The 42nd EGC, Mamaia - Congress Bulletin # 2 & # 3

Congress Bulletin # 2 & #3
The 42nd European GO Congress, Mamaia '98

HITACHI
Acesta este drumul victoriei
This is the way to victory

Contents

European Championship after 7 rounds
Lee Hyuk vs. Franz Josef Dickhut
Weekend Tournament results
Frank Janssen vs. Svetlana Chikchina
Profile of Mr. Harada
News from the Front Line
An Interview with Erik Puyt
Romanian Youth Championship & Room No. 9
EGF Internet Site & How to make new Friends
The 42nd Pair GO Tournament, with Game Commentary
GO for Beginners?
Grand Prix Tournament Calendar

Editorial
Hello!
In Bucharest there is a lunatic asylum called No. 9 which probably matches our little office, room no. 9. Beset by mosquitos, cockroaches and other disasters, we finally managed to publish this second issue, which is worth two issues, so that’s why we've call it Congress Bulletin 2 & 3. Hopefully we'll be able to produce one or two more.
Hope you enjoy it...

Stefana Stihi, Adelina Nicolae, Anne Tombarello, Denis Hanotin and Rob Kok.

European Championship After Seven Rounds
After seven rounds in the main tournament Lee Hyuk is heading for his second Open European Championship title. He won all his games so far. Robert Mateescu, who beat Sumikura Yasuyuki in round seven, has moved into second place. He is now favoured to become the next European Champion.
Svetlana Chikchina lost to Lee Hyuk and now shares third place with seven other players. On the next page you will find the fifth round game between Lee and Dickhut.
Below are the first 50 players after seven rounds.

PI. Name Str MMS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pt SOS SODOS
1 Lee Hyuk 7d 36 23+ 19+ 11+ 2+ 4+ 8+ 3+ 7
2 Mateescu, Robert 6d 35 7+ 18+ 3+ 1- 56+ 12+ 5+ 6
3 Chikchina, Svetlana 5d 34 9+ 17+ 2- 60+ 7+ 6+ 1- 5 237
4 Dickhut, Franz-Josef 6d 34 21+ 14+ 10+ 6+ 1- 5- 38+ 5 236
5 Sumikura Yasuyuki 6d 34 19- 24+ 16+ 15+ 9+ 4+ 2- 5 235
6 Gherman, Sorin 6d 34 44+ 12+ 15+ 4- 26+ 3- 16+ 5 232
7 Danek, Vladimir 6d 34 2- 28+ 32+ 36+ 3- 31+ 21+ 5 231 162
Gerlach, Cristoph 5d 34 30+ 11- 41+ 34+ 13+ 1- 12+ 5 231 162
9 Bogatskiy, Dmitriy 6d 34 3- 37+ 18+ 30+ 5- 35+ 13+ 5 230
10 Wataru, Miyakawa 6d 34 52+ 20+ 4- 12- 37+ 32+ 11+ 5 228.5
11 Mero, Csaba 5d 33 22+ 8+ 1- 27+ 12- 36+ 10- 4 235
12 BenMalek, Farid 6d 33 34+ 6- 57+ 10+ 11+ 2- 8- 4 233
13 Khmyrov, Andrei 6d 33 20- 25+ 33+ 23+ 8- 14+ 9- 4 232
14 Colmez, Pierre 5d 33 16+ 4- 22+ 26- 74+ 13- 39+ 4 229 129
15 Pel, Zhao 6d 33 32+ 39+ 6- 5- 44+ 16- 42+ 4 229 128
Laatikainen, Vesa 5d 33 14- 61+ 5- 64+ 17+ 15+ 6- 4 229 128
17 Janssen, Frank 6d 33 36+ 3- 27- 45+ 16- 48+ 30+ 4 228 128
18 Lazarev, Alexei 6d 33 91+ 2- 9- 38+ 34+ 21- 31+ 4 228 126
19 Gomenyuk, Andrei 5d 33 5+ 1- 34- 90+ 31- 60+ 36+ 4 227.5
20 Yatsenko, Dmitriy 6d 33 13+ 10- 26- 66+ 28- 84+! 35+ 4 226.5 126.5
Rehm, Robert 5d 33 4- 56+ 30- 61+ 52+ 18+ 7- 4 226.5 126.5
22 Nijhuis, Emit 5d 33 11- 40+ 14- 42+ 27- 66+ 33+ 4 226 127
23 Calota, Lucreţlu 5d 33 1- 97+ 39+ 13- 36- 45+ 56+ 4 226 125
24 Bogatskiy, Arkadiy 5d 33 64+ 5- 58+ 33- 63+ 52+! 32+ 5 222.5 156.5
25 Plyoushch, Yuri 4d 33 43+ 13- 40+ 31- 65+ 56+ 72+ 5 222
26 Shima, Hiroshi 6d 33 31+ 42+ 20+ 14+ 6- — — 4 220
27 Naoyuki, Kai 6d 33 76+ 52+ 17+ 11- 22+ — — 4 217.5
28 Watanabe, Keiko 5d 33 96+ 7- 50+ 91+ 20+ — — 4 215
29 Mutabzija, Zoran 5d 32V2 — — — — — 54+ 53+ 2 203
30 Verhagen, Rudi 5d 32 8- 65+ 21+ 9- 35- 50+ 17- 3 229
31 Deaconu, Lucian 5d 32 26- 68+ 59+ 25+ 19+ 7- 18- 4 228 128
32 Pomstra, Willem 5d 32 15- 35+ 7- 92+ 33+ 10- 24- 3 228 94
33 Gheorghiu, Valentin 5d 32 39- 46+ 13- 24+ 32- 37+ 22- 3 227 97
34 Bogdanov, Victor 6d 32 12- 90+ 19+ 8- 18- 38- 79+ 3 226V2 94.5
35 Siivola, Matti 5d 32 47+ 32- 62+ 39+ 30+ 9- 20- 4 226 127
36 Cioată, Daniel 5d 32 17- 119+ 91+ 7- 23+ 11- 19- 3 225.5
37 Cann, Desmond 4d 32 72+ 9- 47+ 57+ 10- 33- 68+ 4 225
38 Ghioc, Adrian 5d 32 119- 49+ 46+ 18- 40+ 34+ 4- 4 224.5
39 Bîscă, Mihal 5d 32 33+ 15- 23- 35- 93+ 62+ 14- 3 224
40 Hayashi, Takehiko 5d 32 63+ 22- 25- 68+ 38- 74+ 67+ 4 222
41 Jasiek, Robert 5d 32 69+ 58+ 8- 52- 50- 83+! 59+ 4 221 123.5
42 Omori, Hirobumi 5d 32 127+ 26- "82+! 22- 69+ 57+ 15- 4 221 122
43 Trunllin, Ilya 4d 32 25- 63+ 56- 44- 70+ 75+ 65+ 4 220
44 Heshe, Thomas 5d 32 6- 57- 90+ 43+ 15- — — 2 218.5
45 Uemura, Yoshiyuki 3d 32 98+ 127+ 67+ 17- 58+ 23- 60+ 5 218 152
46 Bro-Jorgensen, Ulrik 4d 32 59+ 33- 38- 71- 98+ 73+ 66+ 4 218 123
Paunic, Dragan 4d 32 35- 73+ 37.- 59- 101+ 63+ 64+ 4 218 123
48 Sannes, Pal 3d 32 70- 99+ 49+ 94+ 91+ 17- 58+ 5 217
49 Tautorat, Guido 3d 32 117+ 38- 48- 122+ 97+ 61+ 57+ 5 215.5
50 Soldan, Leszek 6d 32 — — 28- 95+ 41+ 30- 62+ 3 214

Game Commentary 1
Mamaia '98
Fifth round, July 31
Black: Lee Hyuk, 7 D (Kor)
White: Franz Josef Dickhut, 6 D (Ger)
Comments by Saijo Sensei, 8 D pro
Black wins by resignation
Lee and Dickhut were the only two players left unbeaten in the top group after four rounds, therefore this game could somehow be seen as a final.
Black 27: So far no mistakes, but this move is not good. Because of White's thickness this move should be played more tightly at A.
White 34: The development in diagram 1 is much faster and also White's shape is better.
White 40: It is not yet clear how White should attack the Black group. White 40 takes away some eye space, but is too slow. Saijo Sensei suggested an invasion at B and then decide on Black's answer how to attack. Note that a White move at C is sente on the Black corner, so Black has to be careful with answering an invasion at B.
Black 43: Black should defend his weak group with a move at D.
White 44: At E is the best move. Black will have a hard time defending his weak group.
Black 47: Black should answer normally at san-san.
Black 51: Overall Black is very thin. Giving White this ponnuki is very bad.
White 54 - Black 57: This exchange is unnecessary and weakens the ponnuki. White destroyed lots of other possibilities.
White 62: Should be at 64, if Black cuts with 66, White can just connect with the tesuji of A.
Black 69: This cut is too much. Black should just play nobi at 70.
Black 79: Loses two points.
White 84: Should be at 90. If Black then plays as in the game, the kosumi with 92 gives White an unstoppable splitting attack.
Black 85: At B is more efficient.
White 88: The sequence in diagram 2 puts Black on the spot.
White 96: This just helps Black, White should play at C, if Black jumps out with D, White E. Later White can push through at F, which is very big.
White 100: A nice tesuji, but not at the right time. White plays too direct all the time. First make your own position solid, before attacking. Diagram 3 illustrates this. Just simply jump out with 1, if Black defends with 2, White 3 is a calm move, which prepares the attack with 5. Black would be in for a hard time. Note that A and B are sente on the White three stones, which will help White a lot in the fight.
White 104: Nobi with A, Black B is better.
White 106: Not to the point. Better to activate the three Whites stones in the middle with C.
Black 111: Very bad move this gives, it loses a move, should be at C.
White 116: White still would have won easily if he had played as in diagram 4. Black can try to cut of the White stones, but only will be able to catch a few of them after Black 6.
White 118: At 128 makes better shape.
White 122: It is much better to defend actively as in diagram 5.

Week-end Tournament
The 209 participants of different strength and age, registered in this tournament, disputed their chance during 5 rounds. Almost half of participants have dan ranks. In the end, after spectacular games and great surprises the final results are:
First: Lee Hyuk (7 D, Kor); Second: Sumikura Yasuyuki (6 D, Jap); Third: Ghioc Constantin (5 D, Rom)
5 points: Ciornei Radu, Simonov Alexey, Carles Pau, Burdakova Dina, Barbu Tiberiu, Diaconescu Leontin, Bernathova Anna
Catalin Albu, Referee

Weekend Tournament Final Results

PI. Name Str Cont. MMS 1 2 3 4 5 Pt SOS SOSOS
1 Lee Hyuk 7d Kor 28 8+ 10+ 13+ 5+ 19+ 5 132
2 Sumikura Yasuyuki 6d Jap 28 26+ 15+ 16+ 4+ 3+ 5 131
3 Ghioc, Constantin 5d Rom 27 34+ 21+ 17+ 7+ 2- 4 132
4 Shigehiko, Uno 5d Jap 27 48+ 6+ 11+ 2- 20+ 4 131.5
5 Mero, Csaba 5d Hun 27 31+ 29+ 14+ 1- 17+ 4 130
6 Wlersma, Ruurd 4d Hol 27 28+ 4- 23+ 42+ 13+ 4 129 635.5
7 Nijhuis, Emil 5d Hol 27 12+ 23+ 35+ 3- 40+ 4 129 635
8 Khmyrov, Andrei 6d Rus 27 1- 51+ 46+ 16+ 14+ 4 128.5
9 Pomstra, Wlllem 5d Hol 27 15- 48+ 29+ 10+ 12+ 4 127.5
10 Omori, Hirobumi 5d Jap 26 46+ 1- 18+ 9- 25+ 3 130.5
11 Bogatskiy, Dimitriy 6d Ukr 26 22+ 18+ 4- 19- 31+ 3 130 637
12 Laatikainen, Vesa 5d Fin 26 7-5 24+ 30+ 25+ 9- 3 130 636.5
13 Szabics, Gabor 5d Hun 26 49+ 27+ 1- 38+ 6- 3 129.5
14 Zandveld, Peter 4d Hol 26 33+ 41+ 5- 28+ 8- 3 129 636
15 Heshe, Thomas 5d Dan 26 9+f 2- 27- 65+ 38+ 3 129 627
16 Rasmussen, Jannik 4d Dan 26 72+ 25+ 2- 8- 32+ 3 128.5
17 Uta, Matel 4d Pol 26 37+ 53+ 3- 26+ 5- 3 128
18 Jaslek, Robert 5d Ger 26 32+ 11- 10- 39+ 27+ 3 127
19 Glatchenko, Mikhai 3d Ukr 26 52+ 72+ 41+ 11+ 1- 4 126.5
20 Siivola, Matti 5d Fin 26 25- 56+ 34+ 27+ 4- 3 126
21 Paunlc, Dragan 4d Bos 26 50+ 3- 38- 46+ 36+ 3 125.5
22 Yatsenko, Dmitriy 6d Ukr 26 11- 50+ 25- 33+ 30+ 3 125
23 Nobutaka, Kishi 4d Jap 26 120+ 7- 6- 47+ 26+ 3 124.5
24 Ouspenski, Sergei 3d Ukr 26 74+ 12- 50+ 34+ 28+ 4 123
25 Bogatskiy, Arkadiy 5d Ukr 25 20+ 16- 22+ 12- 10- 2 130
26 Danek, Vladimir 6d CH 25 2- 37+ 47+ 17- 23- 2 129.5
27 Trunilin, Ilya 4d Rus 25 30+ 13- 15+ 20- 18- 2 129
28 Tchebourakhov, A. 4d Rus 25 6- 49+ 32+ 14- 24- 2 128.5
29 Bro-Jorgensen, Ulrik 4d Dan 25 47+ 5- 9- 40- 63+ 2 127.5
30 Jevtic, Nikola 5d Yug 25 27- 36+ 12- 35+ 22- 2 127 633
31 Hayashi, Takehiko 5d Jap 25 5- 35- 44+ 52+ 11- 2 127 626
32 Rehm, Robert 5d Hol 25 18- 33+ 28- 51+ 16- 2 126 635
33 Chlodek, Janosz 4d Pol 25 14- 32- 43+ 22- 51+ 2 126 624
34 Shepperson, Piers 5d GB 25 3- 76+ 20- 24- 61+ 2 126 617
35 Uemura, Yoshiyuki 3d Fra 25 59+ 31+ 7- 30- 58+ 3 125
36 Sannes. Pal 3d Nor 25 55+ 30- 54+ 37+ 21- 3 124 620.5
37 Kerbrat, Alain 4d Fra 25 17- 26- 57+ 36- 60+ 2 124 618
38 Burzo, Cornel 4d Rom 25 — — 21+ 13- 15- 1 124 614
39 Jankovic, Zoran 5d Yug 25 41- 47- 53+ 18- 54+ 2 123.5 618.5
Gatz, Lars-Olaf 3d Ger 25 68+ 46- 73+ 29+ 7- 3 123.5 618.5
41 Gheorghiu, Valentin 5d Rom 25 39+ 14- 19- — — 1 123
42 Pedersen, Torben 2d Dan 25 70+ 82+ 72+ 6- 55+ 4 121.5
43 Ciuica, Andrei 3d Rom 25 53- 78+ 33- 77+ 52+ 3 119
44 Almouchametov, l. 2d Rus 25 96+ 74+ 31- 64+ 50+ 4 118
45 Riedeman, Dirk 3d Hol 25 73+ — — — — 1 111
46 Gledrojc, Krzysztof 5d Pol 24.5 10- 40+ 8- 21- — 1 127
47 Nagy, Bela 4d Rom 24.5 29- 39+ 26- 23- — 1 124
48 Chikchina, Svetlana 5d Rus 24.5 4- 9- — — — 0 123
49 Bogdanov, Victor 6d Rus 24.5 13- 28- — — — 0 120
50 Milosevic, A., 4d lug 24 21- 22- 24- 75+ 44- 1 126
51 Tautorat, Guido 3d Ger 24 54+ 8- 55+ 32- 33- 2 125
52 Itoh, Sadao 3d Jap 24 19- 79+ 56+ 31- 43- 2 123
53 Meyer, Friedhelm 3d Ger 24 43+ 17- 39- 54- 95+ 2 122.5
54 Rosendal, Auke 3d Hol 24 51- 64+ 36- 53+ 39- 2 122 611
55 Sora, Sorin 3d Rom 24 36- 58+ 51- 57+ 42- 2 122 608
56 Ciuica, Gelu 3d Rom 24 75+ 20- 52- 84- 77+ 2 119 600
57 Bazynski, Michael 2d Pol 24 80+ 59+ 37- 55- 81+ 3 119 594
58 Leenders, Edgar 2d Hol 24 97+ 55- 59+ 72+ 35- 3 118.5
59 Pons, Joan 3d Spa 24 35- 57- 58- 96+ 84+ 2 118
60 Marquardsen, Per 2d Dan 24 62- 118+ 67+ 76+ 37- 3 117.5
61 Susan, Calin 1d Rom 24 89+ 101+ 74+ 62+ 34- 4 117 588
62 Engels, Andre 2d Hol 24 60+ 73- 85+ 61- 83+ 3 117 584.5
63 Kergoart, J. Cl, 1d Fra 24 106+ 103+ 66+ 73+ 29- 4 116 587.5
64 Weber, Helmut 2d Ger 24 103+ 54- 98+ 44- 86+ 3 116 580
65 Warkentln, Eric 1d Fra 24 116+ 97+ 79+ 15- 75+ 4 115.5
66 Effenberg, Alfred 2d Aus 24 79- 81+. 63- 104+ 73+ 3 115
67 Cotoc, Emllian 1d Rom 24 136+ 75+ 60- 74+ 78+ 4 113 582
68 Mutu, Catalin 3d Rom 24 40- 0 113 563.5
69 Ciornei, Radu 1k Rom 24 90+ 108+ 106+ 107+ 76+ 5 112 559.5
70 Marz, Michael 2d Ger 24 42- 105+ 80+ — — 2 112 557.5
71 Simonov, Alexey 1k Rus 24 124+ 100+ 135+ 101+ 85+ 5 108
72 Plyoushch, Yuri 4d Rus 23.5 16- 19- 42- 58- — 0 124
73 Schmid, Thomas 3d Ger 23 45- 62+ 40- 63- 66- 1 122
74 Pedersen, Jesper 3d Dan 23 24- 44- 61- 67- 96+ 1 121
75 Kroll, Harald 3d Ger 23 56- 67- 86+ 50- 65- 1 119 586.5
Targosz, Darek 2d Pol 23 87+ 34- 78+ 60- 69- 2 119 586.5
77 Van den Hoek, Bob 1d Hol 23 88+ 87+ 82+ 43- 56- 3 118 576.5
78 Slmunkova, Martina 2d CH 23 92+ 43- 76- 82+ 67- 2 118 572.5
79 Trinks, Daniela 2d Ger 23 66+ 52- 65- free 100- 2 116 583.5
80 Panyukov, Evgany 2d Rus 23 57- 96+ 70- 83- 101+ 2 115 575.5
81 Istratie, Cristian 1d Rom 23 109+ 66- 102+ 87+ 57- 3 115 568
82 Staub, Michael 2d Ger 23 99+ 42- 77- 78- 117+ 2 114.5
83 Zilberberg, Victor 1d Rus 23 86- 120+ 89+ 80+ 62- 3 114 570.5
84 Vrolijk, Vincent 1d Hol £3 102- 122+ 88+ 56+ 59- 3 114 570
85 Toujiline, Iouri 1d Rus 23 110+ 99+ 62- 98+ 71- 3 114 562
86 Denis, Hanotin 1d Fra 23 83+ 121+ 75- 99+ 64- 3 113 574
87 Fusayo, Minematsu 2d Jap 23 76- 77- 110+ 81- 107+ 2 113 570
88 Sîrb, Laurențiu 1d Rom 23 77- 123+ 84- 113+ 98+ 3- 111
89 Hanusch, Gerd 1d Ger 23 61- 133+ 83- 120+ 108+ 3 110.5
90 Mulder, Hans 1k Hol 23 69- 140+ 112+ 105+ 104+ 4 110
91 Schober, Thomas 1d Ger 23 98- 104- 109+ 123+ 97+ 3 109
92 Veseiinovlc, Zeljko 2d Yug 23 78- — — — — 0 107
93 Hauenstein, Andreas 1d Ger 23 — — 100- 102+ 99+ 2 106
94 Carles, Pau 2k Spa 23 147+ 125+ 116+ 117+ 111+ 5 105
95 Itoh, Tadaharu 1d Jap 22.5 — — — 119+ 53- 1 105.5
96 Poll, Jule-Fee 2d Ger 22 44- 80- 97+ 59- 74- 1 117
97 Tsujigaki, Kenji 2d Jap 22 58- 65- 96- 100+ 91- 1 115 574
98 Lamming, Bob 1d USA 22 91+ 102+ 64- 85- 88- 2 115 562
99 Suzuko Matsushita 2d Jap 22 82- 85- 103+ 86- 93- 1 114 559.5
100 Ursu, Florin 1k Rom 22 112+ 71- 93+ 97- 79+ 3 114 551.5
101 Keeble, David 1d UK 22 133+ 61- 105+ 71- 80- 2 113.5
102 Takeda, Tadashi 1d Jap 22 84+ 98- 81- 93- 121+ 2 112 561
103 Hobeanu, Claudlu 2d Rom 22 64- 63- 99- — — 0 112 556
104 Milu, Mlhal 1k Rom 22 127+ 91+ 121+ 66- 90- 3 112 550.5
105 Kawamura, Masako 2d Jap 22 121- 70- 101- 90- 122+ 1 111 556.5
106 Altena, Karel Jan 1d Hol 22 63- 138+ 69- 111- 125+ 2 111 546.5
107 Liboriussen, Per 1k Swe 22 111+ 135+ 124+ 69- 87- 3 110
108 Mazlova, Sofia 1k Rus 22 134+ 69- 126+ 121+ 89- 3 109.5
109 Alderden, Rudie 1d Hol 22 81- 110- 91- 137+ 126+ 2 109
110 Landskron, Burk. 1d Ger 22 85- 109+ 87- — — 1 108
111 Anne, Tombarello 1k Fra 22 107- 148+ 122+ 106+ 94- 3 107
112 Scarff, Christian 1k Dan 22 100- 136+ 90- 134+ 120+ 3 106.5
113 Broekhuijsen, Hans 1k Hol 22 122- 137+ 138+ 88- 127+ 3 105
114 Burdakova, Dina 3k Rus 22 128+ 127+ 141+ 135+ 123+ 5 103
115 Barrasa, Dionlsio 2k Spa 22 137- 155+ 140+ 116+ 118+ 4 101.5
116 Christoffersen, Ter. 1d Norv 21.5 65- 117= 94- 115- 133+ 1/2 111
117 Pettesson, Leif 1k Swe 21.5 139+ 116= 118+ 94- 82- 2/z 109
118 Daescu, Marcel 1d Rom 21.5 — 60- 117- 133+ 115- 1 108
119 Ghost, L. 1d Hol 21.5 123- — — 95- — 0 103.5
120 Van Oosten, Arend 1d Hol 21 23- 83- 131+ 89- 112- 1 115
121 Schnoering, Rainer 1d Ger 21 105+ 86- 104- 108- 102- 1 111
122 Ewert, Rainer 1k Ger 21 113+ 84- 111- 129+ 105- 2 110
123 Olsen, Jan 1k Dan 21 119+ 88- 139+ 91- 114- 2 109.5
124 Dubakovic, Dragan 1k Yug 21 71- 146+ 107- 126- 138+ 2 106.5
125 Paar, Kurt 2k Aus 21 144+ 94- 130+ 138+ 106- 3 106
126 Niederberghaus, P. 2k Ger 21 142+ 134+ 108- 124+ 109- 3 105.5 529
127 Glawion, Carsten 1k Ger 21 104- 114- 146+ 139+ 113- 2 105.5 526.5
128 Storceanu, Ovidiu 3k Rom 21 114- 152+ 143+ 141+ 136+ 4 101
129 Jensen, Allan 3k Ger 21 143+ 156+ 136+ 122- 135+ 4 99.5 521.5
130 Otanl, Ryulchi 3k Jap 21 145+ 147+ 125- 146+ 137+ 4 99.5 512
131 Florea, Ovidiu 2k Pol 21 — — 120- 142+ 139+ 2 97
132 Barbu, Tiberiu 4k Rom 21 158+ 162+ 156+ 140+ 145+ 5 93.5
133 Ilic, Dragan 1d Yug 20.5 101- 89- — 118- 116- 0 108
134 Tsujigaki, Mlneko 1k Jap 20.5 108- 126- 144+ 112- — 1 104
135 Shuntln, Sergey 1k Rus 20 141+ 107- 71- 114- 129- 1 109
136 Pleit, Karen 1k Hol 20 67- 112- 129- 155+ 128- 1 106.5
137 Kouznetsov, M. 2k Rus 20 115+ 113- 148+ 109- 130- 2 106
138 Mendez, Roberto 1k Ger 20 146+ 106- 113- 125- 124- 1 105.5
139 Chu, Meng 1k Hol 20 117- 141+ 123- 127- 131- 1 104.5
140 Fournier, Dom. 2k Fra 20 155+ 90- 115- 132- 153+ 2 103.5
141 Branislav, Rakic 1k Yug 20 135- 139- 114- 128- 148+ 1 102
142 Bailey, Steve 2k GB 20 126- 144- 147+ 131- 150+ 2 100
143 Knippel, Arnaud 3k Fra 20 129- 157+ 128- 151+ 149+ 3 98
144 Tappe, Jochen 2k Ger 20 125- 142+ 134- 1 97.5
145 Pittner, Thomas 3k Ger 20 130- 163+ 149+ 148+ 132- 3 97
146 Boboc, Viorel 1k Rom 19.5 138- 124- 127- 130- - 0 102
147 Krzysziof, Podblol 2k Pol 19 94- 130- 142- 153- 157+ 1 101
148 Brummelkamp, Erik 2k Hol 19 156+ 111- 137- 145- 141- 1 100.5
149 Gomilschak, Martin 4 k Aus 19 150+ 151+ 145- 154+ 143- 3 97
150 Millan, Jan 4k Slo 19 149- 158+ 157+ 156+ 142- 3 93.5
151 Kohonen, Sari 4k Fin 19 162+ 149- 160+ 143- 155+ 3 92.5
152 Weiher, Andre 4k Ger 19 169+ 128- 154- 162+ 159+ 3 91.5
153 Pintilie, Costel 4k Rom 19 157- 169+ 162+ 147+ 140- 3 90.5
154 Malavasl, Chr. 5 k Fra 19 171+ 159+ 152+ 149- 166+ 4 89
155 Urban, Andreas 2k Ger 18.5 140- 115- — 136- 151- 0 99
156 Ilie, Teodor 2 k Rom 18.5 148- 129- 132- 150- 0 98
157 Diers, Manfred 4k Ger 18 153+ 143- 150- 161+ 147- 2 95
158 Sheremetev, Iouri 4k Rus 18 132- 150- 170+ 159- 162+ 2 91
159 Boas, Olivier 5k Fra 18 176+ 154- 163+ 158+ 152- 3 88
160 David, Danut 6k Rom 18 177+ 164+ 151- 167+ 163+ 4 85
161 Iacob, Liliana 6k Rom 18 165+ 171+ 169+ 157- 164+ 4 84.5
162 Gavrllov, Oleg 3k Rus 17 151- 132- 153- 152- 158- 0 96
163 Gronefeld, Martin 5k Ger 17 170+ 145- 159- 178+ 160- 2 87
164 Toth, Ferenc 6k Rom 17 173+ 160- 176+ 170+ 161- 3 83
165 Bitzer, Joachim 6k Ger 17 161- 178+ 167- 180+ 171+ 3 81
166 Dumitrescu, Eugen 6k Rom 17 183+ 170- 177+ 169+ 154- 3 80.5
167 Walraet, Matthieu 7k Fra 17 182+ 176+ 165+ 160- 172+ 4 80
168 Tonkes, Ivo 7k Hol 17 172- 183+ 171+ 174+ 170+ 4 78
169 Wayne, Walters 4k Ger 10/2 152- 153- 161- 166- 0 89
170 Jerotljevlc, Dusan 5k Yug 16 163- 166+ 158- 164- 168- 1 86 419.5
171 Popovic, Igor 5k Yug 16 154- 161- 168- 177+ 165- 1 86 415
172 Pszonka, Roman 7k Pd 16 168+ 177- 181+ 176+ 167- 3 79
173 de Hulster, Sjaak 6k Hol 16 164- 174- 178- 179+ 176+ 2 78
174 Glushchenko, Mik. 8k Iug 16 184+ 173+ 179+ 168- 178+ 4 77
175 Irl, Cornelia 8k Ger 15.5 — — — 182+ 177+ 2 65
176 Paun, Catalin 5k Rom 15 159- 167- 164- 172- 173- 0 84
177 Lartillot, Chr. 6k Fra 15 160- 172+ 166- 171- 175- 1 82.5
178 Grozdanic, Predrag 7k Yug 15 181+ 165- 173+ 163- 174- 2 81
179 Findelsen, Stan. 8k Pd 15 180+ 182+ 174- 173- 184+ 3 75
180 Blezer, Frans 8k Hol 15 179- 188+ 187+ 165- 182+ 3 72
181 Lommen, Dave 7k Hol 15 178- 172- 183+ 1 71
182 Gerbens, Klaas 7k Hol 14 167- 179- 183+ 175- 180- 1 76.5
183 Petkovic, Mlodrag 7k Yug 14 166- 168- 182- 181- 190+ 1 74
184 Antic, Ivan 8k Yug 14 174- 187- 191+ 185+ 179- 2 69
185 Kenzo, Emoto 10k Fra 14 186+ 190+ 188+ 184- 187+ 4 65
186 M., Lilic 10k lug 14 185- 194+ 190+ 187+ 188+ 4 61
187 Lanz, Dieter 9k Ger 13 189+ 184+ 180- 186- 185- 2 70
188 Kouznetsov, Al. 9k Rus 13 190+ 180- 185- 191+ 186- 2 65
189 Cojocaru, Alex. 9k Rom 13 187- 0 57
190 Dumitru, Alex. 9k Rom 11 188- 185- 186- 192- 183- 0 66
191 Gawronski, Przem. 10k Pol 11 194- free 184- 188- 192- 1 58
192 Diaconescu, Leon. 14k Rom 11 196+ 198+ 194+ 190+ 191+ 5 49
193 Bernathova, Anna 14k CH 11 197+ 203+ 198+ 194+ 196+ 5 42
194 Petersen, Kjeld 12k Swe 10 191+ 186- 192- 193- 199+ 2 55
195 Veselinovic, Milos 12k Yug 10 198- 0 40
196 Zaloudkova, Klara 14k CH 9 192- 199+ 197+ 198+ 193- 3 47
197 Florea, Catalina 14k Rom 9 193- 200+ 196- 203+ 198+ 3 42
198 Bailey, Pauline 13k Ger 8 195+ 192- 193- 196- 197- 1 50
199 Ginguță, George 14k Rom 8 203- 196- 200+ 202+ 194- 2 40
200 Vince, Gabriel 15k Slo 8 202+ 197- "199- 204+ 201+ 3 36.5
201 Itoh, Hyosuke 15k Jap 7.5 — — — 208+ 200- 1 24
202 Dita, Anca 16k Rom 7 200- 204+ 203+ 199- 205+ 3 31
203 Popa, Constantin 15k Rom 6 199+ 193- 202- 197- 206- 1 39
204 Umbreit, Stephanie 17k Ger 5 208+ 202- 205- 200- 207+ 2 22
205 Lipai, Bogdan 20k Rom 4 206+ 207+ 204+ 209+ 202- 4 19
206 Ente, Elisabeth 20k Ger 4 205- 208+ 209+ 207+ 203+ 4 14
207 Drăgulescu, loana 25k Rom 2 209+ 205- 208+ 206- 204- 2 15
208 Pohlabeln, Martje 20k Ger 1 204- 206- 207- 201- 209+ 1 19.5
209 Ciortea, Claudia 25k Rom 1 207- free 206- 205- 208- 1 11

Game Commentary 2
European Championship, Mamaia Round 2, July 27
Black: Frank Janssen, 6 dan, Holland
White: Svetlana Chikchina, 6 dan, Russia (Insei in Korea)
komi: 5.5; result: White wins by 2,5 points
Commentary by Frank Janssen after consulting with mr. Poong-Jho Chun, 8 dan pro.
Figure 1 (1-25)
You already could read a lot about the life of Svetlana Chikchina in the first congress bulletin. Now we want to show her GO strength. In the first week she scored 4 out of 5. This game shows her strong points. She plays a solid game and can be tenacious in positions where she is behind.
Black 11: This move starts some difficult patterns. The one played in the game up to 19, is a new joseki invented by the Korean superstar Lee Chang-Ho. Svetlana played it without hesitation, showing that she must be studying very hard.
I will present a few other possibilities in this position.
Black 11: Black 1 in diagram 1 instead of 11 gives a straightforward exchange of territory for White and a wall for Black. In this position this doesn't work so well. White can easily invade at A later. If the marked stone had been played at B, this would be more appropriate for Black.
Black 13: Instead of this move it used to be common to turn at 1 in diagram 2. That would again result in a division of a Black wall and territory for White. But again Black is not satisfied. White can invade at A, with a possible follow up at the vital point of B. Furthermore he can aim at moving out the cutting stone, starting with C.
Black 15: This is the new move of Lee Chang-Ho. What is it's meaning?
Diagram 3: If Black turns at 1 in diagram 3, White plays at 2 and 4 and after 5 can cut at 6.
Diagram 4: If White answers Black 1 in diagram 4 (15 in the game), at 2, Black 7 will become sente. That encloses White, which will be a big gain for Black.
White 16: White rebels against previous diagrams and we get a completely different result from the former diagrams. Black captures two stones with 17 and 19 while White gets sente and prevents the lower side form developing into a moyo.
White 20: Probably it is better to approach from the other side with 1 in diagram 5. Black 2 and White 3 can be expected.
Black 21: Black should play on a bigger scale with 1, 3 and 5 in diagram 6. Black is so strong at the right side that any invader will be captured.
Black 25: This move starts the second round of fighting.
[Figure 2 (26-50)]
White 26: White doesn't like to play at 1 in diagram 7. Black will easily live at the upper side, leaving White with cutting points at A and B.
Black 35: According to mr. Chun this move is too early. Black should play at A and wait to see how the game develops before playing in the upper right.
White 36: White should make a simple life with B, Black 42, White C. In the game White just makes Black stronger towards the center.
Black 41: Good enough. It is also possible to fight by connecting above 27 (White will cut at 47).
Black 43: Wrong direction and wrong shape. Locally it would be better to play at 44, White D and Black E. But overall it would be better to build up the moyo by playing the moves in diagram 8. Black 1 and 3 are simple moves. And 5 gives Back a clearly better position. It is unwise to go into the long variations beginning with Black 3 at 4, White A, Black B, White 3.
Black 47: Too friendly. Black should fight back with F.
White 48: Too deep into the Black influence. It is good enough to hold back a little like in diagram 9. Making territory with 2 and 4 is not good enough for Black because White will get some extra on the left also.
Black 49: According to mr. Chun, Black G is the only move in this position. If White then plays at 49, Black pulls back at H and White will have a hard time connecting. Probably Black will easily get extra territory on the left side.
[Figure 3 (51-100)]
White 54: This move, and 56, make it easy for White to make eye shape. Therefore Black should have played the marked stone at 54.
White 60: The normal shape for White 58 is to play at 69 and for 60 at 71. But anyway White is doing well. Mr. Chun remarked that in this kind of positions Black will have trouble giving the komi if White lives easily.
Black 61: Too impatient. Black should play at 83 and wait to see what happens on the left before deciding how to attack White. Maybe later on it is good enough just to enclose territory with A. In the game most of the territory on the left is lost after White 66.
Black 75: Very sweet move. Black could have made a serious attempt to capture White starting with 78. Black was thinking that the cut at 79 would be good enough, but that is not the case. Since most of the territory on the right is gone, Black has territory only at the bottom.
White 84: Time for White to be nice. This move should be at 85. Black 85 is too big.
Black 95: The middle game ends with the game being close.
White 96: Very big move. If played elsewhere Black would have played at B in sente.
[Figure 4: 101-150 (110, 113, 118, 121, 124, 127, 136, 139, 141 connects)]
White 102: Again very big because Black 107 would have been sente against the corner. Because it looks like White is getting all the big points Black rebels with 105. But it would have been better to play 105 at 106.The ko-fight that follows is very difficult.
White 122: Not big enough according to mr. Chun. Black should take with 128. There are still possibilities in the corner in relation with the cut at A.
White 126: White's chance to end the ko. Black's ko threat is not big enough.
White 128: Black has gained by winning the ko-fight. The game is now slightly better for Black.
[Figure 5: 151-219 (206 left of 176)]
Black 151: The losing move. Black should play 1 in diagram 10. [Sorry, real diagram 10 missing, on bulletin wrong diagram]
White cannot walk in with 4 because Black 5 and 7 set up cuts at A and B.
White 152: With this extra points White is ahead again.
Black 219: White wins by 2.5 points.

Rengo (3 players teams)
Rules: Full handicap will be used where the team grade is the mean of the member grades. Special bonus points (will be added to the number of wins) for:
• 1 point for female presence
• 1 point for each different nationality
• 1 point for each 8 ranks difference between players
This tournament will be played using Japanese rules and 5.5 Komi.

Minoru Harada's Profile
• Born in Kagoshima in 1936; Began playing GO at the age of 12
• Kagoshima Honinbo at 17 ('52); All Japan Students Champion ('58, '59); All Japan Amateur Honinbo ('61, '63, '64, '68, '89, '97); All Japan Amateur Meijin ('64, '65, '86, '88)
• Amateur 7-dan (Nihon Kiin, Kansai Kiin, 1971)
At present
• Member of the Advertising Dept. of Hitachi, Ltd. (Promoting "Hitachi Family GO Class", etc.)
• Part-time lecturer at the Yokohama College of Commerce
• Commentator of the GO column in the "Kanagawa Shimbun" newspaper
• Enjoying GO games most of the free time
Won Amateur Honinbo of this year
The 43rd All Japan Amateur Honinbo Tournament was held from August 22 to 24, and I had the luck to win the championship. It was my 6th Honinbo title after an absence of eight years. This was my 10th time to win the All Japan Amateur Championship together with six winnings of Amateur Meijin title. Until the last winning of eight years ago I used to think that I had played good games by thinking very hard and won for myself. But now that I am over sixty I would rather enjoy games, naturally making quite a few mistakes. Never the less I won. I cannot help feeling I was very lucky and that I owe the luck to many people around me.
Receiving the Champion Cup from Pro-Honinbo Cho Chi Kun.
European GO Congress
I attended the 41st European GO Congress, held for two weeks from July 19 to August 2, in Marseilles, France. I stayed there for the last half of the period, from July 27 to August 2, and played with many European GO players including some simultaneous multiple games.
The Congress was a great success with as many as 828 participants enjoying GO day and night. GO seems to be getting more popular year by year in Europe. Europe has produced two professional GO players of Nihon-Kiin this year, and three more European boys are soon coming to Tokyo to study GO. Japanese Ambassador to France, the Honorable Mr. Matsuura attended the closing ceremony and celebrated the great success of the Congress. I am looking forward to the next Congress, which is going to be held in Romania next summer.

News from the Front Line
Here are some official cockroaches documents that our reporter managed to get:
TOP SECRET
Friday, July 31, 16.00
From General Harakiri to The Great Leader
After the squadron leaders discussed the counter offensive, we submit the following propositions for your approval:
1- To try to find some allies
2- To create some kamikaze battalions
3- To spy on the creatures 24 hours a day
4- To create a group of linguists to decode their language
TOP SECRET
Friday, July 31, 17.00
From The Great Leader to General Harakiri
All four propositions approved
TOP SECRET
Sunday, August 2, 19.00
From General Harakiri to The Great Leader
REPORT OF OPERATIONS
1- Allies: Up to now, the best allies proved to be the mosquitoes. They assaulted the enemies every night very valiantly and injured them badly. With the help of the musicians they succeeded in chasseing almost all the creatures from our main airport There is still a light resistance but nothing serious. The birds, although they had a few successes (a landing on a battlefield - called goban in their idiom - almost stopped a battle) are not very efficient yet, especially the seagulls as bombardiers are still lacking precision. The training goes on. The dogs did their best barking all night long but apparently this species does not need so much sleep and can resist longer than we thought.
2- Kamikaze battalions: the creation of the battalions was no problem, we had more volunteers than we needed. It was more difficult to define the right objectives. We first tried the creatures themselves but while we scared some of them, the majority seemed immune to our attacks. We had better results with big boxes they call computers. One of the volunteers manage to enter one and paralyse it for a complete day. The result of this was disorder in the headquarters of the enemy. Another victory was a kamikaze raid on a machine they call "Ingkloc" [model ING GO clocks]. Those are very difficult to enter but when we succeed we obtain a very good result. You could see the creatures running everywhere in a panic.
3- A million spies are occupied night and day following the enemy: on boats, in busses, in remote restaurants (even a Greek one!), in the toilets, in their rooms. This species is not really different for the one we knew up to now apart from their belligerent attitude and a few particularities: they drink a lot and complain very often about the good food served to them. And of course their language is not intelligible to us yet.
4- The linguists committee is still working very hard to decode this language. But apparently the enemies themselves have problems with this strange idiom. So much so that they started a big enquiry to determine how many of the words were understood by the soldiers. Still working, a good dictionary is expected to be produced before the end of the week. But this will lead to a further work for our xenobiologists because there seems to be a few notions unknown to us.
More news from the front line in our next issue. Don't miss it.

An Interview with Erik Puyt, the new President of the EGF
On Friday, July 31, the annual meeting of the EGF was held and Erik Puyt was elected President of the European GO Federation. After Francis Roads resigned from the function in March 98, Allan Held took over until the vote for a new president. For those who don't know Erik yet, we asked him a few questions and here are the answers.
Hello Erik. First of all, congratulations for being elected. Can you please tell us a little about yourself?
Well, I am 36 years old, I have been working for the European GO Center in Amsterdam since 1989, and of course, I am Dutch.
And how did you discover GO?
In 1980, one of my neighbours bought a book called "GO, the oldest game". He found it very interesting and bought a goban and stones and, because he needed a partner, I started to play with him, I was 18 at that time. I really got into the game and after four years, I was 4 dan. In 1985, I went to Japan for the Amateur World Championship. There I realised that the game was very different from what we knew in Europe and so I managed to stay for three months more to study it. But then I had to go back to finish my studies in Economics and so I devoted less time to GO and it's only in 1991 that I became 5 dan.
You said that you work in the EGCC. Can you develop this a little more?
Ten years ago, Iwamoto Kaoru asked the Nihon Ki-in to create a GO center in Europe. The Dutch GO Association started to work on this project and I thought that, with my background and experience, I could give a hand to this. And when the project eventually took shape, I was really part of it. We had found quite a large building in Amstelveen (a suburb of Amsterdam) and we knew that we would never balance our budget if we devoted it only to GO. So, because GO is a Japanese strategy game, we had this idea that we could certainly open the facilities to other strategy games (chess, bridge, etc.) and also Japanese activities. This proved to be a good choice because after two years our budget was balanced. I have been working there for seven years now and I really like it.
Do you think that your new function as President of the EGF and your job will combine well?
I think so because the purpose of the EGCC is to help the national associations to promote GO. For this we have a very neutral position, we never take decisions but help the associations as much as we can. And it gives me a good knowledge of the different situations in every country. Therefore I think that my job is more an asset than an obstacle. And besides, when I was asked to be a candidate a first time, two years ago, I thought it would be better to wait until the year 2000, when I intend to start a new career. I thought over it for more than a year and finally realised that my experience would be very useful.
A little more about yourself. Do you have any hobbies?
Yes. Because I spend so much time in an intellectual activity, I really love sports to exercise my body and make a balance. I have practised football and speed-skating for many years. When there is no ice I use my roller-skates, probably a few people saw me skating on the boulevard here.
I was told that you dance too.
Yes, I discovered dancing ten years ago and I still practise it two or three times a week.
Now, could you tell us which important decisions were taken during the annual meeting apart from your election?
Many things. First of all a new executive board was elected as follows:
- Treasurer: Thomas Pfaff
- First Vice-President: Allan Held
- Second Vice-President: Zoran Mutabzija
- Secretary: Martin Finke
Then it was decided that in 2001 the congress will be held in Ireland, with the help of the British GO Association.
And we decided where the European tournaments will take place:
- Youth GO championship in Cannes (France) in 99 and in Romania in 2000.
- Pair GO in Cannes in 99 and 2000. This tournament will be supported by the Japanese pair GO association with an amount of 2,000 USD.
- The Ing Cup in Amstelveen EGCC in 99 and in Finland in 2000.
- Team tournament in Yugoslavia in 2000.
We unfortunately have no candidates to organise the Lady Championship.
We proposed to create an Organisers Handbook. After the Rules and Rating committee decides on EGF criteria, this will make available a good set of rules, good pairing programs, a good GO-editor and offer practical assistance to organizers. The Rules and rating Committee, The Promotion and Education Committee and the EGCC will work together on this.
We now would like to know what your projects for the Federation are?
The purpose of the EGF is to encourage, regulate, coordinate and promote the playing of GO in Europe. For me, it means developing the base as well as improving the possibilities for strong players. First a new Promotion and Education committee has been created, it will coordinate all activities in this field. Second, I want to maintain and extend contacts with South Asian countries. I also think that communication is very important and that we must use every possible resources, especially the energy of the people who want to work for GO but also modern communication techniques. In this issue of the bulletin, we announce the first new EGF project: Zoran Mutabzija, the new Vice-President started a project to offer a service which will help the national associations to create their web pages. You see, many people work on the same subjects and we must help them to structure their efforts. For instance, the EGF must get more involved in the organisation of the congresses. The experience of organisers must help to make the job of future organisers easier. I look forward to working with everyone to support European GO.
Do you have a last remark?
In conclusion I want to thank Francis Roads and Oleg Gavrilov for the work they have done for the EGF. And of course the organisers of this year congress. They did a very good job and I really had a good time here.

1st Cuba International Tournament; November 17th-20th, 1998
With excursions and other “activities”; Don't forget your bathing suit.
Info and registration: Marc Gonzales

Crosscut of smile / Glaring eyes feeling / So much shyness/ Anonymous participant

Romanian Youth GO Championship
I kept my promise, I didn't play in this tournament (I was too old for this...). So, as a referee, it wasn't as hard as in the other side events. The system was the same as the last 5 years: the children were divided into five groups, according to their age. The players were fast enough to finish the competition in one single day. Here are the winners:
Group A (age 17-18):
1st place: Ghețu George - 1k (Brăila)
2nd place: Burzo Cornel - 3d (Baia Mare)
3rd place: Bordea George - 1k (Turnu Severin)
Group B (age 15-16):
1st place: Danila Marius - 1d (Brăila)
2nd place: Florea Ovidiu - 2k (Bistrița)
3rd place: Cojocaru Alexandra - 9k (Craiova)
Group C (age 13-14):
1st place: Sinca Marius - 1k (Brăila)
2nd place: Mutu Cosmin - 3k (Turnu Severin)
3rd place: Radu Stefanita - (Slobozia)
Group D (age 11-12):
1st place: Dorobantu Marius (Slobozia)
2nd place: Draxineanu Daniel (Slobozia)
3rd place: Dumitru Alexandru - 9k (Brăila)
Group E (age under 10):
1st place: Nicolaie Lucian - 8k (Brăila)
2nd place: Vasile Mihai (Slobozia)
3rd place: Beches Alexandru-11k (Bistrița)
As you can see the players from Brăila took almost all the first places.
Iulian Toma

Room No. 9
Once I had an evening, a night, I was waiting for a “nice guy”, who probably didn't want to see me, I walked into room No. 9 to see what my “soul-mate” Rob was doing. Sitting there were Anne, Denis and Rob concentrating on their job at preparing the second Congress Bulletin. Beer, cigarettes and now and then a Metaxa, were to be had. Mosquitos were a distraction from work. Anne working on an article, tries desperately to get all her mosquitos and cockroaches matching under one banner. Denis is laughing about a nice comment by Saijo Sensei and Rob is waiting for a “nice guy” who is supposed to bring him a beer. Rob of course was working too, but what comes first, work or beer? Beer or work?
And me? I got inspired by the atmosphere and mosquitos, who seem to love this small room Tonny walks in and we decide to pick up a CD player and some CD's from our room. Who can tell for how long we can enjoy this pleasure.
The “nice guy” is still missing. Rob and I decide to accept our “schicksal” and we bury ourselves in work.
Remorseless... with beer, chips and good music. I enjoy being in this room with the people try to create the congress news.
A warm thanks-you to Anne, Denis, Rob, Adi, Fana and all writers.

European GO Federation Internet Site
The European GO Federation in association with the Croatian Igo Association will activate a central internet site from September 1.
The overall site address will be: http://www.european-go.org
Every Member association can get their own site address, like: http://member.european-go.org
Where "member" will be the full name of the country, like "France" or "Italy".
Each member association would have an E-mail address of: member@european-go.org
(like egf@european-go.org or france@euro-pean-go.org)
If any club or individual player wants to join, we offer:
For clubs, 20 DEM yearly for e-mail address member.club@european-go.org, and internet pages at address: http://member.european-go.org/club
For any individual player, 10 DEM yearly for e-mail address:
first-name.family-name@european-go.org
and personal internet pages at address
http://member.european-go.org/name
The name consisting of first letter of the first name, and then the family name.
Later this year we will start an integrated database of all European GO Players, which can be updated on the internet by the individual players themselves.
Zoran Mutabzija, Vice President EGF

How to make new Friends
This is my first congress and when I arrived, I didn't know anybody. I felt quite lonely but I didn't know what to do. I'm not as attractive as I used to be, my best years are behind me, I don't share my room with anyone. Most other people have met before and already formed (two-eyed) groups. Besides, my English is poor and my German was forgotten a long time ago. I won't say anything about my Romanian, you guess.
I played my first game and I won. At first I was happy but after one hour I felt lonely again. You know what it's like in a foreign country when you don't know the language at all.
The next day, I played a second game. It was a very good game for me and at the end of the yose I was ahead with twenty points. There are two points left on the board but my opponent invades one of my territories. I didn't look carefully and my answer was bad enough to permit my opponent to find a seki where there should have been nothing. In the end, I lost by two and a half points. But my opponent felt so sorry for me that he talks to me for a long time, offered me a drink and, finally, invites me to a nice restaurant. I had a lovely evening and a strange idea appeared in the mist of my thoughts. Accordingly, I lost all the following rounds. Of course I still manage to win a few friendly games, but not too often, I don't want to injure anyone. And now, I am very popular. My opponents greet me every time we meet and I'm always invited to dinners and parties. My address book is full and I have been asked to go to tournaments all over Europe.
If you want to make new friends like me, here is a piece of advice which is very easy to follow. Success is guaranteed.
- Try to play your best fuseki and an honest middle game so that you are ahead by at least twenty points at the beginning of the yose.
- Play some very difficult moves, the kind that 5 dans play, but that you don't understand.
- Lose as much time as possible and manage to be in byo-yomi.
- Provoke a useless ko and answer the good ko threats the wrong way in order to lose about ten points.
- After you lose the ko, answer every move except the sente ones.
- If after all this you are still a little ahead, you can always resign.
Dominique
We are interested in your own experiences during this congress, so please tell us all about them.

The 42nd
GO in Mamaia;
Brain waving at 35 degrees
Even the stones are sweating
All these nasty possibilities
Bamos a la playa!
Just GO boards in the restaurant
And strange kind of yells
Is there a damezumari?
No it is a furikawari
And apa minerala is what I want!
The sealed move of today
Is swimming in the black sea
White's time limit has been exceeded
But after a bottle of ice tea
We still have byo-yomi to play!
The commentary by the sensei shows
That there is much more to dive
Than you had already found...
And apart from
Insights in daily life
It brights you fun and you enjoy
By the way:
Is the world still turning round?
Keoh Nednav

Pair GO Tournament
Well, what about it? Nothing out of ordinary, I guess. It was sad that there where (as usual) some late arrivals. There was some delay in starting (about 20-30 minutes, as expected), then the dinner was too late (mainly because of the unacceptable delay in serving it...) and so on... After 5 rounds some pairs finished ahead of the rest. The top four pairs met each others in a KO Tournament, which was won the next day by the pair Miyakawa Wataru (Japan, 6d)/Ruxandra Ilie (Rom, 14k). The 2nd place was taken by the pair Lee Hyuk (Korea, 7d)/Svetlana Chikchina (Russia, 5d) and for the 3rd place, there was a tie between Saijo Sensei (Japan)/Steffi Hebsacker (Germany, 3k) and lldar Almuchametov (Russia, 2d)/Olga Mejova (Russia, 5k).
Special mention should be made of Panyukov E. (2d)/Burdakova D. (3k) who didn't play in the semifinals (due to the late hour..) and Shima Hiroshi (6d)/Luiza Teodorescu (5k) who also managed to make 4 points.
Reported by Iulian Toma
Below the semifinal between Svetlana Chikchina/Lee Hyuk and Steffi Hebsacker/Saijo Sensei, comments reported by Denis Hanotin.

Pair GO Semi Final
30 July 1998, Mamaia
Black: Saijo Sensei 8 Dan Pro (ss)/Steffi Hebsacker 3 Kyu (sh)
White: Lee Hyuk 7 Dan (Ih)/Svetlana Chikchina 5 Dan (sc)
3 stones handicap; comment by Saijo Sensei. Black resigned after 189 moves.

[Figure 1 (1 - 4)]
Black 4: (sh) NOT JOSEKI
This move is a little disadvantageous. The normal joseki moves are A, B, C or D. Please note that these four moves all aim at separating the two White stones.
If Black wants to play a really light move and doesn't mind letting White connect under he should prefer a three space jump at E. (see diagram 1).
DIAGRAM 1: SANGENTOBI [three space jump] In this position the three space jump at 1 is much better placed than the move in the game (move A).
[Figure 1 (5 - 16)]
Black 8: (sh) WRONG DIRECTION. This move is wrong because it is in the direction of a strong White group. Black should first reinforce his group in sente then switch to the upper side (see diagram 2).
Diagram 2: BLACK TAKES THE BIGGEST POINT. In this position the biggest point is Black 5, Black B is a second rate point, and Black C - only a third rate point.
Black 12: (sh) BETTER AT 14. In a handicap game Black should try to get the big points along the sides. The reason for this is to occupy the big empty spaces first.
Black 16: (sh) EASIER TO COME OUT. In a handicap game, Black would better come out and separate the two white stones. A, B or C are the standard joseki moves to achieve this. The move Steffi played here is a very strong, fighting move but it is difficult to fight strongly against stronger players.
[Figure 3 (17-32)]
Black 18: (ss) COWARDICE. Now having played Black 16, the only move should be to cut at C. But this will lead to a complicated fight in which Steffi would have many chances to make a mistake. So, for security I compromised with Black 18.
Black 20: (sh) INVASION. When playing Black in a handicap game it's easier to avoid fighting. So, Black should play A and follow diagram 3.
Diagram 3: EASY GAME FOR BLACK. If White doesn't answer Black 1, next invading at A would be severe. After reinforcing the bottom right Black group in sente with 3 and 5, Black 7 becomes a big point. A White move at 7, instead, would threaten to invade Black corner.
In this diagram it is difficult for White to find a place to start a fight, so it will be very difficult for White to win the game.
Black 26: (ss) THE VITAL POINT. I played this move automatically, without thinking, because it is the vital point of White shape and the only move if one wants to attack both White groups. But, again, because it is a handicap game, it would be easier for Black to simply jump, (see diagram 4)
DIAGRAM 4: BLACK HAS A STRONG SHAPE
Black 32: (sh) NOT TESUJI. The tesuji move in this shape is to play A but first Black should give atari at B. (see diagrams 5 and 6)
DIAGRAMS 5 AND 6: BLACK ALMOST ALIVE
[Figure 4 (33-40)]
Black 40: (sh) GOOD FEELING. Tobi at A is the standard move, but this one is also very good, very speedy. It denotes a good feeling.
[Figure 5: 41-76 (55 at 47; 58 at 52; 61 at 47; 64 at 52; 67 at 47)]
Black 44: (sh) BRAVERY. This move separates the two white groups and aims at white's weaknesses. Black must be very brave to play such a move in this situation. I haven't got Steffi's courage. Indeed, it seems better to take territory by playing Black 44 at 47.
Black 48: (sh) COMPLICATED FOR BLACK. Allowing White to play ko, Black makes the game difficult for himself. Black should play as in diagram 7.
DIAGRAM 7: GOOD FOR BLACK White can live in the corner, but damages his outside position
White 51: KO. In a handicap game, White often gains profit during ko fights.
White 65: WHITE LACKS KO THREATS The exchange of White 65, for Black 66 is a loss for White. If later Black plays hane at B, locally, the situation will be bad for White. The ko is very difficult to win for White because he lacks ko threats, this one is the best he can find.
White 69: (sc) WHITE CANNOT ANSWER White is running out of good ko threats so he cannot answer the Black ko threat. If White loses the ko fight, it will also be a loss. When Black plays 71, his advantage in the bottom right corner is obvious.
White can only try to recover from the loss by attacking the bottom left Black group, but in fact Black can easily live without suffering any harm.
If Black manages to live without damage he will have won 80% of the game.
Black 76: (sh) BETTER AT C OR D.
DIAGRAM 8: EASY LIFE Now it is miai to cut at A or live with B.
[Figure 6 (77-100)]
White 81: (sc) OVERPLAY This move doesn't work, White cannot expect to capture Black.
Black 84: (sh) TSUKEKOSHI IS COMPLICATED. Striking at the waist of the keima (tsuke-koshi) is a standard tesuji, but in this position it is simpler to play at 85 (see diagram 9).
DIAGRAM 9: BLACK ESCAPES
Black 100: (sh) A VERY GOOD MOVE If Black had won the game, this move would have been labeled the move of victory, it strikes the vital point of the White group and starts a semeai.
[Figure 7(101-113)]
Black 106: (ss) A RISKY STRATEGY FOR A RENGO GAME
This is the strongest move. Now, Black can win the semeai, but it is very risky as a rengo strategy because the path to the victory is long and complicated. Instead of Black 106, hane at 109 leads to a ko but is still favorable for black (see diagram 10). This variation would have been much easier for Steffi to follow.
DIAGRAM 10: KO IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR BLACK (9 below 5)
White 113: BLACK WINS THE SEMEAI The White group has only 5 liberties (marked X in figure 7), so with move 114 White has to take a Black liberty. Despite this Black can still win the semeai by playing Black A, White B, Black C. White would need six moves to approach the Black group (marked V in figure 7). Black C is difficult to spot. It protects against a White throw-in.
Black 114: (ss) NOT CONFIDENT I was not absolutely confident in the ability of Steffi to spot move C in the last figure. So with this move I embarked in a special rengo strategy, If she gives atari at A with move 117, I can myself play move C. If she gives atari at 118, I also play C and win the semeai.
[Figure 8: 114-129 (125 left of 15)]
Black 116: (sh) DAMEZUMARI. When White answers at 117, Black loses a liberty. So Black can win the semeai no more.
White 127: (Ih) TESUJI. This move helps White to capture Black with good aji.
White 129: GAME IS FINISHED. Black had many chances to live or escape and later two opportunities to win the semeai. First hane at 110, instead of Black 107, would have led to a simpler variation. Second, damezumari with Black 117 lost the semeai.
IKA RYAKU SHIRO CHUOSHI GACHI [The rest is omitted]
As we say in Japan, now White has won the game, so it's not necessary to look at the rest of the game.
The reason why we lost is that I had never played with Steffi before, so, I didn't know how she would play, and I was not very confident.
I liked her independence with joseki, her freedom of thought, her boldness in fights.
I think that if she studies more, but keeps those qualities, she will become a really strong player.

GO for beginners?
"Mama(m)ia!" Is this place to learn GO amongst professional GO-players and the European top players?
Sure, I have previously the opportunity of making an acquaintance with this game. Harald Kroll (3 dan) proposed to give a lesson for the absolute beginner. In a small group of only female non-playing participants of the GO Congress he instructed us how to play GO. Now we know what GO means: atari, jigo, shicho, dame etc. His way of teaching was very exciting and of a very high didactic quality. All our objections against this game disappeared and a real enthousiasm for playing GO was also born in us. At the end he gave us the opportunity to play 9*9 simultaneous against him. This turned out to be only an exercise since thereafter Saijo Sensei came to play simultaneously against us as well. We were very impressed by the fact that he took the time to play against since we just learned the basic rules for playing GO!
That evening turned out to be such a success that after a few days a second evening had to follow.
As a result of these lessons my understanding of how people can sit hours and hours in front of a board watching black and white stones on the intersections, improved greatly.
I think it would be a nice idea to integrate basic lessons in the program of the GO congress. In this way participating in a GO congress will become interesting for non-playing family members as well.
Eva Maria Genuit

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Barcelona GP Tournament (18th edition) February 20-21 1999
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Egyptian go song
Jaap Blom, US traditional
My black group was in white stones' land, Let my weak group
go. Op - pressed so hard it could not stand,
Let my weak, group go. GO down, black stone,
way down up - on the board, Tell — ole
Hon - in - bo to let my weak group go.
His sliding made me realise, Let my weak group go.
The group I'd set up had no eyes, Let my weak group go.
GO down, black stone, way down upon the board,
Tell ole Honinbo to let my weak group go.
I told him: leave my group alone, Let my weak group go
If not, I'll catch your cutting stone, Let my weak group go
He paid no heed to what I said,
Thus my group to the centre fled,
He did not listen to my call, /
And drove me up against his wall,
And then he forced me round the bend,
Now listen where my weak group went,
I had a moyo on the side,
'Twas four points high and ten points wide,
Now that is where, to spoil the fun,
My group for safety had to run,
My group's alive, what victory!
But as I count, what misery,
Let my weak group go.
GO up, white stones, way up back into the bowl,
And won't you please very politely beg ole Honinbo to teach me better go?