Results of the 3rd annual International Go contest in Taiwan, Nov 11-12 1987.
Bruce, Michael, Allan, David, and Mark travelled to Taiwan to participate.
Janusz tried to come to Taiwan but got stuck in Japan and couldn't get a Visa.
The westerners took the first 4 places in the 9x9 competition. Shogun's
loss was to Michael Reiss. Michael's loss was to Nemesis. Allan's loss was
to Friday. Shogun also played Friday and beat it in a very close game.
Nemesis, Microgo, and Shogun were not matched directly in this competition.
Kaihu Chen is a Taiwanese native who is currently at school in the US. His
program was played by his brother.
9x9 competition
1) Bruce Wilcox Nemesis USA 5 Wins
2) Michael Reiss Go 3.1 England 4 Wins
3) Allan Scarff Microgo 2 England 4 Wins
4) David Fotland G2 (Shogun) USA 4 Wins
5) Loh-Tsi Wang Friday Taiwan 3 Wins
6) Mark Boon Goliath 2 Holland 3 Wins
7) Chun-Tsang Chang E.T. Taiwan 3 Wins
8) Shan-Su Chang Taiwan 2 Wins 1 Bye
9) Kaihu Chen Peanut USA 2 Wins
10) Yu-Long Lin Game Taiwan 2 Wins
11) Boh-Yu Chen Go-Game Taiwan 2 Wins
12) Janusz Kraszek Star of Poland Poland 2 Wins
13) Dong-Yue Liu Dragon 21 Taiwan 2 Wins
14) Wen-Yu Cheng Thinking Taiwan 1 Win 1 Bye
15) James Logan Go USA 1 Win 1 Bye
16) Guang-Jueh Lin Flute Taiwan 0 Wins 1 Bye
17) Katsura Yuuji Tengen 1 Japan 0 Wins 1 Bye
Results of the 19x19 competition:
1) Loh-Tsi Wang Friday Taiwan 4 Wins
2) Dong-Yue Liu Dragon 21 Taiwan 3 Wins
3) Kaihu Chen Peanut USA 3 Wins
4) David Fotland G2 (Shogun) USA 3 Wins
5) Bruce Wilcox Nemesis USA 3 Wins
6) Allan Scarff Microgo 2 England 2 Wins
7) Mark Boon Goliath 2 Holland 2 Wins
8) Chun-Tsang Chang E. T. Taiwan 2 Wins
9) Janusz Kraszek Star of Poland Poland 2 Wins
10) Michael Reiss Go 3.1 England 2 Wins
11) Robert Good Arachne USA 2 Wins
12) Tien-Fa Huang Quick Go Taiwan 1 Win
13) James Logan Go USA 1 Win
14) Katsura Yuuji Tengen 1 Japan 1 Win
15) Shan-Su Chang Taiwan 0 Wins 1 Bye
16) Wen-Yu Cheng Thinking Taiwan 1 Win (played one game only)
17) Guang-Jueh Lin Flute Taiwan 0 Wins (played one game only)
18) Wen-Jieh Cheng Taiwan 0 Wins (Played 3 games)
The Friday program was clearly the strongest. It was the only program that
Shogun lost to. It also beat Dragon and Goliath and Flute.
Nemesis and Microgo 2 were matched in the last round and
Nemesis won by one point. The last round game between Shogun and Goliath was also
close. Go 3.1 was matched against Peanut in the last round, and Go 3.1 crashed
in a won position to forfeit the game. Dragon and Friday played the last round.
I don't think there were enough games played to determine the relative strength
of Shogun, Nemesis and Microgo 2. Dragon beat both Nemesis and Microgo, so it
deserved 2nd place. Peanut got 3rd place through a fluke since it's opponent
crashed when it was Peanut was losing (and also it's other lost game was to
Quick Go.)
-David Fotland
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