European Women's Go Championship 2014

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Inbjudan till EWGC 2014, se nedan. /Eskil, ordf SGF.
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Dear Go friends,

I’m glad to invite you to the European Women's Go Championship 2014. It will take place in Russia, Kazan from 27th to 29th of June.
Kazan is the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, one of the largest and most beautiful cities of Russia, which is on the list of UNESCO World Heritage cities. Kazan easily combines the culture and traditions of East and West: next to the minaret towers there are old Orthodox churches.
Kazan’s Go school is the strongest in Russia, and probably in the whole Europe. Kazan – is a motherland of such famous European Go players, multiple European champions as: Svetlana and Ilya Shikshins, Alexander Dinerstein, Andrey Kulkov and many others.
Kazan is a sports capital of Russia. In 2013 the 27th Summer Universiade was held there; in 2015 Kazan will host the World Aquatics Championships.
We would like to meet foreign players in Kazan.
Thanks to the support of Russian Go Federation general sponsor - Polymetal Company we can compensate sufficient part of expenses to the official representatives of EGF countries.
Terms of compensation:
One official representative of the EGF country, rating 5 kyu and above (we were able to find more opportunities and lower the threshold from 1 dan to 5 kyu);
Compensation for travel expenses - not more than 320 Euro;
Free accommodation in Hotel Regatta for 2 nights (27-29 of June).
More information you can find on official website of EWGC 2014.
Please notify about this Championship interested persons in your country.

Best regards,
Natalia Kovaleva