I don't see Goto playing very much but he is fairly strong and regularly does commentary on the big Japanese matches. I've seen his commentary through Niconico, and he's pretty funny.

RO32 starts soon, August 26 at 11am KST: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=8%2F26+11am+kst Commentary on baduktv starts 2 hours after that.

Groups here: http://igokisen.web.fc2.com/wr/sc.html

RO32 is 8 groups of 4 players, each plays a mini double elimination. Win 2 games and you're through to the RO16.

I hope Michael Chen has some good games, maybe even a win?

The Japanese representatives:
http://m3.biz.itc.cn/pic/new/n/10/96/Img7059610_n.jpg
From left to right: Murakawa Daisuke, Takao Shinji, Goto Shungo

Via https://twitter.com/gona_t

They sure like to put all eggs in one basket. Death groups and then super easy groups.

Michael's first game

man, wbaduk's java applet really blows chunks. I could only stay logged in for about 20 seconds at a time before it would crash.

1st round of double elimination;
Group A:
Zhou Ruiyang defeated Kang Seungmin by resign.
Tuo Jiaxi defeated Lee Wonyoung by resign.

Group B:
Tang Weixing defeated Choi Cheolhan by resign.
Kim Jiseok defeated Chen Yaoye by resign.

Group C:
Lee Changho defeated Meng Tailing by time.
Shi Yue defeated Park Junghwan by resign.

Group D:
Kang Dongyun defeated Yang Dingxin by resign.
Takao Shinji defeated Rong Yi by resign.

Group E:
Rui Naiwei defeayed Xiao Zhenghao by 1.5.
Lian Xiao defeated Goto Shungo by resign.

Group F:
Liao Xingwen defeated Kim Yunyoung by resign.
Murakawa Daisuke defeated Fan Yunruo by resign.

Group G:
Lee Sedol defeated Xu Jiayang by resign.
Yan Huan defeated Chen Zhaonian(Michael) by resign.

Group H:
Kim Seongjae defeated Chun Guangya by resign.
Cho Hanseung defeated Yu Bin by resign.

Bold case = winner

2nd round of double elimination;

Group A:
Zhou Ruiyang vs Tuo Jiaxi
Lee Wonyoung vs Kang Seungmin

Group B:
Tang Weixing vs Kim Jiseok
Chen Yaoye vs Choi Cheolhan

Group C:
Lee Changho vs Shi Yue
Park Junghwan vs Meng Tailing

Group D:
Kang Dongyun vs Takao Shinji
Rong Yi vs Yang Dingxin

Group E:
Rui Naiwei vs Lian Xiao
Goto Shungo vs Xiao Zhenghao

Group F:
Liao Xingwen vs Murakawa Daisuke
Fan Yunruo vs Kim Yunyoung

Group G:
Lee Sedol vs Yan Huan
Chen Zhaonian(Michael) vs Xu Jiayang

Group H:
Kim Seongjae vs Cho Hanseung
Yu Bin vs Chun Guangya

Bold case = winner section

2nd round of double elimination;

Group A:
Zhou Ruiyang vs Tuo Jiaxi
Lee Wonyoung vs Kang Seungmin

Group B:
Tang Weixing vs Kim Jiseok
Chen Yaoye vs Choi Cheolhan

Group C:
Lee Changho vs Shi Yue
Park Junghwan vs Meng Tailing

Group D:
Kang Dongyun vs Takao Shinji
Rong Yi vs Yang Dingxin

Group E:
Rui Naiwei vs Lian Xiao
Goto Shungo vs Xiao Zhenghao

Group F:
Liao Xingwen vs Murakawa Daisuke
Fan Yunruo vs Kim Yunyoung

Group G:
Lee Sedol vs Yan Huan
Chen Zhaonian(Michael) vs Xu Jiayang

Group H:
Kim Seungjae vs Cho Hanseung
Yu Bin vs Chun Guangya

Blue Bold case = winner of loser section and play 3rd round against loser of winner section. Winner of 3rd round will advance to round of 16.
Red Bold case = winner of winner section and advances to round of 16.


10/14,10/16: round of 16 and 8
Semi Final: 11/3,11/5 and 11/6
Final: 12/9-12/11

Excuse me, is there anywhere I could watch this live?

I mixed up the players while replaying the Chen game, and was focusing on blacks moves. Then I suddenly realized that I was mixing things up, and started focusing on whites moves! No wonder I'm still weak... interesting.

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On Go proverbs:
"A fine Gotation is a diamond in the hand of a dan of wit and a pebble in the hand of a kyu" —Joseph Raux misquoted.

The games are live on Tygem, I watch them there on my android phone. There is (Korean) commentary and variations live on a few of them. There's PC client too of course but I haven't used that for a while. One tip for the Tygem app is if you want to see old games connect to the Japan server as they seem to leave old games up for longer there.

3rd round of double elimination,

Kang Seungmin defeated Tuo Jiaxi by resign.
Tang Weixing defeated Choi Cheolhan by 0.5.
Park Junghwan defeated Lee Changho by resign.
Rong Yi defeated Takao Shinji by 1.5.
Rui Naiwei defeated Xiao Zhenghao by 2.5.
Murakawa Daisuke defeayed Kim Yunyoung by 1.5.
Yan Huan defeated Xu Jiayang by 0.5.
Kim Seungjae defeayed Chun Guangya by 3.5.

10/14,10/16: round of 16 and 8
Semi Final: 11/3,11/5 and 11/6
Final: 12/9-12/11


Players advanced to round of 16,

Rong Yi, Park Junghwan, Kang Seungmin, Murakawa Daisuke, Yan Huan, Kim Seungjae, Tang Weixing, Rui Naiwei

Zhou Ruiyang, Kim Jiseok, Shi Yue, Kang Dongyun, Lian Xiao, Liao Xingwen, Lee Sedol, Cho Hanseung

Rui Naiwei won her final game (rematch of first) so advances. Nice to see her progressing.

Thanks Uberdude, I didn't know I could watch the games live on tygem.

However, I also meant which Korean TV stations broadcast the samsung cup?

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On Go proverbs:
"A fine Gotation is a diamond in the hand of a dan of wit and a pebble in the hand of a kyu" —Joseph Raux misquoted.

I expect they are on baduk tv.

One Japanese got through! Tang Weixing looks like a very tough opponent though.

At least it wasn't like last time, where Eric Lui __DeliberatelY__ started fights with Lee Sedol 9p¬

By move w54 , white already seems behind, I wonder what white's mistake was.

_________________
On Go proverbs:
"A fine Gotation is a diamond in the hand of a dan of wit and a pebble in the hand of a kyu" —Joseph Raux misquoted.

Reminder!!!!!
10/14,10/16: round of 16 and 8


pairing for round of 16,

Park Junghwan vs Yan Huan
Kang Seungmin vs Rong Yi
Murakawa Daisuke vs Tang Weixing
Kim Seungjae vs Shi Yue
Kim Jiseok vs Rui Naiwei
Kang Dongyun vs Lian Xiao
Lee Sedol vs Liao Xingwen
Cho Hanseung vs Zhou Ruiyang

Semi Final: 11/3,11/5 and 11/6
Final: 12/9-12/11

go Murakawa!