Pandanet Go European Team Championship 2013/2014

This is the fourth season of a team competition played online on Pandanet (IGS) in its own room called "EuropeanTeamChamp". Pandanet sponsor the League and the top four teams in the top division attending over-the-board finals at the European Go Congress.

The UK team is captained by Chris Bryant. Matches are four players a side, made up of available players from the registered team. The league is split into three divisions, originally by average rating of the best team members, but with promotion/demotion from last year. The UK is in the C League, having been relegated last year. Games are played every three weeks or so.

For more information visit Pandanet Go European Team Championship [1].

Full season results and league tables [2]

UK results for other seasons [3]

British Team (and IGS Handles)

in Rating List order as of 8th September

1. Andrew Simons 4d [4] (Uberdude)
2. Jon Diamond 4d [5] (mumps)
3. Des Cann 3d [6] (Shuko)
4. Alex Kent 3d [7] (saraneth)
5. Sandy Taylor 2d [8] (afar)
6. Paul Taylor 2d [9] (wicket)
7. Michael Webster 1d [10] (spider451)
8. Martha McGill 1d [11] (Cobweb)
9. Henry Manners 1d [12] (Henry1987)
10. Chris Bryant 1d [13] (SimbaRules)
11. Graham Lamburn 1k [14] (topazg)
12. Benjamin Ellis 3k [15] (DragonWolf)

Final score:
6 wins, 3 losses, 2 draws

Tuesday 17 September - Greece - won 4:0

1. Sandy Taylor (B) beat Panagiotis Baroutas (AjiStone, 4k) by resignation sgf [16]
2. Paul Taylor (W) beat Dimitrios Satkas (notevenbad, 7k) by resignation sgf [17]
3. Henry Manners (B) beat Giorgos Diakidis (Saeki, 7k) by resignation sgf [18]
4. Chris Bryant (W) beat Dimitris Arampatzis (jimibanez, 15k) by 112.5 points sgf [19]

Tuesday 22 October - Switzerland - won 3:1

1. Andrew Simons (W) beat John Walch (Ectoplasm, 3 dan) by 20.5 points sgf [20]
2. Des Cann (B) beat Félicien Mazille (dragonrojo, 2 dan) by 0.5 points sgf [21]
3. Alex Kent (W) beat Sébastien Ott (SSo, 2 dan) by resignation sgf [22]
4. Sandy Taylor (B) lost to Ivan Baeriswyl (bbaga, 1 dan) by resignation sgf [23]

Tuesday 12 November - Iceland - won 4:0

1. Andrew Simons (B) beat Hallbjorn Gudmundsson (kvasir, 1 dan) by 7.5 points sgf [24]
2. Des Cann (W) beat Ólafur Sigurðarson (Nooooooo, 1 dan) by 38.5 points sgf [25]
3. Paul Taylor (B) beat Þórbergur Ólafsson (tobbi, 6 kyu) by resignation sgf [26]
4. Henry Manners (W) beat Garpur Dagsson (Garpur, 11 kyu) by 90.5 points sgf [27]

Tuesday 3 December - Turkey - lost 0:4

1. Andrew Simons (B) lost to Emre Polat (emre, 5 dan) by resignation sgf [28]
2. Jon Diamond (W) lost to Kivanc Doganay (kivanc, 3 dan) on time sgf [29]
   * this result was disputed, since there was a problem with the clock, but lost of decision
3. Des Cann (B) lost to Ozgur Degirmenci (donatello, 2 dan) by resignation sgf [30]
4. Alex Kent (W) lost to Bertan Bilen (bertan, 2 dan) by resignation sgf [31]

Tuesday 7 January - Ireland - drew 2:2

1. Andrew Simons (W) beat Gavin Rooney (rooney, 2 dan) by 31.5 points sgf [32]
2. Alex Kent (B) lost to Ian Davis (hogweed, 1 dan) by 5.5 points sgf [33]
3. Paul Taylor (W) beat James Hutchinson (jameshutch, 1 dan) by resignation sgf [34]
4. Chris Bryant (B) lost to Justyna Kelczar (ajeczka, 2 kyu) by 7.5 points sgf [35]

Tuesday 28 January - Spain - lost 1:3

1. Andrew Simons (B) beat Paco Garcia de la Banda (palmero, 3 dan) by resignation sgf [36]
2. Des Cann (W) lost to Jesus Roldan (jesusin0, 2 dan) by 1.5 points sgf [37]
3. Sandy Taylor (B) lost to José-Manuel Vega (spaniard, 2 dan) by 3.5 points sgf [38]
4. Martha McGill (W) lost to Rogelio Gomes (Saurox, 2 kyu) by resignation sgf [39]

Tuesday 18 February - Croatia - won 3:1

1. Andrew Simons (W) lost to Slobodan Koncer (Baffo, 3 dan) by 2.5 points sgf [40]
2. Jon Diamond (B) beat Zoran Mutabzija (akebono, 5 dan) by 20.5 points sgf [41]
3. Des Cann (W) beat Daniel Zrno (quetzy, 2 kyu) by resignation sgf [42]
4. Alex Kent (B) beat Marko Popovic (mpopovic, 7 kyu) by 24.5 points sgf [43]

Tuesday 11 March - Bulgaria - won 3:1

1. Des Cann (B) beat Miroslav Gospodinchev (miro92, 1 kyu) by resignation sgf [44]
2. Alex Kent (W) beat Alexander Savchovsky (Feanor, 1 kyu) by resignation sgf [45]
3. Paul Taylor (B) beat Boyan Alexandrov (nem, 2 kyu) by resignation sgf [46]
4. Chris Bryant (W) lost to Biser Nedkov (Makpoc, 5 kyu) by 25.5 points sgf [47]

Tuesday 1 April - Portugal - won 3:1

1. Andrew Simons (W) beat Pedro Pereira (Pite, 1 kyu) by resignation sgf [48]
2. Des Cann (B) beat Francisco Pereira (xikuh, 1 kyu) by resignation sgf [49]
3. Alex Kent (W) lost to Pedro Carmona (PCT, 2 kyu) by 0.5 points sgf [50]
4. Sandy Taylor (B) beat Leandro Ribeiro (caomorto, 10 kyu) by resignation sgf [51]

Tuesday 6 May - Cyprus - drew 2:2

1. Des Cann (B) beat Nurman Aylanc (fukurokuji, 2 kyu) by resignation sgf [52]
2. Default loss to Sotiris Ioannides (sotos361, 2 kyu)
3. Chris Bryant (B) beat Phedias Chistodoulides (Phedias, 3 kyu) by 63.5 points sgf [53]
4. Benjamin Ellis (W) lost to Dimitris Katsouris (DimaKats, 9 kyu) by 20.5 points sgf [54]

Tuesday 27 May - Kazakhstan- lost 3 - 1

1. Chris Bryant (W) beat Damir Ganeyev (Sufinkusu, 3 kyu) by 36.5 points sgf [55]
2. Yerlan Baimukhametov (San12Kaz, 5 kyu) won by default
3. Maxim Ivanchenko (VMaxxx, 5 kyu) won by default
4. Roman Voronkov (Rany,8 kyu) won by default