The 2nd SportAccord World Mind Games in Beijing
The Go competition of the 2nd SportAccord World Mind Games will take place from 12-19 December 2012 in Beijing, China. Pandanet will make reports from the games.
Also tv-broadcast games on the official event website.
Date / Venue
December 12th (Wed) – 19th (Wed), 2012
Beijing International Convention Center
Participants
A total of 28 players to participate, with the following distribution:
- China, Japan, and Korea – three men and two women each
- Chinese Taipei – two men and two women
- Europe – three men and three women
- U.S. – one man and one woman
- South America – one man
Tournament Format
Men’s Individual – A total of 16 players will play a double-elimination tournament.
Women’s Individual – A total of 12 players will play a double-elimination tournament.
Match duration is 60 minutes each side, with three 30-second byo-yomi periods.
Pair Go – A total of eight pairs (4 from Asia, three from Europe, one from US) will play in a single-elimination tournament. Match duration is 60 minutes each side, with three 30-second byo-yomi periods.
Tournament Schedule
December, 2012. Time zone: CST (UTC+8).
Individual
| Round 1 | Dec 12 (wed) | 14:00-17:00 |
| Round 2 | Dec 13 (thu) | 9:30-12:30 |
| Round 3 | Dec 13 (thu) | 15:00-18:00 |
| Round 4 | Dec 14 (fri) | 15:00-18:00 |
| Round 5 | Dec 15 (sat) | 9:30-12:30 |
| Semifinals | Dec 15 (sat) | 15:00-18:00 |
| Final | Dec 16 (sun) | 15:00-18:00 |
Pair Go
| Quarterfinals | Dec 18 (tue) | 9:30-12:30 |
| Semifinals | Dec 18 (tue) | 15:00-18:00 |
| Final | Dec 19 (wed) | 9:30-12:30 |
Online award
| Online award | Dec 16 (sun) | 10:00-11:30 |
Players
Players marked with * will play in both Individual and Pair Go
| Japan | M | MURAKAWA Daisuke 7 Dan – Pro * |
UCHIDA Shuhei 7 Dan – Pro |
FUJITA Akihiko 3 Dan – Pro |
| F | MUKAI Chiaki 5 Dan – Pro * |
OKUDA Aya 3 Dan – Pro |
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| China | M | JIANG Weijie 9 Dan – Pro * |
CHEN Yaoye 9 Dan – Pro |
TUO Jiaxi 3 Dan – Pro |
| F | LI He 3 Dan – Pro * |
RUI Naiwei 9 Dan – Pro |
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| Korea | M | CHOI Chulhan 9 Dan – Pro * |
KANG Dongyoon 9 Dan – Pro |
PARK Jeonghwan 9 Dan – Pro |
| F | CHOI Jeong 2 Dan – Pro * |
PARK Jieun 9 Dan – Pro |
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| Chinese Taipei | M | LIN Chi-han 9 Dan – Pro * |
LIN Chun-yen 5 Dan – Pro |
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| F | Joanne MISSINGHAM 6 Dan – Pro * |
SU Sheng-fang 2 Dan – Pro |
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| Europe | M | Csaba MERO 6 Dan [Hungary] * |
Jan HORA 6 Dan [Czech] * |
Ilya SHIKSHIN 7 Dan [Russia] * |
| F | Rita POCSAI 5 Dan [Hungary] * |
WONG Lok Ying 5 Dan [UK] * |
Natalia KOVALEVA 5 Dan [Russia] * |
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| North America | M | Tianyu LIN 7 Dan [Canada] * |
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| F | Irene SHA 6 Dan [Canada] * |
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| Latin America | M | Fernando AGUILAR 7 Dan [Argentina] |
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The total amount of prize money
USD $400,000