Michael Thai, 2-kyu, faced six dan-ranked players during the World Amateur Go Championship and beat two of them to finish 48th, with three wins in all. A chemistry student who went on to get a PhD in drug development at … Continue reading →
In addition to organizing the upcoming European Go Congress, Carlo Metta played for Italy at this year’s World Amateur Go Championship. Ranka interviewed him after the fifth round. Ranka: How did you learn to play go? Carlo: In 2007, eleven … Continue reading →
Murakami Fukashi, this year’s Japanese contestant, is a former Amateur Honinbo making his first appearance in the World Amateur Go Championship. He won six games and finished fifth, but his interests extend beyond just winning games. He is a go … Continue reading →
In the last round of competition, the Philippine’s Celeste Abat trounced India’s Shashank Dave, scoring her first win on the board, to escape from last place in the final standings. Ranka interviewed her the next day, after lunch at a … Continue reading →
The day after the World Amateur Go Championship ended, most of the players went on an excursion to see the lakes around Mt. Fuji, and this gave Ranka a chance to talk with the second-place finisher, Korea’s Kim Sangcheon. Ranka: … Continue reading →
For the final day of the World Amateur Go Championship the sunshine that had prevailed so far gave way to cloudy skies, but the temperature was still comfortable. Tokyo is in the process of sprucing up for the 2020 Olympics, … Continue reading →
Hakki Burak Guner, this year’s Turkish player, lends an exotic flavor to the World Amateur Go Championship with his Turkish garb and long hair. Ranka interviewed him after the fourth round. Ranka: How did you do in the first three … Continue reading →
After coasting through the first two days of the World Amateur Go Championship, on the third day the big four, the contestants from China, Chinese Taipei, Japan, and Korea, were paired against each other. In the morning round, in the … Continue reading →
The good weather continued on the second day of the World Amateur Go Championship, and many of the players took advantage of it to start the day with a fifteen-minute walk from the Green Palace Hotel, where they were staying, … Continue reading →
Thiago Shinji Shimada Ramos is an enthusiastic Brazilian 6 dan who found an original way to pay his airfare to Japan: crowd funding. Ranka asked him about this and about recent go developments in Brazil. Ranka: Please start by telling … Continue reading →