The European Youth Go Championship concluded on the 17th of October.
The winner in the U16 category was Alexandr Muromcev 5d from Russia. Alexandr is a recent sensation of the European go scene. In the Russian Cup which took place in Vladivostok in June, he defeated Stanisław Frejlak 7d - one of the strongest European amateurs. Alexandr also played on the fourth board of the Russian team in the Pandanet Go European Team Championship final and will fight for the title of professional in the European Professional Qualification at the end of this month.
In the October edition of the European Go Journal, you will find a review of the decisive game from the last round in the U16 category played between Alexandr and Vsevolod Ovsiienko 4d from Ukraine.
This year the European Youth Go Championship (EYGC) took place online from the 15th until the 17th of October. It brought together more than 131 participants.
On the website of the European Go Journal, we shared an article taken from the October edition of our magazine: an overview of this year’s EYGC and commentary written by the tournament organizers - Cătălin Țăranu and Damir Medak: https://eurogojournal.com/blog/online-eygc-2021
Picture: impression of the EYGC 2018 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Photo by Dmytro Kataiev
In the October edition of the European Go Journal you will find a review of the final game of the 40th Female Honinbo title match between Fujisawa Rina 5p and Hoshiai Shiho 3p.
Picture: Fujisawa Rina 5p (left) and Hoshiai Shiho 3p (right).
In the October edition of our magazine, we will include an overview of the recently concluded Pro Qualification, while in the November edition we will review one of the final games and will ask Stanisław for a brief interview.
In the February edition of the European Go Journal, available for downloading free of charge, you can find a big interview with Stanisław Frejlak: https://eurogojournal.com/editions/february-2021
An interview with Gabriel Wagner 4d, the manager of the EGF Academy.
A general overview of professional system in Europe and the 6th European Professional Qualification – a tournament which saw Stanisław Frejlak become 1-dan professional.
Reports on the European Youth Go Championship written by its organizers - Cătălin Țăranu 5p and Damir Medak 2k.
A detailed commentary on one of the most exciting games of the European Youth Go Championship Under-16, played between Vsevolod Ovsiienko 4d and Alexandr Muromcev 5d.
A review of the decisive game of the 40th Women’s Honinbo title match between Hoshiai Shiho 3p and Fujisawa Rina 5p.
A story about an enormous 43 by 43 go board, written by Theo van Ees.
The next chapter of the Thirty-Six Stratagems, presented by Dai Junfu 8d, illustrating tactics used in warfare through examples from games of go.
Breathtaking tesujis compiled by Alexander Dinerchtein 3p.