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13 Sep 2010 No Comments

Joanne Missingham 1p advances to finals of Bingsheng Cup in China

Word has just come in that Joanne Missingham has been representing Oceania in the Bingsheng Cup, the first annual world women’s tournament in Qionglong Mountain, Suzhou over the last three days; the last round of the knock-out tournament is tomorrow. In the rounds so far she has defeated Aoki Kikuyo 8p (Japan), Li He 3p (China), and Zheng Yan 2p (China) , both of the latter considered among the top female Chinese players. Tomorrow in the final (15:30 AEST, if I’m reading this correctly) she goes up against Pak Chi Eun 9p from South Korea, who according to sources at the AGA is regarded as the top female go player in the world. The Journal understands that Joanne actually won the qualifying tournament to represent Taiwan, only to be informed by the tournament organisers that she should represent Australia instead.

Joanne Missingham storms into the finals (h/t sports.sina.com.cn)

Unfortunately I cannot read Chinese, but those of you who can please feel free to look at the original story and correct me forcefully in the comments. :)

Developing…

Joanne's game in round one against Aoki Kikuyo 8p

Joanne's game in the quarter finals against Li He 3p

Joanne's game in the semifinals against Zheng Yan 2p

Correction: Larry Wen has helpfully pointed out I had the wrong name for the other finalist.

Update 15/9/2010:Joanne played as white against Pak Chi Eun 9p and lost, so comes second overall in the tournament. Kudos to her on a very strong result, nonetheless…

The final game of the tournament

Update: Larry Wen has helpfully pointed out the correct name for the tournament, whereupon I was able to actually find the Sensei’s Library page for it.

Second prize is a big, *big* cheque.

by aguido in Tournaments, World Championships Tags: , , , , ,

11 Jun 2010 No Comments

Australasia at the thirty-first WAGC

The thirty-first World Amateur Go Championships this year was held in Hangzhou, China in the last eight days of May. David Ormerod 5d represented Australia, and placed thirtieth in the results as reported in Ranka, with victories against Costa Rica in the first round, Spain in the second round, Norway in the fifth round, and Thailand in the seventh round. Kaikun Xie 3d represented New Zealand and placed thirty-third, with victories against Mongolia in the first round, Lithuania in the fourth round, Norway in the sixth round, and Spain in the eighth round.

This is David’s first game against Daniel Vargas Campos 5k of Costa Rica, with comments by Younggil An 9p, one of his teachers:

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This is David’s second round game against Antonio Egea Diaz 3d of Spain, again with comments:

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Ranka mentioned “a strong challenge” from David to the USA’s Thomas Hsiang 7d in the seventh round, which, alas, did not quite come off.

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by aguido in Tournaments, World Championships Tags: ,

22 Mar 2010 1 Comment

Oceania eliminated in first round at World Pair Go Cup

The final results of today’s Pair Go 20th Anniversary World Cup are now up on the web. Cathy Zhang 6d and Yiming Guo 7d (representing Australia and New Zealand) were eliminated by Chinese Taipei (Joanne Missingham 1p and Chun-Hsun Chou 9p) in the opening round. Here is the kifu:

Teams from the People’s Republic of China took first and third place, with Korea taking second place in the final.

by aguido in Tournaments, World Championships Tags: , , , ,

19 Dec 2009 No Comments

WPGA Pair Go World Cup

The World Pair Go Association is holding a Pair Go World Cup to mark the twentieth anniversary of modern pair go. The tournament itself is in Hangzhou, China, from the 20th to the 23rd of March, 2010. Oceania (Australia and New Zealand) have been invited to send a pair, accommodation and travel paid. The Australian Go Association invites expressions of interest from pairs of players (male and female) to represent Oceania; please make these to your nearest club or national association. If more than one pair makes itself known to the AGA and NZGS, there will be playoffs held on the Pandanet Internet Go Server. We want as many as possible.

The WPGA would like us to select a representative by the end of January. We are looking to close expressions of interest by 8 January and hold playoffs circa 23 January. These dates will vary depending on what comes in. Tournament details and prize money are here.

by aguido in Tournaments, World Championships Tags: , , , , ,