Go at the 2008 World Mind Sports Games explained

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

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.

Men's Individual Kang Dongyun 7p[11] Park Jungsang 9p Li Zhe 6p
Women's Individual Song Ronghui 1p Lee Minjin 5p Pak Chi-eun 9p
Open Jo Tae-Won 7d [12] 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 7p / Fan 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

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up to 5 players per team.

Women's Individual

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up to 3 players per team.

Open

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2 amateur players per team.

Men's team

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5 players with 1 substitute per team. (5 separate games per round, team with 3+ game wins wins).

Women's team

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3 players with 1 substitute per team. (3 separate games per round, team with 2+ game wins wins the round).

Pair Go

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1 male-female pair playing alternate moves without consultation

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: On The Rules of GO. harryfearnley.com.
  2. Web site: 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. Web site: Rules of Go (Weiqi) For World Mind Sports Games 2008. home.snafu.de/jasiek. 2008-07-15.
  4. Web site: 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.
  5. Web site: The Disadvantage of Area Rules. harryfearnley.com.
  6. Web site: The Last-Competitive-Move Rule (2). harryfearnley.com.
  7. Web site: Proposed Rules of Go. harryfearnley.com.
  8. Book: 陈祖源. 围棋规则新论. 蜀蓉棋艺出版社. zh-cn. 2000. 9787805486871.
  9. Book: 陈祖源. 围棋规则演变史. 上海文化出版社. zh-cn. April 2007. 9787807401476.
  10. Web site: 棋峰会专家文集:中的精神在围棋规则之中. 陈祖源. blog.sina.com.cn. 2011-04-18. Book: 广东棋文化促进会. 中国棋文化峰会文集. 广州出版社. zh-cn. Jan 2011. 9787546203669.
  11. The numbers and letters after the players' names refer to their professional or amateur ranks.
  12. News: British Go News - Overseas Results: 2008. . 2008-10-10 .
  13. Web site: 2008 World Mind Sports Games: Men's Individual. www.usgo.org. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20190221224258/http://www.usgo.org/2008-world-mind-sports-games-mens-individual. 21 February 2019.
  14. Web site: 智运会男子围棋个人姜东润夺冠 中国李喆铜牌(谱)_综合体育_NIKE新浪竞技风暴_新浪网. sports.sina.com.cn.
  15. Web site: 2008 World Mind Sports Games: Women's Individual. www.usgo.org. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20190221224211/http://www.usgo.org/2008-world-mind-sports-games-womens-individual. 21 February 2019.
  16. Web site: 智运会围棋女子个人赛 宋容慧摘中国围棋首金(谱)_综合体育_NIKE新浪竞技风暴_新浪网. sports.sina.com.cn.
  17. Web site: 2008 World Mind Sports Games: Individual Open. www.usgo.org. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20190222041812/http://www.usgo.org/2008-world-mind-sports-games-individual-open. 22 February 2019.
  18. Web site: 智运会围棋公开组朝鲜代表团摘金 韩国揽银铜(谱)_综合体育_NIKE新浪竞技风暴_新浪网. sports.sina.com.cn.
  19. Web site: 2008 World Mind Sports Games: Men's Team Event. www.usgo.org. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20190222041909/http://www.usgo.org/2008-world-mind-sports-games-mens-team-event. 22 February 2019.
  20. Web site: 智运会围棋男团决赛中国负韩国 痛失最重一金(谱)_综合体育_NIKE新浪竞技风暴_新浪网. sports.sina.com.cn.
  21. Web site: 2008 World Mind Sports Games: Women's Team Event. www.usgo.org. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20190221224309/http://www.usgo.org/2008-world-mind-sports-games-womens-team-event. 21 February 2019.
  22. Web site: 智运会围棋女子团体中国女队克韩摘中国第8金(谱)_综合体育_NIKE新浪竞技风暴_新浪网. sports.sina.com.cn.
  23. Web site: 2008 World Mind Sports Games: Mixed Pairs Event. www.usgo.org. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20190222041753/http://www.usgo.org/2008-world-mind-sports-games-mixed-pairs-event. 22 February 2019.
  24. Web site: 智运会围棋混双决赛 中国组合黄奕中范蔚菁夺冠-搜狐体育. sports.sohu.com.