Hi everybody,

Here is the result of the last stage of the 2006 EGP: Paris.

 1: 10 pts [808] KORTENDIJK Albert (5012) {NL} (+2/2)
 2:  9 pts [826] MARCONI Francesco (36) {I}    (+0/2)
 3:  8 pts [793] KASHIWABARA Takuji (839) {F}   (+2/3)
 4:  7 pts [778] BARRE Sébastien (3597) {F}     (+1/3)
 5:  6 pts [798] HOBO Roel (5071) {NL}
           [746] ASPENRYD Henry (1513) {S}
           [744] STENBERG Veronica (1375) {S}
           [692] ORTIZ George (148) {AUS}
 9:  5 pts [682] KRACZYK Roman (4048) {PL}
10:  4 pts [689] ANDRIANI Bintsa (45) {F}
           [674] FRANSEN Martin (5239) {NL}
           [663] DE GRAAF Jan C. (4012) {NL}
13:  1 pt  [581] BUSUTTIL Michel (228) {F}
           [536] SNEEK Marcel (5083) {NL}

Final :
KORTENDIJK Albert 37-27 MARCONI Francesco
MARCONI Francesco 26-38 KORTENDIJK Albert

3rd/4th play-off :
BARRE Sébastien 42-22 KASHIWABARA Takuji
KASHIWABARA Takuji 40-24 BARRE Sébastien
KASHIWABARA Takuji 33-31 BARRE Sébastien
(Actually Sébastien lost the 3rd game on time when it would have been a draw otherwise...)

And the overall EGP top 4 standings :
1 KASHIWABARA Takuji 820
2 KORTENDIJK Albert 540
3 MARCONI Francesco 490
4 LEADER Imre 480

Congratulations to Albert for his second consecutive EGP tournament win, to Takuji for his 4th EGP title and to Albert, Francesco and Imre who also competed very hard for the EGP title.

Marc Tastet.