(This was extracted from http://www.joy.or.jp/nihonkiin/news/html/sekaia-e.htm) 18th World Amateur Go Championship 1996 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: The Nihon Ki-in/Japan Airlines NO PLAYER 1R 2R 3R 4R 5R 6R 7R 8R RANK 1 JUN LIU O(5) O(17) O(41) O(7) O(4) O(6) O(37) O(18) 1 (CHINA) 6 HIRONORI HIRATA O(34) X(23) O(25) O(17) O(38) X(1) O(3) O(7) 2 (JAPAN) 7 YONG MAN LEE O(42) O(37) O(3) X(1) O(23) O(4) O(28) X(6) 3 (KOREA) 4 YING KAN O(13) O(22) O(23) O(27) X(1) X(7) O(35) O(37) 4 (HONGKONG) 38 THOMAS FAUL KO O(26) O(36) O(2) O(3) X(6) X(28) O(15) O(9) 5 (U.S.A.) 2 HSIANG JEN HUANG O(40) O(15) X(38) X(35) O(22) O(41) O(23) O(28) 6 (C-TAIPEI) 3 MYONG SON CHOE O(28) O(14) X(7) X(38) O(17) O(25) X(6) O(35) 7 (D-P-R KOREA) 28 VICTOR BOGDANOV X(3) O(33) O(22) O(15) O(27) O(38) X(7) X(2) 8 (RUSSIAN FED.) 37 ZHIQI YU O(8) X(7) O(36) O(18) O(34) O(35) X(1) X(4) 9 (CANADA) 18 FELIX VON ARNIM O(30) X(35) O(21) X(37) O(36) O(13) O(25) X(1) 10 (GERMANY) 17 PIERRE COLMEZ O(32) X(1) O(31) X(6) X(3) O(24) O(27) O(23) 11 (FRANCE) 15 KASPER HORNBAEK O(10) X(2) O(13) X(28) O(16) O(34) X(38) O(25) 12 (DENMARK) 22 LAURENT HEISER O(45) X(4) X(28) O(31) X(2) O(30) O(41) O(36) 13 (LUXEMBOURG) 9 SAY BOON NG O(16) X(30) O(26) O(12) X(35) O(19) O(14) O(38) 14 (SINGAPORE) 14 VLADIMIR DANEK O(33) X(3) O(11) X(25) O(42) O(32) X(9) O(21) 15 (CZECH) 12 FRANZ HUTTLER X(21) O(5) O(20) X(9) X(19) O(16) O(32) O(31) 16 (AUSTRIA) 13 ALAIN WETTACH X(4) O(39) X(15) O(13) O(8) X(18) O(10) O(41) 17 (BELGIUM) 23 GILLES VAN EEDEN O(29) O(6) X(4) O(41) X(7) O(27) X(2) X(17) 18 (NETHERLANDS) 35 MATTHEW MACFADYEN O(11) O(18) X(27) O(2) O(9) X(37) X(4) X(3) 19 (U.K.) 36 VICTOR GUANG CHOW O(20) X(38) X(37) O(29) X(18) O(42) O(34) X(22) 20 (SOUTH AFRICA) 27 MIHAI PETRE BISCA O(43) O(31) O(35) X(4) X(28) X(23) X(17) O(42) 21 (RUMANIA) 25 LESZEK SOLDAN O(44) O(21) X(6) O(14) O(32) X(3) X(18) X(15) 22 (POLAND) 34 DMITRY YATSENKO X(6) O(16) O(8) O(30) X(37) X(15) X(36) O(29) 23 (UKRAINE) 31 CESAR SANCHEZ MUNOZ O(46) X(27) X(17) X(22) O(11) O(20) O(40) X(12) 24 (SPAIN) 21 ENZO PEDRINI O(12) X(25) X(18) X(42) O(29) O(8) O(19) X(14) 25 (ITALY) 30 LEON MATOH X(18) O(9) O(42) X(34) X(41) X(22) O(8) O(19) 25 (SLOVENIA) 32 ULF OLSSON X(17) O(44) O(46) X(19) X(25) X(14) X(12) O(10) 27 (SWEDEN) 20 NOEL MITCHELL X(36) O(43) X(12) X(45) O(33) X(31) O(39) O(40) 28 (IRELAND) 46 KYLE JONES X(31) O(40) X(32) X(16) X(10) O(33) O(5) O(24) 29 (NEW ZEALAND) 41 EDUARDO LOPEZ HERRERO O(24) O(19) X(1) X(23) O(30) X(2) X(22) X(13) 30 (ARGENTINA) 42 KIICHIRO SUZUKI X(7) O(10) X(30) O(21) X(14) X(36) O(24) X(27) 31 (BRAZIL) 16 MATTI SIIVOLA X(9) X(34) O(33) O(46) X(15) X(12) X(29) O(45) 32 (FINLAND) 10 KORSAK CHAIRASMISAK X(15) X(42) O(43) X(8) O(46) O(45) X(13) X(32) 33 (THAILAND) 19 GABOR SZABICS O(39) X(41) O(29) X(32) O(12) X(9) X(21) X(30) 34 (HUNGARY) 8 KEE SOON TIONG X(37) O(26) X(34) O(10) X(13) X(21) X(30) O(11) 35 (MALAYSIA) 40 JUAN JOSE RIVAUD X(2) X(46) O(5) X(24) O(26) O(43) X(31) X(20) 36 (MEXICO) 29 MIROSLAV POLIAK X(23) O(24) X(19) X(36) X(21) O(11) O(16) X(34) 37 (SLOVAKIA) 33 ROBERTO MORRISON X(14) X(28) X(16) O(44) X(20) X(46) O(26) O(5) 38 (SWITZERLAND) 39 RAFAEL ALBERTO TORRES X(19) X(13) X(45) X(43) O(44) X(5) X(20) X(26) 38 MIRANDA (CUBA) 45 NEVILLE SMYTHE X(22) X(11) O(39) O(20) X(24) X(10) O(43) X(16) 39 (AUSTRALIA) 24 PAL SANNES X(41) X(29) O(44) O(40) O(45) X(17) X(42) X(46) 40 (NORWAY) 43 PABLO SAEZ X(27) X(20) X(10) O(39) O(5) X(40) X(45) O(44) 41 (CHILE) 5 WOEI HAW DJAP X(1) X(12) X(40) O(26) X(43) O(39) X(46) X(33) 42 (INDONESIA) 11 KEREM KARAERKEK X(35) O(45) X(14) X(13) X(31) X(29) O(44) X(8) 43 (TURKEY) 26 GABRIEL BRANCO X(38) X(8) X(9) X(5) X(40) O(44) X(33) O(39) 44 (PORTUGAL) 44 YUZURU NAKADA X(25) X(32) X(24) X(33) X(39) X(26) X(11) X(43) 46 (VENEZUELA) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------