Magicwand wrote:she might lose..but probably not. from what i heard she is stronger than most European professionals and 7 dans.
Cornel was very close to a victory against her. If I counted correctly and had he taken two stones in the center... instead of defending two stones at the edge.
Antti Törmänen already beat her in the Rapid Tournament, so she's not undefeatable, but she's undeniably strong
I've played her a few times, and there's no way I can get even close to that level of play. Definitely stronger than the European 6 dans I've played (which includes Csaba Mero and Ondrey Silt)
Well, so much for the wisdom of crowds. 8 rounds in, and Ilya Shikshin and Artem Kachanovskyy are running away with it. They're two games ahead of the EGC contenders, except for Taranu, who is one game behind. They're even a game ahead of the top Korean players. With only two games to go, one of the two of them should definitely win. http://www.egc2010.fi/results/egc-main-results.txt
hyperpape wrote:Well, so much for the wisdom of crowds. 8 rounds in, and Ilya Shikshin and Artem Kachanovskyy are running away with it. They're two games ahead of the EGC contenders, except for Taranu, who is one game behind. They're even a game ahead of the top Korean players. With only two games to go, one of the two of them should definitely win. http://www.egc2010.fi/results/egc-main-results.txt
Actually, Taranu is two games behind, it's only Ali Jabarin who's one game behind (and Israel are eligible for EGC contention aren't they?)
hyperpape wrote:Well, so much for the wisdom of crowds. 8 rounds in, and Ilya Shikshin and Artem Kachanovskyy are running away with it. They're two games ahead of the EGC contenders, except for Taranu, who is one game behind. They're even a game ahead of the top Korean players. With only two games to go, one of the two of them should definitely win. http://www.egc2010.fi/results/egc-main-results.txt
Actually, Taranu is two games behind, it's only Ali Jabarin who's one game behind (and Israel are eligible for EGC contention aren't they?)
Yes, they are. Ali Jabarin was not even offered as contender in this poll... seems we have to prepare ourselves for big changes in the European go landscape in the next years. (Thomas Debarre is also only one game behind, though 2 MMS points, a pity that he arrived one day late.)
Cheers Tapir
PS It seems Ilya and Artem really profited from their korean-style insei league practice, no?
some weird joke? (About someone preferring the 12th tie breaker?) I.e. isn't SOS-9 highly likely to be the MMS score of the opponent you're tied with? And what happens with a 3-way tie?
While Ilya played a great tournament, and is certainly deserving of the title, it does seem to leave some bad aji that he gets the win despite having lost to Artem, who also pulled off 8 victories and an MMS of 32. Anyone else think that the head to head match should trump the SOS score? (Or has this subject already been chewed to death?)
