The European Youth Go Championship ( EYGC ) is a championship for young players of the board game of Go . It is held annually, and first started in Băile Felix , Romania in 1996. Some winners of the various age groups, such as Diána Kőszegi , have since progressed to become professional Go players.
6-472: The championship was divided into two sections until 2010, when it was split into three age groups. This event is where one can first see the future European Go leaders, such as Ilya Shikshin or Artem Kachanovskyi , respectively first and second in the adult 2010 European Go Championship (EGC). In its very first year, the U-18 group produced two noteworthy prize-winners: Csaba Mérő (the section winner), and
12-716: Is a 4-dan professional Go player from Russia . He was the fourth player to be awarded professional status by the European Go Federation , in 2015. He has won 27 major European titles including the European Championship , European Team Championship and European Pair Go Championship . Shikshin was born on 7 May 1990, in Kazan , Soviet Union . He began playing go at the age of 5 along with his sister Svetlana Shikshina , being tutored by his father, go teacher Valery Shikshin. In 2000, Shikshin won
18-753: The European Under 12 Championship in Sinaia , Romania while holding the rank of 2-kyu. He reached the rank of 5-dan amateur two years later, after placing 4th in the European Youth Go Championship in Prague , Czech Republic . Shikshin was promoted to 6-dan amateur in 2005, two years later he was promoted to 7-dan amateur (the highest amateur rank) after winning the Russian, European Individual and European Team Championships within
24-623: The adult EGC) and Diána Kőszegi. From 2010 onwards, these are split into 3 sections. They are for U-12s (players aged under 12), U-16s and U-18s. This section was created in 2010, after the World Youth Go Championship altered the age categories under competition. During the 2011 championship of Brno, it was mentioned "under 20" category instead of "under 18" Ilya Shikshin Ilya Valerievich Shikshin ( Илья Валерьевич Шикшин , born 7 May 1990)
30-401: The future professional players Svetlana Shikshina (2nd place) and Alexandre Dinerchtein (3rd place). Other juniors went on to win senior tournaments. The U-12 winner in 2000 and 2001, Ilya Shikshin, went on to win the adult European Go Championship , in 2007 and 2010. Notable U-18 winners who progressed to greater things include Csaba Mérő, Alexandr Dinerchtein (record 7-times-winner of
36-532: The same year. Shikshin later made multiple trips to South Korea, where he studied as an Insei under Chun Poong Jho 9-dan professional, failing however to become a Hanguk Kiwon professional. Shikshin went on to win multiple major European titles including the Russian Go Championship, European Team Championship, European Pro Championship and European Pair Go Championship in which he competed with his sister Svetlana. In 2015, Shikshin became
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