Japan team didn’t show good performance, because all strongest baduk master from Japan play in 1 round against weaker opponents (Takao Shinji 9p beat Yang Shihai 8p from Shanghai by 1,5 point; Cho U 9p beat Jiang Mingjiu 7p by 6,5 points). Thanks to lucky pairing to 2nd round enter also Imamura Toshiya 9p, [...]

23 August, 4th World Go Oza tournament had started. Toyota-Denso Cup in some way is very fast international round, because in few days players play 4 rounds, so Oza itself can be really hard. Oza is Japanese tournament so is one of few international tournaments where you can observe many Japanese Baduk Masters playing with [...]

EGC 2008 is the bigger baduk event in Europe. Unfortunately I couldn’t go there this year, but some my friend play in EGC 2008 :) From some years EGC first place is reserved for asian player, because European baduk masers couldn’t afford long training to stay in form :( First five place goes to Park [...]