Here is the game record. A huge exchange took place with white’s move 72.
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More photos here, here and here.
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Choi Cheolhan – Ing Cup Winner!
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
Choi Cheolhan won game four in Ing Cup, thus defeating Lee Changho 3 to 1 and winning the topmost international Go / Baduk competition.
Choi Cheolhan qualified in the final of the previous Ing Cup as well, in 2004, but he lost to Chang Hao.
This is Choi Cheolhan’s first international win, as far as I know, although he has won several Korean championships and titles in the past, and in particular he has a good record against Lee Changho: he defeated Lee Changho 3:2 in the Guksu title and 3:1 in the Kisung title in 2004, and 3:0 in the Guksu title in 2005.
He must have slowed down a bit after that, since his next titles only came this year, when besides this Ing Cup he also won Korean Maxim Cup.
Here is a photo from the beginning of the game, with Go Seigen watching.
Choi Cheolhan Takes the Lead in Ing Cup Final
Saturday, March 7th, 2009
Choi Cheolhan won the third game of the Ing Cup final against Lee Changho by resignation, thus leading the match 2:1. He needs one more win to capture Ing Cup, which is the best paid international tournament: USD 400,000 for the winner, and USD 100,000 for the loser.
Here is the game record.
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More photos here, here , here, here and here. Choi Cheolhan Evens the Score in Ing Cup Final
Thursday, March 5th, 2009
After losing the first game of the best-of-five, once every four years, top paid international Ing Cup, Choi Cheolhan won the second game by 6.5 points so he evened the score with Lee Changho.
Here is the game record.
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Lee Changho Wins Game 1 in Ing Cup Final
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
Fan Hui Wins European Ing Cup
Sunday, March 1st, 2009
Fan Hui 2p won European Ing Cup with a perfect, 6:0 score. Fan Hui is professional 2 dan in China, but he has been living in and playing for France for several years. Guo Juan 5p came in second with 5:1, only losing to Fan, followed by a large block of players with 4 wins. Official tournament page here. The top board games could be watched live via video streaming, thanks to EuroGoTV.
Fan Hui’s game records are listed below. Fan Hui vs Pierre Adouard (France)
| 1. | Hui Fan | 2p | b+21 | w+12 | w+3 | w+4 | b+2 | b+6 | 6 | |
| 2. | Juan Guo | 5p | b+8 | w+7 | w+6 | b+18 | w-1 | b+4 | 5 | |
| 3. | Alexandre Dinerchtein | 3p | w+17 | b+11 | b-1 | w-5 | b+18 | w+13 | 4 | |
| 4. | Catalin Taranu | 5p | b+23 | w+9 | w+10 | b-1 | b+5 | w-2 | 4 | |
| 5. | Cristian Pop | 7d | w+18 | b-10 | w+19 | b+3 | w-4 | b+11 | 4 | |
| 6. | Ilja Shikshin | 7d | b+20 | w+14 | b-2 | w+8 | b+11 | w-1 | 4 | |
| 7. | Ondrej Silt | 6d | b+16 | b-2 | w-8 | w+21 | w+13 | b+10 | 4 | |
| 8. | Cornel Burzo | 6d | w-2 | b+16 | b+7 | b-6 | w+20 | w+15 | 4 | |
| 9. | Diana Koszegi | 1p | b+19 | b-4 | w-12 | w+16 | w-15 | b+18 | 3 | |
| 10. | Pal Balogh | 6d | w+22 | w+5 | b-4 | b-13 | b+12 | w-7 | 3 | |
| 11. | Jin Zou | 6d | b+15 | w-3 | w+21 | w+12 | w-6 | w-5 | 3 | |
| 12. | Csaba Mero | 6d | w+24 | b-1 | b+9 | b-11 | w-10 | w+17 | 3 | |
| 13. | Franz-Josef Dickhut | 6d | w-14 | w+20 | b+15 | w+10 | b-7 | b-3 | 3 | |
| 14. | Jeff Seailles | 5d | b+13 | b-6 | w-18 | w-17 | b+24 | b+21 | 3 | |
| 15. | Vladimir Danek | 5d | w-11 | b+17 | w-13 | w+23 | b+9 | b-8 | 3 | |
| 16. | Soldan Leszek | 5d | w-7 | w-8 | b+17 | b-9 | w+22 | b+20 | 3 | |
| 17. | Merlijn Kuin | 6d | b-3 | w-15 | w-16 | b+14 | w+23 | b-12 | 2 | |
| 18. | Alexej Lazarev | 6d | b-5 | w+22 | b+14 | w-2 | w-3 | w-9 | 2 | |
| 19. | Oleg Mezhov | 6d | w-9 | w+23 | b-5 | b-20 | b-21 | w+24 | 2 | |
| 20. | Jan Simara | 5d | w-6 | b-13 | b+22 | w+19 | b-8 | w-16 | 2 | |
| 21. | Pierre Audouard | 5d | w-1 | b+24 | b-11 | b-7 | w+19 | w-14 | 2 | |
| 22. | Ivan Kulikovskij | 5d | b-10 | b-18 | w-20 | w+24 | b-16 | w+23 | 2 | |
| 23. | Vesa Laatikainen | 5d | w-4 | b-19 | w+24 | b-15 | b-17 | b-22 | 1 | |
| 24. | Constantin Ghioc | 5d | b-12 | w-21 | b-23 | b-22 | w-14 | b-19 | 0 |
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Fan Hui vs Mero Csaba (Hungary)
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Fan Hui vs Alexandre Dinerchtein (Russia)
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Fan Hui vs Catalin Taranu (Romania)
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Fan Hui vs Guo Juan (Netherlands/China)
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Fan Hui vs Ilja Shikshin (Russia)
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Lee Changho Stops Cho Chikun in Ing Cup
Sunday, May 4th, 2008
Round 3 of Ing Cup 2008 was played on May 4th.
Cho Chikun defeats Chang Hao in Ing Cup
Friday, May 2nd, 2008
Cho Chikun eliminated Chang Hao of China (previous Ing Cup winner) in round 2.
Ing Cup 2008
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
First round of the Ing 2008 international tournament was played yesterday in Shanghai, China.
Only Cho Chikun survived from the Japanese team: he defeated Cho U who played for Taiwan in this tournament.
Ing Memorial 2007 – final results
Sunday, March 4th, 2007
The Ing Memorial 2007 European tournament is over: the winner is Fan Hui (2 dan pro from China, has been living in France for the last 7 years) with a perfect score:
Pl. Name Str Co. MMS 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pt SODOS SOS
1 Hui, Fan 7d CHN 6 14+ 12+ 4+ 8+ 2+ 3+ 6 23 23
2 Taranu, Catalin 5d ROM 5 19+ 13+ 10+ 5+ 1- 6+ 5 16 22
3 Dinerstein, Alexandr 7d RUS 4 20+ 4- 13+ 7+ 11+ 1- 4 12 22
Silt, Ondrej 6d CZE 4 16+ 3+ 1- 6- 13+ 19+ 4 12 22
5 Pop, Cristian 6d ROM 4 21+ 9+ 8+ 2- 6- 12+ 4 12 21
6 Juan, Guo 7d NED 4 24+ 10- 12+ 4+ 5+ 2- 4 12 20
7 Surin, Dmitrij 6d RUS 4 13- 19+ 16+ 3- 15+ 11+ 4 11 18
8 Shikshin, Ilya 6d RUS 4 23+ 15+ 5- 1- 17+ 10+ 4 9 19
9 Kulkov, Andrej 6d RUS 4 17+ 5- 18+ 11- 21+ 14+ 4 8 15
10 Mero, Csaba 6d HUN 3 18+ 6+ 2- 17+ 14- 8- 3 8 20
11 Groenen, Geert 6d NED 3 12- 14+ 22+ 9+ 3- 7- 3 8 19
12 Burzo, Cornel 6d ROM 3 11+ 1- 6- 22+ 18+ 5- 3 6 20
13 Dickhut, Franz-Josef 6d GER 3 7+ 2- 3- 23+ 4- 21+ 3 6 19
Soldan, Leszek 6d POL 3 1- 11- 23+ 19+ 10+ 9- 3 6 19
15 Bajenaru, Dragos 6d ROM 3 22+ 8- 17- 20+ 7- 18+ 3 5 15
Lazarev, Alexej 5d RUS 3 4- 20+ 7- 18- 22+ 17+ 3 5 15
17 Hora, Jan 5d CZE 2 9- 21+ 15+ 10- 8- 16- 2 4 18
18 Teuber, Benjamin 6d GER 2 10- 24+ 9- 16+ 12- 15- 2 4 17
19 Nijhuis, Emil 6d NED 2 2- 7- 24+ 14- 20+ 4- 2 3 19
20 Corlan, Lucian 5d ROM 2 3- 16- 21+ 15- 19- 23+ 2 2 14
21 Donzet, Frederic 5d FRA 1 5- 17- 20- 24+ 9- 13- 1 1 16
22 Bogackij, Dmitrij 6d UKR 1 15- 23+ 11- 12- 16- 24- 1 1 14
Fenech, Antoine 5d FRA 1 8- 22- 14- 13- 24+ 20- 1 1 14
24 Jacenko, Dmitrij 5d UKR 1 6- 18- 19- 21- 23- 22+ 1 1 11
Second was Catalin Taranu, who only lost to Fan Hui. Then there is a large group of players with 4 points (including professionals Guo Juan and Alexander Dinerstein, and former insei Ondrej Silt and Cristian Pop).
The tournament page doesn’t have yet game records from the last rounds – I am especially looking forward to the game between Fan Hui and Catalin Taranu, which decided the first 2 places.
For those who don’t know yet: Fan Hui is the official trainer of the French Go Federation, and he also has a mailing list which you can subscribe to for free that delivers weekly Go problems to your email box. Check out this page. European Ing Memorial 2007
Saturday, March 3rd, 2007
A very strong invitational tournament has started yesterday in Europe: the Ing Memorial.
Among the 24 players, there are 4 professionals (Guo Juan, Catalin Taranu, Fan Hui and Alexander Dinerstein) and 8 ex-insei (Cristian Pop, Dragos Bajenaru, Ondrej Silt, Csaba Mero, Bejamin Teuber, Emil Nijhuis, Dmitrij Bogatski and Leszek Soldan).
See all 24 pictures at this link.
Here is the tournament page, with links to the results and rounds so far (with game records and more pictures).
Two professionals already lost to ex-insei in the second round: Guo Juan lost to Mero Csaba and Alexander Dinerstein lost to Ondrej Silt.
I am sure there will be a lot of exciting games!
