The popular 9×9 tournament is played in two stages, a round robin group stage and a knock-out stage. The games will be played with a slight handicap, so that everybody can enjoy the games. (‘Steininger handicap’ is used, which will be published at the notice board. The thinking time will be also announced on-site.)

Zhang Tao won the tournament, Janos Nitschke came in second.
Kim Do Hyup won the game on place three.
Tournament Rules
The popular small board tournament is played in two stages, a round robin group stage and a knock-out stage. The games will be played with a ‚Steininger‘ handicap, so that everybody can enjoy the games. The details of the handicap will be published at the notice board before the tournament.
Thinking Times
9 minutes plus 5×10 seconds byoyomi
