China wins World Amateur Championship

Fotografija: Y. Kayama / WAGC

28th World Amateur Go Championship, which was held from May 28th to May 31st in Tokyo, Japan, was won by the Chinese reprezentative, 13-year old Ziteng Shan 8d, who swept the opposition with straight wins in eight rounds of the tournament. Following him were Dong-Ha Woo 7d (Republic of Korea) and Hironobu Mori 7d (Japan) with seven wins; Slovenian representative, Gregor Butala 4d, finished 41st with four wins and the same number of losses. Though he improved on his last year’s result, he was not really satisfied with his performance. »The score may look satisfactory, but considering the strength of my opponents and the playing field in general, I cannot consider it a success. Also, my goal before this championship was to get five wins,« commented Butala after returning from Japan. Additional information about WAGC are on the official home page.