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Bulletin 6 - Friday, 10 October 2008 SOUTH AMERICA ENTERS GOLD RUSH

Matamoros Franco Carlos, Fierro Baquero Martha - ECU (Chess) Song Ronghui - (Go)

Wang Linna Female Chinese Xiangqi International Grandmaster Born in Suihua, Hei Longjiang Province, 1980 Champion of Women’s Individual at the China National Xiangqi Championships in 1997 and 2000 Champion of Women’s Individual at the Asian Xiangqi Champi- onships in 1998 and 2003 Champion of Women’s Team Event at the China National Xi- angqi Championships in 2000 Champion of Women’s Xiangqi Team Event at the China Na- tional Sports Congress in 2000 Champion of Women’s Individual at the World Xiangqi Cham- pionships in 2001 Champion of Women’s Xiangqi individual at the 1st World Mind Sports Games in 2008. Wang Linna - China (Xiangqi) 1st World Mind Sports Games Beijing, China

Today’s Programs Today’s Awards Presentations 12th Medal Go Individual Open 19.00-19.10 Bridge All awards will be presented in the Convention Hall No. 3, Open Teams, Women Teams, Senior Teams: BICC, Ground Floor. At CNCC: 11.00 hrs — 13.20 hrs.: Round Robin, round 15 14.20 hrs — 16.40 hrs.: Round Robin, round 16 Chess Results Rapid Mixed Pairs 17.10 hrs — 19.30 hrs.: Round Robin, round 17 Preliminary - Ranking after 2 Rounds Junior Teams, played at BICC: Under 21, Under 26 and Under 28: Rk. Team Games TB1 15 2 2 10.30 hrs — 12.50 hrs.: Round Robin, round 15 1 2 4 16 Vietnam 2 2 14.20 hrs — 16.40 hrs.: Round Robin, round 16 2 Germany 2 4 17 Slovakia 2 2 17.30 hrs — 19.50 hrs.: Round Robin, round 17 3 Ecuador 2 4 18 Finland 2 2 4 Singapore 2 4 19 Lithuania 2 2 Chess 5 China 2 3 20 2 2 Rapid Pairs (mixed): 6 2 3 21 Chinese Taipei 2 2 10.00 hrs. -13.30 hrs: Rounds 3-4 7 Iran 2 3 22 Mexico 2 1 15.00 hrs. -19.00 hrs: Rounds 5-6 8 Greece 2 3 23 Philippines 2 1 9 England 2 3 24 South Africa 2 1 10 Hungary 2 2 25 Ireland 2 1 100 square men and 100 square women: 11 USA 2 2 26 Turkey 2 0 09.30 hrs.: Eighth Finals (round of 16) 12 Indonesia 2 2 27 Japan 2 0 19.00 hrs.: Quarterfinals 13 Luxembourg 2 2 28 Denmark 2 0 14 India 2 2 29 Turkmenistan 2 0 Go Individual, Open: 10.00 hrs. — 13.30 hrs.: Semifinals Medal Standing for the 15.00 hrs. — 18.30 hrs.: Final and playoff 3rd/4th 1st World Mind Sports Games

Xiangqi Country (Region) Gold Silver Bronze Individual, men: 1 China 4 3 3 09.00 hrs. — 12.00 hrs.: Round 7 2 Ukraine 1 2 1 15.00 hrs. — 18.00 hrs.: Round 8 Korea 121 4 Bulgaria 1 1 0 5 1 0 0 Ecuador 1 0 0 DRAUGHTS 7 India 0 1 0 8 Greece 0 0 1 Qualifiers Singapore 0 0 1 Hongkong,China 0 0 1 Women Great Wall Group - Men Vietnam 0 0 1 1 Tanja Chub (Netherlands) 1 Alexander Georgiev (Russia) 2 Zoja Golubeva () 2 Guntis Valneris (Latvia) 3 Anatoli Gantwarg () Results Chess Blitz Mixed Pairs 3 Olga Balthazi (Ukraine) 4 Jean-Marc Ndjofang (Cameroon) Semifinals: Ecuador — Iran 2.5 — 1.5 4 Matrena Nogovitsyna (Russia) 5 Nikolai Gulyaev (Russia) India — Ukraine 3 - 1 5 (Russia) Playoff for 3rd place: Ukraine — Iran 3 - 1 6 Mourodoullo Amrillaev (Russia) 6 Darya Tkachenko (Ukraine) Final: India — Ecuador 2 - 2 7 Roberts Misans (Latvia) Ecuador win after tie-breaks 7 Olga Sadovskaja (Belarus) 8 Edvard Buzinski (Lithuania) 8 Nina Hoekman (Netherlands) Great Wall Group - Men Xiangqi Contest Winners List 9 Irina Platonova (Russia) 1 Alexander Getmanski (Russia) 䊑 ỻ ㄎ 䎋 㧧 ྆ ਽ অ 10 Natalia Shestakova (Russia) 2 Iwan Tokusarov (Russia) Events 11 Marfa Danilova (Russia) 䠁⡼ 䬦⡼ 䬌⡼ 3 Yuriy Anikeev (Ukraine) 亩ⴞ 12 Vitalia Doumesh (Netherlands) 4 Alexei Chizhov (Russia) 13 Lyudmiila Litvinenko (Ukraine) Men Rapid Wang Yang Jiang Chuan Chiu Yu Kuen 5 Pim Meurs (Netherlands) ⭧ᆀᘛỻ CHN ⊚ ⌻ CHN 㪻 ᐍ HKG 䎥⊍ᵳ ѝഭ ѝഭ ѝഭ俉⑟ 14 Irina Pashkievitch (Belarus) 6 Andrei Tolchykau (Belarus) Women Individual Wang Linna Zhao Guanfang Ngo Lan Huong 15 Olessia Abdullina (Russia) 7 Bassirou Ba (Senegal) ྣᆀњӪ CHN ⦻⩣၌ CHN 䎥ߐ㣣 VIE ੤ޠ俉 ѝഭ ѝഭ 䎺ই 16 Laura Ratniece (Latvia) 8 Alexander Schwarzman (Russia)

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Ranking of Women's Individual Xiangqi Ranking Go ྣᆀњӪ䊑ỻ䎋਽⅑ޜᐳ

No. Team NamePoints Rival's point Victory game Group 1 - Open Group 2 - Open Name NOC CP. ԓਧ ԓ㺘䱏 ဃ਽ 〟࠶ ሩ᡻࠶ 㜌ተ Name NOC CP. CHN Wang linna YUQING HU CHN 14 1 13 65 6 CHEN WANG CHN 14 ѝഭ ⦻⩣၌ JIE LI USA 10 CHN Zhao Guanfang 2 13 61 6 ILYA SHIKSHIN RUS 10 YONG HEE LEE KOR 12 ѝഭ 䎥ߐ㣣 YUNRUO FAN CHN 10 VIE Ngo Lan Huong SEIZOH NAKAZONO JPN 10 3 10 64 5 A. KACHANOVSKYY UKR 10 䎺ই ੤ޠ俉 TING YU YEN SIN 10 GBR Guo Sholong FERNANDO AGUILAR ARG 10 4 10 57 5 㤡ഭ 䜝␁⨁ PEI ZHAO GER 10 NAI SAN CHAN HKG 10 VIE 5 Cao Fhuong Thanh 8 66 4 䎺ই 儈ᯩ䶂 NED Yu Xiaolan Group 3 - Open Group 4 - Open 6 8 58 4 㦧ޠ ։ᲃޠ Name NOC CP. Name NOC CP. SIN Tan Min Fang Fiona 7 8 55 4 CHOW GUANG RSA 12 ᯠ࣐එ 䱸㥇㣣 YOUNGWOO HAM KOR 14 TPE Lee Meng Ju YONGFEI GE CAN 12 8 8 53 4 TAE WON JO PRK 12 ѝॾਠे ᵾᆏ݂ BERND RADMACHER GER 10 USA Koong,Joanne ling 9 8 53 4 HIRONOBU MORI JPN 10 㖾ഭ ᆄԔԚ MERLIJN KUIN NED 10 SIN Soh Ying Ying NAI-FU KUO TPE 10 10 8 49 4 LONG YANG LI NZL 10 ᯠ࣐එ 㣿⳸⳸ CAN LI,Jennifer Yo JIE LIN XIA NOR 10 PAL SANNES NOR 10 11 6 50 3 ࣐᤯བྷ ᵾ Ḅ INA Eunike Regina Febby 12 6 49 3 ঠቬ ᶘѭਟ Go individual Women MGL 13 Oyunchimeg Genden 6 48 3 㫉ਔ INA Quarterfinals 14 ˝priyanti 6 46 3 ঠቬ Min Jin Lee (KOR) bt Naiwei Rui (CHN) UKR 15 Larysa Malymon 6 38 3 Kana Mannami (JPN) bt Youyin Cao (CHN) (Ronghui Song (CHN) bt Skiko Ina (JPN ޠѼݻ GBR Nathalie Betts 16 6 36 3 㤡ഭ ⲭ 䴚 Ji Eun Park (KOR) bt Joanne Missingham (AUS) JPN Aitoku Chieko Semifinals: 17 4 38 2 ᰕᵜ ⴨ᗧ ॳᜐᆀ Min Jin Lee (KOR) bt Kana Mannami (JPN) AUS He Qi 18 4 36 2 Ronghui Song (CHN) bt Ji Eun Park (KOR) ◣བྷ࡙ӊ 喀 㦧 MGL Nandintsetseg Playoff for 3rd place: 19 2 36 1 㫉ਔ Batdelger Ji Eun Park (KOR) bt Kana Mannami (JPN) Bye 20 0 36 0 Final: 䖞 オ Ronghui Song (CHN) bt Min Jin Lee (KOR)

XIANGQI STANDINGS MEN INDIVIDUAL AFTER ROUND 7 - STARTING POSITIONS ROUND 8

Desk Red Black NO NO. NOC Name Sum Pt Pt NO. NOC Name Sum 1 31 CHN Hong Zhi 9 1 1 20 CHN Xu Yinchuan 10 2 8 NED Ye Rongguang 8 0 2 37 MAS Look Kongdwa 8 3 27 VIE Nguyen Hoang Lam 7 2 0 49 FRA Dang Nicolas 7 4 23 MAC Lei Kamfum 7 2 0 41 VIE Nguyen Thanh Bao 7 5 15 HKG Wong Hok Him 7 2 0 36 USA Shen Gary Hao 7 6 2 PHI Chong Heungming 7 2 0 16 ITA He Zhimin 7 7 11 CAM Heng Chamnan 7 2 0 40 GER Pu Fangyao 6 8 39 TPE Yang Dhung Yu 6 2 0 29 INA Bunyamin 6 9 46 THA Vithaya J. 6 2 0 21 ARG Lu Liang cheng 6 10 43 GBR P.Luckboonyoung 6 0 2 13 INA Setiawan 6 11 14 CAN Zheng Ximing 6 0 2 1 TPE Chiang Chung Hao 6 12 30 GBR Chen Fazuo 5 0 2 4 HKG Chou Sai Kit 6 13 47 ROU Yan Chaofeng 5 0 2 33 SIN Yong Kiat Choo 5 14 42 MAS Chan Heanwei 5 1 1 22 BRU Lee Fahban 5 15 19 SIN Loo Swee Tian 5 2 0 32 USA Tse Richard 4 16 44 JPN Sone Toshihiko 4 0 2 24 JPN Hattori Tsugumitsu 4 17 35 MAC Tou Kongvai 4 2 0 17 NED Hsu Wei Kuo 4 18 26 RUS Gladishev Dmitriy 4 0 2 12 CAN GU Yi Qing 4 19 18 FRA Phung Kim Dang 4 2 0 6 RUS Demin Aleksandr 4 20 3 AUS Si Li 4 2 0 48 HON Yi Kam Siu 3 21 10 GER Joern Tessen 3 0 2 28 FIN Jouni Ramo 3 22 34 UAE Aqil Abdul Qader 2 0 2 38 UKR Viktor Shevchuk 2 23 25 KOR Jung Won Seok 2 0 2 7 AUS Rui Guo 2 24 5 KOR Kim Baro 2 0 2 45 UKR Volodymyr Korsak 2 25 50 Bye 0 0 2 9 FIN Mikko Tornqvist 1

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