Final. 2nd game.
Playing black Gu Li, 9 dan, defeted Chang Hao, 9 dan, by resignation only in 123 move.
As the result Gu Li won 6th Chunlan Cup with total score 2-0. This is his second title after 10th LG Cup.
In game for 3-4 place, Xie He, 6 dan, defeted Peng Quan, 7 dan, by resignation.
Final. 1st game.
Chang Hao(9p) - Gu Li(9p) - W+0.5
Gu Li has taken lesdership 1-0.
Next game at March 25.
Final. 3rd game.
Zhou Junxun(9p) - Hu Yaoyu(8p) - B+0.5
Zhou Junxun won 11th LG Cup with score 2-1!
Final. 2nd game.
Hao Yaoyu(8p) - Zhou Junxun(9p) - B+0.5
The current score in match - 1-1.
The decisive game at March 22.
An interview with Zhou Junxun, 9-dan
The final match of the 11th LG cup will start on March 19 in Seoul. The players are Hu
Yaoyu, 8-dan from China and Zhou Junxun, 9-dan from Taiwan.
- What is the meaning of this match for you?
- It was the main dream of my life!
- What do you think about your chances of winning the match?
- I have about 48% of winning
- What is your private score with Hu Yaoyu, 8-dan?
- As well as I remember, we played twice and we have one-one score
- What can you tell us about your opponent?
- Hu Yaoyu, 8-dan is very strong and he has a good fighting spirit. It’s always hard to beat
him
- How did you prepare for the match?
- I tried to keep my common schedule. I slept well and eat well. I did not make anything
special. I printed Hu Yaoyu’s games and replayed them
- What are the main problems of Go in Taiwan?
- We have fewer tournaments than in Korea or Japan and our prizes are much smaller
- How do you think, who are the top 3 professionals in the world?
- Lee Changho, Lee Sedol … and it will be nice, if I can be a third one someday
- Who are the most difficult opponents for you in Taiwan?
- Lin Zhihan, Chen Seuyen and Yoo Kyeongmin. They are very strong.
Have a good match!
Translated from korean Alexandre Dinerchtein
4th Round.
Lee Chang Ho(9p) - Yun Junsang(4p) - W+R
Yun Junsang defeted Lee ChangHo with total score 3-1 and won the title.
Final. 2nd game.
Rui Naiwei(9p) - Cho Hyeyeon(7p) - B+R
Rui Naiwei won title with score 2-0.
3rd stage. Last game.
Yashiro Kumiko(5p) - Lee Minjin(5p) - W+6.5
Lee Minjin - 5 wins in row!
Korean team won this title!
3rd stage. 3rd game.
Ye Gui(5p) - Lee Minjin(5p) - W+9.5
Lee Minjin - 4 wins in row
China - all players eliminated.
Tomorrow - last game.
3rd Stage. 2nd Round.
Lee Minjin(5p) - Konishi Kazuko(8p) - B+R
Lee Minjin - 3 wins in row.
Final. 3rd round.
Kato Keiko(5p) - Aoki Kikuyo(8p) - B+R
Kato Keiko won title with total score 2-1
6th round.
Played on Sea Palace restaurant boat.
Dinerstein 0 - 1 Fan
Taranu 1 - 0 Guo
Pop 1 - 0 Burzo
Surin 1 - 0 Groenen
Soldan 0 - 1 Kulkov
Mero 0 - 1 Shikshin
Silt 1 - 0 Nijhuis
Teuber 0 - 1 Bajenaru
Dickhut 1 - 0 Donzet
Hora 0 - 1 Lazarev
Bogatskij 0 - 1 Yatsenko
Corlan 1 - 0 Fenech
Final result table.
P. Name Str Co. MMS 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pt SOD SOS
1 Hui, Fan 7d CHN 6 14+ 12+ 4+ 8+ 2+ 3+ 6 23 23
2 Taranu, Catalin 5d ROM 5 19+ 13+ 10+ 5+ 1- 6+ 5 16 22
3 Dinerstein, Ale 7d RUS 4 20+ 4- 13+ 7+ 11+ 1- 4 12 22
Silt, Ondrej 6d CZE 4 16+ 3+ 1- 6- 13+ 19+ 4 12 22
5 Pop, Cristian 6d ROM 4 21+ 9+ 8+ 2- 6- 12+ 4 12 21
6 Juan, Guo 7d NED 4 24+ 10- 12+ 4+ 5+ 2- 4 12 20
7 Surin, Dmitrij 6d RUS 4 13- 19+ 16+ 3- 15+ 11+ 4 11 18
8 Shikshin, Ilya 6d RUS 4 23+ 15+ 5- 1- 17+ 10+ 4 9 19
9 Kulkov, Andrej 6d RUS 4 17+ 5- 18+ 11- 21+ 14+ 4 8 15
10 Mero, Csaba 6d HUN 3 18+ 6+ 2- 17+ 14- 8- 3 8 20
11 Groenen, Geert 6d NED 3 12- 14+ 22+ 9+ 3- 7- 3 8 19
12 Burzo, Cornel 6d ROM 3 11+ 1- 6- 22+ 18+ 5- 3 6 20
13 Dickhut, F-J 6d GER 3 7+ 2- 3- 23+ 4- 21+ 3 6 19
Soldan, Leszek 6d POL 3 1- 11- 23+ 19+ 10+ 9- 3 6 19
15 Bajenaru, Drago 6d ROM 3 22+ 8- 17- 20+ 7- 18+ 3 5 15
Lazarev, Alexej 5d RUS 3 4- 20+ 7- 18- 22+ 17+ 3 5 15
17 Hora, Jan 5d CZE 2 9- 21+ 15+ 10- 8- 16- 2 4 18
18 Teuber, Benjam 6d GER 2 10- 24+ 9- 16+ 12- 15- 2 4 17
19 Nijhuis, Emil 6d NED 2 2- 7- 24+ 14- 20+ 4- 2 3 19
20 Corlan, Lucian 5d ROM 2 3- 16- 21+ 15- 19- 23+ 2 2 14
21 Donzet, Freder 5d FRA 1 5- 17- 20- 24+ 9- 13- 1 1 16
22 Bogackij, Dmitr 6d UKR 1 15- 23+ 11- 12- 16- 24- 1 1 14
Fenech, Antoine 5d FRA 1 8- 22- 14- 13- 24+ 20- 1 1 14
24 Jacenko, Dmitr 5d UKR 1 6- 18- 19- 21- 23- 22+ 1 1 11
5th round.
Played on Sea Palace restaurant boat.
Taranu 0 - 1 Fan by resignation
Dinerstein 1 - 0 Groenen by 15 points
Guo 1 - 0 Pop by 7 points
Mero 0 - 1 Soldan by resignation
Surin 1 - 0 Bajenaru by 11 points
Burzo 1 - 0 Teuber by resignation
Dickhut 0 - 1 Silt by 1 point
Kulkov 1 - 0 Donzet by resignation
Hora 0 - 1 Shikshin by resignation
Lazarev 1 - 0 Bogatskij by 11 points
Nijhuis 1 - 0 Corlan by 3 points
Fenech 1 - 0 Yatsenko by time
4th round.
Pairings on Swiss system.
Shikshin 0 - 1 Fan by resignation
Pop 0 - 1 Taranu by 9 points
Dinerstein 1 - 0 Surin by 5 points
Guo 1 - 0 Silt by 3 points
Kulkov 0 - 1 Groenen by resignation
Mero 1 - 0 Hora by 3 points
Bajenaru 1 - 0 Corlan by 13 points
Burzo 1 - 0 Bogatskij by resignation
Fenech 0 - 1 Dickhut by resignation
Soldan 1 - 0 Nijhuis by resignation
Lazarev 0 - 1 Teuber by 3 points
Donzet 1 - 0 Yatsenko by resignation
Tournament table after 4th round
Pl. Name Str Co. MMS 1 2 3 4 Pt SOD SOS
1 Taranu, Catalin 5d ROM 4 20+ 12+ 3+ 4+ 4 9 9
2 Hui, Fan 7d CHN 4 16+ 8+ 9+ 13+ 4 8 8
3 Mero, Csaba 6d HUN 3 17+ 7+ 1- 11+ 3 7 11
4 Pop, Cristian 6d ROM 3 22+ 10+ 13+ 1- 3 5 9
5 Dinerstein, Alex 7d RUS 3 18+ 9- 12+ 14+ 3 5 7
Groenen, Geert 6d NED 3 8- 16+ 21+ 10+ 3 5 7
7 Juan, Guo 7d NED 3 24+ 3- 8+ 9+ 3 4 7
8 Burzo, Cornel 6d ROM 2 6+ 2- 7- 21+ 2 4 11
Silt, Ondrej 6d CZE 2 19+ 5+ 2- 7- 2 4 11
10 Kulkov, Andrej 6d RUS 2 11+ 4- 17+ 6- 2 4 10
11 Hora, Jan 5d CZE 2 10- 22+ 15+ 3- 2 3 8
12 Dickhut, F-J 6d GER 2 14+ 1- 5- 23+ 2 2 9
Shikshin, Ilya 6d RUS 2 23+ 15+ 4- 2- 2 2 9
14 Surin, Dmitrij 6d RUS 2 12- 20+ 19+ 5- 2 2 7
15 Bajenaru, Dragos 6d ROM 2 21+ 13- 11- 18+ 2 2 6
16 Soldan, Leszek 6d POL 2 2- 6- 23+ 20+ 2 1 8
17 Teuber, Benjamin 6d GER 2 3- 24+ 10- 19+ 2 1 6
18 Corlan, Lucian 5d ROM 1 5- 19- 22+ 15- 1 1 7
Lazarev, Alexej 5d RUS 1 9- 18+ 14- 17- 1 1 7
20 Nijhuis, Emil 6d NED 1 1- 14- 24+ 16- 1 0 8
21 Bogackij, Dmitr 6d UKR 1 15- 23+ 6- 8- 1 0 7
22 Donzet, Frederic 5d FRA 1 4- 11- 18- 24+ 1 0 6
23 Fenech, Antoine 5d FRA 0 13- 21- 16- 12- 0 0 7
Jacenko, Dmitrij 5d UKR 0 7- 17- 20- 22- 0 0 7
3rd round.
Pairings from round 3 on Swiss system.
1 Taranu - Mero 0 by 7 points
0 Shikshin - Pop 1 by 9 points
0 Silt - Fan 1 by resignation
0 Bajenaru - Hora 1 by 5 points Game record
1 Groenen - Bogatskij 0 by 7 points
0 Burzo - Guo 1 by 7 points Game record
1 Dinershtein - Dickhut 0 by resignation
1 Kulkov - Teuber 0 by resignation
1 Surin - Lazarev 0 by 19 points
0 Yatsenko - Nijhuis 1 by by 29 points
1 Soldan - Fenech 0 by 3 points
1 Corlan - Donzet 0 by resignation
Tournament table after 3rd round
Pl. Name Str Co. MMS 1 2 3 Pt SOD SOS
1 Hui, Fan 7d CHN 3 18+ 13+ 6+ 3 4 4
Pop, Cristian 6d ROM 3 22+ 4+ 10+ 3 4 4
Taranu, Catalin 5d ROM 3 17+ 14+ 5+ 3 4 4
4 Kulkov, Andrej 6d RUS 2 12+ 2- 19+ 2 3 6
Mero, Csaba 6d HUN 2 19+ 11+ 3- 2 3 6
Silt, Ondrej 6d CZE 2 16+ 7+ 1- 2 3 6
7 Dinerstein, Alex 7d RUS 2 21+ 6- 14+ 2 2 4
8 Groenen, Geert 6d NED 2 13- 18+ 20+ 2 2 3
Surin, Dmitrij 6d RUS 2 14- 17+ 16+ 2 2 3
10 Shikshin, Ilya 6d RUS 2 23+ 15+ 2- 2 1 4
11 Juan, Guo 7d NED 2 24+ 5- 13+ 2 1 3
Hora, Jan 5d CZE 2 4- 22+ 15+ 2 1 3
13 Burzo, Cornel 6d ROM 1 8+ 1- 11- 1 2 7
Dickhut, F-J 6d GER 1 9+ 3- 7- 1 2 7
15 Bajenaru, Dragos 6d ROM 1 20+ 10- 12- 1 1 5
Lazarev, Alexej 5d RUS 1 6- 21+ 9- 1 1 5
17 Nijhuis, Emil 6d NED 1 3- 9- 24+ 1 0 5
Soldan, Leszek 6d POL 1 1- 8- 23+ 1 0 5
19 Teuber, Benjamin 6d GER 1 5- 24+ 4- 1 0 4
20 Bogackij, Dmitrij 6d UKR 1 15- 23+ 8- 1 0 3
Corlan, Lucian 5d ROM 1 7- 16- 22+ 1 0 3
22 Donzet, Frederic 5d FRA 0 2- 12- 21- 0 0 6
23 Fenech, Antoine 5d FRA 0 10- 20- 18- 0 0 4
Jacenko, Dmitrij 5d UKR 0 11- 19- 17- 0 0 4
2nd round.
Pairings seeded from results in round 1.
Fan 1 - 0 Burzo
Soldan 0 - 1 Groenen
Dickhut 0 - 1 Taranu
Nijhuis 0 - 1 Surin
Donzet 0 - 1 Hora
Pop 1 - 0 Kulkov
Silt 1 - 0 Dinerstein
Lazarev 1 - 0 Corlan
Yatsenko 0 - 1 Teuber
Guo 0 - 1 Mero
Bogatskij 1 - 0 Fenech
Shikshin 1 - 0 Bajenaru
Tournament table after 2nd round
P. Name Str Co. MMS 1 2 Pt SODOS SOS
1 Mero, Csaba 6d HUN 2 11+ 12+ 2 2 2
Silt, Ondrej 6d RUS 2 13+ 14+ 2 2 2
3 Pop, Cristian 6d ROM 2 21+ 10+ 2 1 1
Shikshin, Ilya 6d RUS 2 22+ 7+ 2 1 1
Taranu, Catalin 5d ROM 2 19+ 9+ 2 1 1
Hui, Fan 2d CHN 2 20+ 8+ 2 1 1
7 Bajenaru, Dragos 6d ROM 1 15+ 4- 1 1 3
Burzo, Cornel 6d ROM 1 16+ 6- 1 1 3
Dickhut, Franz-Josef 6d GER 1 17+ 5- 1 1 3
Kulkov, Andrej 6d RUS 1 18+ 3- 1 1 3
11 Teuber, Benjamin 6d GER 1 1- 24+ 1 0 2
Juan, Guo 5d NED 1 24+ 1- 1 0 2
Lazarev, Alexej 5d RUS 1 2- 23+ 1 0 2
Dinerstein, Alexandr 1d RUS 1 23+ 2- 1 0 2
15 Bogackij, Dmitrij 6d UKR 1 7- 22+ 1 0 1
Groenen, Geert 6d NED 1 8- 20+ 1 0 1
Surin, Dmitrij 6d RUS 1 9- 19+ 1 0 1
Hora, Jan 5d CZE 1 10- 21+ 1 0 1
19 Nijhuis, Emil 6d NED 0 5- 17- 0 0 3
Soldan, Leszek 6d POL 0 6- 16- 0 0 3
Donzet, Frederic 5d FRA 0 3- 18- 0 0 3
Fenech, Antoine 5d FRA 0 4- 15- 0 0 3
23 Corlan, Lucian 5d ROM 0 14- 13- 0 0 2
Jacenko, Dmitrij 5d UKR 0 12- 11- 0 0 2
1st round.
Top 6 players seeded into pairings and rest selected by players in rating order.
Fan 1 - 0 Soldan Game record
Groenen 0 - 1 Burzo Game record
Nijhuis 0 - 1 Taranu Game record
Dickhut 1 - 0 Surin Game record
Donzet 0 - 1 Pop Game record
Hora 0 - 1 Kulkov
Corlan 0 - 1 Dinerstein Game record
Silt 1 - 0 Lazarev
Yatsenko 0 - 1 Guo
Teuber 0 - 1 Mero Game record
Fenech 0 - 1 Shikshin
Bogatskij 0 - 1 Bajenaru
It's the eighteenth time this invitation tournament for the European top players has been held. 24 of the strongest European players have been be invited. They compete for more than 10,000 Euro of prize money. Amongst others the professionals Catalin Taranu, Alexandr Dinerstein and Guo Juan are participating. The tournament lasts 6 rounds. The final two rounds take place on a floating Chinese restaurant.
The Ing Memorial tournament (formerly Ing Cup) takes place in memory of the late Ing Chang-Ki, who died in 1997. His 'Ing Chan-Ki Educational Foundation' actively organizes go projects all over the world to stimulate the promotion of go amongst childern. Ing Chang-Ki developed interesting rules for go that fill in gaps in the 'traditional' rules and are very suitable for teaching go to children. The Ing Foundation supports the European Go Federation with a sum of 100,000 US dollars on a yearly basis. The Ing Memorial is one of the projects that are funded with this money.
Location
Every second year the tournament takes place in the European Go Centre in Amstelveen. 2007 is so.
Address: Schokland 14, 1181HV Amstelveen
List of Players
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