Rory Wales represented Ireland this year in the Korean Prime Minister’s Cup. He won 3 games out of 6 in this fast paced competition, earning a respectable placing of 49th overall. There was a bar of 4d in the competition. Rory won against India, Brunei, and Kazhakstan, while losing to Australia, Belgium, and Slovakia. There [...]
Ian and Noel played their Top 8 game last night at a busy Larry Murphy’s. In a close game Ian (w) won by komi after taking advantage of a yose mistake. This result has been reflected in the Championship Table. It was also decided at a committee meeting that the Korea Points available at each [...]
The first Korea points under the new rules have been awarded for the UCC tournament. The top places were split by Cao Tong Yu and Terence McSweeney (ties are not broken for Korea Points purposes, the points being distributed evenly among the tied players), who received 8.5 points each, followed by Ian Davis (6), Claas [...]