The Chinese non-playing team captain is Hua Xueming, who won the Chinese women’s individual championship in 1993 and 1995 and the Tombow Cup in 2002, and more recently partnered with Nie Weiping to win the Shenzhen International Pair Go Tournament … Continue reading →
The second day of go competition at the 4th SportAccord World Mind Games started at 9:30 a.m. on December 12. Outside, Beijing’s skies were clear and relatively smog-free. Inside the go playing room on the second floor of the Beijing … Continue reading →
The first round of go competition at the 4th SportAccord World Mind Games started at 12:30 p.m. on December 11 under the direction of chief referee Hua Yigang. It was to feature an epic encounter between the Korean and Japanese … Continue reading →
The fourth SportAccord World Mind Games was officially opened at an evening ceremony held on December 10 in the banquet hall of the V-Continent Beijing Parkview Wuzhou hotel near the Beijing International Conference Center, which will be the competition venue. … Continue reading →
With the start of the 35th World Amateur Go Championship now less than two weeks away, it is time to take a look at the field. Fifty-seven players from a like number of countries and territories are scheduled to make … Continue reading →
The final round of pair go at the 2013 SportAccord World Mind Games was played in the morning of December 18th. The pairs from China and Chinese Taipei took their seats at board one to play for the gold medal, … Continue reading →
At 9:30 a.m. on December 17th deputy chief referee Michael Redmond greeted the sixteen contestants taking part in the pair go competition, reviewed the time control and other details, and gave the instruction to start the first round. On board … Continue reading →
The fifth and final round of the men’s team event at the 2013 SportAccord World Mind Games began at 12:30 on December 16th, with chief referee Wang Runan presiding. Excitement was in store in all three matches. In the match … Continue reading →
Ranka interviewed Korea’s Park Jieun after she had taken the bronze medal in the women’s individual event at the World Mind Games. Ranka: Congratulations on winning the bronze medal. Park: Thank you. Ranka: Please tell us about how you learned … Continue reading →
Last April Japan took the unprecedented step, in Japanese go, of creating a national team. The members, drawn from Kansai Kiin as well as the Nihon Kiin, form the pool from which Japan now selects the players who represent it … Continue reading →