15-16 December in Lodz the last Polish Go tournament in this year was played. 37 players participated in the tournament. The Dan group was very big (11 Dan players) compared to the total number of players, so the tournament was very exciting.
This tournament was a qualification to European Oza, so everyone wanted to win, but only Habu Koichiro showed great Go by beating all opponents. Unfortunately Habu Koichiro can't play in European Oza because of some problems, very pity to Poland that the best Polish player can't participate in one of the biggest European tournaments :( Replacement for Habu Koichiru will be Michał Bażyński 4d who was second in the tournament.
Big surprise was Kamil Chwedyna losing (too!) many games. People say he is tired after Polish Championship but losing to 1-kyu two times straight is shameful for the Polish Champion. I hope that next year Kamil will show us better result. Other players showed normal result. After Tournament some people were promoted (according to the Polish Promotion List):
- Mateusz Mieszkowski 2-Dan
- Sebastian Pawlaczek 1-Dan
- Mateusz Chojnacki 1-kyu
- Malgorzata Biniecka 9-kyu
- Mateusz Strzecha 12-kyu
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