ГоБиблиотека: Турниры/Мир/ЧМЛ15

XV World Amateur Go Championship 1993

Fukuoka, May 25-28, 1993

Pl. Name Country 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pt. 1 Sun Yiguo China 2- 7 2 Seo Soonjoo Republic of Korea 1+ 3- 5+ 7 3 Hirata Hironori Japan 2+ 4- 6 4-5 Chou Chun-Hsun Chinese Taipei 3+ 6 4-5 Ronald Schlemper Netherlands 2- 6 6 Mun Yongsam D.P.R. Korea 6 7-8 Kan Ying Hong Kong 5 7-8 June-Ki Beck Canada 5 9 C. Gerlach Germany 5 10 B. Scheid Austria 5 11-12 T. Yeo Malaysia 5 11-12 Kosa Ariya Thailand 21+ 5 13 M. Crasmaru Romania 5 14 S. Hahn Australia 5 15 R. Nechanicky Czech Rep. 4 16 L. Matoh Slovenia 4 17 G. Tawara Argentina 4 18 W. Kim U.S.A. 4 19 M. Flusser Brazil 4 20 A. Gondor Hungary 4 21-22 Janusz Kraszek Poland 12- 4 21-22 P. Shepperson U.K. 4 23 U. Bro-Jorgensen Denmark 4 24 K. Wong Singapore 4 25 U. Olsson Sweden 4 26 B. Bouzy France 4 27 A. Karppinen Finland 3 28-29 R. Soletti Italy 3 28-29 P. Nicolet Switzerland 3 30 C. Wong Belgium 3 31 J. Rivaud Mexico 3 32 E. Tan Philippines 3 33 J. Pons Spain 3 34-35 N. Mitchell Ireland 3 34-35 Yucong Phease New Zealand 3 36 C. Segura Chile 2 37 T. Christoffersen Norway 2 38 P. Schmit Luxembourg 2 39 G. Branco Portugal 1 40 Maria Puerta Venezuela 0

On May 25 to 28 the World Amateur Go Championship was held in Fukuoka, the largest city in the southern Japanese island of Kyushu. The finish was tight and complex. Seo Soonjoo of Korea took the lead by beating Sun Yiguo of China in round six, but a potential three-way tie developed when sixty-six-year-old Hirata Hironori of Japan, who had already lost to Sun, rose up to defeat Seo in round seven. Hirata was then beaten by thirteen-year-old Chou Chun-Hsun of Chinese Taipei in round eight, leaving Seo and Sun to tie at 7-1. These two very nearly tied on SOS points as well, which would have made Seo champion, but Kosa Ariya of Thailand settled the issue with a half-point eighth-round win over Janusz Kraszek of Poland, which boosted Sun's SOS score by one point and give him the championship.
The other prize-winners were Ronald Schlemper of the Netherlands, who vied valiantly with Seo in his last game but ran out of ko threats; fourteen-year-old Mun Yongsam of D.P.R. Korea, who lived up to the promise he showed last year by taking sixth place; Kan Ying of Hong Kong, who has now finished in the top eight for four straight years; and June-Ki Beck of Canada, who improved dramatically on his 26th-place finish of 1991.
There will be no women's world amateur championship this year, so it was a happy circumstance that three of the WAGC contestants were women: Kan Ying, Yucong Phease of New Zealand, and Maria Puerta of Venezuela. On the down side, the Russian player defaulted because of visa problems, but on the up side, Portugal sent a player for the first time, and the Ukraine, Turkey, and South Africa will join in 1994.