_KIFU_START_ (;GM[1]FF[1]PB[Yamashita vs Piao]SZ[19]NE[B]SS[@@]AP[StoneLeaf2] ;B[qd] ;W[dd] ;B[pq] ;W[dp] ;B[fc] ;W[hd] ;B[fe] ;W[df] ;B[db] ;W[cc] ;B[hb] ;W[od] ;B[ch] ;W[ff] ;B[ge] ;W[ck] ;B[fh] ;W[gc] ;B[he] ;W[fb] ;B[ec] ;W[gb] ;B[id] ;W[ic] ;B[jd] ;W[ib] ;B[kc] ;W[cb] ;B[eb] ;W[kb] ;B[lb] ;W[ka] ;B[lc] ;W[jc] ;B[qf] ;W[dh] … Continue reading →
Déjà la fin des jeux se profilent à l’horizon. La salle du second étage dans laquelle s’est déroulé le championnat open individuel et le tournoi féminin par équipe était débarrassée de ses gobans, horloges et pierres, et toutes les activités … Continue reading →
China will play the Republic of Korea for the gold medal in the women’s team event, while Japan plays DPR Korea for the bronze. In one semifinal match the Chinese team downed the Japanese team 2-1: Zheng Yan and Wang … Continue reading →
The Ranka team caught up with Ricky Zhao after the sixth round of the preliminary pair competition. Ranka: How old are you and when did you start playing go? Ricky: I’m fourteen. I started playing when I was eight. My … Continue reading →
In the fourth round of the men’s team event, Christoph Gerlach beat Kim Songwon, Benjamin Teuber beat Cha Jonghyok, and Bernd Schutze won by default to hand DPR Korea its first defeat in the men’s team competition. The exuberant Germans … Continue reading →
Ranka: Please tell us about the opening you have been playing. Braye: I start on the 9-10 point, and then play two knight’s moves, making an acute isoceles triangle. With either black or white, I always play my first three … Continue reading →
Tungalag Ravjir and Sansar Tsolmon, who have represented Mongolia separately in several World Go Amateur Championships, teamed up this morning to provide one of the biggest surprises yet in the go competition at the World Mind Sports Games: they defeated Wang Yu-chi … Continue reading →
Very recently the organization committee has imposed a new night “curfew” in the Beijing International Convention Center for so called “safety consideration”. The committee claimed that lots of expensive equipment and materials on each floor need to be taken care … Continue reading →
_KIFU_START_ (;GM[1]FF[1]PB[Missingham vs Tang]SZ[19]NE[B]SS[@@]AP[StoneLeaf2] ;B[pd] ;W[dp] ;B[qp] ;W[dc] ;B[op] ;W[qi] ;B[qk] ;W[qf] ;B[qe] ;W[pf] ;B[nd] ;W[gq] ;B[de] ;W[fd] ;B[cc] ;W[cb] ;B[cd] ;W[eb] ;B[ci] ;W[lc] ;B[ob] ;W[mq] ;B[cq] ;W[cp] ;B[dq] ;W[eq] ;B[er] ;W[fr] ;B[ep] ;W[fq] ;B[bp] ;W[bo] ;B[bq] ;W[cn] ;B[dr] ;W[eo] … Continue reading →
Team and pair competition got into full swing on the afternoon of October 13, with the first two rounds of the preliminary pair tournament being played in parallel with the sixth round of the women’s and the second round of the men’s team … Continue reading →