21st World Youth Goe Championship

The 2004 event was held from 17th to 21st August in Vancouver, Canada. The event was supported by the Ing Chang-Ki Weiqi Educational Foundation.

It was dominated by young Chinese with professional grades and strong Koreans, as might be expected. In the senior section China's Lingyi Gu won all games and then defeated Korea's Kipyo Hong in the final. Japan and Taiwan were placed next followed by Russia's Ilia Chikchine and Czechia's Ondrej Silt, both 5 dan and winning 3/5. France's Thomas Hubert won 2 games, but Netherland's Floris Barthel failed to win a game. In the junior section Jung-Hwan Park of Korean beat Yulin Tong of China to win. Hong Kong took third and Japan fourth. Poland's Mateusz Surma won 2 games and France's Thomas Debarre won 1 game.

Seniors (Under-18)

Pl.
 No.
 Country
 Players
 Rank
 I
 II
 III
 IV
 V
 Scores
Results
   Results   Results   Results  
 Results
   Main Subsidiary
SJH BJH SFH BFH
3
 1
 Korea
 Kipyo Hong
 6D
 2-/w0
  
 4+/w0
  
 9+/w0
  
 5+/w0
  
 3-/b0
   3
 7



2
 2
 Japan
 Shin Tamai
 7D
 1+/b0
   3-/b0
  
 6+/b0
   9+/b0
  
 5+/w0
   4




1
 3
 China
 Lingyi Gu
 2P
 4+/w0
  
 2+/w0
   5+/b0
   10+/w0
  
 1+/w0
  
 5




9
 4
 USA
 Mozheng Guan
 7D
 3-/b0
   1-/b0
   12+/b0
   11+/b0
  
 6-/w0
  
 2
 1
 11


7
 5
 Canada
 Richard Liang
 6D
 6+/w0
  
 7+/b0
  
 3-/w0
  
 1-/b0
   2-/b0
  
 2
 5



5
 6
 Russia
 Ilia Chikchine
 5D
 5-/b0
   8+/w0
  
 2-/w0
  
 7+/b0
  
 4+/b0
   3
 6
 6


8
 7
 France
 Thomas Keisuke Hubert
 4D
 8+/w0
  
 5-/w0
   10-/w0
  
 6-/w0
   11+/b0
  
 2
 2



10
 8
 Thailand
 Ruechagom Trairananusom
 2D
 7-/b0
   6-/b0
   11+/b0
   12+/b0
   9-/b0
   2
 1
 8


4
 9
 Taipei
 Yen-Lin Feng
 1D
 10+/w0
  
 12+/b0
  
 1-/b0
   2-/w0
   8+/w0
  
 3
 6
 7


6
 10
 Czech Republic
 Ondrej Silt
 5D
 9-/b0
   11+/b0
  
 7+/b0
   3-/b0
   12+/w0
   3
 3



12
 11
 Netherlands
 Floris Pieter Barthel
 1D
 12-/w0
  
 10-/w0
   8-/w0
  
 4-/w0
   7-/w0
   0




11
 12
 Singapore
 Lai Wei
 3D
 11+/b0
   9-/w0
   4-/w0
  
 8-/w0
  
 10-/b0
  
 1




Semi-finals
 Lingyi Gu (CN) vs. Yen-Lin Feng (TW)
  
 1st Place
 Lingyi Gu (CN)
Shin Tamai (JP) vs. Kipyo Hong (KR)
  
 2nd Place
 Kipyo Hong (KR)
Finals
 Lingyi Gu (CN) vs. Kipyo Hong (KR)  
 3rd Place
 Shin Tamai (JP)
Shin Tamai (JP) vs. Yen-Lin Feng (TW)  
 4th Place
 Yen-Lin Feng (TW)

Juniors (Under-12)

Pl.
 No.
 Country
 Players
 Rank
 I
 II
 III
 IV
 V
 Scores
Results
   Results  
 Results   Results  
 Results   Main Subsidiary
SJH BJH SFH BFH
6
 1
 USA
 Curtis Tang
 6D
 2+/w0
  
 9+/w0
  
 3-/b0
  
 7-/w0
   10-/b0
  
 2
 5


7
 2
 Canada
 Bo Yang Zhan
 1D
 1-/b0
   4-/b0
   8+/b0
  
 6+/w0
  
 9-/w0
  
 2
 2


1
 3
 China
 Yulin Tong
 1P
 4+/b0
  
 5+/b0
  
 1+/w0
   10+/w0
  
 7+/b0
  
 5



5
 4
 Taipei
 Jia-Cheng Sheu
 1D
 3-/w0
   2+/w0
  
 10-/w0
  
 5+/w0
   6+/w0
  
 3
 3


9
 5
 France
 Thomas Debarre
 2K
 6+/b0
  
 3-/w0
   7-/b0
  
 4-/b0
  
 8-/b0
   1



10
 6
 Singapore
 Chi-Chian Lee
 1K
 5-/w0
   8-/w0
  
 9-/b0
   2-/b0
   4-/b0
   0



3
 7
 Hong Kong
 Naisan Chen
 5D
 8+/w0
  
 10-/w0
  
 5+/w0
   1+/b0
  
 3-/w0
   3
 5


8
 8
 Poland
 Surma Mateusz
 3K
 7-/b0
   6+/b0
   2-/w0
   9-/w0
   5+/w0
  
 2
 1


4
 9
 Japan
 Rissei Hino
 6D
 10-/w0
  
 1-/b0
   6+/w0
  
 8+/b0
  
 2+/b0
   3
 4


2
 10
 Korea
 Jung-Hwan Park
 5D
 9+/b0
   7+/b0
   4+/b0
   3-/b0
   1+/w0
  
 4



Semi-finals
 Yulin Tong (CN) vs. Rissei Hino (JP)
  
 1st Place
 Jung-Hwan Park (KR)
Jung-Hwan Park (KR) vs. Naisan Chen (HK)
  
 2nd Place
 Yulin Tong (CN)
Finals
 Yulin Tong (CN) vs. Jung-Hwan Park (KR)  
 3rd Place
 Naisan Chen (HK)
Rissei Hino (JP) vs. Naisan Chen (HK)  
 4th Place
 Rissei Hino (JP)

Photos

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