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XIII World Amateur Go Championship 1991

Kanazawa, May, 1991

Pl.	Name	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pt.
1	F. Imamura	Japan								3-	7
2	H. Hsia	Chinese Taipei					3+				7
3	R. Schlemper	Netherlands					2-			1+	7
4	S. Park	Republic of Korea									6
5	J. Li	China									6
6	L. Heiser	Luxembourg									6
7	Y. Kan	Hong Kong									5
8	A. Lazarev	U.S.S.R.									5
9-10	H. Hong	D.P.R. Korea									5
9-10	V. Danek	Czechoslovakia									5
11	J. Wang	U.S.A.									5
12	T. Pocsai	Hungary									5
13	J. Michel	France									5
14	J. Kraszek	Poland									5
15	V. Kuhar	Yugoslavia									4
16	T. Yeo	Malaysia									4
17	M. Park	Australia									4
18	F. Hansen	Denmark									4
19	E. Rittner	Germany									4
20	B. Scheid	Austria									4
21-22	R. Mateescu	Romania									4
21-22	H. Yeat	Singapore									4
23	D. Lee	Brazil									4
24-25	U. Olsson	Sweden									4
24-25	G. Parmenter	New Zealand									4
26	J. Beck	Canada									4
27	J. Rickard	U.K.									3
28	E. Lopez	Argentina									3
29-31	M. Ginoux	Belgium									3
29-31	L. Paatero	Finland									3
29-31	P. Garofalo	Italy									3
32	A. Amador	Spain									3
33	J. Chacon	Mexico									3
34	P. Gostelli	Switzerland									3
35	M. Yokomaku	Japan									2
36	O. Barriga	Chile									2
37	N. Mitchell	Ireland									2
38	A. Rognes	Norway									2
39	S. Intaratase	Thailand									1
40	J. Lua	Philippines									0

For the first time, a non-oriental player has been in the thick of the fight for first place in the World Amateur Go Championship. Ronald Schlemper of the Netherlands lost to 13-year-old Hsia Hsien-yu of Chinese Taipei in the fifth round, but then defeated two-time champion Imamura Fumiaki of Japan in the last round, leaving Hsia, Schlemper, and Imamura with final tallies seven wins apiece. Tie-breaking points (sum of opponents' scores) put Imamura first, Hsia second, and Schlemper third, but Schlemper had demonstrated convincingly that he can play at the top amateur level in any part of the world: he also beat Li Jiaqing of China, Kan Ying of Hong Kong, and Joseph Wang of the U.S.A.
Imamura used the expression “walking a tightrope” to describe his third World Amateur Championship. He needed a lucky break late in the endgame to overcame Hsia, and his wins over Li and Park Sung-kyun of the Republic of Korea were likewise cliffhangers.
This year's Championship was the first in which the Democratic People's Republic of Korea competed. Hong Hui-dok turned in a good 5-3 performance, losing only to Imamura, Schlemper, and his fellow- Korean Park. Complete results are listed below.

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XIII World Amateur Go Championship 1991