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XIV World Amateur Go Championship 1992

Tokyo, May, 1992

Pl. Name Country 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pt. SOS 1 Yasuro Kikuchi Japan 2+ 3- 7 44 2 Lee Yongman Republic of Korea 3+ 1- 7 42 3 Han Qiyu China 2- 1+ 7 42 4 Laurent Heiser Luxembourg 6 5 Matthew Macfadyen U.K. 7+ 6 6 Kou Yupang Chinese Taipei 6 7 Kan Ying Hong Kong 5- 5 8 F. Janssen Netherlands 5 9 A. Lazarev Russian Fed. 5 10 A. Moussa France 5 11 Joong-Ki Kim U.S.A. 5 12 J. Flood Norway 5 13 R. Spiegl Austria 5 14 Jurgen Mattern Germany 5 15 Mun Yongsam D.P.R. Korea 4 16 C. Yeo Malaysia 4 17 A. Gondor Hungary 4 18 K. Ariya Thailand 4 19 P. Cipra Czechoslovakia 4 20 Y. Tse Singapore 4 21 Y. Chang Canada 4 22 K. Lee Brazil 4 23 J. Garcia Spain 4 24 V. Laatikainen Finland 4 25 S. Gherman Romania 4 26 K. Giedrojc Poland 4 27 B. Phease New Zealand 3 28 J. Carrillo Chile 3 29 M. Lazarevic Yugoslavia 3 30 R. Quintero Mexico 3 31 J. Frederiksen Denmark 3 32 S. Fontaine Switzerland 3 33 A. Wettach Belgium 3 34 C. Lindstedt Sweden 3 35 S. Reye Australia 2 36 B. Tan Philippines 2 37 C. Almiron Argentina 2 38 E. Burlini Italy 2 39 N. Mitchell Ireland 1 40 C. Cifuentes Venezuela 0

For the second straight year the three leaders in the World Amateur Go Championship crossed the finish line neck-and-neck. This year's top trio was Yasuro Kikuchi of Japan, Lee Yongman of Korea, and Han Qiyu of China. Lee beat Han in round four, Kikuchi beat Lee in round five, Han beat Kikuchi by half a point in round seven, and none of these three lost to anyone else. Their relative standings had to be sorted out by SOS points (sum of opponents scores), of which Kikuchi had garnered 44 while Lee and Han had 42 each. Kikuchi therefore took first place. Lee was awarded second place by virtue of having beaten Han. Although the top European amateurs bowed to Kikuchi, Lee, and Han, they held their own against everyone else. Matthew Macfadyen of Britain defeated Kan of Hong Kong in the final round to capture fifth place. Laurent Heiser of Luxembourg beat Kou Yupang of Chinese Taipei and Mun Yongsam of D.P.R. Korea to finish fourth. Mun, by the way, is a thirteen-year-old boy who has reached the strong five-dan level mainly by studying game records. He bears watching: in his first taste of world-class competition he polished off Joong-Ki Kim of the U.S.A. and Jurgen Mattern of Germany. The tournament was held at the Japan Convention Center, an imposing steel-and-glass complex located on the east side of Tokyo Bay not far from Tokyo Disneyland, where many of the players unwound after the action.