Four Games, Four Wins: Fujisawa and Ichiriki Take the World Pair Go Title
The first World Pair Go Championship in seven years went to Japan. Taiwan made the final after losing its opening game. Ichiriki now goes back
Shibano Has Been Level With Ichiriki Before. The Question Is What Happens Next.
Two games down, Shibano Toramaru has won two in a row to make the 51st Meijin 2–2. The last time these two were tied after
One Year, Nine Months, Fourteen Days: Sumire’s Gamble Keeps Paying Off
The Japanese prodigy who left home to play in Korea has climbed to third in her adopted country’s women’s rankings — and just ended a
The Three Kingdoms Reconvene: Korea Survives Round One of the Nongshim Cup
China’s Yang Dingxin tore through three opponents in Beijing before Byun Sangil stopped him. Korea, chasing a seventh straight title, heads to Busan with its
Ichiriki Goes Two Up — and October Is About to Get Absurd
The Meijin champion leads Shibano 2–0 after a second straight win in Izu. He will spend the autumn defending three titles at once, against the
Korea Sent 219 Players to the Samsung Cup Qualifier. One Got Through.
China took fourteen of the fifteen contested places — in Seoul, in Korea’s own building. The only Korean to survive is a 45-and-over qualifier and