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

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

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[lower-alpha 1] 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

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

Men's Individual

[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

[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 2p0
 
Lee Min Jin 5p0
 
 
 
Song Ronghui 1p1
 
Song Ronghui 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

[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 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

[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

[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

[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

Notes

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

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