The Renju World Championship 2001 五子棋比赛技巧 知识.docVIP

The Renju World Championship 2001 By Igor Samotsvetov, 2001 Two years since the last, 6th Renju World Championship in Beijing (China), seemed to pass very quickly. In August, 2001 the old Japanese capital town Kyoto invited all Renju fans to take part in a great Renju festival. Everybody who could reach Kyoto believed that it would be unforgettable days of playing Renju, meeting with old and new friends all over the world, and everybody was eager and full of hope to to get acquaintance with a rich Japanese culture, traditions and a very beautiful city of Kyoto. And at least nobody was disappointed!This time, in addition to QT (qualification to men’s final), AT (men’s final), WT (women final) and Open tournaments the organizers also forethought a Blitz tournament (12 minutes per game) with special prizes for the best and gifts to practically all players of the championship. The A-final waited for additional 5 players, which names ought to be decided in qualification. This time there were somehow no players in QT from Russia, so the chances of the other countries looked healthy. It especially can be referred to the Japanese team (Hasegawa, Nara, Kusajima, Sunagawa, Okabe) which should try its best to show the strength of the hosts. And the battle began! After the first round Nara and Hasegawa were among the leading group and they met with each other in the 2nd round. They both seemed to be very confident and happy during this game, which lasted no more than 5 minutes – a “grossmeister” draw after the 9th move. But later the tournament ways of two surely best QT Japanese players became different. The short distance of the tournament (7 rounds) supposed no any relaxation. The next round Nara became a victim of a Korean player Kim Byoung-Jun, but had a time to recover the losses and entered AT-final tournament. This game seemed a some kind of misunderstanding. But later it became obvious that the performance of this Korean player isn’t just an accident. The last game