Integration preliminary tournament will start 8/2(Korea).

Follow the link to igokisen for pairing.
http://igokisen.web.fc2.com/wr/sc.html

Nakano Hironari(9d), Komatsu Hideki(9d) and Oya Koichi(9d) being the only Japanese 9d's. wow...

Wow, this tournament is huge. Is it like an open or something? Anyone know more specifics about how it works?

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There will be seeded Japanese players who will join the main tournament.
Yes, it's an open tournament. Even amateurs can join. This is just the preliminary tournament that will choose 16 of the 32 members of the main tournament.

It doesn't say "OPEN" but it looks like it.
328 players are participating in this preliminary.
19 players will advance to main tournament joining seeded players. 2 senior, 2 woman and 15 from rest.
In prelim, there are 220 from Korea, 65 from China, 26 from Japan and 17 from Taiwan. Also there are 12 amateurs.

Top 30 Korean ranking and 15 Chinese Ranking will be placed in each section evenly. So there is no easy way to advance to main tournament.

It is good opportunity for low ranker to meet good international players.

Seeded players;
Korea:Won Seongjin, Na Hyun, Baek Hongseok, Park Junghwan, Lee Sedol and Choi Cheolhan
China:Gu Li, Chen Yaoye, Jiang Weijie and Dang Yifei
Japan: Not yet submitted.
1 player selected by sponsor.

The result of 1st half is shown here.
http://igokisen.web.fc2.com/wr/sc.html

Surprising loss;

Kong Jie, Chang Hao, Cho Hanseung

Thanks, I was wondering why a lot of the well known guys were missing from the list.

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Final round pairing for prelim.

a: Kang Dongyoon vs Lee Beomjin
b: Ding Wei vs Tuo Jiaxi
c: Mi Witing vs Wang Xi
d: Jin Siyoung vs Kim Wonbin
e: Kim Sedong vs Li Ming
f: Lee Jihyun vs Jong Wenjing
g: Ahn Kukhyun vs Park Kyounggeun
h: Peng Liyao vs Hong Seongji
i: Luo Xihe vs Shi Yue
j: Han Woonggyu vs Lee Jeongwoo
k: Fan Tingyu vs Choi Myounghun
l: Tang Weixing vs Kim Seungjae
m: Xie He vs Mao Ruilong
n: Park Younghoon vs Li Qincheng
o: Zhou Hexi vs Kang Jihoon@
p: Yoo Changhyuk vs Yu Bin
q: Kim Soojang vs Komatsu Hideki
r: Rui Naiwei vs Li He
s: Choi Jung vs Kim Yoonyoung

Amateur Kang Jihoon accumulated 60 points and he will become pro if he reaches round of 16 in main tournament.

The following 19 qualified for the main tournament:

Korea:
Kang Dongyoon
Jin Siyoung
Ahn Kukhyun
Han Woonggyu
Yoo Changhyuk
Choi Jung

Japan:
Komatsu Hideki

China:
Tuo Jiaxi
Mi Yuting
Li Ming
Zhong Wenjing
Peng Liyao
Shi Yue
Fan Tingyu
Tang Weixing
Xie He
Li Qincheng
Zhou Hexi
Rui Naiwei

The main tournament will start 4-6 september.