3rd Women's World Amateur Go Championship
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The third World Women's Amateur Go Championship, held in mid-
October in Yokohama, was won by Sato Akiko of Japan. Sato stormed from
behind to down last year's champion Kan Ying with a clamping tesuji at
move 195 in the game between them. This move decided the tournament, as
Sato and Kan both won all the rest of their games. Final standings:
1 Sato Akiko (Japan) 7-0 | 13 Szonja Miskolczi (Hungary) 3-4
2 Kan Ying (Hong Kong) 6-1 | 14 Annemarie Boelens (Neth.) 3-4
3 Fang Fang (China) 5-2 | 15 Jan Trevithick (Australia) 3-4
3 Kim Haesun (Rep. of Korea) 5-2 | 16 Jana Hricova (Czech.) 3-4
5 Yucong Phease (New Zealand) 5-2 | 17 Marisa Rodriguez (Spain) 3-4
6 Marie-Claire Chaine (France) 4-3 | 18 Eva Roos (Switzerland) 3-4
7 Irina Guskova (U.S.S.R.) 4-3 | 19 Seng Guekbeng (Singapore) 2-5
8 Li Yunok (D.P.R. Korea) 4-3 | 20 Kerstin Andersson (Sweden) 2-5
9 Antje Rapmund (Germany) 4-3 | 21 Lisbeth Hagen (Denmark) 2-5
10 Katarzyna Koenig (Poland) 4-3 | 22 Kirsty Healey (U.K.) 2-5
11 Joanne Phipps (U.S.A.) 4-3 | 23 Vera Rupel (Yugoslavia) 1-6
12 Carmen Lita (Romania) 4-3 | 24 Lynne Baird (Canada) 1-6
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Special mention goes to Vera Rupel, a field doctor in the Yugoslav
federal army who left the fighting to play in the tournament and was
headed back to the front afterward.
Shortly before the WWAGC, Sato Akiko had helped Japan win a clash
between the top ten Chinese amateurs and three teams of Japanese
amateurs. "Have mercy on us, we've sent real amateurs this time," the
Chinese team captain said before the action started. Result: Japan 22,
China 8.
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