On December 16, 2011, China made a clean sweep at the 1st Sports Accord World Mind Games, winning gold in both the Mixed Team and Mixed Pair Go events.
Team China at the medal ceremony. From left: Kong Jie, Gu Li, Piao Wenyao, Li He and Xie He.
Korea claimed silver in both events and the bronze medals went to Japan.
China defeats Japan
Following up on our previous World Mind Games report, China went on to successfully defeat Japan in the Mixed Team event and won with straight wins.
China’s Gu Li and Xie He both managed to complete the event with a perfect 5-0 record.
Mixed Pair Go results
The Mixed Pair Go event used the same knockout format that the Mixed Team event did, rather than a round robin format.
Taiwan’s Zhou Junxun and Joanne Missingham, and Japan’s Yamashita Keigo and Mukai Chiaki defeated America’s Feng Yun and Li Jie, and Europe’s Catalin Taranu and Vanessa Wong respectively in the first round.
From left: Zhou Junxun and Joanne Missingham (Taiwan) vs Li Jie and Feng Yun (America).
From left: Yamashita Keigo and Mukai Chiaki (Japan) vs Vanessa Wong and Catalin Taranu (Europe).
Joanne Missingham (5 dan, left) and Zhou Junxun (9 dan) of Taiwan prepare to face off against China.
China does it again
China and Korea were both seeded into the second round (based on their performance in the Mixed Team event) and played Taiwan and Japan respectively.
China and Korea won the second round and met each other in the final.
In the end China’s Piao Wenyao and Li He defeated Korea’s Choi Cheolhan and Kim Hyemin to win gold for China.
Medalists in the Mixed Pair Go event
Mixed Pair Go medalists, from left: Choi Cheolhan and Kim Hyemin (Korea), Piao Wenyao and Li He (China) and Yamashita Keigo and Mukai Chiaki (Japan).
More photos from the World Mind Games
Team Korea: Front; Lee Sedol and Choi Cheolhan. Back; Park Junghwan, Lee Younggu and Kim Hyemin.
Team Japan, from left: Ogata Masaki, Yamashita Keigo, Sakai Hideyuki, Mukai Chiaki and Yamashiro Hiroshi.
A friendly rivalry: Korea's Lee Sedol and China's Gu Li compare prizes.
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Would be wonderful to see a review of Yamashita vs Sedol from the last round of this event.
Happy Holidays Triple G
I’ve only just had a look at that game now, after seeing your comment. It does look quite interesting and I’ll mention it to Younggil.
Happy holidays!
Was kinda disapointed to not see Yuta Iyama there.
Yamashita Keigo put up a good fight too though
. He seems to be in good form recently.
The contrast between Gu Li’s stylish suit and Kim Hyemin’s shoes is ridiculous!
Haha, Charlie, I see your point, but let’s not go there again
. I do wonder what joke they’re all laughing at though.
Wow the game record looks so messy to me, so many turn over. The fuseki was calm and clear and it started crazy with the crosscut at M11 (move 41), a sequence, which seems very risky for white.
Yes, Pair Go is usually a bit crazy because no matter how good players are they usually have different things in mind…
That’s part of the fun in my opinion
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