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| Date |
24 May - 27 May 2005 |
| Venue |
Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium : Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture |
| Tournament Schedule |
May 24(Tue)-May 27(Fri),2005
Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium |
| Sponsored by |
The Nihon Ki-in /Japan Airlines |
| Supervised by |
The International Go Federation |
| Co-sponsored by |
Japan Association for the 2005 World Exposition
WAGC Aichi Promotion Council |
| With the support of |
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs/The Japan Foundation/ |
| With the cooperation of |
The Kansai Ki-in |
| Special co-sponsor |
TOYOTA Motor Corporation /DENSO Corporation /JAL Card |
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Competition regulations
| 1. |
The championship will be an 8-round tournament conducted by the Swiss system. |
| 2. |
All games will be played on even, with black giving a komi of 6.5 points (increased as of this tounament). |
| 3. |
The time allowance is 1 hour 30 minutes per player, followed by 10/15 Canadian byo-yomi. Tournament clocks will be used for all games. |
| 4. |
The tounament will follow the official "World Amateur Go Championship Rules".
Any disputes or problems will be settled by the referees. |
| 5. |
Referees will be professional players from the Nihon Ki-in and Kansai Ki-in. |
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Prizes
| 1. |
The winner, will receive a cup and the title "25th World Amateur Go Champion" and will also receive an amateur 8-dan diploma from the Nihon Ki-in. |
| 2. |
Winners of the 2nd to 10th places will receive trophies. |
| 3. |
The Shizuo Asada Fighting Spirit Prize will be awarded for fair play and fighting spirit to a player not finishing in the top ten. |
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Contestants
| 1 |
KOREA |
Jung - Hwi SEO |
| 2 |
C・TAIPEI |
Cheng-Juei YU |
| 3 |
CHINA |
Yu Qing HU |
| 4 |
FRANCE |
Jean MICHEL |
| 5 |
JAPAN |
Yasuro KIKUCHI |
| 6 |
D.P.R. KOREA |
Tae Won JO |
| 7 |
CANADA |
Xianyu LI |
| 8 |
C.HONG KONG |
Nai San CHAN |
| 9 |
U.S.A. |
Thomas HSIANG |
| 10 |
CZECHIA |
Radek NECHANICKY |
| 11 |
RUSSIAN FED. |
Ruslan DMITRIEV |
| 12 |
HUNGARY |
Gyorgy CSIZMADIA |
| 13 |
GERMANY |
Franz-Josef DICKHUT |
| 14 |
UKRAINE |
Dmytro BOGATSKYY |
| 15 |
SWEDEN |
Martin LI |
| 16 |
SLOVENIA |
Leon MATOH |
| 17 |
NETHERLANDS |
Frank JANSSEN |
| 18 |
ROMANIA |
Gheorghe-cornel BURZO |
| 19 |
DENMARK |
Thomas HESHE |
| 20 |
U.K. |
David WARD |
| 21 |
COLOMBIA |
Jaime Orlando RAMIREZ REYES |
| 22 |
ARGENTINA |
Gabriel BENMERGUI |
| 23 |
SINGAPORE |
Jia Cheng TAN |
| 24 |
POLAND |
Jan LUBOS |
| 25 |
AUSTRIA |
Ralph SPIEGL |
| 26 |
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO |
Milos BOJANIC |
| 27 |
BELGIUM |
Jan BOGAERTS |
| 28 |
CROATIA |
Zoran MUTABZIJA |
| 29 |
SLOVAKIA |
Miroslav POLIAK |
| 30 |
TURKEY |
Ertug AKKOL |
| 31 |
NEW ZEALAND |
Roman POZAROSZCZYK |
| 32 |
FINLAND |
Matti SIIVORA |
| 33 |
THAILAND |
Supakit CHAROENKUL |
| 34 |
AUSTRALIA |
Yiming GUO |
| 35 |
NORWAY |
Morten OFSTAD |
| 36 |
VIETNAM |
Mai Duy LE |
| 37 |
MALAYSIA |
Boon Ping TENG |
| 38 |
SPAIN |
Cesar SANCHEZ MUNOZ |
| 39 |
CUBA |
Rafael TORRES MIRANDA |
| 40 |
MEXICO |
Juan Jose RIVAUD |
| 41 |
BRAZIL |
Fabio Kenji SAKATA YAMASHITA |
| 42 |
ISRAEL |
Eitan AHARONI |
| 43 |
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA |
Zoran ＳIMEUNOVIC |
| 44 |
LITHUANIA |
Andrius PETRAUSKAS |
| 45 |
URUGUAY |
Alvaro RITTATORE |
| 46 |
SOUTH AFRICA |
Ben GALE |
| 47 |
CHILE |
Juan Carlos CARRILLO MARTINEZ |
| 48 |
SWITZERLAND |
Roberto MORRISON |
| 49 |
LUXEMBOURG |
Jean BRAUCH |
| 50 |
IRELAND |
Bernard PALMER |
| 51 |
ECUADOR |
Andres AGUILAR |
| 52 |
NEPAL |
Narendra SOWAL |
| 53 |
BELARUS |
Maksim YEUDAKIMAU |
| 54 |
ITALY |
Cristiano GARBARINI |
| 55 |
MADAGASCAR |
Mamy RAKOTOARISOA |
| 56 |
MONGOLIA |
Tungalag RAVJIR |
| 57 |
INDONESIA |
Tjahyadi LIM SURYA |
| 58 |
PERU |
Pedro MIYAGUI SHIMABUKURO |
| 59 |
PORTUGAL |
Jose TELES DE MENEZES |
| 60 |
VENEZUELA |
Javier GONZALEZ |
| 61 |
INDIA |
Abhishek NARAIN |
| 62 |
ARMENIA |
Ashot MARGARYAN |
| 63 |
MOROCCO |
Hatime ARAKI |
| 64 |
GUATEMALA |
Hector PAIZ |
| 65 |
PANAMA |
Carlos VEGAS |
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| Game results |
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| The Game viewer |
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| 25th WAGC Results |
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| 24th WAGC Results |
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