20th International Amateur Pair Go Championship

14th - 15th November 2009, Tokyo

Korea were again winners of the International Amateur Pair Go Championships in Tokyo. Their pair, Ye Seul Song and Sang Heun Lee, beat a Japanese Pair (Oda and Nagayo) in the final.

Korea
Winners Korea

China was in fourth place with 4 wins and Chinese Taipei was 8th. Russia won 3 wins to take 10th place. Japanese teams took all the other top 10 places.

Kirsty Healey and Matthew Macfadyen of UK won the best dressed prize.

To celebrate the 20th Anniversary there was a Pair Go essay writing contest, won by Manja and Micha Marz from Germany.
You can read the best ten entries.

In addition there were awards to people who have helped promote Pair Go during the last 20 years. One was given to Francis Roads of the UK.

The EGF presented Mrs Taki with a photo montage of Pair Go in Europe during the last two decades.

Full Results

Photographs

European Pairs
Belgium
Belgium
Czechia
Czechia
Germany
Germany
Hungary
Hungary
Netherlands
Netherlands
Romania
Romania
Russia
Russia
Slovenia
Slovenia
Turkey
Turkey
UK
UK
Friendship Match
Francis Roads
Francis Roads
Kirsty Healey
Kirsty Healey
Jana Hricova
Jana Hricova
Rita Pocsai v Hane 9p
Rita Pocsai v Hane 9p
Tournament Scenes
Mrs Taki
Mrs Taki
Taiwan v Guatemala
Taiwan v Guatemala
UK v Japan
UK v Japan
Netherlands v Malaysia
Netherlands v Malaysia
India v Hungary
India v Hungary