3rd European Grand Prix Finale 2019

The Grand Prix Finale 2019 is the culmination of all the Bonus Point Tournaments that took place over the year.

This year it will be held in Leksand, Sweden from the 16th – 19th January 2020. 16 players, both professional and amateur, and with the citizenship of an EGF member-country, qualified for the tournament by winning Bonus Points in the Grand Prix Serie 2019.

Venue

Date : 16th – 19th January 2020

Place : Leksand, Sweden

Schedule

16th Jan. Thursday 10:30 Opening and drawing 11:30 Round 1

17th Jan. Friday

10:00 Round 2 15:00 Round 3

18th Jan. Saturday

10:00 Round 4 - Quarter-finals 15:00 Round 5 - Semi-finals

19th Jan. Sunday

10:00 Round 6, games for 3rd, 5th, 7th 11:00 Final 16:00 Prizegiving / Closing

Pots

Pot #1

Mateusz Surma, 2p

Ilja Shikshin, 3p

Artem Kachanovskyi, 2p

Pavol Lisý, 2p Pot #2

Lukáš Podpěra, 7d

Ali Jabarin, 2p

Stanisław Frejlak, 7d

Cornel Burzo, 7d Pot #3

Andrii Kravets, 1p

Nikola Mitić, 7d

Benjamin Dréan-Guénaïzia, 6d

Daniel Hu, 5d Pot #4

Dušan Mitić, 7d

Oscar Vazquez, 6d

Dominik Bővíz, 6d

Tanguy Le Calvé, 1p

Preparing lottery for building the preliminary tournament groups A to D:

Groups

Group A Name M L N D Rank Mateusz Surma xxx W L W 2 Lukáš Podpěra L xxx W W 3 Nikola Mitić W L xxx W 1 Dominik Bővíz L L L xxx 4



Group B Name I C B O Rank Ilja Shikshin xxx W W W 1 Cornel Burzo L xxx L L 4 Benjamin Dréan-Guénaïzia L W xxx W 2 Oscar Vazquez L W L xxx 3



Group C Name Ar Al An D Rank Artem Kachanovskyi xxx W L W 2 Ali Jabarin L xxx W W 3 Andrii Kravets W L xxx W 1 Dušan Mitić L L L xxx 4



Group D Name P S D T Rank Pavol Lisý xxx W L L 3 Stanisław Frejlak L xxx W W 2 Daniel Hu W L xxx W 1 Tanguy Le Calvé W L L xxx 4

Pairings / Results

– Build groups A, B, C and D by setting the players of pot #1 as heads of the groups and then spread the players of each pot to the groups

Games will be transmitted on KGS (Userids EGF1, EGF2, EGF3 and EGF4) and on Twitch

Rules and Tournament System

Game parameters:

– Even games, Chinese rules

– Fischer time – 45 minutes basic with 20 seconds per additional move

– “EGF Nigiri” in all games – the winner of nigiri decides the colours, and the loser the position for the clock

System of pairing for the preliminary rounds:

– 1. round (Thursday morning): per group (A to D) players pot #1 — pot #3 and pot #2 — pot #4 (1-3 and 2-4)

– 2. round (Friday morning): Winners against winners and losers against losers of round 1

– 3. round (Friday afternoon): automatically defined

Tiebreaks for the Group Stage:

– Number of wins

– Result in round 3

– Mutual game

The group stage is a round robin system - All players in a group must play 3 games together

The top 2 players per group qualify for the finals, there are no more games for players ending 3rd and 4th place within their group.





Mode of pairing for the 3 final rounds:

4. round (Saturday morning): A1 -- C2, A2 -- C1, B1 -- D2, B2 -- D1

5. round (Saturday afternoon):

top 4: winner A1/C2 -- winner B2/D1, winner A2/C1 -- winner B1/D2

bottom 4: loser A1/C2 -- loser B2/D1, loser A2/C1 -- loser B1/D2

6. round (Sunday morning):

1st place: winner of won A1/C2 vs. won B2/D1 -- winner of won A2/C1 vs. won B1/D2

3rd place: loser of won A1/C2 vs. won B2/D1 -- loser of won A2/C1 vs. won B1/D2

5th place: winner of lost A1/C2 vs. lost B2/D1 -- winner of lost A2/C1 vs. lost B1/D2

7th place: loser of lost A1/C2 vs. lost B2/D1 -- loser of lost A2/C1 vs. lost B1/D2









Side Tournament 18.1.2020 - 19.1.2020

Name L O Du Do Rank Lukáš Podpěra xxx W L W 2 Oscar Vazquez L xxx L L 4 Dušan Mitić W W xxx W 1 Dominik Bővíz L W L xxx 3



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