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I don't think it's overblown at all. They make it clear he is the European champion and never imply he is the best player in Go, just obviously very good. Looks like he has won the last 3 European championships in a row (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Go_Championship).

Overall I think it was a well balanced article highlighting an impressive achievement, not sure why you felt the need to diminish it as not significant?