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Which country's representative will win the 2011 World Amateur Go Championship?

Which country's representative will win the 2011 World Amateur Go Championship?

Asked by: Daniel Filan in Sports » Other
Settled on 06/01/2011 14:47 Settled by Super Userkruijs
Winning option:ina http://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/amakisen/worldama/32/e/prizewinner.html

Predictions

China
China
31.0% →
Japan
Japan
19.5% →
South Korea
South Korea
17.8% →
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
4.0% →
Chinese Taipei
4.0% →
USA
USA
6.0% →
Other
Other
12.0% →

Background

"Go, known as 碁 in Japanese, wéiqí 围棋 (圍棋) in Chinese and baduk in Korean, is an ancient board game for two players that originated in China more than 2,000 years ago. The game is noted for being rich in strategy despite its relatively simple rules."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_%28game%29
"The World Amateur Go Championship (WAGC) is an international tournament for amateur Go players, held once a year since 1979. The organising body is the International Go Federation (IGF). Each participating country sends one player, although in the beginning of the contest there were multiple players from the stronger Go Countries (Eg: Japan, China); in 2007 there were 68 participants."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Amateur_Go_Championship

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   bgrigore

Baoxiang Bai from China is the winner
http://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/amakisen/worldama/32/e/prizewinner.html

   bgrigore

North Korea is not among participants at start.

   Super Userkruijs

Also see:
http://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/amakisen/worldama/32/e/schedule.html

   Super Usercharlesf

@ Ken: No Go for me. I never played it but I followed the link above to learn a bit about it. What they say about chess would probably apply here too. Easy to learn but a lifetime to master.

   bgrigore

http://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/amakisen/worldama/32/e/index.html

   bgrigore

the site of the competition was just released; http://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/amakisen/worldama/32/e/index.html; I know the rules of go to some extent but never played

   kenneth1

Thanks for question Daniel... I was totally surprised to see it...

   kenneth1

Any GO players on K the K?
I used to play GO; havent had many games in last decade..., but would enjoy one.. online..

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