KPMC 2016

[OathBreaker]

The KPMC will be held from Sep 3-9 2016 this year I believe. Any updates on representatives for your countries? I think the final date (unless extension requested) for submission of participants is on the 30th of June.

[HermanHiddema]

I will be the representative for the Netherlands this year

(originally, this would have been Merlijn Kuin, but he had to cancel)

[Uberdude]

Alistair Wall is going for the UK.

[Javaness2]

Carol Doyle is going for Ireland

[Javaness2]

While the EGF website is excited about Silk Road, the KPMC is about to start. It seems to be losing a bit of steam as an international event, which is a shame. I really enjoyed my 2 visits there. Does anyone have any info on the event, like a website, broadcast timetable...

[quantumf]

While the EGF website is excited about Silk Road, the KPMC is about to start. It seems to be losing a bit of steam as an international event, which is a shame. I really enjoyed my 2 visits there. Does anyone have any info on the event, like a website, broadcast timetable...

Having attended last year for the first time, I think it's still pretty serious as an event. I have heard that the budget isn't what it was, and it's definitely not as big budget an event as the WAGC, but I thought it was a very enjoyable event. It's always been terrible at keeping observers up to date, so nothing is new there.

[HermanHiddema]

I'm here, and it is still a serious event. The organising is top notch locally. The accommodation, meals, ceremonies, etc is all very well organized.
There's 54 countries participating. You can find pictures and info on the participants here: http://imgur.com/a/gYmsf (There are 57 players in the booklet, but apparently Austria, The UK and Venezuela couldn't make it after all)

Hope to be able to post more in the upcoming days.

Personally, I just lost my first game, to Japan.

[Vesa]

Here's another serious first round loser For you reference, the first round results below:

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Nr   Name, Country   R1
1   Yang Rundong, China   18+
2   Kim Heesoo, Korea   38+
3   Dan Iugulescu, Romania   15-
4   Jeremy Chiu, USA   46+
5   Ando Shota, Japan   22+
6   Lee Cheuk Leung, Hongkong   31+
7   Vorawat Tanapatsopol, Thailand   53+
8   Lai Yu Cheng, Chinese Taipei   50+
9   Khanh Binh Do, Vietnam   29-
10   Tanguy Le Calce, France   54+
11   György Csizmadia, Hungary   39+
12   Jan Hora, Czech   52+
13   Vesa Laatikainen, Finland   27-
14   Tang Chan Fai, Macau   16-
15   Daniel Sufiah Talib, Indonesia   3+
16   Weiying Sörlin, Sweden   14+
17   Giedrius Tumelis, Lithuania   49+
18   Yongfei Ge, Canada   1-
19   Mychailo Halchenko, Ukraine   34+
20   Kamil Grabowski, Poland   40+
21   Alejandro Curiel, Mexico   55-
22   Herman Hiddema, Netherlands   5-
23   Grigorii Fionin, Russia   47+
24   Gabriel Mercier, Belgium   37-
25   Daniela Trinks, Germany   36+
26   Francisco M. d'albuquerque, Argentina   45+
27   Chang Fu Kang, Malaysia   13+
28   Zoran Mutabzija, Croatia   43+
29   Sevein Hanevik, Norway   9+
30   Barry Phease, New Zealand   51+
31   Felix Benoit, Switzerland   6-
32   Reem Ben David, Israel   42+
33   Vasil Galinovsky, Belarus   48+
34   Mihailo Jacimovic, Serbia   19-
35   Jie Hui Kwa, Singapore   44+
36   Milan Jadron, Slovakia   25-
37   Ruairi Powell, Denmark   24+
38   Tashi Walde, Italy   2-
39   Jesus Roldan, Spain   11-
40   Lloyd Rubidge, South Africa   20-
42   Özgur Degirmenci, Turkey   32-
43   Fernando Goncalves, Portugal   28-
44   Carlos Francisco Galvez Mora, Peru   35-
45   Janez Janza, Slovenia   26-
46   Carol Doyle, Ireland   4-
47   Jose Miguel Gomez, Chile   23-
48   Teodor Nedev, Bulgaria   33-
49   Francisco Castelblanco, Colombia   17-
50   Leiner Rodriguez, Costa Rica   8-
51   Edgardo Caceres, Guatemala   30-
52   Olafur Sigurdarson, Iceland   12-
53   Bernard Linster, Luxemburg   7-
54   Tugsbilegt Tseveenradvan, Mongolia   10-
55   Amine Bachri, Morocco   21+

Cheers,
Vesa

[Vesa]

The tournament has 6 rounds, starting 9:30 and 13:30 local time (5, 6 and 7 September). The scribes seemed to be using Tygem clients for broadcast.

Cheers,
Vesa

[Vesa]

Results after round 2. Errors possible as these are copied manually.

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Nr   Name, Country   R1   R1   Points
1   Yang Rundong, China   18+   10+   2
2   Kim Heesoo, Korea   38+   25+   2
3   Dan Iugulescu, Romania   15-   46+   1
4   Jeremy Chiu, USA   46+   26+   2
5   Ando Shota, Japan   22+   20+   2
6   Lee Cheuk Leung, Hongkong   31+   8-   1
7   Vorawat Tanapatsopol, Thailand   53+   43+   2
8   Lai Yu Cheng, Chinese Taipei   50+   6+   2
9   Khanh Binh Do, Vietnam   29-   49+   1
10   Tanguy Le Calce, France   54+   1-   1
11   György Csizmadia, Hungary   39+   23-   1
12   Jan Hora, Czech   52+   15+   2
13   Vesa Laatikainen, Finland   27-   31+   1
14   Tang Chan Fai, Macau   16-   22-   0
15   Daniel Sufiah Talib, Indonesia   3+   12-   1
16   Weiying Sörlin, Sweden   14+   19-   1
17   Giedrius Tumelis, Lithuania   49+   32-   1
18   Yongfei Ge, Canada   1-   47+   1
19   Mychailo Halchenko, Ukraine   34+   16+   2
20   Kamil Grabowski, Poland   40+   5-   1
21   Alejandro Curiel, Mexico   55-   40+   1
22   Herman Hiddema, Netherlands   5-   14+   1
23   Grigorii Fionin, Russia   47+   11+   2
24   Gabriel Mercier, Belgium   37-   44+   1
25   Daniela Trinks, Germany   36+   2-   1
26   Francisco M. d'albuquerque, Argentina   45+   4-   1
27   Chang Fu Kang, Malaysia   13+   33+   2
28   Zoran Mutabzija, Croatia   43+   37-   1
29   Sevein Hanevik, Norway   9+   30-   1
30   Barry Phease, New Zealand   51+   29+   2
31   Felix Benoit, Switzerland   6-   13-   0
32   Reem Ben David, Israel   42+   17+   2
33   Vasil Galinovsky, Belarus   48+   27-   1
34   Mihailo Jacimovic, Serbia   19-   38-   0
35   Jie Hui Kwa, Singapore   44+   55+   2
36   Milan Jadron, Slovakia   25-   39+   1
37   Ruairi Powell, Denmark   24+   28+   2
38   Tashi Walde, Italy   2-   34+   1
39   Jesus Roldan, Spain   11-   36-   0
40   Lloyd Rubidge, South Africa   20-   21-   0
42   Özgur Degirmenci, Turkey   32-   48+   1
43   Fernando Goncalves, Portugal   28-   7-   0
44   Carlos Francisco Galvez Mora, Peru   35-   24-   0
45   Janez Janza, Slovenia   26-   51+   1
46   Carol Doyle, Ireland   4-   3-   0
47   Jose Miguel Gomez, Chile   23-   18-   0
48   Teodor Nedev, Bulgaria   33-   42-   0
49   Francisco Castelblanco, Colombia   17-   9-   0
50   Leiner Rodriguez, Costa Rica   8-   52-   0
51   Edgardo Caceres, Guatemala   30-   45-   0
52   Olafur Sigurdarson, Iceland   12-   50+   1
53   Bernard Linster, Luxemburg   7-   54-   0
54   Tugsbilegt Tseveenradvan, Mongolia   10-   53+   1
55   Amine Bachri, Morocco   21+   35-   1

[HermanHiddema]

So at this point three strong players have taken a loss. Canada lost against China, France lost against China, and Hong Kong lost against Taiwan. Which means, IMO, there are six strong players left at 2 wins: China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, US en Russia. Obviously the first four are the main contenders, but who knows whether one of the remaining westerners can cause an upset

[Uberdude]

There is a tournament website! http://kpmc.kbaduk.or.kr/eng/