European Go Congress 2019 ?

[Mew]

How old is Yann? Such rapid improvement could stem from a younger player, who is going to grow naturally at a much faster rate, combined with a lot of study.

Maybe Yann is an internet player who doesn't play many RL tournament, so his official rank lags his actual strength?

I played against a Belgian 1k (Nicola Flagothier). After the game he told me he is 5d on Tygem, but doesn't play many RL tournaments. He got 8:2 in the main tournament and I felt like I was playing someone of my level (3d, rating 2305 before EGC). We talked a bit about Yann and Nicola told me Yann is 6d on KGS.

Hello, I can give you certain indications ^^

Age : 21 yo

Tygem rank : 7d ( soon 6d ^^ )
IGS rank : 6d
KGS : 4d

[Matti]

Iagree that it is bad to leave the players without a place to play for one day during the congress. It seems that the organisers didn't care or were too busy to set up a backup plan, for example some restaurant.

[RobertJasiek]

It seems that the organisers didn't care or were too busy to set up a backup plan, for example some restaurant.

I suggested this to them, but they did not care.

[gennan]

The tournament booklet had adresses of about 10 bars nearby that hosted some go boards during the congress. I went to one of those bars (GIST) a couple of times and most often there were other go players, chatting, drinking Belgian beer and playing go.