- History
- Past champions
- See also
- References
- External links
The International Amateur Pair Go Championship (IAPGC as known as IAPG CUP) is an international tournament for amateur Go players under the Pair Go rule, held once a year since 1990. This competition is partly on the international championship and partly on the Japanese national championship. The organising body is the Japan Pair Go Association (JPGA) and the International Amateur Pair Go Championship Executive Committee.[1] HistoryHisao Taki, the president of NKB inc. in traffic advertisement Industry, originated Pair Go and promoted first pair go championship named International Go Amateur Pair Tournament as known as the NKB Cup on December 23, 1990. However, this event is officially translated as 1st International Amateur Pair Go Championship in English. 64 players from 4 countries were invited in this event.[2] On November 24, 1991, 2nd International Amateur Pair Go Championship was held at Hotel Edmont in Tokyo. Since this event, the neme of event was fixed. In 2008, Pair Go was one of the official sports in World Mind Sports Games. For this reason, 19th event was promoted in 2008 World Mind Sports Games.[3] In March 2010, "Pair Go 20th Anniversary WPGA Pair Go World Cup 2010 Hangzhou" was held in Hangzhou, China. Past champions| Year | Winner | 2nd | 3rd |
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| 1990 | Shoji Komori ({{JPN}}) | Toshiyuki Sogabe ({{JPN}}) | Tomoyasu Fueno ({{JPN}}) | | Sachiko Minatogawa ({{JPN}}) | Chikako Nakamura ({{JPN}}) | Taiko Nakamura ({{JPN}}) | | 1991 | Yu-Guo Xie ({{CHN}}) | Shoji Komori ({{JPN}}) | Toei Kanazawa ({{JPN}}) | | Cheng-Hua Zhang ({{CHN}}) | Sachiko Minatogawa ({{JPN}}) | Tomoko Kanai ({{JPN}}) | | 1992 | Shoji Komori ({{JPN}}) | Yoichiro Matsuta ({{JPN}}) | Toshihiko Muraoka ({{JPN}}) | | Sachiko Minatogawa ({{JPN}}) | Tomoko Kanai ({{JPN}}) | Hisako Koike ({{JPN}}) | | 1993 | Akira Yoshida ({{JPN}}) | Toshihiko Muraoka ({{JPN}}) | Shun Nagano ({{JPN}}) | | Tomoyumi Baba ({{JPN}}) | Kana Makiguchi ({{JPN}}) | Mutsumi Hayashi ({{JPN}}) | | 1994 | Yukihide Sakai ({{JPN}}) | Sung-Soo Park ({{KOR}}) | Masaaki Kanno ({{JPN}}) | | Yukari Umezawa ({{JPN}}) | Jung-Won Lee ({{KOR}}) | Yuko Tsukuda ({{JPN}}) | | 1995 | Hyo-Jin Kwun ({{KOR}}) | Kai-Hin Chang ({{TWN}}) | Takashi Kuboniwa ({{JPN}}) | | Kyong-Bo Lee ({{KOR}}) | Chih-Han Lin ({{TWN}}) | Yuki Imamura ({{JPN}}) | | 1996 | Toshiyuki Sogabe ({{JPN}}) | Satoshi Koitabashi ({{JPN}}) | Shigeaki Ishihara ({{JPN}}) | | Chikako Nakamura ({{JPN}}) | Yasuko Imamura ({{JPN}}) | Sachiko Yoshioka ({{JPN}}) | | 1997 | Hsiang-Jen Huang ({{TWN}}) | Kuniki Sato ({{JPN}}) | Hak-Yong Lee ({{KOR}}) | | Shu-Chin Cheng ({{TWN}}) | Hong-Mei Fu ({{CHN}}) | Min-Jin Lee ({{KOR}}) | | 1998 | Sung-Kyun Park ({{KOR}}) | Masayoshi Nagai ({{JPN}}) | Bungo Taga ({{JPN}}) | | Se-Sil Kim ({{KOR}}) | Shoko Takanashi ({{JPN}}) | Naoko Goto ({{JPN}}) | | 1999 | Bungo Taga ({{JPN}}) | Shoji Komori ({{JPN}}) | Shin-Young Kang ({{KOR}}) | | Naoko Goto ({{JPN}}) | Yumiko Tanaka ({{JPN}}) | Se-Yong Kim ({{KOR}}) | | 2000 | Hyon-Chol Kim ({{PRK}}) | Satoshi Hiraoka ({{JPN}}) | Koichi Shimohashi ({{JPN}}) | | Mi-Hyon Kwon ({{PRK}}) | Yuriko Hiraoka ({{JPN}}) | Momoyo Sato ({{JPN}}) | | 2001 | Chen Huang ({{CHN}}) | Dong-Seob Kim ({{KOR}}) | Yoshiyuki Imabun ({{JPN}}) | | Wei-Jing Fan ({{CHN}}) | Ha-Jin Lee ({{KOR}}) | Yasuko Imamura ({{JPN}}) | | 2002 | Le-Ping Qian ({{CHN}}) | Minoru Harada ({{JPN}}) | Yong-Sam Mun ({{PRK}}) | | Ni-Qiao Wang ({{CHN}}) | Kazuko Kanai ({{JPN}}) | Un-A Choe ({{PRK}}) | | 2003 | Nam-Hoon Kim ({{KOR}}) | Bungo Taga ({{JPN}}) | Akio Ito ({{JPN}}) | | Se-Young Kim ({{KOR}}) | Naoko Arai ({{JPN}}) | Miori Shimosaka ({{JPN}}) | | 2004 | Pon-Gil Ri ({{PRK}}) | Sung-Bong Ha ({{KOR}}) | Satoshi Hiraoka ({{JPN}}) | | Sae-Byol Jo ({{PRK}}) | Ji-Eun Kim ({{KOR}}) | Yuriko Hiraoka ({{JPN}}) | | 2005 | Fan Liu ({{CHN}}) | Seong-Hoon Kim ({{KOR}}) | Kikou Emura ({{JPN}}) | | Nian-Nian Li ({{CHN}}) | Tae-Hyun Kim ({{KOR}}) | Risa Sasako ({{JPN}}) | | 2006 | Yu-Tae Seo ({{KOR}}) | Lin Long ({{CHN}}) | Masaki Date ({{JPN}}) | | Ye-Seul Song ({{KOR}}) | Ling Yan ({{CHN}}) | Fuko Fukasaka ({{JPN}}) | | 2007 | Chang-Bae Kang ({{KOR}}) | Kazumori Nagaya ({{JPN}}) | Sugitaro Saito ({{JPN}}) | | Hye-Lim Kim ({{KOR}}) | Ayako Oda ({{JPN}}) | Tomoyumi Baba ({{JPN}}) | | 2008 | Seok-Ui Hong ({{KOR}}) | Tae-Won Jo ({{PRK}}) | Tibor Pocsai ({{HUN}}) | | Shin-Young Kim ({{KOR}}) | Sae-Byol Jo ({{PRK}}) | Rita Pocsai ({{HUN}}) | | 2009 | Sang-Heun Lee ({{KOR}}) | Kazumori Nagoya ({{JPN}}) | Toshiaki Kushiro ({{JPN}}) | | Ye-Seul Song ({{KOR}}) | Ayako Oda ({{JPN}}) | Kushiro Geishun ({{JPN}}) | | 2010 | Song-Hong Suk ({{KOR}}) | Satoshi Hiraoka ({{JPN}}) | Tsubasa Miyamoto ({{JPN}}) | | Yeon-Gju Lee ({{KOR}}) | Yuriko Hiraoka ({{JPN}}) | Sayuri Hoshi ({{JPN}}) | | 2010 WC | He Xie ({{CHN}}) | Jin-Seuk Mok ({{KOR}}) | Xing Liu ({{CHN}}) | | Rong-Hui Song ({{CHN}}) | Min-Jin Lee ({{KOR}}) | Yi Tang ({{CHN}}) | | 2011 | Ho-Seung Lee ({{KOR}}) | Ping-Sin Tseng ({{CHN}}) | Nobuyuki Tanaka ({{JPN}}) | | Hee-Sue Kim ({{KOR}}) | Hsiao-Tung Lin ({{CHN}}) | Noriko Horimoto ({{JPN}}) | | 2012 | Ho-Seung Lee ({{KOR}}) | Satoshi Hiraoka ({{JPN}}) | Minoru Kuramoto ({{JPN}}) | | Yun-Jeong Jang ({{KOR}}) | Yuriko Hiraoka ({{JPN}}) | Naoko Arai ({{JPN}}) | | 2013 | Jun-Hak Jeon ({{KOR}}) | Sheng-Cheih Lo ({{TWN}}) | Kazumori Nagaya ({{JPN}}) | | Soo-Young Kim ({{KOR}}) | Hung-Ping Lin ({{TWN}}) | Ayako Oda ({{JPN}}) | |
See also- Go competitions
- Go players
- Rengo
References1. ^Tournament Outline
2. ^{{cite journal|title=The Path of Pair Go|date=23 May 2013|url=http://www.pairgo.or.jp/doc/history/history_of_pairgo.pdf|author=Japan Pair Go Association}}
3. ^WMSG Pair Go report
External links- World Pair Go Association
- 23rd International Amateur Pair Go Championship
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