short report by Julio Martinez

Barcelona tournament was excellent and we really enjoyed the games. On Friday we had a workshop with Chimin, and the best funny part was when our local teacher, Lluis Oh, started to discuss with him about a new korean joseki which we (people in Barcelona) are using often. Every night we went to a Chinese restaurant were we have boards, and played friendly rengo games. The weather was quite cold (cold for Barcelona, around 8C) but the tournament venue was really centric, so a lot of people use free time to do some sightseeing. There were around 80 players, people from France, Germany, Austria, UK, Italy and Spain. Chimin was first, Lluis Oh second and Matthew Cocke from UK got the third place after beating Li Yue (who currently lives here) in an interesting game with an unexpected invasion. The on-site bar was the meeting point after each round (or even during the round), with cheap prices. Finally after the prize ceremony we ate non-stop a lot of Spanish "tapas", that some organizers prepared for all the players.

enquesta sobre el lloc / poll about the venue

T'ha agradat el lloc on va tenir lloc el torneig? No t'ha agradat? És important pels organitzadors saber-ho. El local del club la pedra sabem que és vell i que no està en les millors condicions, i que no hi cabrien més de 90 persones, però és molt cèntric i convenient.

Did you like the tournament venue? You did not like it? It's important for organizers to know. We are aware that the la pedra club premises are a bit old and do not have the best possible conditions, no more than 90 players could be fit there, but it's very central and convenient.

Apart de votar (a la banda dreta), els comentaris són benvinguts / Besides voting (see right frame), comments are welcome.

surprise special prize

There was also a surprise special prize courtesy of Lluis Oh 6d, consisting in 10 baduk books, in Korean but with a sheet containing translation to Spanish of baduk terms. The club is very thankful to him. The books were awarded, following his instructions for the players with most wins (starting from the walllist bottom) and for the best qualified girls (chicas as he likes to say).

results

Preliminary results, as appeared on the walllist during the prizegiving, after removing preregistered players who did not play.

Pl. Name                 Str Cl. MMS   1    2    3    4    5   Pt  SOS  SOSOS  SODOS 
  1 Oh, Chi-Min           7d KR  27   14+   2+   3+   6+   4+  5   124    617   124  
  2 Oh, Lluis             6d CAT 26   13+   1-   9+   5+   3+  4   124    615½   97  
  3 Cocke, Matthew        5d UK  25   11+   4+   1-  12+   2-  3   126    608    73  
  4 Li, Yue               6d CN  25   10+   3-  13+   7+   1-  3   124    613½   72  
  5 Shepperson, Piers     3d UK  25    9+   7-   8+   2-  10+  3   123    608    72  
  6 Pons, Joan            2d CAT 25   18+  11+   7+   1-   8+  4   122    602    95  
  7 Kang, Na-Yeon         5d KR  25    8+   5+   6-   4-  16+  3   122    598½   72  
  8 Anguila, Oscar        3d CAT 24    7-  14+   5-  13+   6-  2   121    609½   46  
  9 Cernuda, Ignacio      4d MAD 24    5-  12+   2-  10-  20+  2   121    591½   46  
 10 Alemany, Joan         2d CAT 24    4-  18+  11+   9+   5-  3   120    603    70  
 11 Cabre, Dimas          3d CAT 24    3-   6-  10-  14+  15+  2   120    600½   46  
 12 Carles, Pau           2d CAT 24   24+   9-  14+   3-  13+  3   116    599    67  
 13 Egea, Antonio         4d MAD 23    2-  17+   4-   8-  12-  1   121½   595    22½ 
 14 Sanchez, Cesar        4d CAT 23    1-   8-  12-  11-  19+  1   121    590½   22  
 15 Morales, Pablo        1d ALA 23   17-  25+  18+  21+  11-  3   111½   561    65  
 16 Ardevol, Albert       1k CAT 23   37+  27+  19+  17+   7-  4   108½   548½   83½ 
 17 Shalayko, Yurij       1d CAT 22½  15+  13-  24+  16-  --   2   110    551    44  
 18 Fernandez-Estall, Fr  2d CAT 22    6-  10-  15-  20-  25+  1   115    571    21  
 19 Gascon, Artur         1k CAT 22   28+  23+  16-  25+  14-  3   109½   543½   63½ 
 20 Tallos, Andres        1k MAD 22   23-  30+  26+  18+   9-  3   108½   547    63  
 21 Barrasa, Dionisio     2k CAT 22   31+  22+  27+  15-  24+  4   107    532    84  
 22 Pina, Angel           1k ALA 22   25-  21-  29+  28+  26+  3   105    531    62  
 23 Palmers, Christian    1k AT  21½  20+  19-  --   --   --   1   101    503    22  
 24 Perez, Sergio         1d ALA 21   12-  29+  17-  26-  21-  1   109½   544    20  
 25 Watanabe, Tsutomu     1k CAT 21   22+  15-  31+  19-  18-  2   109    541    42  
 26 Sanchez, Albert       1k CAT 21   27-  28+  20-  24+  22-  2   107    533    42  
 27 Castellano, Miguel-A  1k MAD 21   26+  16-  21-  30-  29+  2   106    529½   41  
 28 Matsuura, Junko       1k MAD 21   19-  26-  33+  22-  30+  2   104    522½   39  
 29 Martinez, Julio       2k CAT 20   30+  24-  22-  31+  27-  2   104    523½   40  
 30 Garcia, Nil           2k FR  20   29-  20-  34+  27+  28-  2   103    516½   40  
 31 Avanzini, Fernando    2k MAD 20   21-  37+  25-  29-  33+  2   100    519    37  
 32 Ni, Yinjie            4k FR  20   41+  33-  37+  39+  34+  4    91½   470    72½ 
 33 Aguilar, Rafael       3k CAT 19   34-  32+  28-  37+  31-  2    98    490½   38  
 34 Roqueta, Jaume        4k CAT 19   33+  38+  30-  43+  32-  3    94    470½   54  
 35 Casanovas, Carlos     4k CAT 19   38-  36-  40+  42+  39+  3    90    445½   53  
 36 Perez, Gorka          5k ALA 19   46+  35+  39-  38+  37+  4    89½   454    71½ 
 37 Urmeneta, Jordi       2k CAT 18   16-  31-  32-  33-  36-  0   101    487½    0  
 38 Triana, Carles        4k CAT 18   35+  34-  43-  36-  44+  2    91    443½   36  
 39 del_Moral, Jaime      5k CAT 18   53+  42+  36+  32-  35-  3    90    442    51  
 40 Averous, Pierre       5k FR  18   42-  49+  35-  41+  43+  3    86½   430½   50½ 
 41 Gene, Jordi           5k CAT 17½  32-  44+  --   40-  42+  2    87    424½   34  
 42 Tena, Jose-Manuel     5k CAS 17   40+  39-  48+  35-  41-  2    88½   432½   34  
 43 Garcia, Matei         6k MAD 17   52+  46+  38+  34-  40-  3    87    428½   50  
 44 Ligero, Juan-Jesus    6k AND 17   47+  41-  53+  46+  38-  3    83    424½   47½ 
 45 Averous, Christophe   8k FR  17   61+  50+  49+  48+  47+  5    77    385    77  
 46 Barros, Isabel        5k CAT 16½  36-  43-  57+  44-  --   1    82    408    14  
 47 Christmann, Pierre-Y  6k FR  16   44-  48-  51+  50+  45-  2    82    391½   32  
 48 Marcelo, Francisco-J  7k AND 16   54+  47+  42-  45-  56+  3    79    399    45  
 49 Jane, Jordi           7k CAT 16   58+  40-  45-  56+  54+  3    78    388    43  
 50 Otxoa, Zurine         7k EH  16   56+  45-  55+  47-  53+  3    77    391    44  
 51 Pertinez, Fatima      7k CAT 16   57+  53-  47-  55+  52+  3    75½   386    44½ 
 52 Morales, Gregorio     7k ALA 15½  43-  56+  --   53+  51-  2    75    386½   29  
 53 Taldo, Ivano          6k IT  15   39-  51+  44-  52-  50-  1    82½   400½   16  
 54 Tora-Giner, Oscar     7k ALA 15   48-  55-  58+  57+  49-  2    75    376½   28  
 55 Mullens, Richard      8k St  15   63+  54+  50-  51-  59+  3    73    361    41  
 56 Maurin, Celine        7k FR  14   50-  52-  61+  49-  48-  1    76½   378    13  
 57 Murat, Miguel         7k MAD 14   51-  63+  46-  54-  58-  1    73½   374½   12  
 58 Puigsegur, Guy        8k FR  14   49-  60+  54-  59-  57+  2    73    352½   28  
 59 Pellicer, Daniel     10k AND 14   64+  65+  63+  58+  55-  4    64½   343½   49½ 
 60 Martin, Ricardo      10k AND 14   66+  58-  65+  64+  61+  4    61½   330    47½ 
 61 Checa, Araceli        9k MAD 13   45-  64+  56-  63+  60-  2    69    349    24  
 62 Pellicer, Miguel     12k AND 13   67+  66+  64+  65+  63+  5    57½   309½   57½ 
 63 Garcia, Jordi         8k CAT 12   55-  57-  59-  61-  62-  0    69    337½    0  
 64 Abal, Javier          9k CAT 12   59-  61-  62-  60-  66+  1    65    312    11  
 65 Sanz-Garcia, Carlos   9k CAT 11½   ?   59-  60-  62-  --   0    63½   302     0  
 66 Corbella, Joan       11k CAT 11   60-  62-  67+  69+  64-  2    59½   285½   20½ 
 67 Corral, Marc-Ignasi  12k CAT 11   62-  68+  66-  70+  69+  3    52½   256    28½ 
 68 Pulido, Sonia        13k MAD 10   69-  67-  72+  71+  70+  3    45½   226½   25  
 69 Derycke, Frederic    13k CAT  9½  68+  70=  71+  66-  67-  2½   49    243½   22½ 
 70 Arino, Miguel        13k CAT  9   73+  69=  --   67-  68-  1½   44½   215½  11¾  
 71 Alvarez, Pablo       14k MAD  8   72-  75+  69-  68-  74+  2    41½   198    14  
 72 Chauveau, Emmanuel   15k FR   8   71+  73+  68-  74-  75+  3    39    185    22  
 73 Kang, Da-Yeong       14k KR   7   70-  72-  74-  77-  78+  1    33½   175½    4½ 
 74 Gaset, Jordi         17k CAT  7   76+  77+  73+  72+  71-  4    33½   171½   25½ 
 75 Pinglier, Emmanuel   16k FR   7   77+  71-  76+  78+  72-  3    31    165½   15  
 76 Mana, Samuel         17k CAT  5½  74-  78+  75-  --   77+  2    26½   138     9½ 
 77 Bono, Enric          16k CAT  5   75-  74-  78-  73+  76-  1    31    152     7  
 78 Moon, Elena          17k CAT  4½  --   76-  77+  75-  73-  1    27½   137     5  

These results may be slightly modified in the following days, before being submitted to the EGF ratings manager. If somebody spots some error please let us know.

tournament pictures

Some tournament pictures sets :

By Julio Martinez.

By Jordi Gene.

By Angel Pina Canelles.

By Frederic Dericke.

If you have some pictures that you would like to share, please send us the link.

chiringuito aego

Referente al descuento para socios aego, puedo confirmar que habrá un pequeño chiringuito para quien quiera ponerse al día con sus cuotas AEGO. En principio estará formado por César Sánchez, pero igual hay alguien más. De todas maneras, si alguien tiene previsto hacer uso de ello, mejor me envíe un email, para que estemos pendientes de ello.

preregistration is closed

SISPLAU NO FEU TRANSFERENCIES / PLEASE DO NOT SEND MONEY / POR FAVOR NO HAGAIS TRANSFERENCIAS

Pre-registration with advance payment is closed. Players who preregistered through the website form should appear on the tournament blog, section registered players. Thanks go to all preregistered players.

The web form won't be removed. People who register from now on will make sure that there is a board available, and that will be paired in the 1st round.

The final list with all the registered players will be posted on the playing room on friday afternoon, and on the Chinese restaurant at night and at Oh Chimin's seminar at the playing venue. For late registrations, changes or payments, better to have them done on friday instead of saturday. Anyway, all players must confirm their attendance on early saturday morning.

socis aego - socios aego

Els que volgueu gaudir del descompte per socies aego, mireu de posar-vos al corrent de pagament i que el tresorer se n'assabenta pel dimarts 17 de febrer, que és quan contrastarem la llista de socis amb l'aego. No trucarem al tresorer el dissabte al matí. Gràcies.

Los que quieran beneficiarse del descuento para socios aego, que procuren ponerse al corriente de pago y lo notifiquen al tesorero para el martes 17 de febrero, que es cuando contrastaremos la lista de socios con la aego. No llamaremos al tesorero el sábado por la mañana. Gracias.

90 max

The number of players this year will be only 90 for space reasons. Please if you want to come register as soon as possible.

Oh Chimin 7dan Workshop

We're glad to announce that Oh Chimin 7dan will give a workshop/lecture on Friday 20th from 17:30h to 21:30h at our go club. Afterwards we will go to the Chinese restaurant as it's stated in the website.

For inscriptions or more information please contact the organization (lapedra@googlegroups.com). Entry fee is 5€.

Accomodation

There is a youth hostel just behind the playing venue. It may be quite convenient. It's called Itaca : http://www.itacahostel.com/. Regarding hotels, very close to the club there are : colon, guitart almirante, nh podium (near the chinese restaurant and not far from the club).