12th World Student Oza

25th - 26th February 2014

Sponsored by Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc

The 12th World Students Go OZA Championship was held again in Tokyo, at the Ginza Internet Forum. The organizers of the tournament were: The All-Japan Students Go Association, Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc and Pandnet Inc in co-operation with The Nihon Ki-in and The International Go Federation.

As usual qualifying for the European players (and other non-Asians) was by a tournament held online on Pandanet in Autumn 2013.

The European players who qualified this year were Bogdan Zhurakovskyi (5d) from Ukraine, Viktor Ivanov (4d) from Russia and Yanqi Zhang (6d) from France. Of these, Viktor Ivanov won two games to take 9th place.

Official Website

Final Placings

Pl Name CountryR1R2R3R4Wins
1 Wang ChenChina+14+2+4+34
2 Yamikumo TsubasaJapan+13-1+9+63
3 Chung Chen-EnChinese Taipei+10+12+7-13
4 Go RisaJapan+16+6-1+73
5 Hu Shih-yunChinese Taipei-6+16+13+83
6 Maojie XiaUSA+5-4+12-22
7 Kim JaerinKorea+9+11-3-42
8 Zhou ShiyingChina-12+10+11-52
9 Viktor IvanovRussia-7+15-2+132
10 King Man KwanChinese Hong Kong-3-8+16+122
11 Lee WoongKorea+15-7-8+142
12 Zhang YanqiFrance+8-3-6-101
13 Bogdan ZhurakovskyiRomania-2+14-5-91
14 Kai Kun XieNew Zealand-1-13+15-111
15 Thiago Shinji Shimada RamosBrazil-11-9-14+161
16 Nissavara PunyaritThailand-4-5-10-150

11th World Student Oza