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.
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[edit]
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[edit]
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.
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Events[edit]
Note that the sections below show only the latter stages of the competition, after the qualifying rounds.
Men's Individual[edit]
up to 5 players per team.
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Women's Individual[edit]
up to 3 players per team.
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Open[edit]
2 amateur players per team.
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Men's team[edit]
5 players with 1 substitute per team. (5 separate games per round, team with 3+ game wins wins).
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Women's team[edit]
3 players with 1 substitute per team. (3 separate games per round, team with 2+ game wins wins the round).
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Pair Go[edit]
1 male-female pair playing alternate moves without consultation
- Moves sequenced: black female, white female, black male, white male.
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See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "On The Rules of GO". harryfearnley.com.
- ^ "
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. - ^ "Rules of Go (Weiqi) For World Mind Sports Games 2008" (PDF). home.snafu.de/jasiek. 2008-07-15.
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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. - ^ "The Disadvantage of Area Rules". harryfearnley.com.
- ^ "The Last-Competitive-Move Rule (2)". harryfearnley.com.
- ^ "Proposed Rules of Go". harryfearnley.com.
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- ^ "2008 World Mind Sports Games: Men's Individual". www.usgo.org.
- ^ "
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. - ^ "2008 World Mind Sports Games: Women's Individual". www.usgo.org.
- ^ "
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. - ^ "2008 World Mind Sports Games: Individual Open". www.usgo.org.
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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. - ^ "2008 World Mind Sports Games: Men's Team Event". www.usgo.org.
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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. - ^ "2008 World Mind Sports Games: Women's Team Event". www.usgo.org.
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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. - ^ "2008 World Mind Sports Games: Mixed Pairs Event". www.usgo.org.
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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.
External links[edit]
- "World Mind Sports Games 2008 (Beijing) - kamyszyn". kamyszyn.go.art.pl. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
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第 一届世界智力运动会_NIKE新 浪 竞技风暴_新 浪 网". sports.sina.com.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 9 May 2019. - "2008 World Mind Sports Games". www.usgo.org. American Go Association. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
- "World Mind Sports Games: 2008". www.britgo.org. British Go Association.
- "World Mind Sports Games 2008". www.imsaworld.com. International Mind Sports Association. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
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第 一届世界智力运动会_新 浪 网". sports.sina.com.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 9 May 2019. - "
第 一届世界智力运动会-搜 狐 体育 ". sports.sohu.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 9 May 2019. - "The 1st world mind sports games - Bejing [sic] 2008". 24 May 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2019.