22nd European Youth Go Championships

Grenoble, FR, 18th - 20th February 2017

This took place at Grenoble university IUT1 buildings downtown, Grenoble, France.

92 under-12s, 79 under-16s and 52 under-20s took part.

Winner in the under-12 section was Ivan Klochikhin (4k) from Russia with 6 wins. Second was Stefan Adrian Rotarita (5k) from Romani with 5 wins and The next place-winners with 4 wins were from Ukraine, Russia and France.

Under-16 was won by Oscar Vazquez (3d Spain) with 6 wins. Second was Valerii Krushelnytskyi (4d Ukraine) with five wins. The next place-winners with 4 wins were from Russia, Germany and Romania.

At under-20 Vjacheslav Kajmin (5d Russia) was first, second Grigorij Fionin (6d Russia). The players on 4 wins were from Russia, Germany, Romania and Bulgaria.

Tournament report by Dominique Cornuejols

Qualified for international youth championships are:

Globis Cup, 20-23 of Aplril 2017, Tokyo, Japan

Viacheslav Kaymin, Russia, the winner of U20 section

WYGC, very probably 19-24 of July 2017, Thailand

U16 section

Oscar Vazquez, Spain
Valerii Krushelnytskyi, Ukraine
Kim Shakhov, Russia

U12 section

Stefan Adrian Rotarita, Romania
Vsevolod Ovsiienko, Ukraine
Cyan Touzot, France