Gift from Korea

Hello, the year is ending so it's good time to remind what happened this year on the Polish Go Scene :-) But before I will do this I want to show you my new fan with signature of On Sojin 4p from Korea. On the photos there are also 3 other fans, two of them belong to Kamil Chweydana 4-Dan and another to Jan Lubos 3-Dan.

All fans are in Poland thanks to Tomasz Zimnoch who is now in Korea. Happy New Year Tomasz! OK, time to remind Polish Go in 2007:

January

A few tournaments but the most important was the first big promotion (Mariusz Pabich 1-kyu to 2-Dan) decided by the Polish Ranking Committee. This was the first sign that Polish players improve very fast and our system is on a good way to get proper rankings, so help from the Polish Ranking Committee is urgent.

February

Nothing special except "Bursztynowy" Go Tournament in Gdańsk.

March

This time there were two important tournaments. Polish Academics Championship was won by Mariusz Pabich 2d in Kedzierzyn Kozle. Another important tournament was Qualification to the Young Masters League. Unfortunately some people decided not to play in the league and the last place with ticket was 6th :(.

April

Nothing special

May

Young Masters League in Bielsko Biała. The winner was Kamil Chwedyna 3-Dan.

June

XXX Warsaw Go Tournament wasn't successful but of course it was one the biggest tournaments in 2007. This time the winner was Cho SeokBin 7-Dan.

July/August

Summer Go Camp is every year the biggest event on the Polish Go Scene and the great place to for everyone to relax. Next year it will be even greater :]

September

Qualification to Polish Championship. The winners: Radosław Jachym 4-dan; Mateusz Surma 3-dan; Marek Kamiński 3-dan; Jan Lubos 3-dan.

October

Polish Ranking Committee made a next big move to help Polish Ranking System. Promoted were: Ewa Moś (1-kyu to 2-Dan); Andrzej Zyzak (2-Dan to 4-Dan); Radosław Jachym (2-Dan to 4-Dan).

November

Polish Championship. Unfortunately Marek Kaminski didn't play because of some problems. The most funny things is that the tournament date was changed for Jan Lubos but no one asked Marek what he thought about the new date :( His replacement Kamil Chwedyna 3-Dan showed great result by winning the Polish Championship.

December

Kamil Chwedyna was promoted to 4-Dan. Polish Oza Tournament in Lodz (winner: Habu Koichiro 4-Dan)

Next Year?

I think the next year Polish go will be even greater :-)