Andrii Kravets (UKR, 3-p), European champion 2026
Andreii Kravets (UKR, 3-p) wins his 3rd European title (2023-2024-2026) in Ankara, where the European Congress was organised this year.
He won against Ali Jabarin (3-p) in final (poor Ali lost in final of the European Championship for the 5th time !).
Mateusz Surma (PL, 4-p), last year's winner, had lost surprisingly in 1/4 of final against Denis Dobranis (RO, 6-d).
A short report: https://www.eurogofed.org/andrii-kravets-3p-is-the-european-champion-202...
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In the main tournament (open), some strong Korean and Chinese 7-d amateurs have dominated as usual (1st European player ended 7th with a 6/10 score).
Unbeaten winner is Korean Ahn Yonho, with the perfect score of 10 wins in 10 rounds.
https://www.egc2026.com/en/events.html#/main_open/standings
NB: still, Ahn dropped one game in the WE tournament (to Chinese Li Yuanzhen):
https://www.egc2026.com/en/events.html#/week-end/standings
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There were no Belgian participant this year. :-(
