The International Book Fair took place in Saint Petersburg on 24th and 25th of April. The fair presented some Go books ranging from RUR 20 – 2400 (appr. EUR 0.54 – 69).

The final round of qualification took place in the Go and Strategy Club on April, 18. This is a series of testing games aiming to evaluate players according to Chin-San qualification system. Igor Grishin and Mikhael Emelianov played a game. The game was simultaneously reviewed by Leonid Gromovoj and Markus Krupp.