A major open tournament in Slovenia started in one of the nicest area in Europe: lake Bled. It is the 34th edition, always in the first half of April. Last year, Lukas Podpera, 7d, won the tournament ahead of Stjepan Medak and Roko Crvelin.
This year, the field was very strong again with top seeds Koichiro Habu, 5d, from Poland, Stjepan Medak, 4d, from Croatia, Zbynek and Bartik Dach, both 4d, from Czechia, Andrej Kralj, 3d, from Slovenia, Roko Crvelin, 3d, from Croatia, Anton Silfver, 3d, from Sweden and Dragan Dubakovic, 3d, from Serbia in the “Super Group”. With 19 dan players in total, we had 6 interesting rounds.
At the end, we had a clear winner: Stjepan Medak won all games and advanced to 5 dan. Koichiro Habu, 5d was clear second with 5/6, and Bartik Dach, 4d was clear third with 4/6.
The final standings in the European Go Database
Two games from each round were broadcast using AI IZIS boards with announcements on OGS:
Round 1:
Koichiro Habu (b) vs Stjepan Medak (w) 0-1
Zbynek Dach (b) vs Bartik Dach (w) 0-1
Round 2:
Stjepan Medak (b) vs Bartik Dach (w) 1-0
Roko Crvelin (b) vs Anton Silfver (w) 0-1
Round 3:
Anton Silfver (b) vs Stjepan Medak (w) 0-1
Bartik Dach (b) vs Tadej Tukara (w) 1-0
Round 4:
Stjepan Medak (b) vs Roko Crvelin (w) 1- 0
Bartik Dach (b) vs Koichiro Habu (w) 0-1
Round 5:
Teo Sladetic, 1d (b) vs Stjepan Medak, 4d (w) 1-0
Anton Silfver, 3d (b) vs Koichiro Habu 5d (w) 0-1
Round 6:
Stjepan Medak, 4d (b) vs Oliver Skocic, 1d (w) 1-0
Roko Crvelin, 3d (b) vs Koichiro Habu 5d (w) 0-1
