11th European Championships

11th European Championships

Brussels, 25 t/m 27 august 1995

Results
Dan Group
Kyu Group
Champion's Comments
Kifu Watching (E.Cheymol vs R.Grimbergen)


Results for Dan Group

NrNameNtGrPWPSBResults per round
1.R.GrimbergenNL4-d7282818+5+14+7+2+6+4+
2.L.BlackstockGB3-d5312021+4+3+9+1-11-8+
3.A.v.OostenNL4-d5302010+12+2-5-9+13+11+
4.E.CheymolF4-d5301817+2-19+11+5+7+1-
5.K.WatanabeJ3-d5301816+1-15+3+4-14+6+
6.T.FukumuraJ5-d4301419+9-10+12+8+1-5-
7.H.SegersNL3-d429138+24+9+1-12+4-13-
8.T.MiekiJ2-d426137-22+13+14+6-10+2-
9.H.GeunsNL3-d4261222+6+7-2-3-15+16+
10.F.SoelterD1-d425123-23+6-17+14+8-18+
11.M.LitjensNL3-d4241115-21+24+4-16+2+3-
12.T.HoskingGB3-d4231023+3-16+6-7-22+17+
13.K.YamamotoJ3-d4211124-20+8-21+15+3-7+
14.P.StoutenNL3-d327720+15+1-8-10-5-19+
15.T.GorissenNL2-d324811+14-5-18+13-9-20+
16.B.de SchepperB1-d32365-18+12-19+11-20+9-
17.D.LerminetF1-d32164-19-20+10-23+18+12-
18.E.VerhaevenB1-k22441-16-23+15-21+17-10-
19.F.RoquasNL1-d22146-17+4-16-20-24+14-
20.H.HollandersNL1-k220414-13-17-22+19+16-15-
21.F.PottierF2-d22032-11-22+13-18-23-24+
22.B.MirnikD1-d21939-8-21-20-24+12-23+
23.M.CastersB1-d218312-10-18-24+17-21+22-
24.U.SchuelerD2-d120413+7-11-23-22-19-21-


Result for Kyu Group

NrNameNtGrPWPSBResults per round
1.M.BeelB2-k6528.517+8+4+3+5+2-
2.P.JacobsNL3-k6525.510+4-18+9+16+1+
3.L.DreblowF6-k5.54.528.516=10+6+1-4+5+
4.Van de VeldeB5-k5431.57+2+1-6+3-11+
5.A.HeefferB4-k542714+9+16+12+1-3-
6.C.WeimannF2-k5425.518+13+3-4-10+8+
7.H.HaaksmaNL2-k54224-21+9-20+17+14+
8.P.TranF4-k4326.512+1-11+16-9+6-
9.M.SoelterD5-k432619+5-7+2-8-17+
10.Van CaeneghemB6-k4325.52-3-15+26+6-18+
11.NonoyamaJ1-k432413-14+8-17+12+4-
12.E.BertinB1-k4323.58-20+13+5-11-16+
13.T.KauNL4-k432311+6-12-21+14-19+
14.A.EngelhardtD6-k43235-11-25+19+13+7-
15.L.VolckaertB8-k441627+19-10-25+22+20+
16.W.GrebD3-k3.52.527.53=18+5-8+2-12-
17.T.MajewskiD5-k32251-22+19+11-7-9-
18.K.BerkersB6-k3224.56-16-2-24+21+10-
19.M.BrewerGB2-k32229-15+17-14-23+13-
20.MarounekB7-k332025+12-22+7-26+15-
21.UeberveldtD12-k331628+7-23+13-18-27+
22.X.YangCH14-k331523+17-20-28+15-26+
23.F.BoekwijtNL10-k331322-24+21-27+19-28+
24.L.RandshuizenNL10-k331126-23-27+18-28+25+
25.MoermanB14-k221720-26+14-15-27+24-
26.FukumuraJ15-k221524+25-28+10-20-22-
27.PutzeijsB14-k111515-28+24-23-25-21-
28.J.BoenderNL10-k001521-27-26-22-24-23-

Comments for The European Champion

Reijer Grimbergen (grimberg@etl.go.jp)

At the start of the European Championships, my chances of winning it for the third time seemed a little bleak.
First of all, the tournament line up looked very strong. Seven of the top ten players on the European ELO list were present. The three players absent were the holder of the European titel Shuji Takahara, who returned to Japan, former European Champion Stephen Lamb, who seems to have lost some of his interest in Shogi and the strong Japanese Hayamizu, who could not find the time to attend this three day tournament. The EC was also quantitatively strong with a top group consisting of 24 players. A big surprise was the participation of Pieter Stouten, who was able to plan a holiday around the EC.
The second reason I was not very optimistic about winning the tournament was the fact that I had just been informed that my application for a two year fellowship for research in Japan would be granted. I feared that the fullfilment of one of my greatest wishes (that is, being payed to do Shogi research) would be bad for my concentration.
The third reason was that I expected other players to be much more eager to win than I was. I especially expected Cheymol and Fukumura to be very motivated to win. Eric because he had thus far been unable to add lustre to his high position on the ELO list by winning a European title. Fukumura is the only 5-dan currently active in Europe but has not been able to win a tournament, despite coming very close on several occasions.
Finally, I was a bit suspicious about the venue. Not that there was anything wrong with it. On the contrary, it is almost ideal for a major European tournament. However, last year my performance in Brussels was very poor, even to the extent that I started complaining about the pairing that I thought to be unfair to me. Of course this crybaby behaviour was ignored by the tournament organisers.

This tournament was different, though. Everything went smoothly from the first game. I won one game after another, while my rivals lost important games. In the first two rounds I had considerable problems beating Verhaeven and Watanabe, but I managed to squeeze out a win none the less. Meanwhile, Cheymol lost to Blackstock and Geuns staged a major upset by beating Fukumura. In the third round I miraculously escaped defeat against Pieter Stouten, while Van Oosten lost to Blackstock. After losing to Watanabe in round four, Van Oosten could no longer compete for the top position. In round five I won a difficult game against Blackstock and was the sole leader in the tournament. However, I still had to play Cheymol and Fukumura so the tournament was far from decided. Against Fukumura Lady Luck was again by my side and for a while it looked like the final game did not matter. Litjens had beaten Blackstock and Segers had a very good position against Cheymol. However, in byoyomi Segers lost his advantage and the game. This meant the tournament got a real final. I had to play Eric Cheymol in the final round. If he would win, we would both have 6 points out of 7 games and a play-off would be necessary.

Last updated by Hiroyoshi Ogawa (ogawa@toda.ricoh.co.jp) on Dec-14-95
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