31st General Meeting of the IGF

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Another event at the 33rd World Amateur Go Championship was the annual General Meeting of the International Go Federation. This took place on May 12 in the conference room at the Baiyun Hotel, following the orientation meeting.

29th General Meeting of the IGF

The general meeting opened with an address by outgoing IGF president Chang Zhenming, in which he thanked tournament sponsor GAC Trumpchi and announced that the next IGF president would be from Japan. This was followed by an announcement of the names of the proposed new IGF president (former UNESCO secretary general Matsuura Koichiro) and two new directors (Kobayashi Chizu, Nihon Kiin Director, and Ying Minghaw, Chairman of the Board of the Ing Foundation). After approval of these appointments, IGF office director Liu Shiming gave a detailed report in which he said he hoped to make the IGF more democratic, more effective, and more visible to the world at large. He spoke of the need for more women’s tournaments, his hope for expanded mind games events, and China’s plans support European go.

Director Eduardo Lopez then gave a report on the IGF’s activities in 2011, which included organizing the 32nd World Amateur Go Championship in Matsue, Japan, and the Student Oza and International Amateur Pair Go tournaments in Tokyo. Eduardo also announced that Brunei, Kazakhstan, and Latvia had joined the IGF, bringing the total number of IGF member countries and territories to 74.

IGF secretary general Shigeno Yuki then gave the financial report and announced that Thailand and Australia would act as auditor countries for the coming year.

29th General Meeting of the IGF

IGF vice-president Thomas Hsiang announced that the Ing Chang-Ki Foundation would become an Association Member of the IGF, while the Chinese Taipei Weichi Association would become the IGF member organization representing Chinese Taipei. Thomas also reported that the International Mind Sports Association (IMSA) had signed a five-year contract with a firm in Singapore to develop mind sports, that another world mind sports games was being planned for August 9-23 in Lille, France with a shortened go schedule limited to amateur players, and that SportAccord had signed a contract to hold world mind games in Beijing for the next four years, with individual and pair competition and with an expanded auxiliary Internet tournament.

IGF Director Martin Finke then explained the anti-doping rules for the current World Amateur Go Championship. Finally, it was announced that the World Amateur Go Championship will be held in Sendai, Japan in 2013, and in Korea in 2014, and the International Amateur Pair Go tournament will be held again in Tokyo in 2012. It was also announced that the IMSA subsidy will be used for a go teaching project for children in Latin America, starting this year, and for a go symposium at the upcoming American Go Congress.

- James Davies

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Interview with Igor Popov

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After the 7th-round Russia-Serbia game, Ranka took the opportunity to interview the winner, Russia’s Igor Popov.

(from the left) Igor Popov, Albertas Petrauskas and James Davies

Ranka: Where do you live?
Igor: In Moscow.

Ranka: What is your profession?
Igor: I am a logistics manager for a trading company. I’m in charge of all aspects of transportation.

Ranka: Did you get into go by playing chess?
Igor: No, I tried playing chess but I don’t like it.

Ranka: How have you been managing the stress of the tournament?
Igor: During the thirty years I have been competing in tournaments, I have improved in this regard. I’ve learned to control my emotions.

Ranka: Does smoking help?
Igor: I like to smoke, and when I’m playing, I smoke more.

Ranka: How do you feel about your results so far in the WAGC?
Igor: At first it was quite difficult, including difficulties in just getting here, and I lost my first two games. After that, I won five straight and I’m in contention for a high finish, so I think my results have been quite good.

Ranka: What do you think of the organization of this tournament?
Igor: The organization has been superb, of the highest caliber. Few of the tournaments that I have competed in have been organized this well. There have been no problems at all.

Ranka: How were you selected to represent Russia?
Igor: The Russian representative is selected from among the players in the final stage of the Russian Championship. I didn’t win the championship, but the players who finished higher than me could not compete for various reasons: Alexander Dinerchtein because he is a professional player, Ilya Shikshin because he decided to play in the Korean Prime Minister’s Cup instead, and Oleg Mezhov because he played in the WAGC last year. Russia has a rule that a player cannot represent Russia two years in a row.

Ranka: What is the recent go news from Russia?
Igor: The big news has been that the Russian team won the Pandanet European team tournament. I was on the winning Russian team. Now they will go on to compete at the European Go Congress in Bonn, although I won’t be going with them.

Ranka: What has been the effect of having Russian professional go players?
Igor: More Russian people are starting to play go.

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Interview with Chan Chihan

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Hong Kong’s Chan Chihan granted Ranka a brief interview after winning his final game against Igor Popov in round 8.

Chan Chihan

Ranka: How do you feel about your results.
Chan Chihan: I lost two games to very strong opponents from China and Chinese Taipei and won all the rest, so I’m satisfied.

Ranka: What have you been doing for the past year?
Chan Chihan: I’ve been playing go online. I also take go lessons once a week, on Saturdays. My instructor is Yang Qinghwa, a 6-dan pro. He taught go in Singapore for 28 years. He was the first pro to teach there. I’ve also competed in a few tournaments. Hong Kong has more than ten go schools and more than twenty tournaments every year. I limit myself to the stronger tournaments.

Ranka: What is your best subject at school?
Chan Chihan: Math.

Ranka: Besides go, do you have any other extracurricular activities?
Chan Chihan: Yes, I play soccer at least three or four times a week.

Ranka: Do you have any future plans to become a professional player?
Chan Chihan: No, I’ll have to earn a living.

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Round 8

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(from the left) Qiao, Lee and Chen

Round 8 began with a detailed explanation of the anti-doping procedure. Five players would be tested: the top three finishers, and two others selected at random during the final round. This explanation was given in English by IGF director Martin Finke and interpreted into Chinese by Zhang Wei, who then went over the schedule for the next day in both English and Chinese. When they had done, chief referee Hua Yigang gave the instructions for the final round to start, slightly after the scheduled time.

On board 1, China’s Qiao Zhijian played more deliberately against Germany’s Benjamin Teuber than he had in the preceding three rounds against opponents from Chinese Taipei and the two Koreas. As in those rounds, his game attracted the most attention from the spectators and it came to the expected conclusion. Qiao won to finish in first place with a perfect 8-0 record.

Kuronen (left) and Balogh

The game between the Chinese Taipei’s Chen Cheng-Hsu and Korea’s Lee Hyunjoon on board 2 then became a contest for second place. The contest was close, and the winner was Lee. Chen finished third, his 90 SOS points putting him well ahead of the other players who ended up in the six-win band. Those other players were Hong Kong’s Chan Chihan, who beat Russia’s Igor Popov to finish fourth, North Korea’s Ri Kwang-Hyok, who beat Thailand’s Saechen Panjawat to finish fifth, Hungary’s Pal Balogh, who beat Singapore’s Lou Yuxiang to finish sixth, Finland’s Juri Kuronen, who beat Romania’s Cornel Burzo to finish seventh, and Japan’s Nakazono Seizo, who beat Bosnia’s Dragan Paunic to finish eighth. Of their defeated opponents, Lou Yuxiang, Benjamin Teuber, and Cornel Burzo finished ninth, tenth, and eleventh, not high enough for an award but certainly deserving of an honorable mention.

Other honorable mentions go to Czechia’s Lukas Podpera, who defeated the U.S.A.’s Yuan Zhou to tie Cornel in 11th place, Denmark’s Jannik Rasmussen and Vietnam’s Do Kanh-Binh, who defeated Slovakia’s Pavol Lisy and Canada’s Xianyu Li to tie for 13th place, and Italy’s Carlo Metta, who finished with two straight wins to tie Saechen Panjawat for 15th place, the highest WAGC finish ever for an Italian player.

Carlo Metta

Carlo was also one of the two lucky winners of the random selection process for the anti-doping test. The other lucky winner was Colombia’s Carlos Acuna, who won his last two games to finish 34th. Carlo and Carlos were privileged to join Qiao, Lee, and Chen in attesting to the doping-free character of the WAGC.

Overall, the tournament was an impressive display of teenage power. Seven of the top twenty places went to teenage players, including all of the top four. Go seems to have a bright future, and not just in the Far East.

- James Davies

第八轮

第八轮开赛前，国际围棋联盟理事马丁•芬克先生向选手详细解释了兴奋剂测试程序，由张蔚进行中文解说：本次赛事的最后一轮比赛过后，五位选手需要接受测试，包括排名前三位的选手以及随机抽取的两名选手。随后张蔚向选手介绍了5月17日的行程安排。裁判长华以刚先生宣读比赛注意事项，第八轮比赛正式开始。

在一号桌上是中国的乔智健对德国的本杰明•托伊贝尔。相比起前三轮面对中华台北、韩国及朝鲜的劲敌，乔智健这局显得毫无压力。之前的几轮比赛中，他受到各方面极大的关注，结果也是意料之中：他以八连胜傲视群雄。

二号桌上，中华台北的陈正勋正与韩国的李炫准争夺第二名。双方旗鼓相当，最终李炫准得胜。陈正勋以对手分90，高于其他几名积分同为12分的参赛者，获得本次赛事第三名。香港陈志轩胜俄罗斯贾格拉•波波夫获得第四名，朝鲜李光赫胜泰国赛岑•潘贾沃特名列第五，匈牙利帕尔•鲍洛格胜新加坡娄宇翔获得第六名，芬兰尤里•库劳尼安胜罗马尼亚科尔内尔•布尔佐位居第七，日本中园清三胜波黑德拉甘•保尼克获得第八。第九名至十一名分别是娄宇翔、本杰明•托伊贝尔、科尔内尔•布尔佐。

其余赛果如下：美国周源不敌捷克洛卡斯•波德皮耶无缘前十一；丹麦詹尼克•拉斯姆森和越南杜汉宾分别名列十二、十三。意大利卡罗•梅塔相当幸运，最后两场连胜，获得第十五名，这是意大利选手在世界业余围棋锦标赛上最好的成绩。

卡罗也幸运地被抽中参加兴奋剂测试，另一名随机抽中的是哥伦比亚的卡洛斯•阿库纳（第34名）。他们将和前三名的乔智健、李炫准和陈正勋一起参加兴奋剂测试。

在本次锦标赛中，少年选手展示了他们强大的实力。排名前二十的选手中有七名是少年选手，其中包括前四名。围棋运动前途一片光明，已不仅仅是东方国家的专属项目。

文James Davies / 译 陈婷婷

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Interview with Chen Cheng-Hsun

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Chen Cheng-Hsun (photo by John Pinkerton)

After round 8 and before the anti-doping tests, Ranka managed to catch third-place finisher Chen Cheng-Hsun of Chinese Taipei for a short interview.

Ranka: What are your thoughts about this tournament?
Chen Cheng-Hsun: Well. I am not satisfied with my results. I do not think I played well. The clocks made me nervous, especially the beep tones. So did the crowd of people around my table and the noise they made.

Ranka: We noticed that you have been coughing. Were you feeling well during the games?
Chen Cheng-Hsun: No, I caught a cold when I arrived here. To avoid any questions in the anti-doping test, I did not take any medicine. To be honest, I don’t think it is necessary for go players to take anti-doping tests.

Ranka: What did you think of your eight opponents?
Chen Cheng-Hsun: The Chinese and Korean players are very strong.

Ranka: Do you remember the very first go tournament that you ever played in, and what was the result of it?
Chen Cheng-Hsun: That was a rating tournament in Taiwan. My memory of it is vague because I was only five years old at that time, and 20 kyu. It was shortly after I began learning go. I won first place.

Ranka: We hear that now you are ranked first among all amateur go players in Taiwan. Is that correct?
Chen Cheng-Hsun: Yes. I won the Taiwan Amateur Go Tournament in 2010 and 2011.

Ranka: You must have quite a collection of championship cups.
Chen Cheng-Hsun: About fifty.

Ranka: That’s a lot. Do you plan to become a professional player later?
Chen Cheng-Hsun: I plan to take that step next July, in mainland China instead of Taiwan.

Ranka: Why?
Chen Cheng-Hsun: I like to take on challenges. There are many more strong players in mainland China than in Taiwan. There I will have more chances to meet them and improve myself by playing against them.

Ranka: Thank you! And good luck in the future.

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Round 7

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Ivan Ivanov

The fourth and last day of the tournament began as smoothly as the preceding three days. The bus brought the constestants to the Guangzhou Chess Institute half an hour before the starting time. At board 1, China’s Qiao Zhijian and DPR Korea’s Ri Kwang-Hyok were in their seats 15 minutes early, Qiao to take a short nap, Ri to survey the playing area. At board 2, Korea’s Lee Hyunjoon, looking fully recovered from his defeat yesterday, sat waiting for his Hungarian opponent Pal Balogh, who was seated cross-legged on the floor at board 6, talking with Romania’s Cornel Burzo under the imposing gaze of Cornel’s Danish opponent Jannik Rasmussen. On the other side of the playing area, Bulgaria’s Ivan Ivanov and his Cypriot opponent Dimitris Regginos were in animated conversation at board 27.

At 8:55 chief referee Hua Yigang began the daily litany: mobile phones must be off or muted, spectators must be outside the blue ribbon encircling the playing area by 9:20, the GAC Trumpchi World Amateur Go Championship will now start.

Play began with a demonstration of the tombstone tesuji by Qiao Zhijian in the bottom right corner on board 1. The resulting fight ended in a ko in the top right corner. Qiao won the ko but had to concede the top right corner territory and also give Ri the superior position in the center.

During the course of the intense fight on board 1, Spanish WAGC sophomore Pau Carles was defeating Croatian veteran Zoran Mutabzija on board 20. The next games to end were on board 26, where Brazil’s Nadeen Prem beat Mongolia’s Bayarjargal Shartolgoi, board 12, where Luxembourg’s Andreas Gotzfried beat South Africa’s John Leuner, and board 9, where Germany’s Benjamin Teuber beat Slovenia’s Leon Matoh.

Chan (left) and Chen

The game on board 2 featured the avalanche joseki, again courtesy of Pal Balogh, but it was not enough to enable him to overcome Korea’s Lee. On board 3, the low-teen match between Chinese Taipei’s Chen Cheng-Hsun and Hong Kong’s Chan Chihan was won by Chen. Meanwhile, on board 1, Qiao was showing that he could win by the traditional method of taking corner and side territory and reducing his opponent’s center. Faced with a certain loss, DPR Korea’s Ri conceded the game by letting his time run out. Having disposed of Ri in round 7, Lee in round 6, Chen in round 5, and Chan in round 4, Qiao had given China a fairly firm grip on a second consecutive World Amateur Go Championship. Qiao had also beaten both remaining players with only one loss (Chen and Lee), so he was drawn down to play Benjamin Teuber from the two-loss band in the final round.

Elsewhere in the two-loss band, Finland’s Juri Kuronen, Japan’s Nakazono Seizo, Romania’s Cornel Burzo, Russia’s Igor Popov, Singapore’s Lou Yuxiang, and Thailand’s Saechen Panjawat all won their games. These six will join Chan, Chen, Lee, and Ri in competing for places among the top eight. Benjamin Teuber is also in contention, if he can topple China.

- James Davies

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Teuber v Chen

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Benjamin Teuber

White: TEUBER Benjamin (Germany) 6d
Black: CHEN Cheng-Hsun (Chinese Taipei) 7d

Commentary by Yang Shuang 3p, transcribed by Chris Garlock 

 

 

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Interview with Fang Xiaoyan

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Fang Xiaoyan, the extra Chinese player added to the tournament roster for pairing purposes, has been attracting interested attention from the other contestants. When she drew a bye in round 5, Ranka took the opportunity to interview her.

Fang Xiaoyan

Ranka: Hello, Miss Fang! We want to know something about you. Where are you from?
Fang Xiaoyan: I’m from South China. My hometown is Chaozhou.

Ranka: When did you learn to play go?
Fang Xiaoyan: I began learning to play go in 2006. After graduating, I joined the Donghu Qiyuan. I worked there and learnt go at the same time. My work is teaching children’s classes and it has occupied most of my time, so I haven’t actually spent much time in improving my own level of play.

Ranka: You meant that you started teaching go after you graduated from university, is that right?
Fang Xiaoyan: Actually I graduated from a normal college for preschool teachers. The Donghu Qiyuan held a recruiting program in our college. The instructors taught us how to play go and introduced us to teaching methods. I started  from the fundamentals and improved my skills gradually.

Ranka: What ages are your students?
Fang Xiaoyan: From 3 to 10.

Ranka: Do you have any special teaching methods for children?
Fang Xiaoyan: Yes. The most important thing is to get their interest. Coaxing and encouraging always works well.

Ranka: Could you share some details with us?
Fang Xiaoyan: Learning go is quite boring for such young children. Teachers need to find clever ways to keep them interested. In our class, we tell the students stories that help them to understand the go principles. We also use rhymes, which are easy to remember.

Ranka: It sounds interesting. How many students have you taught?
Fang Xiaoyan: Well, about 350 students per year. And I have been teaching for six years.

Ranka: How much time have you spent in training yourself?
Fang Xiaoyan: For the first three years, I practiced more often than now. At that time I played go every day after class and improved a lot. Then I had to take care of the management of the whole Qiyuan, including instructor training, curriculum planning, and so on, so I did not have much time to train myself.

Ranka: Is this the first time that you have participated in an international tournament?
Fang Xiaoyan: Yes. This is the first international competition that I have ever taken part in. Sometimes I’ve played games with the teachers in the Donghu Qiyuan, but never such important games as here.

Ranka: How have you been feeling during the tournament?
Fang Xiaoyan: Nervous, extremely nervous, and also excited, because in these games I can meet players from different countries. It has been a great opportunity for practice as well as communication. The pity is that I have not been able to win.

Ranka: Have you talked to your opponents? What do you think of them?
Fang Xiaoyan: Actually I only talked to one of them, because I cannot speak languages other than Chinese. In round 1 I met Ri Kwang-Hyok, the contestant from DPR Korea. In the beginning he played slowly. Perhaps he wanted to give me a chance. He started to fight when he had ten minutes left and won the game. In round 2, I was late so my time was reduced. I was not in a good mood and did not perform well. In round 3 my main territory was surrounded and I lost. I felt good in round 4, but I tried to save two stones, and my opponent captured a group in a corner. My losing streak finally ended in round 5, but only because my Moroccan opponent did not show up.

Ranka: Good luck to you in rounds 6, 7, and 8!

- Photo by John Pinkerton

方晓燕是本次赛事中第二位中国选手，因参赛人数为单，主办方邀请她加入补缺，因此她备受关注。她在第5轮中轮空，Ranka借此机会对她进行采访。

Ranka: 方老师，您好！我们想了解一下您。您的家乡在哪？
方晓燕：我是南方人，家乡在广东潮州。

Ranka: 您是从什么时候开始学围棋的呢？
方晓燕：学围棋的话是从06年（开始）。06年毕业的时候我来到东湖棋院，在东湖棋院边做老师边学围棋，主要的工作是教小孩子下棋。真正自己下棋的时间不多。

Ranka: 那您是在大学毕业后就来到棋院开始教学吗？
方晓燕：我是幼师毕业的。当时东湖棋院的老师来到我们的幼师学校（上课），同时需要选拔一些新鲜血液，一边教我们如何教学，一边教我们下棋。我就从最基本的开始，慢慢练习提高。

Ranka: 那您的学生是什么年龄段的呢？
方晓燕：从三岁到十岁都有。

Ranka: 教这么小的学生您会有一些特别的方法么？
方晓燕：主要是兴趣教学，一是哄小孩子，二是多鼓励他们表扬他们。

Ranka: 具体是怎样的呢？
方晓燕：因为学棋是很枯燥的，要想他们静下心来必须找到方法去引导他们。我们上课教学是采用讲故事的模式，帮助他们记忆，把棋艺融入情节，教他们步法、图例等，同时也会用儿歌的教学法。

Ranka: 这样上课还真是挺有趣的呢。到现在为止，您一共教过多少名学生呢？
方晓燕：每年加上暑假大约会有350名学生，我已经教了六年棋了。

Ranka: 除了教学以外，您平时大概会花多少时间在训练上呢？
方晓燕：我自己的训练呢，在前三年比较多，会经常下棋，当时主要的工作负责教学，上完课回去就可以练习，那段时间进步比较快。后来还兼顾了管理工作，像是教师培训、学生管理这些方面的事情，基本没有什么时间去练习了。

Ranka: 这次是您首次参加国际比赛吗？
方晓燕：对的，我第一次参加正式的比赛。我也会参加棋院里面教师之间的竞赛，可是基本没有参加过其他比赛。

Ranka: 那您对这次比赛感觉怎么样呢？
方晓燕：很紧张，非常紧张，也很兴奋。见到来自不同国家的选手，跟他们下棋是很好的锻炼，也是交流的好时机。这是很好的一个机会。这次代表中国队却没有赢过，觉得有点遗憾。

Ranka: 那您有和四位对手交流过吗？对他们的感觉如何？
方晓燕：因为语言不通，只和一位能讲中文的对手聊过。第一轮是对朝鲜的李光赫，他很强，他的节奏比较慢，可能是因为让着我的原因，前面下了大概有一个小时。后面我的时间还剩下三十分钟，他只有十分钟了，他一下子吃掉我一大块棋子，结果我输了。第二轮开赛之前，我中午回家休息，迟了到场，时间被扣掉一点，情绪不是太好，没有下好，被围了一个大空，然后就认输了。第三轮的比赛在杀棋的时候我脱先了，被对手中间一个小飞，整块棋被围起，结果也输了。第四轮算是下得不错，可是为了救两个棋子，整个角上的地盘都被抢了，也输掉了。今天上午对手没有出席，就自动赢了。

Ranka: 那祝您接下来的比赛好运！

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Round 6

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As always, China’s Qiao Zhijian was in his seat ten minutes early. This time, he used those ten minutes to take a short post-prandial nap, while in the facing chair Korea’s Lee Hyunjoon carefully positioned his belongings and then passed the time by looking around the playing area. Behind him, at board 2, Chinese Taipei’s Chen Cheng-Hsun was also looking around, waiting for his German opponent to sit down. At board 3, DPR Korea’s Ri Kwang-Hyok and the U.S.A.’s Yuan Zhou were busily avoiding each others’ gaze. More relaxed were Hong Kong’s Chan Chihan and Singapore’s Lou Yuxiang at board 4.

Mijodrag Stankovic

When play began at 2:30, Serbia’s Mijodrag Stankovic needed less than 40 minutes to dispose of Australia’s David Bofinger. ‘Against a 5-dan opponent I chose to fight,’ said 2-dan David, ‘but it was the wrong fight to choose.’ Macau’s Chan Kouk-Wang (5 dan) was almost as quick in beating Spain’s Pau Carles (3 dan).

On board 1 Qiao immediately launched into the same Dosaku opening that he had used successfully in the morning round, once again playing his initial moves in less than one second each. The game took a similar course, with black (Qiao) securing considerable territory while white (Lee) constructed a framework, inside which he tried to destroy an invading black group. At one point it looked as if he had a fair chance of catching the invaders, but running wild inside opponents’ frameworks seems to be Qiao’s specialty, and as in his morning game, he successfully brought his invaders to safety. Lee resolutely switched strategies and tried to win on territory, but this appeared difficult. Toward the end of the game Lee started a ko on the lower edge, but by this time all the black stones were connected into a single group, and white did not have enough ko threats. Qiao won the ko, started another (indirect) ko that eventually Lee had to win to avoid losing the top left corner, and won the game by 2.5 points.

Do Kanh-Binh

Elsewhere, the players from Chinese Taipei, DPR Korea, Japan, and Hong Kong successfully overcame opponents from Germany, the U.S.A., Belarus, and Singapore. DPR Korea’s Ri Kwang-Hyok will be the next to try to defeat Qiao Zhijian tomorrow morning. The low-teen duo from Chinese Taipei and Hong Kong are also in the five-win band, which means they are still in contention for the championship; they will play each other in the round 7. Another player in this band is Hungary’s Pal Balogh, who used the avalanche joseki to defeat Slovakia’s Pavol Lisy in round 6, and will face the Korean Lee in round 7.

In other notable results, Vietnam’s Do Kanh-Binh defeated Alexander Eerbeek. ‘I played like a 10-kyu,’ was the Dutch champion’s comment. In a match between two players who reside in Canada, French seed Remi Campagnie downed Canadian representative Xianyu Li. In games matching Europeans against Latin American opponents, Italy’s Carlo Metta, Switzerland’s Felicien Mazille, and Argentina’s Eduardo Lopez picked up their third wins by defeating Costa Rica’s Luis Cajiao, Colombia’s Carlos Acuno, and Austria’s Lothar Spiegel, while Ireland’s Colin MacSweeney picked up his second win by beating Brazil’s Nadeen Prem. And most notable of all, Fang Xiaoyan made this a perfect day for China by defeating Mongolia’s Bayarjargal Shartolgoi.

- James Davies

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Chan vs Qiao

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Chen Chin Hin

White: CHAN Chi Hin (Hong Kong) 7d
Black: QUIAO Zhijan (China) 7d

Commentary by So Yokoku 8p, transcribed by Chris Garlock  (translation by Ting Ting Chen).

This game gets really complicated very quickly, with multiple eyeless groups fighting each other with predictably fatal results.

 

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