Go at the 2008 World Mind Sports Games

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

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.

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 South Korea Kang Dongyun 7p[a] South Korea Park Jungsang 9p China Li Zhe 6p
Women's Individual China Song Ronghui 1p South Korea Lee Minjin 5p South Korea Pak Chi-eun 9p
Open North Korea Jo Tae-Won 7d [11] South Korea Ham Youngwoo 7d South Korea Lee Yong Hee 6d
Men's Team South Korea South Korea China China Japan Japan
Women's Team China China South Korea South Korea Japan Japan
Pair Go China Huang Yizhong 7pFan Weijing 2p Chinese Taipei Chou Chun-Hsun 9pHsieh Yi-Min 4p South Korea 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
 
              
 
 
 
 
South KoreaKang Dong Yoon 8p1
 
 
 
JapanYamashiro Hiroshi 9p0
 
South KoreaKang Dong Yoon 8p1
 
 
 
ChinaGu Li 9p0
 
Chinese TaipeiChang Li-Yu 7p0
 
 
 
ChinaGu Li 9p1
 
South KoreaKang Dong Yoon 8p1
 
 
 
ChinaLi Zhe 6p0
 
South KoreaMok Jin Seuk 9p0
 
 
 
ChinaLi Zhe 6p1
 
ChinaLi Zhe 6p1
 
 
 
JapanYamada Kimio 9p0
 
CanadaLi Xianyu 6d0
 
 
 
JapanYamada Kimio 9p1
 
South KoreaKang Dong Yoon 8p1
 
 
 
South KoreaPark Jung Sang 9p0
 
ChinaWang Xi 9p1
 
 
 
South KoreaBaek Hong Suk 6p0
 
ChinaWang Xi 9p1
 
 
 
ChinaLiu Xing 7p0
 
Chinese TaipeiLee Yi-Hsiu 4p0
 
 
 
ChinaLiu Xing 7p1
 
ChinaWang Xi 9p0
 
 
 
South KoreaPark Jung Sang 9p1 Third place
 
South KoreaPark Jung Sang 9p1
 
  
 
Chinese TaipeiWang Lih-Chen 9p0
 
South KoreaPark Jung Sang 9p1 ChinaLi Zhe 6p 1
 
 
 
South KoreaPark Young Hun 9p0 ChinaWang Xi 9p 0
 
JapanMimura Tomoyasu 9p0
 
 
South KoreaPark Young Hun 9p1
 

Women's Individual[edit]

[14] [15]

up to 3 players per team.

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
South KoreaLee Min Jin 5p1
 
 
 
ChinaRui Naiwei 9p0
 
South KoreaLee Min Jin 5p1
 
 
 
JapanMannami Kana 4p0
 
JapanMannami Kana 4p1
 
 
 
ChinaCao Youyin [zh] 2p0
 
South KoreaLee Min Jin 5p0
 
 
 
ChinaSong Ronghui 1p1
 
ChinaSong Ronghui [zh] 1p1
 
 
 
JapanIna Akiko 5p0
 
ChinaSong Ronghui 1p1
 
 
 
South KoreaPark Ji Eun 9p0 Third place
 
AustraliaJoanne Missingham 1p0
 
 
 
South KoreaPark Ji Eun 9p1
 
JapanMannami Kana 4p0
 
 
South KoreaPark Ji Eun 9p1
 

Open[edit]

[16] [17]

2 amateur players per team.

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
ChinaHu Yuqing 8d0
 
 
 
South KoreaLee Yong Hee 6d1
 
South KoreaLee Yong Hee 6d0
 
 
 
North KoreaJo Tae Won 7d1
 
North KoreaJo Tae Won [zh] 7d1
 
 
 
South AfricaChow Guang 6d0
 
North KoreaJo Tae Won 7d1
 
 
 
South KoreaHam Youngwoo 7d0
 
South KoreaHam Youngwoo 7d1
 
 
 
United StatesJie Li 7d0
 
South KoreaHam Youngwoo 7d1
 
 
 
ChinaWang Chen 6d0 Third place
 
CanadaYongfei Ge 7d0
 
 
 
ChinaWang Chen 6d1
 
South KoreaLee Yong Hee 6d1
 
 
ChinaWang 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
 
              
 
 
 
 
South KoreaHong Sung Ji 6p
South KoreaKim Eun Seon 3p
1
 
 
 
ChinaLiu Lirong 5d
China Wang Xiangru 5d
0
 
South KoreaHong Sung Ji 6p
South KoreaKim Eun Seon 3p
0
 
 
 
Chinese TaipeiChou Chun-Hsun 9p
Chinese TaipeiHsieh Yi-Min 4p
1
 
UkraineIurii Pliushch 5d
UkraineMariya Zakharchenko 1k
0
 
 
 
Chinese TaipeiChou Chun-Hsun 9p
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Yi-Min 4p
1
 
Chinese TaipeiChou Chun-Hsun 9p
Chinese TaipeiHsieh Yi-Min 4p
1
 
 
 
ChinaYu Bin 9p
ChinaLi He 1p
0
 
ChinaYu Bin 9p
ChinaLi He 1p
1
 
 
 
HungaryTibor Pocsai
HungaryRita Pocsai
0
 
ChinaYu Bin 9p
ChinaLi He 1p
1
 
 
 
South KoreaHong Seok Ui 6d
South KoreaKim Shin Young 5d
0
 
South KoreaHong Seok Ui 6d
South KoreaKim Shin Young 5d
1
 
 
 
JapanToshiya Imamura 9p
JapanKazuko Konishi 8p
0
 
Chinese TaipeiChou Chun-Hsun 9p
Chinese TaipeiHsieh Yi-Min 4p
0
 
 
 
ChinaHuang Yizhong 7p
ChinaFan Weijing 2p
1
 
Chinese TaipeiLin Chih-Han 8p
Chinese TaipeiChang Kai-Hsin 3p
1
 
 
 
JapanSatoshi Hiraoka 8d
Japan Yuriko Hiraoka 5d
0
 
Chinese TaipeiLin Chih-Han 8p
Chinese TaipeiChang Kai-Hsin 3p
0
 
 
 
South KoreaOn So Jin 4p
South KoreaLee Ha Jin 3p
1
 
North KoreaJo Tae Won 7d
North KoreaJo Sae Byol 7d
0
 
 
 
South KoreaOn So Jin 4p
South KoreaLee Ha Jin 3p
1
 
South KoreaOn So Jin 4p
South KoreaLee Ha Jin 3p
0
 
 
 
ChinaHuang Yizhong 7p
ChinaFan Weijing 2p
1 Third place
 
JapanSatoru Kobayashi 9p
JapanKumiko Kanazawa 5p
1
 
  
 
Czech RepublicJan Hora 6d
Czech RepublicJitka Bartova 3k
0
 
JapanSatoru Kobayashi 9p
JapanKumiko Kanazawa 5p
0 ChinaYu Bin 9p
ChinaLi He 1p
0
 
 
 
ChinaHuang Yizhong 7p
ChinaFan Weijing 2p
1 South KoreaOn So Jin 4p
South KoreaLee Ha Jin 3p
1
 
MongoliaSansar Tsolmon 4d
MongoliaTungalag Ravjir 3d
0
 
 
ChinaHuang Yizhong 7p
ChinaFan 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.
  3. ^ "Rules of Go (Weiqi) For World Mind Sports Games 2008" (PDF). home.snafu.de/jasiek. 2008-07-15.
  4. ^ "票友级规则大师陈祖源 曾修订世界智运会围棋规则". sports.sina.com.cn. 2009-05-03.
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  6. ^ "The Last-Competitive-Move Rule (2)". harryfearnley.com.
  7. ^ "Proposed Rules of Go". harryfearnley.com.
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