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Paris International Go Tournament |
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Toyota - PandaNet European Go Tour Final Round
http://www.european-go.org/toyotatour/
19th, 20th and 21st april 2003
This Go event is organized by the French
Go Federation with help of Ligue de Go d'Ile-de-France
and all clubs from Paris area. It is the biggest go event in Europe, outside
the european go congress, since about 250 go players of all levels join
every year.
Paris Tournament is the final part of Toyota PandaNet European Go
Tour, which means there are a lot of money prizes for strong players,
but it is open to all go players, whenever they are member of FFG clubs
or from other countries. There will be a lot of prizes
for all levels including go books for players with 4 wins.
This year, we again benefited from a superb location
: the townhall of 13th arondissement of Paris. The strongest players
competed near the prestigious 'Salle des mariages' while main playing room was the 'Salle des fêtes'.
275 players from 18 countries participated in the main tournament, including 42 players above Mac Mahon bar. See complete results.
Outside the main tournament, there was a lightning tournament and a team tournament. The traditional sunday party occur
in the place of the Paris 20 Go Club and included the end of the lightning
tournament.
Yuki
Shigeno 2d professional of the Nihon Kiin gave game commentaries during
the tournament in a room next to main playing room. There was also two public
commentaries : one during registration time on Saturday morning and one just
before prizegiving with Fan Hui and Asai Hideki.
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