WAGC 2011
Door Marie Jemine · 25 mei 2011announcement
Jan Ramon 4d was representing Belgium in 2011 World Amateur Go Championship in Japan!
With 3 victories out of 8 rounds (with a hard pairing), he ended 25th in a field of 57 competitors.
Final winner was Bai, the Chinese representative, who remained unbeaten.
2nd was Korean Choi.
3rd, and best Western player, was Eric Liu from USA.
4th, and best European contender, was the Frenchman Thomas Debarre.
5th, and oldest participant (85 y old !): Hirata from Japan (former winner - in 1995).
Find a nice report here: http://ranka.intergofed.org/
(and discover f.i. the incredibly original openings played by the Polish player :-)