EUROPEAN OPEN 2026, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, March 10-15
- By sjm
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In a word having 71 players rated 800 Fargo or higher, I am no longer willing to deem anyone else a contender for the title at the majors. Every sub-800 player is a longshot and, yes, occasionally, a longshot comes in. To put it simply, Fargo 800 just isn't what it used to be.Yeah, we've mentioned expense/travel logistics for players from other continents. There is also overlapping schedule issues even within Europe. There are some pretty good players in the Eurotour event right now
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Poland aside, the federations are, typically, letting their best cueists play at the WNT event (for Germany, Filler and Neuhausen, for Spain, Alcaide and FSR, for Austria, Ouschan, Lechner and He).
Inclusion of the listed players would, of course, have made the WNT field deeper, but, other than Szewczyk and Maciol, it would have not changed the title picture much.
This is not the first time that the EPBF European Championships overlapped with a WNT major, and it won't be the last.