The 68th Honinbo title match
The 68th Honinbo title is broadcast live on GoPanda2 client.
Champion is Iyama Yuta Honinbo. The challenger is Takao Shinji 9p. The match is best of seven games, so four wins are required to secure the title.
The Honinbo tournament is organized by Mainichi Newspaper Co., Ltd..
- The first game : May 16th (Thu) and 17th (Fri). Iyama Yuta won, W+4.5.
- The second game: May 28th (Tue) and 29th (Wed). Takao Shinji won, W+Resign
- The third game: June 5th (Wed) and 6th (Thu). Takao Shinji won, B+Resign
- The fourth game: June 17th (Mon) and 18th (Tue). Iyama Yuta won, B+Resign
- The fifth game: June 24th (Mon) and 25th (Tue). Iyama Yuta won, W+Resign
- The sixth game: July 10th (Wed) and 11th (Thu). Takao Shinji won, W+Resign
- The seventh game: July 17th (Wed) and 18th (Thu). Iyama Yuta won, B+4.5
Winner : Iyama Yuta 9p
All rounds starts at 09:00 (Japan Time), i.e., 02:00 CEST. The time limit is eight hours each.
Cornel Burzo will be commenting the games live on GoPanda2.
- WINNER : CHINA ( Wang 5-dan & Chang 9-dan )
The 51st Judan title
The match for the 51st Judan is being broadcast live on Pandanet-IGS.
Defending champion is Iyama Yuta, Judan and challenger is Yuki Satoshi, 9d. The match is best of five games, so three wins are required to secure the title.
Schedule
- The 1st game: March 6 (Wed). Iyama Yuta won, W+Resign.
- The 2nd game: March 28 (Thu). Yuki Satoshi won, W+2.5.
- The 3rd game: April 4 (Thu). Yuki Satoshi won, B+Resign.
- The 4th game: April 18 (Thu). Iyama Yuta won, B+Resign.
- The 5th game: April 26 (Fri). Yuki Satoshi won, W+1.5.
Won the “Judan” Yuki Satoshi 9d
All rounds starts at 10:00 (Japan Time), i.e., 03:00 CEST. The time limit is three hours each.
Professional Pair Go Championship 2013
| Internet Broadcast of the Final : 20:00 (JPN time) March 31 (Sun), 2013 [ WINNER ] Hsieh Yi Min Women’s Honinbo / Women’s Meijin / Women’s Kisei & Satoru Kobayashi 9-dan |
16 pairs of male and female professional Go players who represent the Japanese Go world will play tournament games, and in the 4th round, the winning pair will be decided. Games from the 1st round to the semifinal round will be played at the Nihon Ki-in, and there will be commentaries using a large demonstration board. The final game will be played in the studio of IGO & SHOGI CHANNEL and broadcast at a later date.
The 23rd International Amateur Pair Go Championship
The 23rd version of this great event, a festival of international celebration of Pair Go, was held November 3 and 4, 2012 at the Hotel Metropolitan Edmont in Iidabashi, Tokyo. As has become standard, 21 international pairs and 11 Japanese regional pairs were included in the main tournament.
A separate, open handicap tournament, the Araki Cup, was simultaneously held for the general public.
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
60th Oza Title Match
The match for the 60th Oza title starts on October 25th.
Defending champion is Cho U Oza and challenger is Iyama Yuta. The match is best of five games, so three wins are required to secure the title.
Schedule
- The first game: October 25 (Thu).
Iyama Yuta won, W+7.5.
- The second game: October 27 (Sat).
Iyama Yuta won, B+Resign.
- The third game: November 22 (Thu).
Iyama Yuta won, W+Resign.
Iyama Yuta got the Oza title with three straight win!
All rounds starts at 09:00 (Japan Time), i.e., 02:00 CEST. The time limit is three hours each.
"Youth-Adult Pair Go" "North American Pair Go Championship" in the "2012 US Go Congress North Carolina" was held.
"Pandanet Go European Team Championship" "European Pair Go Tournament" in the "European Go Congress 2012 BONN" was held.
The 37th Meijin title match
The match for the 37th Meijin title is broadcast live on Pandanet-IGS, starting on August 30th.
Defending champion is Yamashita Keigo Meijin and challenger is Hane Naoki. The match is best of seven games, so four wins are required to secure the title.
Schedule
- The first game: Aug 30 (Thu) and Aug 31 (Fri).
Yamashita Keigo won, W+Resign. - The second game: Sep 20 (Thu) and Sep 21 (Fri).
Hane Naoki won, W+Resign. - The third game: Sep 27 (Thu) and Sep 28 (Fri).
Hane Naoki won, B+Resign. - The forth game: Oct 10 (Wed) and Oct 11 (Thu).
Yamashita Keigo won, B+Resign. - The fifth game: Oct 17 (Wed) and Oct 18 (Thu).
Yamashita Keigo won, W+Resign. - The sixth game: Oct 31 (Wed) and Nov 1 (Thu).
Hane Naoki won, W+Resign. - The seventh game: Nov 12 (Mon) and Nov 13 (Tue).
Yamashita Keigo won, W+Resign.
Yamashita Keigo kept the title!
All rounds starts at 09:00 (Japan Time), i.e., 02:00 CEST. The time limit is eight hours each.