National Small Board Go Tournament Results

Sunday 19th November 2000

There were 28 players, including nine aged 14 or younger, at the Small Board Championships in Cambridge. The tournament was held as part of a Chess and Go event with almost 120 competitors in total.

Dan players were in a minority. More than a third of the players were 20-kyu plus, and the median grade was 8-kyu.

The tournament was played in a mixed format. The higher ranked players started off in an even game tournament for the championship; once they were eliminated by losing two games they joined the other players in the handicap section.

The hot favourite to win was Seong June Kim. However, he lost to the title holder Mike Charles in the second round, so another defeat would have eliminated him from the championship.

By the start of round 5, there were four players left in the championship, each with one loss. So we effectively had two semi-finals - Seong June Kim against Matthew Reid and Mike Charles against Natasha Regan. Seong June and Mike won so they had to play again in round 6. This time Seong June made no mistake and won to clinch the championship.

No	Name	Club	Age	Grade	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Wins
26	Seong June Kim	Cambridge		6-dan	1+	3-	2+	27+	24+	3+	19+	5+	23+	8
1	John Rickard	Cambridge		4-dan	26-	27-	4+	7+	2-	8-	24+	6+	9+	5
27	Alex Selby	Cambridge		3-dan	4+	1+	3-	26-	11-	7+	6-	24+	2-	4
2	Simon Goss	Berks		2-dan	3-	5+	26-	8+	1+	6+	14-	4-	27+	5
3	Mike Charles	St Albans		2-dan	2+	26+	27+	24-	5+	26-	11+	19-	14+	6
4	Alan Thornton	St Albans		2-dan	27-	24-	1-	25-	8+	9-	7-	2+	10-	2
5	Natasha Regan	Epsom Downs		1-kyu	7+	2-	24+	6+	3-	12+	10+	26-	16-	5
6	Phil Beck	Cambridge		1-kyu	24-	25+	7+	5-	10+	2-	27+	1-	8+	5
7	Matthew Woodcraft	Cambridge		1-kyu	5-	8+	6-	1-	17+	27-	4+	13+	25+	5
24	Matthew Reid	Cambridge		2-kyu	6+	4+	5-	3+	26-	11-	1-	27-	15-	3
8	Matthew Selby	Epsom Downs		4-kyu	25+	7-	19-	2-	4-	1+	12+	9-	6-	3
19	Michael Lowe	Norwich		6-kyu	10-	9+	8+	11+	14+	16+	26-	3+	28+	7
25	Joe Walker	Cambridge		6-kyu	8-	6-	9-	4+	15-	20+	17-	10+	7-	3
9	Gustav Rober	St Albans		8-kyu	11-	19-	25+	10-	22-	4+	18+	8+	1-	4
10	William Brooks	Cambridge	11	8-kyu	19+	11-	13-	9+	6-	15+	5-	25-	4+	4
11	Shawn Hearn	Berks	14	9-kyu	9+	10+	14-	19-	23+	24+	3-	12+	22+	6
12	Nicola Hurden	Berks		11-kyu	13-	23-	18+	20+	21+	5-	8-	11-	17+	4
13	Garry White	Berks	12	13-kyu	12+	14-	10+	23-	28-	22-	20+	7-	18+	4
14	Mogens Jakobsen	Epsom Downs		16-kyu	23+	13+	11+	16+	19-	28-	2+	22-	3-	5
23	Sheila Parker	Cambridge		18-kyu	14-	12+	17+	13+	16-	21+	28+	18+	26-	6
16	James Heppell	Norwich	12	20-kyu	16+	20+	21+	14-	23+	19-	22-	28+	5+	6
15	Lene Jakobsen	Epsom Downs		25-kyu	15-	17-	22-	18+	25+	10-	21+	20+	24+	5
17	Luise Wolf	London	8	28-kyu	20-	15+	23-	28-	7-	18-	25+	21+	12-	3
21	Ben Hill-Tout	Cambridge	13	30-kyu	18+	28+	16-	22+	12-	23-	15-	17-	20-	3
28	Lasse Jakobsen	Epsom Downs	10	30-kyu	22+	21-	20+	17+	13+	14+	23+	16-	19-	6
18	Annie Hall	Berks		32-kyu	21-	22-	12-	15-	20+	17+	9-	23-	13-	2
20	Oscar John	Cambridge	9	35-kyu	17+	16-	28-	7-	18-	25-	13-	15-	21+	2
22	Ben Parker	Cambridge	7	35-kyu	28-	18+	15+	21-	9+	13+	16+	14+	11-	6

Some games were played using handicaps, which are not specified here.

The prizewinners were:

Champion - Seong June Kim (7d, Cambridge) - 8/9
Runner-up - Mike Charles (2d, St Albans) - 6/9
Under-15 - Shawn Hearn (9k, Berkshire Youth) - 6/9
Under-13 - James Heppell (20k, Norwich) - 6/9
Under-11 - Lasse Jakobsen (30k, Epsom) - 6/9
Under-9 - Ben Parker (35k, Cambridge) - 6/9
7 Wins - Michael Lowe (6k, Norwich) - 7/9
6 Wins - Sheila Parker (18k, Cambridge) - 6/9

And everyone won at least two games. Which was nice.

Thanks are due to Ben Morris who helped with the draw, to Phil Beck who got us some good coverage in the local press, and especially to Lindsay House and Sophie Smiley who ran an excellent food and drink stall throughout the day.