11th LG Cup

Final. 3rd game.

Zhou Junxun(9p) - Hu Yaoyu(8p) - B+0.5

Zhou Junxun won 11th LG Cup with score 2-1!

11th LG Cup

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.

11th LG Cup

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

11th LG Cup

Final. 1st game.

Zhou Junxun(9p) - Hu Yaoyu(8p) - B+R

Next game at March 21.

50th Kuksu

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.

7th RICOH Cup

Semifinals.

Chang Hao(9p) - Wang Lei(8p) - B+R
Hao Yaoyu(8p) - Piao Wenyao(5p) - B+R

Final will start at April 1.

12th Female Kuksu

Final. 2nd game.

Rui Naiwei(9p) - Cho Hyeyeon(7p) - B+R

Rui Naiwei won title with score 2-0.

5th Jeongganjang Cup

3rd stage. Last game.

Yashiro Kumiko(5p) - Lee Minjin(5p) - W+6.5

Lee Minjin - 5 wins in row!
Korean team won this title!

5th Jeongganjang Cup

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.

5th Jeongganjang Cup

3rd Stage. 2nd Round.

Lee Minjin(5p) - Konishi Kazuko(8p) - B+R

Lee Minjin - 3 wins in row.

19th Female Meijin

Final. 3rd round.

Kato Keiko(5p) - Aoki Kikuyo(8p) - B+R

Kato Keiko won title with total score 2-1

14th Xinren Wang(Shinjin O)

Final. 1st game.

Zhou Ruiyang(4p) - Wang Lei(b)(5p) - B+0.5

21st Tianyuan(Tengen)

Challenger decision match.

Liu Shizhen(6p) - Tao Xin(3p) - W+R

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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

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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

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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

Photo gallery of 4th round

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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

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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  

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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

18th Europe Ing Memorial

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

Photo gallery

19th Female Meijin

Final. 2nd round.

Aoki Kikuyo(8p) - Kato Keiko(5p) - B+R

The decisive game at March 3.

19th Female Meijin

Final. 1st round.

Kato Keiko(5p) - Aoki Kikuyo(8p) - B+6.5

Second game at February 28.

26th NEC Cup

Semifinal.

Cho U(9p) - Hane Naoki(9p) - B+R

18th Kisung(Kisei)

Challenger decision match.

Choi ChulHan(9p) - Kim Seung Jun(9p) - B+R

Choi ChulHan, 9p, will challenge Park Yeonghun, Kisung, in best of fifth match.

45th Judan-sen

Challenger decision match.

Yamashita Keigo(9p) - Yoda Norimoto(9p) - B+6.5

Yamashita Keigo, 9p, will challenge Cho Chikun, Judan, in two year in row.

The best of fifth final will begin at March 8.

11 LG cup

Semifinals.

1. Zhou Junxun(9p) - Hong Minpyo(5p) - B+2.5
Hong Minpyo killed big dragon but lost the game.
2. Jo HanSeung(9p) - Ha Yaoyu(8p) - W+1.5

As the result, all korean are eliminated. This time again, final will held wihtout korean players. Two "dark horses" will played the 11 LG Cup final.

Interview with Lee Changho, 9-dan, who won the last game of the Nongsim Cup

- Congratulations! What can you tell us about the last game?
- I played badly and was losing the game. Luckily, Gu Li, 9-dan made a mistake when he was in byoyomi.
- Who is the hardest Chinese opponent for you?
- Young Chinese players and top masters are of course very strong. It’s always difficult to play them.
- You played both Chang Hao and Gu Li recently. You probably know that they will meet each other in the final match of the Chunlan Cup. Who do you think has the better chance of winning the cup?
- Personally I am on Chang Hao's side, because he is my friend, but actually Gu Li is
slightly stronger. There is another important thing: Chang Hao has more experience of playing important international tournaments, so it will be a good final. It’s hard to say who has the better chances of winning it.

P.S. Lee Changho's achievement is really outstanding. His total score in the Nongsim Cup (including preliminary competitions) is 37-1.
Game records of the tournament are available on
Go4Go.net

Translated from korean Alexandre Dinerchtein

2 Sibdang.

Final. 3rd game.

Baek Hongsuk(5p) - Ahn Jo Young(9p) - W+R

Ahn Jo Young(9p) won the title with score 2-1.

8th Nongshim Cup

Brief video report. (~6.5 mb)

2 Sibdang.

Final. 2nd game.

Ahn Jo Young(9p) - Baek Hongsuk(5p) - W+R

The decisive game february 11.

2 Sibdang.

Final. 1st round.

Baek Hongsuk(5p) - Ahn Jo Young(9p) - W+R

Next game february 10.

8th Nongshim Cup

3rd stage, 4th game. Decisive game.

Exceeding battle from begin to end with very interesting furikowary at end.

Lee Chang Ho(9p) - Gu Li(9p) - B+2.5

The time to relax. "Stone Budda" is smiled. The difficult times behind?

The main hero of 8th Nongshim Cup. Park YoungHoon(9p) - 4 consecutive wins in row. Lee Chang Ho(9p) - 2 main wins at end. Main prize - 150 mln korean won.

"How many stones between me and them?"

31st Kisei-sen

3rd round.

Yamashita Keigo(Kisei) - Kobayashi Satoru(9p) - B+R

Yamashita Keigo(Kisei) is one step from defending his title.

The 4rd game will began february 22.

8th Nongshim Cup

3rd stage, 3rd game.
Kong Jie(7p) - Lee Chang Ho(9p) - W+R

Lee Chang Ho(9p) with out problem defeted Kong Jie(7p) by killing big dragon.
Tomorrow decisive game. Lee Chang Ho(9p) vs Gu Li(9p).

Ma Xiaochun(9p) - chief coach China team. "What do you think, that enough for win?"

Good game, but there is not end else.

8th Nongshim Cup

3hd stage. 2nd game.

Park Younghoon(9p) - Kong Jie(7p) - W+R

Kong Jie(7p) stopped winning streak of Park Younghoon(9p).
Tomottow will be continue. Lee Changho(9p) is the last hope of Korean team.

"Where is next move? What do you think about that, Gu Li?"

"Will be soon i became so strong"

8th Nongshim Cup

3rd Stage, 1st game.

Yoda Norimoto(9p) - Park Younghoon(9p) - W+1.5

2nd game tomorrow. Park Younghoon will meet Kong Jie.
Good perfomance by Park Younghoon - 4 consecutive wins in row.

Japan - all players out.
Korea - Park Younghoon(9p), Lee Changho(9p).
China - Kong Jie(7p), Gu Li(9p).


All china players help Kong Jie to prepare with meet Park Younghoon.

18th Kisung(Kisei)

Semifinal.

Kim SeungJun(9p) - Song Taekon(8p) - B+R

18th Kisung(Kisei)

Semifinal.

Choi Chulhan(9p) - Won Sungjin(7p) - B+R

21st Tianyuan(Tengen)

Semifinals.

Piao Wenyao(6p) - Liu Shizhen(6p) - W+R
Zhou Heyang(9p) - Tao Xin(3p) - W+1.5

Korea rating list

Lee Changho, 9-dan, lost his No. 1 position in Korean Rating list.

The current list is:
1. Lee Sedol, 9-dan 20,466 (red line on chart)
2. Lee Changho, 9-dan 20,179 (blue line on chart)
3. Choi Chelhan, 9-dan 17,465
4. Park Yeunhun, 9-dan 16,176
5. Cho Hanseung, 9-dan 15,499
6. Park Cheongsang, 9-dan 15,396
7. Ko Gunte, 5-dan 13,832
8. An Joyoung, 9-dan 13,798
9. Weon Songjin, 7-dan 13,795
10. Lee Younkyu, 6-dan 13,686

The largest changes:
Yoo Changhyuk, 9-dan went 4 places down, from 15th to 19th place
Mok Chinseok, 9-dan improved his position from 18th to 15th place
Hong Minpyo, 5-dan also improved his standing a lot, from 24th to 21st place

Translated from korean Alexandre Dinerchtein

2nd Sibdang

Semifinal.

Ahn Jo Young(9p) - Song Taekon(8p) - B+1.5

Best-of-3 final between Baek Hongsuk and Ahn Jo Young will begin february 9.

2nd Sibdang

Semifinal.

Baek Hongsuk(5p) - Choi Chulhan(9p) - B+2.5

31st Kisei-sen

2nd game.

Kobayashi Satoru(9p) - Yamashita Keigo(Kisei) - W+R

Yamashita Keigo(Kisei) is leading with score 2-0.

Next game february 07.