In March 2009 the Nikkei Newspaper sponsored the seventh World Student Oza in Tokyo. 16 students were invited to take part, both male and female. As well as Asian countries, Europe got to send three players and North and South/Central American one player each.
Pl | Name | Country | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Wins |
1 | Zhao Wei | China | +4 | +8 | +3 | +2 | 4 |
2 | Jie Li | USA | +5 | +6 | +9 | -1 | 3 |
3 | Kim Yong Ju | Korea | +7 | +12 | -1 | +6 | 3 |
4 | Lai Yu Che | Taiwan | -1 | +13 | +12 | +8 | 3 |
5 | Joon T. | Korea | -2 | +16 | +10 | +9 | 3 |
6 | Takatsu Masaaki | Japan | +13 | -2 | +7 | -3 | 2 |
7 | Peng Hongli | China | -3 | +15 | -6 | +12 | 2 |
8 | Yamada Kohei | Japan | +15 | -1 | +11 | -4 | 2 |
9 | Ruchagoon Torairatananuson | Thailand | +14 | +10 | -2 | -5 | 2 |
10 | Jan Hora | Czechia | +16 | -9 | -5 | +15 | 2 |
11 | Li La | China | -12 | +15 | -8 | +13 | 2 |
12 | Sekine Reiko | Japan | +11 | -3 | -4 | -7 | 1 |
13 | Igor Nemly | Russia | -6 | -4 | +14 | -11 | 1 |
14 | Klara Zaloudkova | Czechia | -9 | -11 | -13 | +16 | 1 |
15 | Liang Yuwei | Taiwan | -8 | -7 | +16 | -10 | 1 |
16 | Kenji Kina | Peru | -10 | -5 | -15 | -14 | 0 |
Links to photo pages on the Nikkei site - note you will need a browser that supports Japanese to see the Japanese text - see their site for more reports (in Japanese)
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