The 36th World Amateur Go Championship, held this year for the first time in Thailand, ended this afternoon with victory for Changhun Kim 6d of Korea. Second came Aohua Hu 6d of China, scoring seven wins out of eight (losing … Continue reading →
In this edition of the championship there have been very few surprise results and the game between newcomer Thomas Connors 3d (Belgium) and veteran Pal Balogh 6d (Hungary) concluded as forecast with a win for Balogh, the strongest player on … Continue reading →
Korea’s Changhun Kim 6d remains the only undefeated player after the third day of the 36th World Amateur Go Championship. This puts Korea in first place, with Chinese Taipei, China and Hong Kong as the other possible contenders for the … Continue reading →
The showdown between Aohua Hu (China) and Changhun Kim (Korea), considered by many to be one of the most decisive games in the tournament, ended after only 124 moves with the Chinese player resigning after being unable to close the clear … Continue reading →
Jyun-Fu Lai 7d (Chinese Taipei) and Changhun Kim 6d (Korea) remain the only two undefeated players at the end of the second day of the 36th WAGC in Bangkok, Thailand. Lai and Kim defeated their Japanese and Chinese opponents respectively … Continue reading →
The first round of the 36th WAGC saw Poland’s Koichiro Habu 4d miss a critical move that could have allowed him to snatch victory from Canadian Juyong Koh 7d, both playing for their first time at this event. Given their … Continue reading →
The first games of the 36th World Amateur Go Championship began at half past nine this morning in the Grand Ballroom of the Montien Riverside Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. Chief referee Michael Redmond 9p announced the start of play alongside … Continue reading →
The games have begun. Fifty-seven players from all corners of the world have gathered in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, to contend for victory in the Go world’s most prestigious amateur event. The festivities kicked off on Saturday morning with a friendship … Continue reading →
The program of the 36th is available here (PDF file format, 92 MB).
Players from six continents and assorted islands will gather at the Montien Riverside Hotel in Bangkok for eight rounds of Swiss system competition at this year’s World Amateur Go Championship June 7-10. At stake will be a championship cup and … Continue reading →