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Ilya Shikshin wins European Professional Go Championship

Six European professionals fought for the title of a European Professional Go Champion February 8-10th in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. In the end, Ilya Shikshin (Russia, 1p) won the second European Professional Go Championship. Shikshin currently holds both European Champion titles (Open and Professional). In second was Mateusz Surma (Poland, 1p), while Pavol Lisy (Slovakia, 1p) was third. Fourth through sixth places were Alexandre Dinerchtein (Russia, 3p Korea), Ali Jabarin (Israel, 1p) and Artem Kachanovskyi (Ukraine, 1p). Click here for Marika Dubiel's detailed report, which includes round-by-round reports, photos and game records. photo: Ilya Shikshin (left) getting a bird's eye view of his game with Mateusz Surma (right); photo by Mikhail Krylov