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LinksWAGC 2004
25th World Amateur Go Championship
Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, 6th - 10th June 2004
64 countries attended this event, originally planned for 2003, at Kurashiki in Japan. Kurashiki in Okayama Prefecture is famous for old buildings containing museums on a willow-lined canal. The congress hotel was a converted ivy-covered cotton mill.
The final placings were:1. Korea 8/8, 2. Taiwan 7/8, 3. China 6/8, 4. France (on SOSOS), 5. Japan, 6. Canada, 7. Hong Kong, 8. USA, 9. Luxembourg, 10. Czechia 5/8.
Bernard Helmstetter of France's result is particularly noteworthy; if the last game to finish had been lost by Sweden then France would have been third.
The Asada Fighting Spirit Prize went to the star of the show 9-year old Shiba Shaw from India, who is a former street urchin taken in by a Japanese orphanage.
Results
Pl Name Gr Cy W SOS SOSS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 Yi Kang-wuk 7d KR 8 43 317 46+ 26+ 11+ 6+ 4+ 2+ 7+ 3+ 2 Lai Youzheng 7d TW 7 42 318 43+ 32+ 24+ 10+ 3+ 1- 5+ 4+ 3 Fu Li 7d CN 6 44 302 39+ 33+ 25+ 5+ 2- 17+ 6+ 1- 4 Helmstetter Bernard 5d FR 6 44 294 21+ 35+ 7+ 16+ 1- 13+ 30+ 2- 5 Nakazono Seizo 7d JP 6 43 301 19+ 29+ 20+ 3- 15+ 9+ 2- 12+ 6 Li Xianyu 6d CA 6 43 300 37+ 27+ 8+ 1- 19+ 12+ 3- 14+ 7 Tong Ling-Ying 5d HK 6 39 288 48+ 51+ 4- 38+ 14+ 10+ 1- 13+ 8 Ning Ted 6d US 6 38 297 42+ 15+ 6- 22+ 12- 23+ 25+ 10+ 9 Heiser Laurent 6d LU 6 38 296 12+ 24- 34+ 25+ 18+ 5- 21+ 11+ 10 Nechanicky Radek 6d CZ 5 42 282 17+ 38+ 31+ 2- 20+ 7- 22+ 8- 11 Surin Dmitrij 6d RU 5 40 273 40+ 36+ 1- 13- 39+ 28+ 17+ 9- 12 Koszegi Diana 6d HU 5 39 290 9- 42+ 49+ 29+ 8+ 6- 20+ 5- 13 Arnim Felix_von 5d DE 5 38 284 18- 50+ 36+ 11+ 31+ 4- 15+ 7- 14 Jacenko Dmytro 5d UA 5 37 283 22+ 41+ 16- 30+ 7- 42+ 24+ 6- 15 Fahl Gustav 2d SE 5 37 271 60+ 8- 21+ 28+ 5- 19+ 13- 35+ 16 Matoh Leon 5d SI 5 36 276 23+ 28+ 14+ 4- 17- 30- 47+ 34+ 17 Groenen Geert 6d NL 5 35 283 10- 52+ 51+ 26+ 16+ 3- 11- 32+ 18 Calota Lucretiu 5d RO 5 34 279 13+ 25- 44+ 24+ 9- 22- 46+ 27+ 19 Brouwer Peter 4d DK 5 34 274 5- 59+ 56+ 23+ 6- 15- 37+ 26+ 20 Rix Alex 4d UK 5 33 282 57+ 49+ 5- 27+ 10- 29+ 12- 28+ 21 Manrique-Ochoa Fernando 4d CO 5 33 272 4- 57+ 15- 45+ 43+ 31+ 9- 30+ 22 Lopez-Herrero Eduardo 6d AR 5 33 271 14- 64+ 33+ 8- 36+ 18+ 10- 25+ 23 Lai Zhiyi-Benson 2d SG 5 33 268 16- 58+ 48+ 19- 27+ 8- 31+ 24+ 24 Kraszek Janusz 5d PL 4 39 267 55+ 9+ 2- 18- 37+ 33+ 14- 23- 25 Winkler Michael 4d AT 4 37 269 63+ 18+ 3- 9- 40+ 26+ 8- 22- 26 Jevtic Nikola 5d YU 4 36 260 54+ 1- 39+ 17- 35+ 25- 45+ 19- 27 Ramon Jan 4d BE 4 35 259 34+ 6- 45+ 20- 23- 53+ 36+ 18- 28 Mutabzija Zoran 5d HR 4 34 262 52+ 16- 32+ 15- 44+ 11- 39+ 20- 29 Jadron Peter 4d SK 4 34 258 50+ 5- 40+ 12- 32+ 20- 34- 52+ 30 Sulak Fatih 3d TR 4 33 265 59+ 31- 35+ 14- 56+ 16+ 4- 21- 31 Grierson Colin 5d NZ 4 33 262 56+ 30+ 10- 41+ 13- 21- 23- 50+ 32 Puha Timo 3d FI 4 32 257 53+ 2- 28- 47+ 29- 54+ 42+ 17- 33 Benjarit Rit 5d TH 4 31 253 58+ 3- 22- 53+ 41+ 24- 35- 46+ 34 Purcell Tony 5d AU 4 31 248 27- 55+ 9- 35- 58+ 49+ 29+ 16- 35 Flood Jostein 5d NO 4 30 264 64+ 4- 30- 34+ 26- 44+ 33+ 15- 36 Mitchell Noel 2d IE 4 30 256 44+ 11- 13- 58+ 22- 50+ 27- 48+ 37 Tran Anh-Tuan 2d VN 4 30 249 6- 61+ 38- 57+ 24- 41+ 19- 45+ 38 Lee Choon-Huat 4d MY 4 29 246 61+ 10- 37+ 7- 42- 47- 55+ 44+ 39 Cabre Dimas 3d ES 4 28 258 3- 63+ 26- 50+ 11- 56+ 28- 47+ 40 Fernandez-Caballero Antonio 3d CU 4 27 247 11- 53+ 29- 46+ 25- 45- 61+ 43+ 41 Renner Josef 2d CH 4 27 242 62+ 14- 43+ 31- 33- 37- 56+ 42+ 42 Gonzalez-Zelaya Carlos 1d MX 3 33 248 8- 12- 62+ 49+ 38+ 14- 32- 41- 43 Iamashita Henri-Joiti 2d BR 3 31 235 2- 54+ 41- 52+ 21- 46- 57+ 40- 44 Raikin Shlomo 1d IL 3 30 237 36- 46+ 18- 51+ 28- 35- 54+ 38- 45 Paunic Dragan 5d BA 3 29 238 49- 60+ 27- 21- 48+ 40+ 26- 37- 46 Petrauskas Albertas 1d LT 3 29 236 1- 44- 64+ 40- 62+ 43+ 18- 33- 47 Moreano Oswaldo 2d EC 3 29 230 51- 48- 54+ 32- 52+ 38+ 16- 39- 48 Sowal Narendra 1d NP 3 28 236 7- 47+ 23- 56- 45- 61+ 53+ 36- 49 Suponev Alexandr 1d BY 3 28 234 45+ 20- 12- 42- 55+ 34- 52- 60+ 50 Soletti Gionata 1k IT 3 27 232 29- 13- 63+ 39- 59+ 36- 51+ 31- 51 Rakotoarisoa Abel 1d MG 3 27 230 47+ 7- 17- 44- 54- 60+ 50- 58+ 52 Perez Alfonso 1d UY 3 26 232 28- 17- 59+ 43- 47- 62+ 49+ 29- 53 Tsolmon Sansar 1d MN 3 26 225 32- 40- 55+ 33- 57+ 27- 48- 59+ 54 Ong Edison 4k ID 3 24 233 26- 43- 47- 61+ 51+ 32- 44- 57+ 55 Edwards Paul 1d ZA 3 22 229 24- 34- 53- 64+ 49- 58+ 38- 56+ 56 Unten Augusto 2d PE 2 29 223 31- 62+ 19- 48+ 30- 39- 41- 55- 57 Teles-Menezes Jose 3k PT 2 27 221 20- 21- 60+ 37- 53- 59+ 43- 54- 58 Pacheco Eric 2k VE 2 25 217 33- 23- 61+ 36- 34- 55- 64+ 51- 59 Valenzuela Alfredo 1d CL 2 23 213 30- 19- 52- 60+ 50- 57- 63+ 53- 60 Shaw Shiba 1k IN 2 21 208 15- 45- 57- 59- 63+ 51- 62+ 49- 61 Harutyunyan Davit 1d AM 2 21 204 38- 37- 58- 54- 64+ 48- 40- 63+ 62 Tehhani Fouad 4k MO 2 18 206 41- 56- 42- 63+ 46- 52- 60- 64+ 63 Gomar Rosa-Maria 5k GT 1 19 197 25- 39- 50- 62- 60- 64+ 59- 61- 64 Escobar-Thompson Edgar 5k PA 0 22 197 35- 22- 46- 55- 61- 63- 58- 62-Nihon Kiin Results Page