The WAGC was held in the ancient castle city of Matsue in Shimane, western Japan. 57 countries took part.
Bai of China was unbeaten to take the championship. Choi of Korea only lost to China in round 5 to come second. A pleasing number of western players ended in the group on 6 wins.
The Asada Fighting Spirit Prize went to Manitra Razafindrabe of Madagascar and a special prize went to Kamil Chwedyna of Poland for his unique and free-wheeling style of play in the opening.
Pl Name Gr Cy W SOS SOSOS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 Bai Baoxiang 7d CN 8 41 318 40+ 25+ 9+ 11+ 2+ 8+ 3+ 5+ 2 Choi Woo-Soo 7d KR 7 41 330 22+ 38+ 10+ 3+ 1- 13+ 8+ 9+ 3 Lui Eric 7d US 6 42 305 27+ 16+ 39+ 2- 23+ 4+ 1- 8+ 4 Debarre Thomas 6d FR 6 38 312 12+ 9- 25+ 15+ 24+ 3- 22+ 11+ 5 Hirata Hironori 7d JP 6 38 291 43+ 28+ 24- 6+ 22+ 26+ 11+ 1- 6 Fan Jun 7d CA 6 35 294 44+ 8- 41+ 5- 39+ 10+ 16+ 13+ 7 Dickhut Franz-Josef 6d DE 6 34 284 42+ 10- 14+ 22- 30+ 31+ 26+ 17+ 8 Wu Tsung-Han 7d TW 5 45 298 32+ 6+ 15+ 24+ 13+ 1- 2- 3- 9 Burzo Cornel 6d RO 5 43 302 33+ 4+ 1- 10- 38+ 17+ 12+ 2- 10 Kuin Merlijn 6d NL 5 43 293 17+ 7+ 2- 9+ 11- 6- 24+ 18+ 11 Rattanasetyut Choltit 4d TH 5 39 288 52+ 49+ 23+ 1- 10+ 12+ 5- 4- 12 Do Khanh-Binh 5d VN 5 38 288 4- 29+ 21+ 28+ 18+ 11- 9- 22+ 13 Chwedyna Kamil 4d PL 5 37 287 51+ 14+ 26+ 38+ 8- 2- 23+ 6- 14 Lin Viktor 5d AT 5 37 285 20+ 13- 7- 25+ 15+ 22- 27+ 23+ 15 Chan Chi-hin 6d HK 5 36 288 29+ 21+ 8- 4- 14- 38+ 25+ 26+ 16 Petrauskas Andrius 3d LT 5 35 263 50+ 3- 33+ 26- 19+ 40+ 6- 28+ 17 Halchenko Mykhailo 5d UA 5 34 267 10- 0+ 31+ 19+ 20+ 9- 29+ 7- 18 Siukola Mikko 4d FI 5 31 264 54+ 46+ 38- 30+ 12- 28+ 20+ 10- 19 Fodi Zoltan 3d HU 5 30 253 23- 55+ 52+ 17- 16- 30+ 33+ 29+ 20 Lidor Jonathan 2d IL 5 30 250 14- 57+ 42+ 27+ 17- 41+ 18- 31+ 21 Mualime Sebastian 3d ID 5 29 240 55+ 15- 12- 29- 53+ 44+ 34+ 35+ 22 Nechanicky Radek 5d CZ 4 42 290 2- 43+ 27+ 7+ 5- 14+ 4- 12- 23 Zhang Xiang 6d SG 4 36 288 19+ 41+ 11- 39+ 3- 24+ 13- 14- 24 Ofstad Morten 4d NO 4 36 281 34+ 53+ 5+ 8- 4- 23- 10- 36+ 25 Mezhov Oleg 6d RU 4 36 276 45+ 1- 4- 14- 47+ 39+ 15- 40+ 26 Alemany Joan 4d ES 4 34 269 0+ 31+ 13- 16+ 40+ 5- 7- 15- 27 Karlsson John 4d SE 4 34 268 3- 34+ 22- 20- 49+ 32+ 14- 39+ 28 Lakeland Corrin 2d NZ 4 34 254 37+ 5- 53+ 12- 32+ 18- 40+ 16- 29 Mutabzija Zoran 5d HR 4 32 247 15- 12- 0+ 21+ 44+ 35+ 17- 19- 30 Aksut Husrev 2d TR 4 32 244 46+ 39- 36+ 18- 7- 19- 44+ 41+ 31 Gale Ben 3d ZA 4 31 250 48+ 26- 17- 42+ 52+ 7- 41+ 20- 32 Pedersen Torben 3d DK 4 30 260 8- 36- 45+ 33+ 28- 27- 43+ 42+ 33 Minieri Davide 3d IT 4 30 253 9- 47+ 16- 32- 43+ 52+ 19- 45+ 34 Trippel Lorenz 1d CH 4 28 240 24- 27- 43+ 41- 51+ 42+ 21- 46+ 35 Smid Miroslav 1k SK 4 27 237 38- 54+ 48+ 40- 36+ 29- 45+ 21- 36 Hutchinson James 1k IE 4 27 235 39- 32+ 30- 53+ 35- 48+ 50+ 24- 37 Aylanc Nurman 1k CY 4 22 210 28- 42- 57+ 47- 45- 55+ 51+ 50+ 38 Ramon Jan 4d BE 3 37 276 35+ 2- 18+ 13- 9- 15- 39- 47+ 39 Butala Gregor 5d SI 3 35 279 36+ 30+ 3- 23- 6- 25- 38+ 27- 40 Suponev Alexandr 1d BY 3 34 248 1- 56+ 49+ 35+ 26- 16- 28- 25- 41 Espinosa-Uribe Santiago 3d CO 3 32 235 56+ 23- 6- 34+ 46+ 20- 31- 30- 42 Melchert Julio 1d VE 3 31 229 7- 37+ 20- 31- 54+ 34- 52+ 32- 43 Selby Alex 4d UK 3 30 251 5- 22- 34- 45+ 33- 49+ 32- 52+ 44 Ho Hock-Doong 1d MY 3 29 233 6- 52- 50+ 48+ 29- 21- 30- 53+ 45 Smythe Neville 3d AU 3 29 225 25- 50+ 32- 43- 37+ 46+ 35- 33- 46 Savchovsky Alexander 1d BG 3 26 224 30- 18- 51+ 54+ 41- 45- 53+ 34- 47 Deleg Khadbaatar 1d MN 3 26 222 49- 33- 55+ 37+ 25- 50- 48+ 38- 48 Pereira Francisco 1d PT 3 25 203 31- 51+ 35- 44- 56+ 36- 47- 54+ 49 Tahirbayov Bahadur 6d AZ 3 24 234 47+ 11- 40- 52- 27- 43- 55+ 56+ 50 Siqueira-Scaff Celso 1d BR 3 24 216 16- 45- 44- 55+ 0+ 47+ 36- 37- 51 Galero Michael 1d PH 3 22 206 13- 48- 46- 0+ 34- 54+ 37- 57+ 52 Larios Salvador 1k MX 2 30 244 11- 44+ 19- 49+ 31- 33- 42- 43- 53 Martens Michael 2d AR 2 26 218 57+ 24- 28- 36- 21- 56+ 46- 44- 54 Aguero-Obando Mario 1k CR 2 24 199 18- 35- 56+ 46- 42- 51- 57+ 48- 55 Margarjan Artak 3k AM 2 24 199 21- 19- 47- 50- 57+ 37- 49- 0+ 56 Razafindrabe Manitra 1d MG 2 17 209 41- 40- 54- 57+ 48- 53- 0+ 49- 57 Dave Sandeep 4k IN 1 20 189 53- 20- 37- 56- 55- 0+ 54- 51-Nihon Kiin Results Page