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This tournament will be similar to previously happening SportAccord World Mind Games (2011-2014). Go, Chess, Draughts, Bridge and Xianqi (Chinese Chess) Competitions at the same place and same time. In Go, 30 representatives (5 China, 5 Chinese Taipei, 6 Europe, 5 Japan, 5 South Korea, 4 North America) will compete for an overall tournament budget of 200.000 €.
Very strong Professionals participate in the tournament, in Men's competition Shi Yue 9p, Zhou Ruiyang 9p from China, Park Junghwan 9p and Kim Jiseok 9p from South Korea. In Women's competition Yu Zhiying 5p from China and Joanne Missingham 7p from Chinese Taipei are very famous.
Broadcasting (in Chinese): http://cwa.cmsa.cn/broadcast/weiqi
Games (SGF's) are possible to open with MultiGo (for example).
European representatives:
Men's Team Competition (26th Feb - 1st Mar)
Final Results:
1. Korea
2. China
3. Japan
4. Chinese Taipei
5. North America
6. Europe
Hui Fan Ilya Shikshin Ali Jabarin
2 Dan Pro 1 Dan Pro 1 Dan Pro
Age: 34 Age: 25 Age: 22
1 game a day at 12:30 Local Time. (5:30 AM CET)
6 teams, 5 games. (Single round-robin)
Time limit: 2 hours, 60 seconds, 5 times.
Round 1:
China - Europe (3:0)
Tang Weixing - Fan Hui (Black+Resign) sgf
Zhou Ruiyang - Jabarin Ali (White+Resign) sgf
Shi Yue - Shikshin Ilya (Black+Resign) sgf
Korea - North America (3:0)
Japan - Chinese Taipei (2:1)
Round 2:
Europe - Japan (0:3)
Fan Hui - Tomoya Hirata (White+Resign) sgf
Jabarin Ali - Mutsuura Yuta (Black+Resign) sgf
Shikshin Ilya - Shibano Toramaru (White+1,5) sgf
North America - Chinese Taipei (0:3)
Korea - China (2:1)
Round 3:
Chinese Taipei - Europe (3:0)
Chen Shih-Iuan - Fan Hui (Black+Resign) sgf
Lin Li-Hsiang - Jabarin Ali (White+5,5) sgf
Lin Shih-Hsun - Shikshin Ilya (Black+Resign) sgf
China - North America (3:0)
Japan - Korea (0:3)
Round 4:
Europe - North America (1:2)
Fan Hui - Jiang Ming Jiu (Black+1,5) sgf
Jabarin Ali - Li Ryan sgf
Shikshin Ilya - Lui Eric sgf
Korea - Chinese Taipei (2:1)
China - Japan (3:0)
Round 5:
Europe - Korea (0:3)
Fan Hui - Lee Donghoon
Jabarin Ali - Park Junghwan
Shikshin Ilya - Kim Jiseok
China - Chinese Taipei (3:0)
North America - Japan (1:2)
Women's Individual Competition (26th Feb - 1st Mar)
Final Results:
1. Yu Zhiying
2. Choi Jeong
3. Joanne Missingham
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6.-8. Karlsberg Elvina
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9.-12. Pocsai Rita
9.-12. Kovaleva Natalia
Rita Pocsai Natalia Kovaleva Elvina Karlsberg
4 Dan 5 Dan 5 Dan
Age: 27 Age: 28 Age: 37
2 games a day at 9:30 & 15:00 Local Time (2:30 AM & 8:00 AM CET)
12 Players, 7 games (Double knock-out).
Time limit: 1 hour, 30 seconds 3 times.
Round 1:
Rita Pocsai - Nyu Eiko (Japan) , sgf (Black+Resign)
Natalia Kovaleva - Yu Li-Chun (Chinese Taipei) , sgf (White+Resign)
Elvina Karlsberg - Cao Youjin (China) , sgf (White+Resign)
Round 2:
Bye for Europeans
Round 3:
Rita Pocsai - Yu Jin (Canada) sgf (Black+12,5)
Elvina Karlsberg - Natalia Kovaleva sgf (Black+7,5)
Round 4:
Elvina Karlsberg - Yu Jin (Canada) sgf (Black+Resign)
Pair Go Competition (2nd Mar - 3rd Mar)
Total 8 pairs (Asia: 4, Europe 3, NA 1)
3 games (Single knock-out)
Time limit: 1 hour, 30 seonds, 3 times.
Final results:
| Winner | Korea | Choi Jeong 6p & Park Jeonghwan 9p |
| Runner-up | China | Yu Zhiyin 5p & Tang Weixing 9p |
| 3rd place | Japan | Hoshiai Shiho 1p & Hirata Tomoya 7p |
| 4th place | C. Taipei | Missiangham Joanne 7p & Lin Li-Hsaing 6p |
| 5th place | Europe | Natalia Kovaleva 5d & Ilya Shikshin 1p |
| 6th place | N. America | Sarah Yu 6d & Ryan Li 1p |
| 7-8 place | Europe | Rita Pocsai 5d & Fan Hui 2p |
| 7-8 place | Europe | Elvina Karlsberg 4d & Ali Jabarin 1p |
Source: Ranka