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I wish the Nihon Kiin Youtube Channel Streamed this live, but they uploaded Self-Game Reviews

Kevin Wang v Moro Chisaki

Even Globis themselves seem to have forgotten since the 8th Globis Cup that they are running a tournament!

Kevin Yang (not Wang) lost, but he is quite strong. In the Second Transatlantic Professional Go League, he won all 6 matches so far, including 2 against Ilya Shikshin.

Full results of the Globis Cup (he is an AGA amateur, contrary to what is written below):

Moro Chisaki won, but Kevin Yang is in the final chart?

How does this work? Was it some preliminary game?

Moro Chisaki won, but Kevin Yang is in the final chart?

How does this work? Was it some preliminary game?

They played twice, in a prelim, which was a double-elimination event like the Judan used to be. Chisaki beat Kevin first time, so he went into the Losers' Section. Chisaki lost her next game so also went in to the Losers' Section. There they met again, but this time Kevin won.

That chart above looked familiar. It's from the "Go to Everyone" website. https://gotoeveryone.k2ss.info/news/wr/gc/9/

You can see similar tournament charts, including international, in Japanese from the Nihon Kiin. https://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/match/globis/009.html They have links to the profiles of the Japanese players.

John Fairbairn wrote:

Moro Chisaki won, but Kevin Yang is in the final chart?

How does this work? Was it some preliminary game?

They played twice, in a prelim, which was a double-elimination event like the Judan used to be. Chisaki beat Kevin first time, so he went into the Losers' Section. Chisaki lost her next game so also went in to the Losers' Section. There they met again, but this time Kevin won.

I much prefer the method used by the Samsung and Globis cup. It allows a weaker female or non-CJK players to have at least two games, meaning there is a higher chance of playing someone closer to their level (Taiwanese or Japanese player), but if an upset did occur, it wouldn't necessarily prevent the better player from entering the main rounds. Globis do really seem to practice what they preach. But for some reason the Samsung Cup changed the format when they moved online. Globis didn't feel the need to change the format for online games--what gives?

I fully expected Kevin Wang to beat both Japanese 1p's. I'm surprised he dropped a game. The western pros performances in the Sankei Cup were upsets, and Kevin Wang is whooping those pros, looking at his performance in the Atlantic league, so I don't see how he should be expected struggle with Japanese 1p's on the same level as western pros.

jlt wrote:Kevin Yang (not Wang) lost, but he is quite strong. In the Second Transatlantic Professional Go League, he won all 6 matches so far, including 2 against Ilya Shikshin.

Full results of the Globis Cup . . .]

Elom0 wrote: I fully expected Kevin Wang to beat both Japanese 1p's. I'm surprised he dropped a game. (...) I don't see how he should be expected struggle with Japanese 1p's on the same level as western pros.

Why are they on the same level? Because they're shodan?

Everyone starts at shodan (Tōya dixit?) Also, Japanese players can be more used to tournaments. Specially with sensible time limits. Because I don't know the time limit for this one, but I very much doubt it was anywhere close to 5'+3*30"

Take care.

Ferran wrote:

Elom0 wrote: I fully expected Kevin Wang to beat both Japanese 1p's. I'm surprised he dropped a game. (...) I don't see how he should be expected struggle with Japanese 1p's on the same level as western pros.

Why are they on the same level? Because they're shodan?

Everyone starts at shodan (Tōya dixit?) Also, Japanese players can be more used to tournaments. Specially with sensible time limits. Because I don't know the time limit for this one, but I very much doubt it was anywhere close to 5'+3*30"

Take care.

Coincidentally, this is one of the few fast Japanese Tournaments, he probably set it that way to be closer to international standards (and it also means it can be run in one weekend). The time settings in the Globis Cup are based on the NHK Cup, ten periods of 1 and a half minutes plus an extra eleventh of thirty seconds.

I mean a Japanese pro that is still shodan is likely on the same level as average western pro . . .

These are the games he won.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYAaSr4y9gY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ83tdCxGwQ

the Taiwanese representative nearly made it to the semi-finals . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbaNXuruatA

The page http://www.globiscup.jp/en/ indicates "30 seconds per move, plus 10 periods of extra thinking time, 1 minute each" but it may be outdated.

jlt wrote:The page http://www.globiscup.jp/en/ indicates "30 seconds per move, plus 10 periods of extra thinking time, 1 minute each" but it may be outdated.

No, it's correct, I just miscalculated what it equates to.

Also note how Fukuoka Kotaro won all games except the final. It was the first time a Japanese since the 3rd cup, when Kyo Kagen lost the final. Look at who played in that edition: https://gotoeveryone.k2ss.info/news/wr/gc/3/