Phantom Rengo is an extremely funny variant of the rather dull phantom go. It is played by two pairs on two boards, but each player sees only one board with a restrictive view on the moves of himself and his direct opponent. During the game, more moves by your and your opponent’s partners are discovered. A referee will announce when a stone is already present, likewise, ataris and captures will be announced. At the end, the game changes from an exploration journey to a nearly proper game of go. Phantom Rengo is as much fun for the spectators as for the players, but do not miss to be on the game.

At the EGC, phantom rengo is played on 13*13 boards without handicap.

Thinking Times

No formal thinking time. I f go slows down unreasonably, the referee may count seconds down from ten to urge the players to play.

The Winners of the Finals

1. Arved Weigmann & Martin Osthaus (Germany)
2. Svyatoslav Shalnev & Artemiy Pishalnikov (Russia)
3. Niels Schomberg & Jonas Welticke (Germany)

Results of preliminaries

PlaceNameClubLevelScore123PointsScoreXSOSSOSOS
1Niels Schomberg, Jonas Weltike4 Dan322+15+5+3316
2Vizghiniia Shalneva, Vadim Veprinskiy2 Kyu329+8+7+3314
3Svjasothelav Shalnev, Artemiy Pishalnikov7 Kyu327+17+6+33318½
4Arved Weigmann, Martin Osthaus4 Kyu319+18+32+33316
5Johannes Walka, Mathias Pankoke4 Dan233+16+1-2211
6Heng-Chen Lee, Hsuan-Ju Lee1 Dan230+10+3-2210½
7Robert Medak, Mirta Medak4 Kyu221+20+2-22514
8Alessandro Pace, Pierpaolo Merola1 Kyu224+2-20+22513½
9Stephane Thao, Michal Parusinski9 Kyu217-12+18+22417
10Casjen Quathamer, Matthias Terwey2 Dan223+6-31+2213½
11Viadeslav Kaymin, Oscar Vasquez5 Dan215-30+23+22314½
12Bastiaan Bekooij, Eran Bernstein4 Kyu228+9-19+22314
13Jan Adamek, Martina Simunkova7 Kyu225-27+21+22312½
14Marc Rieger, Angelika Rieger8 Kyu218-31+17+2218
15Liu Tianxing, Liu Yuan5 Dan11+1-16?112
16Ihor Mukha, Katya Andriienkova12 Kyu34+5-15?113½
17Simon Mayer, Bettina Kullin7 Kyu19+3-14-117
(18)Soeren Magerkort, Christoph Chmielowski8 Kyu114+4-9-117
19Feiyang Chen, Ferdinand Marz4 Kyu14-22+12-11610
20Christoph Grotepass, Christian Moldovan3 Kyu135+7-8-11511
21Anna Kulikova, Yong Peng4 Kyu17-29+13-1112
22Shukai Zhang, Frank Quathamer6 Kyu11-19-27+11416½
23Eunjin Cho, Jakob Schmidt4 Dan110-28+11-11410½
24Sebastian Berghoff, Ines Ahrens2 Kyu18-26-28+11410
25Lin Lu, Lin Zetong7 Kyu213+--1123
26Thomas Darnel, Katja Gutscher2 Kyu2-24+-1114
27Lissy Hartmann, Paul Kischkat7 Kyu03-13-22-00610
28Yifei Chen, Yikuan Chen13 Kyu012-23-24-00411
29Janntje Quathamer, Chafiq Bantla2 Kyu2-21--0049
30Chu Lu, Chris Volk3 Dan6-11--004
31Jens Schulze, Michael Palant1 Dan-14-10-0046
32Thomas Darnel, Kasim Cinar2 Kyu1--4-0033
33Malsoon Kim, Bong Yu Ko2 Dan15---002
34Conny Pohle, Dorothe Fischer12 Kyu116---00
35Jens Schulze, Sang-Won Lee1 Dan120---0015