3rd World Goe Championship
Ing Cup
Yoda Norimoto of Japan and Yoo Chang-hyuk of Korea are the finalists
for the third Ing Cup. They will begin the final round on October 11,1996.
Their semi-final games with Rin Kai ho and Cho Chikun are listed below in
round four.
The third Ing Cup was started in Shanghai on April 23, 1996 at the Jin Jiang
Hotel. Eight additional players were added to the top sixteen players of
the second Ing Cup to provide the competitors. The sixteen players from
the previous tournament were divided into two leagues by their result. The
top eight players received a bye for the first round. They were Suh Bongsoo
(the current champion), Otake, Rui NaiWei, Cho Chikun, Takemiya, Rin KaiHo,
Yang and Awaji. The second division consisted of Wang, Jiang ZhuJiu, Yoo,
Lee Chang-Ho, Wang, Yoda, Cho Hun Hyun, and Fujisawa Shuko. The eight additional
players were Michael Redmond, O-Rissei, Cho, Ma, Liu, Cao Dayan, Yu Bin
and Wang.
The winners of the first round were Ma (over Chen) , Liu (over Shuko), Jiang
(over Chou), Cho Hun Hyun (over Zhang Wendong), Yoda (over Michael Redmond),
Lee Chang-Ho (over Yu Bin), Yoo (over O-Rissei) and Cao (over O Meien).
The second round victors were Lee Chang-Ho (over Rui), Cho Chikun (over
Jiang), Rin Kai Ho (over Cao), Ma (over Yang), Yoo (over Otake), Yoda (over
Seo BongSoo), Takemiya (over Liu), and Cho Hun Hyun (over Awaji).
In the third round it was Cho Chikun (over Ma), Yoo (over Lee), Rin (over
Takemiya) and Yoda (over Cho Hun Hyun).
Ying Ming-Hao at opening press conference
Ernest Brown presents proclamation from Mayor Willie Brown of San Francisco
Jiang ZhuJiu, Ying MingHao, Chen ZuDe, Phil Straus, Rui NaiWei
Western contingent
Phil Straus, Michael Redmond, Rui NaiWei, Jiang ZhuJiu, Ernest
Brown, Alan Held, Vincent Wang, William F. Mann, Nancy Mann
GAMES
ROUND 1
Jiang:Chou
Cho:Zhang
Cao:O Meien
Liu:Shuko
Ma:Chen
Yoda:Redmond
YuBin:Lee
Yoo:ORissei
ROUND 2
Liu:Takemyia
Otake:Yoo
Awaji:ChoHunHyun
Seo:Yoda
Cao:Rin
Yang:Ma
Jiang:ChoChikun
Rui:Lee
Round 3
Round 4
Cho:Yoda 01
Yoda:Cho 02
Cho:Yoda 03
More Photos
Ing Cup 2
Ing Cup 3