CongressNews No. 4

Fujitsu Grand Prix

The European Championship is the last tournament in the Fujitsu Grand Prix cycle 1995/1996 and the last chance for players to gain points for the Grand Prix Ranking and to qualify for the Fujitsu Finals in December. Already qualified are Guo Juan (Winner 1995), Rob van Zeijst (Runner-up 1995), Andrej Gomeniuk (Prague), Pierre Colmez (Paris), Dimitri Bogatskii (Budapest), Mark Boon (Amsterdam), Egbert Rittner (Hamburg) and Alexei Lazarev (Kaliningrad).

Two Europeans qualify in this tournament directly while another four places will be decided by a special ranking where only the best three results of every player is taken in account. Players already qualified are also left out from the following ranking:
1. Victor Bogdanov
2. Radek Nechanicky
3. Vladimir Danek
4. Christoph Gerlach
5. Stefan Budig
6. Leon Matoh

Place Name Points Out of
1 Victor Bogdanov (RUS, 6 Dan) about 82 7
2 Radek Nechanicky (CZE, 6 Dan) 73 7
3 Andrej Gomeniuk (RUS, 5 Dan) 67 7
4 Vladimir Danek (CZE, 5 Dan) 64 7
5 Zhang Shutai (PRC, 7 Dan) 60 5
6 Guo Juan (NLD, 7 Dan) 55 4
7 Dimitri Bogatskii (UKR, 5 Dan) 53 5
8 Miyakwa Wataru (JPN, 7 Dan) 51 4
9 Alexei Lazarev (RUS, 6 Dan) 45 3
10 Christoph Gerlach (GER, 5 Dan) 43 5
11 Stefan Budig (GER, 4 Dan) 28 5
12 Lee Hyuk (KOR, 6 Dan) 27 2
13 Pierre Colmez 21 3
14 Leon Matoh (SLO, 5 Dan) 19 3 


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