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Rk No Country Name Win Lose 1R 2R 3R 4R 5R 6R 7R 8R Age Times Selection convention Rank
1 7 KOREA Chan Woo KIM 8 0 28
O
30
O
10
O
29
O
11
O
2
O
9
O
1
O
26 1 National Amateur Champion 7-dan
2 2 JAPAN Satoshi HIRAOKA 7 1 20
O
21
O
35
O
4
O
3
O
7
X
11
O
23
O
27 2 Winner, Qualifying Tournament 7-dan
3 1 CHINA Won Dong ZHAO 6 2 32
O
17
O
16
O
11
X
15
O
3
O
4
O
7
X
25 1 Winner, Amateur
Newspaper Tournament
7-dan
4 4 CHINESE TAIPEI Ping Chiang CHOU 6 2 13
O
25
O
15
O
2
X
19
O
10
O
1
X
8
O
16 1 Winner,1998 National Amateur Tournament 6-dan
5 3 D.P.R.KOREA Yong Sam MUN 6 2 38
O
23
O
5
O
9
O
2
X
1
X
20
O
28
O
19 4 Winner, High-Dan
Players Tournament
7-dan
6 9 H0NG KONG
CHINA
Yee Hsun WANG 6 2 18
O
34
O
8
O
3
X
12
O
6
O
7
X
13
O
31 1 Winner, Hong Kong
Go Club Tournament
6-dan
7 19 NETHERLANDS Frank JANSSEN 6 2 10
X
43
O
33
O
8
O
4
X
41
O
16
O
11
O
39 3 2nd,1997 Dutch Championship 6-dan
8 11 U.S.A. Thomas HSIANG 5 3 36
O
41
O
6
O
1
O
7
X
13
O
2
X
19
X
49 1 Winner,1997 U.S.Open 6-dan
9 13 CZECH REPUBLIC Radek NECHANICKY 5 3 4
X
38
O
14
O
28
O
16
O
11
X
5
O
9
X
26 4 2nd, 1997 Czech Championship 6-dan
10 28 SINGAPORE Peng Chwan ONG 5 3 7
X
47
O
27
O
13
X
25
O
30
O
15
O
3
X
24 2 Winner, Qualifying Tournament 5-dan
11 8 CANADA Zhiqi YU 5 3 24
O
33
O
9
X
19
X
37
O
12
O
10
O
4
X
44 2 Winner,1997 Canadian Open 6-dan
12 6 RUSSIAN
FEDERATION
AIexei LAZAREV 5 3 26
O
29
O
11
X
21
O
34
O
9
X
23
X
12
O
37 5 1998 Russian Champion 6-dan
13 15 HUNGARY Csaba MERO 5 3 39
O
42
O
4
X
17
O
1
X
21
O
28
X
25
O
18 2 1997 Hungarian Champion 5-dan
14 20 AUSTRALIA Yi Ren ZHOU 5 3 2
X
44
O
32
O
34
X
17
O
29
O
3
X
5
O
54 1 3rd, Australian Open 1997 7-dan
15 23 GERMANY Egbert RITTNER 5 3 43
O
3
X
41
O
30
O
10
X
31
O
6
O
2
X
37 5 1997 German Champion 6-dan
16 16 FINLAND Vesa LAATIKAINEN 5 3 12
O
22
O
1
X
24
O
13
X
18
O
19
X
38
O
33 6 1997 Finnish Champion 5-dan
17 29 BELGIUM Jan BOGAERTS 5 3 45
O
6
X
26
O
7
X
35
O
20
X
18
O
41
O
33 1 1997 Belgian Champion 3-dan
18 17 UKRAINE Dmytro YATSENKO 5 3 44
O
1
X
37
O
15
X
20
X
42
O
14
O
10
O
32 2 2nd,1997 Ukrainian Championship 6-dan
19 10 FRANCE Pierre COLMEZ 4 4 19
O
37
O
7
X
39
O
23
O
4
X
8
X
17
X
35 4 2nd, Points System 5-dan
20 30 MEXICO Ricardo
QUINTERO ZAZUETA
4 4 40
O
7
X
25
O
23
X
33
O
28
X
39
O
27
X
46 5 1997 Mexican Champion 4-dan
21 5 ROMANIA Robort MATEESCU 4 4 31
O
27
O
3
X
12
X
14
O
34
O
13
X
20
X
26 4 1997 Romanian Champion 6-dan
22 41 SWEDEN Magnus KYLEMARK 4 4 14
O
11
X
23
X
22
O
26
O
19
X
24
O
29
X
26 1 2nd,1997 Swedish Championship 2-dan
23 12 AUSTRIA Franz HUTTLER 4 4 16
X
36
O
42
O
5
O
9
X
8
X
26
O
6
X
33 3 1997 Austrian Champion 4-dan
24 25 UNITED
KINGDOM
T Mark HALL 4 4 48
O
4
X
30
X
31
O
28
X
33
O
21
O
15
X
50 1 1st, Points System 4-dan
25 34 NEW ZEALAND Injune KANG 4 4 47
O
9
X
18
O
20
O
6
X
5
X
38
X
22
O
43 1 1997 New Zealand Champion 6-dan
26 21 CROATIA Zoran MUTABZIJA 4 4 35
O
2
X
50
O
6
X
24
O
15
X
25
X
26
O
54 4 1997 Croatian Champion 5-dan
27 38 ISRAEL Leonid ENTIN 4 4 3
X
13
X
47
O
40
O
18
X
22
O
34
O
16
X
37 1 1997 Israeli Champion 3-dan
28 14 POLAND Jan LUBOS 4 4 41
X
39
O
13
X
36
O
5
X
40
O
17
X
32
O
41 1 2nd,1997 Polish Championship 5-dan
29 24 SLOVENIA Leon MATOH 4 4 8
X
45
O
31
O
16
X
21
X
36
O
41
X
39
O
36 5 1997 Slovenian Champion 5-dan
30 35 INDONESIA Woei Haw DJAP 4 4 21
X
50
O
2
X
27
O
29
X
39
X
40
O
18
O
40 4 Winner, Qualifying Tournament 3-dan
31 33 BRAZIL Kazuo WATANABE 4 4 49
O
8
X
19
X
32
O
30
X
25
X
48
O
31
O
62 1 2nd,1998 Brazilian Championship 5-dan
32 27 MALAYSIA Pai Yee CHU 4 4 46
O
5
X
28
X
35
X
39
X
43
O
37
O
30
O
28 1 1998 Malaysian Champion 4-dan
33 18 SPAIN Cesar SANCHEZ MUNOZ 3 5 9
X
40
O
34
X
48
O
38
O
16
X
29
X
35
X
26 3 1997 Spanish Champion 4-dan
34 39 SLOVAKIA Miroslav KOSTOLANSKY 3 5 15
X
14
X
46
O
10
X
27
O
35
O
30
X
24
X
40 1 3rd, 6th Internatinal Championship 2-dan
35 26 THAILAND Veerachote
NGMJARASSRIVICHAI
3 5 6
X
46
O
29
X
42
O
41
X
37
O
12
X
21
X
21 1 1996 Thailand University Champion 3-dan
36 31 NORWAY Jostein FLOOD 3 5 5
X
48
O
24
X
25
X
32
O
23
X
45
O
33
X
31 6 1997 Norwegian Champion 5-dan
37 32 DENMARK Michacl STAUB 3 5 1
X
49
O
20
X
33
X
31
X
46
O
42
O
14
X
37 1 1997 Danish Champion 3-dan
38 22 YUGOSLAVIA Mijodrag STANKOVIC 3 5 42
X
16
X
49
O
41
X
47
O
38
X
36
O
34
X
44 1 1997 Yugoslav Champion 5-dan
39 36 CHILE Juan Carlos CARRILLO 3 5 11
X
12
X
48
O
14
X
45
O
24
X
22
X
44
O
46 4 Winner, Qualifying Tournament 3-dan
40 42 ITALY Giacomo BAIZINI 3 5 22
O
15
X
12
X
26
X
48
O
17
X
32
X
49
O
28 1 4th,1997 Italian Championship 2-dan
41 37 TURKEY Kerem KARAERKEK 3 5 50
O
10
X
17
X
44
O
8
X
26
X
27
X
46
O
26 3 Winner, Alpar Kiling Go Tournament 3-dan
42 40 SWITZERLAND Stefan REISER 3 5 30
X
18
X
45
O
38
X
44
O
14
X
35
X
48
O
36 1 1st, Points System 1-kyu
43 47 CUBA Rogelio
ROJAS CASTELLANOS
3 5 34
X
28
X
38
X
49
O
22
X
48
X
50
O
45
O
29 1 Winner, Granma Tournament 3-kyu
44 48 PORTUGAL Cabriel BRANCO 2 6 25
X
31
X
36
X
43
O
42
X
47
O
33
X
40
X
37 3 Winner, Qualifying Tournament 1-kyu
45 44 ARGENTINA Hugo SCOLNIK 2 6 17
X
20
X
43
O
37
X
40
X
45
X
49
O
36
X
56 1 3rd,1997 Argentine Championship 2-dan
46 45 SOUTH AFRICA Clive HUNT 2 6 29
X
24
X
40
X
50
O
36
X
44
O
31
X
47
X
40 1 7th,1997 South African
Championship
1-dan
47 43 IRELAND Christopher RAPERTY 2 6 23
X
19
X
44
X
48
X
49
O
27
X
46
X
50
O
47 1 3nd,1998 Irish Championship 1-kyu
48 46 LUXEMBOURG Jean BRAUCH 2 6 27
X
26
X
39
X
18
X
50
O
32
X
43
O
37
X
42 1 Winner, Qualifying Tournament 1-kyu
49 49 VENEZUELA Heiryck GONZALEZ G. 1 7 33
X
32
X
22
X
47
X
43
X
50
O
44
X
42
X
25 1 1997 Venezuelan Champion 3-kyu
50 50 INDIA Arun SAGAR 0 8 37
X
35
X
21
X
45
X
46
X
49
X
47
X
43
X
15 1 Winner, Delhi Go Club Tournament 5-kyu