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.
Re: KPMC 2016
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 7:23 am
by HermanHiddema
I will be the representative for the Netherlands this year
(originally, this would have been Merlijn Kuin, but he had to cancel)
Re: KPMC 2016
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 8:06 am
by Uberdude
Alistair Wall is going for the UK.
Re: KPMC 2016
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 10:46 am
by Javaness2
Carol Doyle is going for Ireland
Re: KPMC 2016
Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2016 5:40 am
by 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...
Re: KPMC 2016
Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2016 3:40 pm
by quantumf
Javaness2 wrote: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.
Re: KPMC 2016
Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2016 6:47 pm
by 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.
Re: KPMC 2016
Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2016 7:52 pm
by Vesa
Here's another serious first round loser For you reference, the first round results below:
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
Re: KPMC 2016
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2016 4:54 am
by 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
