The Irish Open Go Championship took place in the usual venue of the Teachers’ Club, Parnell Square, on March 5th and 6th.
The competition was won by Yung Chen, a Chinese student living in Dublin. Chen entered at 1k, which placed him below the bar, but managed to win all his games, finishing on 4 McMahon points, a clear point ahead of D.K Kim (2d).
The general concensus after the tournament was that Chen is most definitely not a 1 kyu, and is probably more like 2 dan.
Other notable results were Ian Davis finishing in 7th place, with 5 wins from 5, having beaten two dan players on the way, and Michael Thai also finishing on 5/5.
The bar was at 1d.
| Posn | No | Name | Rank | Club |
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
Wins
|
MMS
|
SOS
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Yung Chen | 1k | Dublin |
12+
|
8+
|
6+
|
2+
|
3+
|
5
|
4
|
9
|
| 2 | 2 | Tony Atkins | 3d | Bracknell |
8+
|
5+
|
3-
|
1-
|
9+
|
3
|
3
|
11
|
| 3 | 3 | D-K Kim | 2d | Dublin |
…
|
…
|
2+
|
5+
|
1-
|
2
|
3
|
9
|
| 4 | 4 | Paul Le Comte | 1k | The Hague |
9-
|
14+
|
12+
|
8+
|
5+
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
| 5 | 5 | Stephen Flinter | 1d | Dublin |
6+
|
2-
|
9+
|
3-
|
4-
|
2
|
2
|
12
|
| 6 | 6 | Jens Andersch | 1d | Newcastle |
5-
|
10+
|
1-
|
7-
|
12+
|
2
|
2
|
9
|
| 7 | 7 | Ian Davis | 3k | Belfast |
13+
|
17+
|
11+
|
6+
|
8+
|
5
|
2
|
0
|
| 8 | 8 | Gerry Mills | 1d | Monmouth |
2-
|
1-
|
10+
|
4-
|
7-
|
1
|
1
|
13
|
| 9 | 9 | Claas Roever | 2k | Dublin |
4+
|
12+
|
5-
|
10+
|
2-
|
3
|
1
|
9
|
| 10 | 10 | John Gibson | 1k | Dublin |
14+
|
6-
|
8-
|
9-
|
13+
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
| 11 | 11 | Brian Gallagher | 1k | Dublin |
…
|
…
|
7-
|
…
|
…
|
0
|
1
|
-2
|
| 12 | 12 | Dylan Carter | 1k | Cardiff |
1-
|
9-
|
4-
|
13+
|
6-
|
1
|
0
|
9
|
| 13 | 13 | Aidan Walsh | 2k | Dublin |
7-
|
16-
|
14+
|
12-
|
10-
|
1
|
-1
|
0
|
| 14 | 14 | Paul Brennan | 2k | Cardiff |
10-
|
4-
|
13-
|
16+
|
…
|
1
|
-1
|
-1
|
| 15 | 15 | Olivier Deme | 2k | Dublin |
…
|
…
|
22-
|
23-
|
…
|
0
|
-1
|
-27
|
| 16 | 16 | Ralf Nietzke | 5k | Dublin |
19+
|
13+
|
…
|
14-
|
18+
|
3
|
-2
|
-17
|
| 17 | 17 | Colin Bavidge | 6k | Newcastle |
20+
|
7-
|
19+
|
18-
|
21+
|
3
|
-3
|
-25
|
| 18 | Cian Synnott | 6k | Maynooth |
…
|
19+
|
20+
|
17+
|
16-
|
3
|
-3
|
-25
|
|
| 19 | 19 | Arthur Cater | 8k | Dublin |
16-
|
18-
|
17-
|
20-
|
25+
|
1
|
-7
|
-31
|
| 20 | 20 | Jordi Jane-Cardo | 9k | Dublin |
17-
|
21+
|
18-
|
19+
|
24-
|
2
|
-7
|
-37
|
| 21 | 21 | Rick Brennan | 12k | Galway |
22+
|
20-
|
25+
|
24-
|
17-
|
2
|
-10
|
-50
|
| 22 | 22 | Fabrice Jolivet | 12k | Dublin |
21-
|
24-
|
15+
|
25+
|
23-
|
2
|
-10
|
-52
|
| 23 | 23 | David Gillen | 14k | Dublin |
…
|
25+
|
24-
|
15+
|
22+
|
3
|
-11
|
-55
|
| 24 | 24 | Michael Thai | 18k | Galway |
25-
|
22+
|
23+
|
21+
|
20+
|
4
|
-14
|
-54
|
| 25 | 25 | Colin Lafferty | 17k | Galway |
24+
|
23-
|
21-
|
22-
|
19-
|
1
|
-16
|
-52
|