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LinksWAGC 2008
29th World Amateur Go Championship
Nihon Kiin, Tokyo, Japan
28th May - 31st May 2008
Again 68 countries took part and it was held at Nihon Kiin Headquarters in the Ichigaya district of Tokyo.
After six rounds at the top unbeaten were Sung Bong Ha of Korea and Fernando Aguilar of Argentina who has been known to beat pros in competition.
The group on 5 wins were Heiser of Luxembourg, Hong Kong, China, Burzo of Romania, Japan and Hora of Czechia.
Ha beat Aguilar in round 7 and held on in the last to be the first Korean to win without dropping a game.
- Sung Bong HA (Korea)
- Yuzheng GUO (China)
- Fernando AGUILAR (Argentina)
- Nai San CHAN (Chinese Hong Kong)
- Yoshiyuki TSUCHIMUNE (Japan)
- Gheorghe Cornel BURZO (Romania) - equal 5th
- Mozheng GUAN (USA)
- Pal BALOGH (Hungary)
- Franz-Josef DICKHUT (Germany)
- Tsung-Lin YANG (Chinese Taipei)
The prize for Asada fighting spirit is France representative Pierre Audouard.
Results
Pl Name Gr Cy W SOS SOSS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 Ha Sung-Bong 7d KR 8 44 311 37+ 46+ 16+ 5+ 2+ 8+ 3+ 4+ 2 Guo Yuzheng 7d CN 7 43 307 27+ 41+ 12+ 4+ 1- 26+ 6+ 5+ 3 Aguilar Fernando 7d AR 7 43 300 24+ 48+ 7+ 6+ 18+ 11+ 1- 13+ 4 Chan Naisan 7d HK 6 44 305 29+ 47+ 9+ 2- 13+ 7+ 14+ 1- 5 Tsuchimune Yoshiyuki 7d JP 6 40 299 39+ 45+ 54+ 1- 12+ 17+ 11+ 2- 6 Burzo Cornel 6d RO 6 40 299 13+ 30+ 25+ 3- 51+ 15+ 2- 19+ 7 Guan Mozheng 7d US 6 37 290 38+ 26+ 3- 46+ 32+ 4- 20+ 33+ 8 Balogh Pal 6d HU 6 37 281 45- 60+ 10+ 36+ 31+ 1- 15+ 18+ 9 Dickhut Franz-Josef 6d DE 6 36 284 22+ 49+ 4- 18- 50+ 30+ 16+ 11+ 10 Yang Tsung-Lin 6d TW 6 36 283 28+ 16- 8- 52+ 34+ 27+ 12+ 14+ 11 Heiser Laurent 6d LU 5 42 296 17+ 36+ 19+ 28+ 14+ 3- 5- 9- 12 Ge Yongfei 7d CA 5 40 269 43+ 40+ 2- 41+ 5- 21+ 10- 38+ 13 Jabarin Ali 4d IL 5 39 283 6- 58+ 49+ 22+ 4- 35+ 17+ 3- 14 Hora Jan 6d CZ 5 39 282 56+ 23+ 20+ 31+ 11- 16+ 4- 10- 15 Mitic Dusan 4d RS 5 38 267 36- 44+ 35+ 21+ 19+ 6- 8- 30+ 16 Trairananusom Ruechagom 4d TH 5 37 281 66+ 10+ 1- 48+ 25+ 14- 9- 40+ 17 Audouard Pierre 5d FR 5 37 272 11- 42+ 33+ 23+ 30+ 5- 13- 43+ 18 Janssen Frank 6d NL 5 36 271 34+ 32- 63+ 9+ 3- 45+ 28+ 8- 19 Shin Raphael 6d AU 5 35 281 52+ 53+ 11- 20+ 15- 29+ 25+ 6- 20 Macfadyen Matthew 6d UK 5 34 264 33+ 55+ 14- 19- 53+ 32+ 7- 34+ 21 Carles Pau 3d ES 5 33 271 58+ 31- 27+ 15- 33+ 12- 35+ 29+ 22 Chwedyna Kamil 4d PL 5 32 267 9- 50+ 53+ 13- 26- 49+ 37+ 25+ 23 Paatero Lauri 3d FI 5 30 273 51+ 14- 26+ 17- 29- 59+ 46+ 27+ 24 Ofstad Morten 4d NO 5 30 264 3- 66+ 40- 42+ 48+ 25- 47+ 28+ 25 Zhou Juhua 4d NZ 4 38 264 44+ 35+ 6- 29+ 16- 24+ 19- 22- 26 Okawa Hiroaki 3d BR 4 36 258 42+ 7- 23- 55+ 22+ 2- 27- 60+ 27 Bro-Joergensen Ulrik 4d DK 4 35 259 2- 52+ 21- 66+ 41+ 10- 26+ 23- 28 Minieri Davide 3d IT 4 34 268 10- 57+ 45+ 11- 47+ 39+ 18- 24- 29 Renner Josef 3d CH 4 34 263 4- 65+ 38+ 25- 23+ 19- 48+ 21- 30 Ramirez-Reyes Jaime 4d CO 4 34 261 67+ 6- 39+ 37+ 17- 9- 58+ 15- 31 Sakhabutdinov Rustam 5d RU 4 34 255 50+ 21+ 32+ 14- 8- 43- 33- 56+ 32 Fernandez-Caballero Antonio 5d CU 4 33 254 61+ 18+ 31- 40+ 7- 20- 38- 57+ 33 Thanh Tran-Chi 3d VN 4 33 251 20- 67+ 17- 49+ 21- 44+ 31+ 7- 34 Matoh Leon 5d SI 4 33 250 18- 59+ 36- 56+ 10- 41+ 39+ 20- 35 Strelka Martin 1k SK 4 32 266 54+ 25- 15- 44+ 46+ 13- 21- 48+ 36 Regginos Dimitris 1d CY 4 32 261 15+ 11- 34+ 8- 59- 56+ 40- 55+ 37 Wettach Alain 4d BE 4 32 255 1- 51+ 47+ 30- 39- 61+ 22- 53+ 38 Chuah Chee-Hiong 3d SG 4 32 252 7- 64+ 29- 39- 42+ 50+ 32+ 12- 39 Zakanj Matej 2d HR 4 31 257 5- 62+ 30- 38+ 37+ 28- 34- 51+ 40 Quintero Ricardo 5d MX 4 31 255 63+ 12- 24+ 32- 45- 52+ 36+ 16- 41 Huettler Franz 4d AT 4 28 260 68+ 2- 55+ 12- 27- 34- 59+ 46+ 42 Schroeter Carl-Nicolas 3d CL 4 28 237 26- 17- 62+ 24- 38- 65+ 54+ 47+ 43 Barisic Dragan 4d BA 4 26 254 12- 61- 57+ 47- 66+ 31+ 45+ 17- 44 Rakotoarisoa Abel 2d MG 4 24 247 25- 15- 67+ 35- 68+ 33- 49+ 45+ 45 Li Martin 5d SE 3 35 251 8+ 5- 28- 62+ 40+ 18- 43- 44- 46 Zulkifli Zaid 5d MY 3 35 243 64+ 1- 56+ 7- 35- 54+ 23- 41- 47 Putera Martin 3d ID 3 33 246 57+ 4- 37- 43+ 28- 53+ 24- 42- 48 Agvandondov Demberelnaymbu 1d MN 3 32 249 65+ 3- 61+ 16- 24- 51+ 29- 35- 49 Scheffler Konrad 2d ZA 3 30 238 59+ 9- 13- 33- 60+ 22- 44- 63+ 50 Bachri Amine-Mehdi 2d MA 3 29 237 31- 22- 59+ 54+ 9- 38- 57- 62+ 51 Quevedo-Valencia Sergio 1d EC 3 29 233 23- 37- 64+ 58+ 6- 48- 62+ 39- 52 Davis Ian 1d IE 3 28 240 19- 27- 60+ 10- 57+ 40- 55- 66+ 53 Suponev Alexandr 1d BY 3 27 239 60+ 19- 22- 61+ 20- 47- 67+ 37- 54 Sulak Fatih 2d TR 3 27 237 35- 63+ 5- 50- 58+ 46- 42- 59+ 55 Maciulskis Arturas 1d LT 3 27 226 62+ 20- 41- 26- 56- 64+ 52+ 36- 56 Benenati Martin 2d UY 3 25 244 14- 68+ 46- 34- 55+ 36- 61+ 31- 57 Trajkov Stanislav 1k BG 3 25 229 47- 28- 43- 64+ 52- 60+ 50+ 32- 58 Paiz-Castillo Hector 1d GT 3 25 228 21- 13- 65+ 51- 54- 67+ 30- 61+ 59 Neto Cristovao 1d PT 2 28 228 49- 34- 50- 65+ 36+ 23- 41- 54- 60 Igei Manuel 1d PE 2 26 223 53- 8- 52- 63+ 49- 57- 64+ 26- 61 Sowal Narendra 1d NP 2 25 222 32- 43+ 48- 53- 67+ 37- 56- 58- 62 Gutierrez Daniel 2k VE 2 23 223 55- 39- 42- 45- 65+ 66+ 51- 50- 63 Quesada-Garcia David 1k CR 2 20 214 40- 54- 18- 60- 64- 68+ 66+ 49- 64 Shah Raju-Kumar 1k IN 2 20 213 46- 38- 51- 57- 63+ 55- 60- 68+ 65 Sacramento Martin 1k PH 2 19 211 48- 29- 58- 59- 62- 42- 68+ 67+ 66 Mamedov Ibadat 1d AZ 1 25 218 16- 24- 68+ 27- 43- 62- 63- 52- 67 Voskanyan Samvel 3k AM 1 22 206 30- 33- 44- 68+ 61- 58- 53- 65- 68 Escobar-Thompson Edgar 5k PA 0 19 183 41- 56- 66- 67- 44- 63- 65- 64-Nihon Kiin Results Page