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25 Feb 2010 No Comments

1st Hawkes Bay Go Tournament

March 6, 2010 11:00 amtoMarch 7, 2010 7:30 pm

Fresh off the nzgs mailing list: there will be a go tournament in five rounds at the International Cultures Festival in Napier, NZ, starting on the afternoon of Saturday the 6th of March and finishing Sunday evening. The Festival is organised by the New Zealand China Friendship Society and this is the first annual tournament of the new Hawkes Bay Go Club. Contact details and schedule are on the NZGS wiki.

Update: Long Yang Li 5d and Juhua Zhou tied for first place. For the rest, see Graeme Parmenter’s excellent tournament report on the NZGS wiki.

by aguido in Announcements, Tournaments Tags: , , , ,

12 Nov 2009 No Comments

2009 Wellington Open

November 21, 2009toNovember 22, 2009

The Wellington Go Club is holding the 2009 Wellington Open on Saturday the twenty-first and Sunday the twenty-second of November in New Zealand. Contact Teruhisa Yanagihashi for more information.

As always, photos and kifu and amusing anecdotes and results can be sent here to the Journal, and we will even publish them. :)

by aguido in Announcements, Tournaments Tags: , ,

02 Nov 2009 No Comments

New Zealand beats Australia at 2009 Korean Prime Ministers Cup

The results of the fourth Korean Prime Ministers Cup this week are in. Xuqi Wi 3d of New Zealand took twelfth place with five victories in seven rounds. Yiming Guo 7d of Australia came nineteenth with four victories, out of a field of sixty-six countries.

Xuqi Wi at the 4th KPMC

Xuqi Wi lost to Zoran Mutabzija 5d of Croatia, defeated Sebastien Ott 1d of Switzerland, Charlie Akerblom 4d of Sweden, Sin-Voon Chin 2d of Brunei, Cesar Sanchez Munoz 4d of Spain and Dusan Mitic 5d of Serbia, and lost to Yuan Zhou 7d of the United States in his final round, to score 5 points, 27 points SOS, and 190 points SOSOS. Zhou subsequently placed fifth in the competition, so not a bad player to be defeated by.

Yiming Guo

Yiming Guo defeated Ott and Ruechagorn Trairatananusorn 5d of Thailand, lost to Chun-Yen Lin 6d of Taiwan, defeated Ralph Spiegl 5d of Australia, lost to Cristian Pop 7d of Romania, defeated Wan-Kao Lou 5d of Macau, and lost to Victor Chow 7d of South Africa to score 4 points, 28 points SOS, and 197 points SOSOS.

Congratulations to both representatives for a strong showing, and thanks to Sensei’s Library for a proper English translation of the official results, and Jayden Sia for the photos.

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

27 Jul 2009 No Comments

2009 New Zealand Open

September 12, 2009toSeptember 13, 2009

The 2009 New Zealand Open Go Championships have just been announced on the NZGS mailing list. They will be held in Auckland on the weekend of 12-13 September. As well as the open division to choose the New Zealand champion, there will be a handicap division for kyu players. Both divisions will be run in six rounds using a McMahon draw. There will be a social function on the Saturday night, and any go players in the area are welcome to drop by for a game.

For more information, contact Colin Grierson or fetch the entry form from the New Zealand Go Society wiki.

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