The 8th European Professional Championship was held at the same time and venue as the 8th Professional Qualification – the Go7 club in Vienna on 13–16 February. This round-robin tournament attracted seven professional players: six certified by the EGF and Li Ting 1p certified by the Kansai Ki-in.
The winner was Andrii Kravets 2p, who won five games out of six. Ali Jabarin 2p and Artem Kachanovskyi 3p won four games each and finished second and third, respectively.
Last year Andrii won the European Championship and finished second in the Professional Championship.
Below is a record of the game between Andrii and Ali.
Report by Artem