Go at the 1st World Mind Sports Games

The ancient board game of Go was one of the 5 mind sports which featured at the inaugural World Mind Sports Games, held in Beijing, China in October 2008. Thirty-five gold medals were vied for by 2,763 competitors (560 of whom were Go players), from 143 countries.

Note that the sections below show only the latter stages of the competition, after the qualifying rounds.

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Men's Individual

up to 5 players per team.

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
           
 Kang Dong Yoon 9p  1
 Yamashiro Hiroshi 9p  0  
 Kang Dong Yoon 9p  1
   Gu Li 9p  0  
 Chang Li-Yu 7p  0
 Gu Li 9p  1  
 Kang Dong Yoon 9p  1
   Li Zhe 6p  0  
 Mok Jin Seuk 9p  0
 Li Zhe 6p  1  
 Li Zhe 6p  1
   Yamada Kimio 9p  0  
 Li Xianyu 6d  0
 Yamada Kimio 9p  1  
 Kang Dong Yoon 9p  1
   Park Jung Sang 9p  0
 Wang Xi 9p  1
 Baek Hong Suk 6p  0  
 Wang Xi 9p  1
   Liu Xing 7p  0  
 Lee Yi-Hsiu 4p  0
 Liu Xing 7p  1  
 Wang Xi 9p  0
   Park Jung Sang 9p  1   Third place
 Park Jung Sang 9p  1
 Wang Lih-Chen 9p  0  
 Park Jung Sang 9p  1  Li Zhe 6p  1
   Park Young Hun 9p  0    Wang Xi 9p  0
 Mimura Tomoyasu 9p  0
 Park Young Hun 9p  1  

Women's Individual

up to 3 players per team.

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
         
 Lee Min Jin 5p  1
 
 Rui Naiwei 9p  0  
 Lee Min Jin 5p  1
 
   Mannami Kana 4p  0  
 Mannami Kana 4p  1
 
 Cao Youyin 2p  0  
 Lee Min Jin 5p  0
 
   Song Ronghui 1p  1
 Song Ronghui 1p  1
 
 Ina Akiko 5p  0  
 Song Ronghui 1p  1 Third place
 
   Park Ji Eun 9p  0  
 Joanne Missingham 1p  0  Mannami Kana 4p  0
 Park Ji Eun 9p  1    Park Ji Eun 9p  1
 

Open

2 amateur players per team.

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
         
 Hu Yuqing 8d  0
 
 Lee Yong Hee 6d  1  
 Lee Yong Hee 6d  0
 
   Jo Tae Won 7d  1  
 Jo Tae Won 7d  1
 
 Chow Guang 6d  0  
 Jo Tae Won 7d  1
 
   Ham Youngwoo 7d  0
 Ham Youngwoo 7d  1
 
 Jie Li 7d  0  
 Ham Youngwoo 7d  1 Third place
 
   Wang Chen 6d  0  
 Yongfei Ge 7d  0  Lee Yong Hee 6d  1
 Wang Chen 6d  1    Wang Chen 6d  0
 

Men's Team

5 players with 1 substitute per team. (5 separate games per round, team with 3+ game wins wins ).

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
         
  South Korea  5
 
  Czech Republic  0  
  South Korea  4
 
    Japan  1  
  North Korea  0
 
  Japan  5  
  South Korea  4
 
    China  1
  Chinese Taipei  5
 
  Hong Kong  0  
  Chinese Taipei  1 Third place
 
    China  4  
  Ukraine  0   Japan  3
  China  5     Chinese Taipei  2
 

Women's Team

3 players with 1 substitute per team. (3 separate games per round, team with 2+ game wins wins the round).

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
         
  South Korea  3
 
  United Kingdom  0  
  South Korea  2
 
    North Korea  1  
  North Korea  2
 
  Chinese Taipei  1  
  South Korea  1
 
    China  2
  Japan  3
 
  Australia  0  
  Japan  1 Third place
 
    China  2  
  Germany  0   North Korea  0
  China  3     Japan  3
 

Pair Go

1 male-female pair playing alternate moves without consultation

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
           
 Hong Sung Ji 6p / Kim Eun Seon 3p  1
 Liu Lirong 5d / Wang Xiangru 5d  0  
 Hong Sung Ji 6p / Kim Eun Seon 3p  0
   Chou Chun-Hsun 9p / Hsieh Yi-Min 4p  1  
 Iurii Pliushch 5d / Mariya Zakharchenko 1k  0
 Chou Chun-Hsun 9p / Hsieh Yi-Min 4p  1  
 Chou Chun-Hsun 9p / Hsieh Yi-Min 4p  1
   Yu Bin 9p / Li He 1p  0  
 Yu Bin 9p / Li He 1p  1
 Tibor Pocsai / Rita Pocsai  0  
 Yu Bin 9p / Li He 1p  1
   Hong Seok Ui 6d / Kim Shin Young 5d  0  
 Hong Seok Ui 6d / Kim Shin Young 5d  1
 Toshiya Imamura 9p / Kazuko Konishi 8p  0  
 Chou Chun-Hsun 9p / Hsieh Yi-Min 4p  0
   Huang Yizhong 7p / Fan Weijing 2p  1
 Lin Chih-Han 8p / Chang Kai-Hsin 3p  1
 Satoshi Hiraoka 8d / Yuriko Hiraoka 5d  0  
 Lin Chih-Han 8p / Chang Kai-Hsin 3p  0
   On So Jin 4p / Lee Ha Jin 3p  1  
 Jo Tae Won 7d / Jo Sae Byol 7d  0
 On So Jin 4p / Lee Ha Jin 3p  1  
 On So Jin 4p / Lee Ha Jin 3p  0
   Huang Yizhong 7p / Fan Weijing 2p  1   Third place
 Satoru Kobayashi 9p / Kumiko Kanazawa 5p  1
 Jan Hora 6d / Jitka Bartova 3k  0  
 Satoru Kobayashi 9p / Kumiko Kanazawa 5p  0  Yu Bin 9p / Li He 1p  0
   Huang Yizhong 7p / Fan Weijing 2p  1    On So Jin 4p / Lee Ha Jin 3p  1
 Sansar Tsolmon 4d / Tungalag Ravjir 3d  0
 Huang Yizhong 7p / Fan Weijing 2p  1  

See also