January & February 2025 Edition of the European Go Journal
Format:
Highlights:
- A report on the 8th European Professional Qualification and 8th European Professional Championship, with complete game collections from both tournaments (SGF and PDF)
- An interview with the newly-certified European professional, Benjamin Dréan-Guénaïzia, accompanied by his commentary on the deciding game he played against Lukáš Podpěra 7d
- Commentary by Artem Kachanovskyi 3p on chosen fragments from all his games played in the 8th European Professional Championship
- An explanation of the incident from the final match of the 29th LG Cup, when Ke Jie 9p lost because of a new tournament rule
- “The Mystery of Go”, an article by Joan Lluís i Rabassó
- The last of the Thirty-Six Stratagems presented by Dai Junfu 8d, Art & Photography and much more
Number of pages: 55
Contents:
Preface
1
War and Go – Report from Ukraine
3
European Go News
4
Valerii Krushelnytskyi 7d Wins European Grand Prix Finale 2024
4
Oh Chimin 8d Wins TIGGRE – Ellie Cup
5
Andrii Kravets 2p Wins European Professional Championship
6
Benjamin Dréan-Guénaïzia 7d Wins European Professional Qualification
7
Interview with Benjamin Dréan-Guénaïzia, New European Professional
9
Game Commentary: 8th European Professional Qualification, Lukáš Podpěra 7d vs. Benjamin Dréan-Guénaïzia 7d
13
Game Commentary: Fragments from European Professional Championship
20
Artem Kachanovskyi 3p vs. Li Ting 1p
20
Tanguy Le Calvé 1p vs. Artem Kachanovskyi 3p
22
Artem Kachanovskyi 3p vs. Jan Šimara 1p
23
Andrii Kravets 2p vs. Artem Kachanovskyi 3p
25
Artem Kachanovskyi 3p vs. Ali Jabarin 2p
27
Stanisław Frejlak 1p vs. Artem Kachanovskyi 3p
29
World Go News
31
Mi Yuting 9p Wins 34th Mingren
31
Team Subo’er Hangzhou Wins Chinese A League
31
Byun Sangil 9p Wins 29th LG Cup
32
South Korea Wins 26th Nongshim Cup
34
Shin Jinseo 9p Wins 1st Nanyang Cup
34
Art & Photography
35
Ofer Zivony – Portrait of Benjamin Dréan-Guénaïzia, 2025
35
Alizée Chabin – Vendée Globe, 2025
36
Photo Collage from 8th European Professional Championship, 2025
37
Photo Collage from 8th European Professional Qualification, 2025
39
The Mystery of Go
41
Thirty-Six Stratagems. No. 36: If All Else Fails, Retreat
44
Guess the Next Move
48
Problems
52
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