At last every game of the second round has been played, the players having defeated even the IGS server mantineance. Let’s see what happened!

Finland 3-1 Belgium
Finland wins again, but also collects the first defeat on board 4, in a game characterized by an uncommon taisha variation. Of note also the neat kill that ended the game on board 3.

Austria 3 - 1 Denmark
Very strong performance by the Austrian team, who was probably the underdog here (last year Den won 3-1). Unfortunately board 4 wasn’t played, we sincerely hope that there won’t be many more games awarded by forfeit this year.

Israel 3 - 1 Slovakia
Third consecutive win for Israel! They are putting a good deal of pressure on Finland, in preparation for their match on round 5. Once more Slovakia played well and was close to obtaining a draw against a stronger opponent.

Slovenia 0-4 Switzerland
First victory and first points for Switzerland, in a crucial match for the battle to avoid relegation. Slovenia seemed to have a bad day, losing all four games against opponents of lower rank. Hopefully this defeat won’t diminish their nice fighting spirit. A good example to see the fighting spirit in action is board 4, which deserves to be called “A Game of Kos”.

United Kingdom 2 - 2 Serbia
Once more, the Mitic brothers are undefeated, with Nikola edging Bei Ge by just 0.5 points! The UK was saved by Des Cann and Jon Diamond’s close victories on boards 3 and 4.

Here you can find the pairings, games, and complete results.

At last every game of the second round has been played, the players having defeated even the IGS server mantineance. Let’s see what happened!

Switzerland 0 - 4 Finland
Another defeat for Switzerland, but they had a very rough draw, with Israel and Finland in the first two rounds. Finland beat everyone senseless again. Will Belgium, their next opponent, be able to stop the Finnish Steamrollers?

Slovakia 0 - 4 Serbia
The score doesn’t tell us the whole truth. Slovakia did rather well, as two of the games were very close; I’d recommend especially game 2 between Maros Kral (Svk) and Nikola Mitic (Srb).

Denmark 1 - 3 Israel
Israel reminded us to be a strong contender for promotion and to have one of the strongest players of the league. Jabarin’s kill on board 1 was rather spectacular (at least for a 3 kyu player).

Belgium 2 - 2 Slovenia
Slovenia dominated the two lower tables, but it proved not to be enough. Another strong performance by the two top Belgian players.

United Kingdom 2 - 2 Austria
The games on boards 3 and 4 were interrupted by the IGS server mantineance. Schayan Hamrah (Aut) decided to resign his game without resuming it; instead, Alex Selby (UK) and Jürgen Suntinger (Aut) went on to play a complex game decided by time and ko battles.

Here you can find the pairings, games, and complete results.

As usual, the week after League A it’s time for the League B matches!

Login to Pandanet IGS and join room 36 (”EuropeanTeamChamp”) to observe the games. The team matches are listed below, for individual pairings see: League B, Round 2

Tuesday 11th October 2011

Tuesday 18th October 2011

Times are in local times.

Please notice that the games’ day and time are not final and might be subject to change.

Today on Tuesday 11 October we followed the second round of the championship league. The first games started at 19:00 CET (France vs. Russia) while the others joined at 20:00 CET.

League A Tuesday 11 October

France vs. Russia 2-2
Netherlands vs. Czechia 1-3
Germany vs. Romania 2-2
Ukraine vs. Sweden 4-0
Poland vs. Hungary 1-3

Round 2 player pairings and game records of League A.

The first round has been finally completed. Let’s see what happened!

Slovenia 0 - 4 Finland
Impressive victory by the Finnish team, all four games ending by resignation. We should expect them to be a major contender for the promotion.

Denmark 2 - 2 Serbia
The victories of the Danish lower tables allowed their team to held favourite Serbia to a draw. Most interesting game was probably board 2, where Nikola Mitic (Serbia) was able to snatch a narrow victory making good use of all the aji.

Austria 1 - 3 Slovakia
Slovakia did impressively well in their League B debut and defeated Austria, who ended in 3rd place last year. There will be little risk of relegation if they keep playing like this!

Switzerland 0 - 4 Israel
The Swiss players tried hard but Israel was too strong. Only the fourth game could have ended differently, but a ko helped Tal Michaeli to get ahead of his opponent, Jonas Jermann.

Belgium 3 - 1 United Kingdom
Very solid performance by the Belgian players, who scored an upset against the United Kingdom. Andrew Simons was the only obstacle between Belgium and the joint first place with Israel and Finland. Last year the UK had won 3-1.

Here you can find the pairings, games, and complete results.

This week marks the start for League B of the 2nd Pandanet Go European Team Championship.

Login to Pandanet IGS and join room 36 (”EuropeanTeamChamp”) to observe the games. The team matches are listed below, for individual pairings see: League B, Round 1

Tuesday 27th September 2011

Times are in local times.

Please notice that the games’ day and time are not final and might be subject to change.

The top league of the 2nd Pandanet Go European Team Championship starts this week on Tuesday. The fight for the top positions starts 19:00 Central European Summer Time with Czechia vs. Russia, the other matches start at 20:00 CEST.

Login to Pandanet IGS and join the room 36 to observer the games. The team matches are listed below, for individual pairings see: League A, Round 1

Round 1 Tue 20th Sep 2011

Times in local times.

The 2nd Pandanet Go European Team Championship had a little slow start last week when several teams from League C were still missing. Turkey beat Ireland and Italy beat Bulgaria. For other teams there’ll be some work to do to catch up with the schedule

League A

Round 1 Tue 20th Sep 2011

League B

Round 1 Tue 27th Sep 2011

League C

Round 1 Tue 13th Sep 2011

All times in local times.

Dear All European Team Championship League Teams and Observers,

After the successful first season of the PGETC we will continue right away with the 2nd Pandanet Go European Team Championship. The format is the same, the conditions are the same and the rules will be only marginally revised from the 1st PGETC season.

Please register your teams (6-12 members) for the 2nd PGETC by email as soon as possible. The registration deadline for the team captains and team members is Thursday 8 September (about 10 days to go - sorry for the tight schedule).

Please send your team information to the League Managers, Martin Stiassny and Vesa Laatikainen by 8th September. This invitation to register has been sent by email to the previous team captains.

Here is the overview of the 2nd PGETC schedule, the pairings will be published by the end of August.

Schedule: order leagues C / A / B :

Round 1: September 13 / 20 / 27
Round 2: October 4 / 11 / 18 (because of KPMC from 21.10.)
Round 3: November 1 / 8 / 15 (because of Pair-World Championship 18.11.)
Round 4: December (Nov) 29 / 6 / 13 (because of SAWMG in Beijing)
Round 5: January 10 / 17 / 24
Round 6: February 7 / 14 / 21
Round 7: March 6 / 13 / 20
Round 8: April (March) 27 / 3 / 17 (because of WAGC end of April)
Round 9 May 8 / 15 / 22

Relegation-games: June 5

We will update the web site and keep you informed about the developments, but please register in time!

The Russian team has won the first Pandanet Go European Team Championship - congratulations!
Romania became second, followed by Ukraine and Hungary. For more information, see
Final Results