1st USA/Taiwan match 1996/1997

Introduction

The Chia-chin Cup - The First USA - Chinese (Taipei) Professional SuperGo Tournament conducted through IGS (Internet Go Server) with five professional Go players from the United States and Chinese-Taipei.

The Chia-chin Cup which was the First US - Chinese (Taipei) Professional SuperGo Tournament was sponsored by the Chia-chin Enterprise, Ing Chang-Ki Weichi Educational Foundation, American Professional Go Association (APGA) and American Go Association (AGA) with indispensible technical support from INET, NKB, and the Internet Go Server (IGS).

The players presented in playing order:

Name	Rank	IGS alias	Specs
1.  Yang Yilun	7 dan	rabcat
2.  Rui Naiwei	9 dan	NaiWei	Bohae Cup World Woman's Champion
3.  Michael Redmond	8 dan	Redmond
4.  Jiang Zhujiu	9 dan	jujo	US Masters Title Holder
5.  Jimmy Cha	4 dan	jcha
Name	Rank	IGS alias	Specs
1.  David Chen	7 Ping (3 dan)	dchen
2.  Peng Gin-hua	5 Ping (5 dan)	gpeng	Kuoshou Title Holder
3.  Lin Sheng-hsieng	4 Ping (6 dan)	slin
4.  Tai Jia-shen	3 Ping (7 dan)	jtai	US Masters Title Holder
5.  Chou Chung-shung	3 Ping (7 dan)	cchou	Mingren Title Holder

Match results

Ing GOE rules. Komi: 8 points, time: 90 minutes for each player, and 3 one minute over time periods (Ing GOE time rules for over time).

Results: USA 10 wins, Chinese-Taipei (Taiwan) 4 wins

Player black Player white Date Result Yang Yilun David Chen 1996-12-08  B+003.00 Peng Gin-hua Yang Yilun 1996-12-17  B+R Rui Naiwei Peng Gin-hua 1996-12-22  B+R Rui Naiwei Lin Sheng-hsieng 1997-01-05  B+R Rui Naiwei Tai Jia-shen 1997-01-12  B+R Chou Chung-shung Rui Naiwei 1997-01-19  W+003.00 Rui Naiwei David Chen 1997-01-26  W+003.00 Michael Redmond David Chen 1997-02-15  B+R Peng Gin-hua Michael Redmond 1997-02-23  W+R Lin Sheng-hsieng Michael Redmond 1997-03-02  B+R Jiang Zhujiu Lin Sheng-hsieng 1997-03-09  W+R Jimmy Cha Lin Sheng-hsieng 1997-03-18  B+R Jimmy Cha Tai Jia-shen 1997-03-23  B+R Chou Chung-shung Jimmy Cha 1997-04-20  W+R

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