London International Teams Autumn Match

Held at the Nippon Club.

OPEN DIVISION
No Team           Score Wins   R1      R2      R3      R4
1. China A          4     9   +5(3)   +4(2)   +3(2)   +6(2)
    Wei Wang              6D  1 1 1 1
    Xi Gao                5D  1 0 1 1 
    Huang Xiying          4D  1 1 0 0
2. Japan            3     8   +6(2)   -3(1)   +5(3)   +4(2) 
    Shinichi Nao          6D  1 1 1 1
    Kiyohiko Tanaka       3D  1 0 1 0
    Yoshiho Ikuta         1D  0 0 1 1
3. China B          2     6   -4(1)   +2(2)   -1(1)   +5(2)
    Chong Han             4D  1 0 0 1
    Felix Wang            3D  0 1 0 1
    Ludan Fang            5K  0 1 1 0
4. Cambridge        2     6   +3(2)   -1(1)   +6(2)   -2(1)
    Andrew Simons         3D  0 0 1 0
    David Ward            3D  1 1 0 1 
    Matt Reid             1D  1 0 1 0
5. Wanstead         1     3   -1(0)   +6(2)   -2(0)   -3(1)
    Francis Roads         3D  0 1 0 0
    Alistair Wall         3D  0 1 0 0
    Adan Mordcovich       1K  0 0 0 1
6. Central London   0     4   -2(1)   -5(1)   -4(1)   -1(1) 
    Alex Rix              3D  0 0 0 0
    Stuart Barthropp      2D  0 0 1 0
    Michael Webster       1D  1 1 0 1


HANDICAP DIVISION
No Team           Score Wins   R1      R2      R3      R4
1. South London 1   3.5  8     bye    +3(3)   +4(2)   +5(3)
    David Cantrell        6K  - 1 0 1
    Patrick Batty         6K  - 1 1 1
    Luke Humphrey         6K  - 1 1 1 
2. St Albans        3.5  7    +3(2)   +4(3)    bye    +4(2)
    Paul Taylor           2D  1 1 - 1
    Jonathan Green        6K  1 1 - 1
    John Collins          9K  0 1 - 0
3. Amigo            1.5  3    -2(1)   -1(0)   +5(2)    bye
    Rippei Hayashi        2K  0 0 0 -
    Nicholas Rice         6K  0 0 1 -
    Yasuhiro Yamazoe      7K  1 0 1 -
4. Japan 2          1    4    +5(2)   -2(0)   -1(1)   -2(1)
    Noriyuki Ishibashi    1D  0 0 1 0
    Nobuhiro Tomiya       1K  1 0 0 1
    Michihide Watanabe    2K  1 0 0 0 
5. South London 2   0.5  2    -4(1)    bye    -3(1)   -1(0)
    Roger Daniel          5K  1 - 1 0
    Omar Massoud          7K  0 - 0 0 
    Gerry Gavigan        13K  0 - 0 0

Wei Wang led the China A team to victory in the open division, winning all 4 matches. Shinichi Nao also won all his games to help Japan take second.

In the handicap division there were five teams, which meant there were byes and also an unfortunate forced rematch. South London's first team won three matches on number of wins tie-break from St Albans. South London's Patrick Batty and Luke Humphrey and Paul Taylor and Jonathan Green of St Albans won all their games.

The lady professional from the Nihon Ki-in this time was Kobayashi Chizu, 5p, who was visiting with her daughter Anna. She gave two very informative game commentaries to the assembled players.

Photos.