SportAccord World Mind Games 2014

SportAccord held its fourth World Mind Games in Beijing, China, from 10th - 17th December 2014.

Go teams from six countries/regions took part:
China, Korea, Japan, Chinese Taipei, the Americas and Europe.

Hajin Lee and Kiaxia Tuo acted as Go Ambassadors.

Men Teams

Teams were as follows (oriental teams family name first):

1KoreaPark Young Hun 9pNa Hyun 9pKang Dong Yoon 9p
2ChinaShi Yue 9pMi Yuting 9pTuo Jiaxi 9p
3Chinese TaipeiChen Shih-Iuan 9pLin Li-Hsiang 6pChang Che-Hao 5p
4JapanYuki Satoshi 9pIda Atsushi 8pSeto Taiki 7p
5EuropeHui Fan 2p (FR)Alexandr Dinerchtein 3p (RU)Ilya Shikshin 7d (RU)
6North AmericaMingjiu Jiang 7d (US)Huiren Yang 1p (US)Daniel Daehyuk Ko 7d (US)

Played using round robin system.

No Team               1.     2.      3.      4.      5.     Pt (GW)
1  China             +6(3)  +2(2)   +3(2)   +4(2)   +5(3)    5 (12)
2  Korea             +3(2)  -1(1)   +4(2)   +5(3)   +6(3)    4 (11)
3  Japan             -2(1)  +5(3)   -1(1)   +6(3)   +4(2)    3 (10)
4  Chinese Taipei    +5(3)  +6(3)   -2(1)   -1(1)   -3(1)    2  (9)
5  North America     -4(0)  -3(0)   +6(2)   -2(0)   -1(0)    1  (2)
6  Europe            -1(0)  -4(0)   -5(1)   -3(0)   -2(0)    0  (1)

Individual Women

Played using double elimination system, some players seeded to round 2.

  1. Yu Zhiying (China)
  2. Kim Chae Young (Korea)
  3. Rui Naiwei (China)
  4. Chang Kai-Hsin (Chinese Taipei)
  5. Joanne Missingham (Chinese Taipei)

No Name                Gr Co    W    1.      2.      3.      4.      5.      6.      7.
 1 Yu Zhiying          5p CN    5   11+      9+      7+      3+      ..      ..      2+       
 2 Kim Chae Young      2p KR    5   12+      5+      3-      9+      5+      3+      1-       
 3 Rui Naiwei          9p CN    3    ..     10+      2+      1-      4+      2-      ..      
 4 Chang Kai-Hsin      4p CT    3    8-      ..     11+      6+      3-      5+      ..      
 5 Joanne Missingham   6p CT    2    ..      2-     10+      7+      2-      4-      ..      
 6 Svetlana Shikshina  3p RU    1   10-      ..     12+      4-      ..      ..      ..      
 7 Choi Jeong          5p KR    1    ..      8+      1-      5-      ..      ..      ..       
 8 Natalia Kovaleva    5d RU    1    4+      7-      9-      ..      ..      ..      ..      
 9 Fujisawa Rina       2p JP    1    ..      1-      8+      2-      ..      ..      ..      
10 Okuda Aya           3p JP    1    6+      3-      5-      ..      ..      ..      ..      
11 Irene Sha           6d CA    0    1-      ..      4-      ..      ..      ..      ..      
12 Dina Burdakova      5d RU    0    2-      ..      6-      ..      ..      ..      ..     

Pair Go

Played with knockout system with play offs.

  1. China ( Yu Zhiying / Mi Yuting )
  2. Korea ( Choi Jeong / Na Hyun )
  3. Chinese Taipei ( Chang Kai-Hsin / Lin Li-Hsiang )

No Names                                 Co    W    1.      2.      3.
1  Yu Zhiying / Mi Yuting                CN    3    7+      4+      2+     
2  Choi Jeong / Na Hyun                  KR    2    8+      3+      1-           
3  Chang Kai-Hsin / Lin Li-Hsiang        CT    2    6+      2-      4+     
4  Fujisawa Rina / Ida Atsushi           JP    1    5+      1-      3-    
5  Svetlana Shikshina / Ilya Shikshin    RU    1    4-      7+      6+     
6  Natalia Kovaleva / Hui Fan            EU    1    3-      8+      5-     
7  Irene Sha / Daniel Daehyuk Ko         NA    0    1-      5-      ..      
8  Dina Burdakova / Alexandr Dinerchtein RU    0    2-      6-      ..     

For further info visit the Ranka Online reports and SportAccord World Mind Games site.