play in an online league at https://online-go.com every Saturday and Sunday at 18:00 CET/CEST.

One match is played per day: a single pair of participants will play a best-of-three match, switching colours. Another participant will comment on the games live on the EGF Twitch channel.

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Organizers: European Professional Committee.

Participants:

EGF: Ilya Shikshin 4p, Artem Kachanovskyi 2p, Pavol Lisy 2p, Ali Jabarin 2p, Andrii Kravets 1p, Tanguy Le Calvé 1p, Stanisław Frejlak 1p
NAGF: Ryan Li 3p, Brady Zhang 7d, Kevin Yang 7d

Tournament system: after the preliminaries for amateurs, the players will be divided into two groups (A and B). Each group will play a round robin, followed by a play-off:

Quarterfinal: A2 vs B3, B2 vs A3
Semifinal: A1 vs B2 or A3, B1 vs A2 or B3
Final

Time control: 5 minutes basic time, three periods of 30 seconds per move byo-yomi.

Tie-breaker: SODOS, win-loss difference, mutual game, additional games.

Prize money: 1st place: €1.600, 2nd place: €900, 3rd place: €600, 4th place: €400.

Sponsors and partners:

Group A

Name	Rank	RL	AJ	AnK	TC	BZ	Score	SODOS	W/L diff	Place
Ryan Li	3p		W-R B+R W+7.5	B+R W+T	B+R W+2.5	B+R W+11.5	4			I
Ali Jabarin	2p	B+R W-R B-7.5		W+2.5 B-R B-R	W+10.5 B+R	B+R W-R B+17.5	2	2	1	II
Andrii Kravets	1p	W-R B-T	B-2.5 W+R W+R		B+R W+R	W-R B+2.5 B-8.5	2	2	0	IV
Tanguy Le Calve	1p	W-R B-2.5	B-10.5 W-R	W-R B-R		B-R W-R	0
Brady Zhang	7d	W-R B-11.5	W-R B+R W-17.5	B+R W-2.5 W+8.5	W+R B+R		2	2	0	III

Group B

Name	Rank	IS	ArK	PL	SF	KY	Score	SODOS	Win/Loss diff	Place
Ilya Shikshin	4p		B+R W+8.5	B+R W-2.5 W-11.5	B+10.5 W+R	W-R B-R	2	2	1	II
Artem Kachanovskyi	2p	W-R B-8.5		B+0.5 W-R B+R	B+R W-R W+12.5	B+R W-R B-R	2	2	-1	III
Pavol Lisy	2p	W-R B+2.5 B+11.5	W-0.5 B+R W-R		W+R B-R W+R	B-R W-R	2	2	-1	IV
Stanisław Frejlak	1p	W-10.5 B-R	W-R B+R B-12.5	B-R W+R B-R		W-38.5 B-4.5	0
Kevin Yang	7d	B+R W+R	W-R B+R W+R	W+R B+R	B+38.5 W+4.5		4			I

Quarter-finals:
Ilya Shikshin 4p vs. Brady Zhang 7d
Ilya won 2-0 | W+R | B+R |

Ali Jabarin 2p vs. Artem Kachanovskyi 2p
Artem won 2-1 | W-9.5 | B+R | B+R |

Semi-finals:
Ryan Li 3p vs. Ilya Shikshin 4p
Ryan won 2-0 | W+R | B+R |

Kevin Yang 1p vs. Artem Kachanovskyi 2p
Kevin won 2-0 | W+R | B+R |

Match for 3rd place:
Ilya Shikshin 4p vs. Artem Kachanovskyi 2p
Ilya won 2-0 | W+R | B+R |

Final:
Ryan Li 3p vs. Kevin Yang 1p
Ryan won 3-0 | W+T | B+R | W+R |

Past seasons: