Go at the 2008 World Mind Sports Games

The ancient board game of Go was one of the 5 mind sports which featured at the inaugural World Mind Sports Games, held in Beijing, China in October 2008. There were six gold medals in Go events, within thirty-five gold medals vied for by 2,763 competitors (560 of whom were Go players), from 143 countries.

The British Go Association's UK players for the Individual Women's Go event, at the 1st WMSG held in Beijing in 2008

One feature of this Go games is that it was the first time in history an international tournament of professional Go used the Proposed Rules of Go conceived by Toshio Ikeda (1923-1974). [1] [2] [3] This was deemed as an important trial of unifying the rules of Go. [4]

About the rules edit

There are no unified rules of Go. The two major scoring systems are so-called scoring by area and scoring by territory. Toshio Ikeda, a Japanese electrical engineer then working for Fujitsu, began his study on the rules in late 1960s, and published his work by a book On The Rules Of Go. Ikeda argued that the Chinese rules of Go, which use scoring by area, are almost perfect, except for one drawback, which was shown in an example named "the problem of reinforcing".[5] In fact, the focus issue is, how to define "the last competitive move". Ikeda found the solution, that is, to redefine the end of the game, and neutralize the value of the last move.[6][7]

Ikeda died in 1974. In 1990s, Chen Zu-yuan, a Chinese engineer and amateur Go player, published his study on the rules of Go by a book,[8] in which he introduced Ikeda's work to Chinese readers. Chen does not like Ikeda's design, but after years of pondering, Chen made a compromise and proposed to WMSG to use this design in the inaugural 2008 games.[9] [10]

Medal table edit

Under the auspices of the International Go Federation 560 players participated in six medal events in Beijing. South Korea won half of the 18 medals and all were swept by competitors from Eastern Asia.

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Individual   Kang Dongyun 7p[a]   Park Jungsang 9p   Li Zhe 6p
Women's Individual   Song Ronghui 1p   Lee Minjin 5p   Pak Chi-eun 9p
Open   Jo Tae-Won 7d [11]   Ham Youngwoo 7d   Lee Yong Hee 6d
Men's Team   South Korea   China   Japan
Women's Team   China   South Korea   Japan
Pair Go   Huang Yizhong 7pFan Weijing 2p   Chou Chun-Hsun 9pHsieh Yi-Min 4p   On So Jin 4pLee Ha Jin 3p

Events edit

Note that the sections below show only the latter stages of the competition, after the qualifying rounds.

Men's Individual edit

[12] [13]

up to 5 players per team.

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
 Kang Dong Yoon 8p1
 
 
 
 Yamashiro Hiroshi 9p0
 
 Kang Dong Yoon 8p1
 
 
 
 Gu Li 9p0
 
 Chang Li-Yu 7p0
 
 
 
 Gu Li 9p1
 
 Kang Dong Yoon 8p1
 
 
 
 Li Zhe 6p0
 
 Mok Jin Seuk 9p0
 
 
 
 Li Zhe 6p1
 
 Li Zhe 6p1
 
 
 
 Yamada Kimio 9p0
 
 Li Xianyu 6d0
 
 
 
 Yamada Kimio 9p1
 
 Kang Dong Yoon 8p1
 
 
 
 Park Jung Sang 9p0
 
 Wang Xi 9p1
 
 
 
 Baek Hong Suk 6p0
 
 Wang Xi 9p1
 
 
 
 Liu Xing 7p0
 
 Lee Yi-Hsiu 4p0
 
 
 
 Liu Xing 7p1
 
 Wang Xi 9p0
 
 
 
 Park Jung Sang 9p1 Third place
 
 Park Jung Sang 9p1
 
  
 
 Wang Lih-Chen 9p0
 
 Park Jung Sang 9p1  Li Zhe 6p 1
 
 
 
 Park Young Hun 9p0  Wang Xi 9p 0
 
 Mimura Tomoyasu 9p0
 
 
 Park Young Hun 9p1
 

Women's Individual edit

[14] [15]

up to 3 players per team.

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 Lee Min Jin 5p1
 
 
 
 Rui Naiwei 9p0
 
 Lee Min Jin 5p1
 
 
 
 Mannami Kana 4p0
 
 Mannami Kana 4p1
 
 
 
 Cao Youyin [zh] 2p0
 
 Lee Min Jin 5p0
 
 
 
 Song Ronghui 1p1
 
 Song Ronghui [zh] 1p1
 
 
 
 Ina Akiko 5p0
 
 Song Ronghui 1p1
 
 
 
 Park Ji Eun 9p0 Third place
 
 Joanne Missingham 1p0
 
 
 
 Park Ji Eun 9p1
 
 Mannami Kana 4p0
 
 
 Park Ji Eun 9p1
 

Open edit

[16] [17]

2 amateur players per team.

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 Hu Yuqing 8d0
 
 
 
 Lee Yong Hee 6d1
 
 Lee Yong Hee 6d0
 
 
 
 Jo Tae Won 7d1
 
 Jo Tae Won [zh] 7d1
 
 
 
 Chow Guang 6d0
 
 Jo Tae Won 7d1
 
 
 
 Ham Youngwoo 7d0
 
 Ham Youngwoo 7d1
 
 
 
 Jie Li 7d0
 
 Ham Youngwoo 7d1
 
 
 
 Wang Chen 6d0 Third place
 
 Yongfei Ge 7d0
 
 
 
 Wang Chen 6d1
 
 Lee Yong Hee 6d1
 
 
 Wang Chen 6d0
 

Men's team edit

[18] [19]

5 players with 1 substitute per team. (5 separate games per round, team with 3+ game wins wins).

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
  South Korea5
 
 
 
  Czech Republic0
 
  South Korea4
 
 
 
  Japan1
 
  North Korea0
 
 
 
  Japan5
 
  South Korea4
 
 
 
  China1
 
  Chinese Taipei5
 
 
 
  Hong Kong0
 
  Chinese Taipei1
 
 
 
  China4 Third place
 
  Ukraine0
 
 
 
  China5
 
  Japan3
 
 
  Chinese Taipei2
 

Women's team edit

[20] [21]

3 players with 1 substitute per team. (3 separate games per round, team with 2+ game wins wins the round).

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
  South Korea3
 
 
 
  United Kingdom0
 
  South Korea2
 
 
 
  North Korea1
 
  North Korea2
 
 
 
  Chinese Taipei1
 
  South Korea1
 
 
 
  China2
 
  Japan3
 
 
 
  Australia0
 
  Japan1
 
 
 
  China2 Third place
 
  Germany0
 
 
 
  China3
 
  North Korea0
 
 
  Japan3
 

Pair Go edit

[22] [23]

1 male-female pair playing alternate moves without consultation

    • Moves sequenced: black female, white female, black male, white male.
 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
 Hong Sung Ji 6p
 Kim Eun Seon 3p
1
 
 
 
 Liu Lirong 5d
  Wang Xiangru 5d
0
 
 Hong Sung Ji 6p
 Kim Eun Seon 3p
0
 
 
 
 Chou Chun-Hsun 9p
 Hsieh Yi-Min 4p
1
 
 Iurii Pliushch 5d
 Mariya Zakharchenko 1k
0
 
 
 
 Chou Chun-Hsun 9p
  Hsieh Yi-Min 4p
1
 
 Chou Chun-Hsun 9p
 Hsieh Yi-Min 4p
1
 
 
 
 Yu Bin 9p
 Li He 1p
0
 
 Yu Bin 9p
 Li He 1p
1
 
 
 
 Tibor Pocsai
 Rita Pocsai
0
 
 Yu Bin 9p
 Li He 1p
1
 
 
 
 Hong Seok Ui 6d
 Kim Shin Young 5d
0
 
 Hong Seok Ui 6d
 Kim Shin Young 5d
1
 
 
 
 Toshiya Imamura 9p
 Kazuko Konishi 8p
0
 
 Chou Chun-Hsun 9p
 Hsieh Yi-Min 4p
0
 
 
 
 Huang Yizhong 7p
 Fan Weijing 2p
1
 
 Lin Chih-Han 8p
 Chang Kai-Hsin 3p
1
 
 
 
 Satoshi Hiraoka 8d
  Yuriko Hiraoka 5d
0
 
 Lin Chih-Han 8p
 Chang Kai-Hsin 3p
0
 
 
 
 On So Jin 4p
 Lee Ha Jin 3p
1
 
 Jo Tae Won 7d
 Jo Sae Byol 7d
0
 
 
 
 On So Jin 4p
 Lee Ha Jin 3p
1
 
 On So Jin 4p
 Lee Ha Jin 3p
0
 
 
 
 Huang Yizhong 7p
 Fan Weijing 2p
1 Third place
 
 Satoru Kobayashi 9p
 Kumiko Kanazawa 5p
1
 
  
 
 Jan Hora 6d
 Jitka Bartova 3k
0
 
 Satoru Kobayashi 9p
 Kumiko Kanazawa 5p
0  Yu Bin 9p
 Li He 1p
0
 
 
 
 Huang Yizhong 7p
 Fan Weijing 2p
1  On So Jin 4p
 Lee Ha Jin 3p
1
 
 Sansar Tsolmon 4d
 Tungalag Ravjir 3d
0
 
 
 Huang Yizhong 7p
 Fan Weijing 2p
1
 

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ The numbers and letters after the players' names refer to their professional or amateur ranks.

References edit

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  2. ^ "第一届世界智力运动会围棋项目竞赛规则". sports.sina.com.cn. 2008-10-03.
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  6. ^ "The Last-Competitive-Move Rule (2)". harryfearnley.com.
  7. ^ "Proposed Rules of Go". harryfearnley.com.
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