The new World Champion is Norihiko Kawamura, The Meijin of Japan!
Results in the A-tournament: 1.Norihiko Kawamura, Japan 9 2.Ando Meritee, Estonia 8 3.Dmitriy Iljin, Russia 7,5 4.Hideki Nara, Japan 6 5.Stepan Peskov, Russia 6 6.Petter Gardstrom, Sweden 6 7.Aldis Reims, Latvia 5,5 8.Pavel Salnikov, Russia 5,5 9.Arnis Veidemanis, Latvia 4 10.Ants Soosorv, Estonia 3,5 11.Stefan Karlsson, Sweden 3 12.Albert Pogosyan, Armenia 2 It means that Norihiko Kawamura is qualified to play in WC 1997 and that Estonia has 1 national place in WC 1997 Russia han 2 national places in WC 1997 Japan has 1 national place in WC 1997 Sweden has 1 national place in WC 1997 Latvia has 1 national place in WC 1997
Round 1. Kawamura wins as white against Veidemanis after 44 moves.
Round 2. Kawamura wins as black against Reims after 47 moves.
Round 3. Iljin wins as black against Kawamura after 95 moves.
Round 4. Kawamura wins as black against Gardström after 53 moves.
Round 5. Kawamura wins as white against Pogosyan after 24 moves.
Round 6. Kawamura wins as black against Meritee after 45 moves.
Round 7. Nara wins as white against Kawamura after 58 moves.
Round 8. Kawamura wins as white against Soosorv after 31 moves.
Round 9. Kawamura wins as white against Peskov after 74 moves.
Round 10. Kawamura wins as black against Karlsson after 41 moves.
Round 11. Kawamura wins as white against Salnikov after 16 moves.
Results from B- Tournament: The three first have personal places in next WC Qualification Tournament) 01.Sinjov, Russia 7 02.Hayakawa, Japan 7 03.Gurckis, Latvia 6 04.Mitsumori, Japan 6 05.Hasegawa, Japan 6 06.Balanova, Latvia 5,5(Best woman) 07.Alexandrov, Russia 5 08.Fedorkin, Russia 5 09.Wallgren, Sweden 5 10.Eibatov, Axerbaidjan 5 11.Tuvikene, Estonia 5 12.Chernov, Russia 4,5 13.Metreveli, Russia 4,5(2nd best woman) 14.Taiblin, Russia 4,5 15.Salnikova,Russia 4,5(3rd best woman) 16.Demidov, Latvia 4 17.Matjuk, Latvia 4 18.Ulle Harju, Estonia 4(4th best woman) 19.Smirnov, Russia 4 20.Gaujens, Latvia 4 21.Bertilsson, Sweden 4 22.Nikonov, Russia 4 23.H.Tatsutomi, Japan 3,5 24.Jonsson, Sweden 3 25.Pavinich, Russia 3 26.Sokolsky, Russia 3 27.Skurudina, Russia 3(5th best woman) 28.Wei, China 3 29.Naber, Estonia 3 30.Chung, Chinese Taipei 3 31.Eve Harju, Estonia 3(6th best woman) 32.Sawai, Japan 2 33.Chie Tatsutomi, Japan 2(7th best woman) 34.Mutsumi Tatsutomi, Japan 1,5(8th best woman) 35.Merle Harju, Estonia 1,5(9th best woman) 36. Kondratijva, Russia 1(10th best woman)
The results from the Five-In-A-Row Open Tournament in Tallin during WC. The rules included the alternative 5th and 7th moves i.e. rules a-f and also g mentioned on the rules and history page. 01.Chernov, Russia 11,5 02.Tuvikene, Estonia 10 03.Fedorkin, Russia 9,5 04.V.Alexandrov, Russia 8 05.Demidov, Latvia 8 06.Hayakawa, Japan 8 07.Nikonov, Russia 8 08.Kaufman, Russia 8 09.Metrevelli,Russia 8 (Best woman) 10.Hasegawa, Japan 8 11.Mitsumori, Japan 8 12.Bertilsson, Sweden 8 13.Balanova, Latvia 7 (2nd best woman) 14.H.Tatsutomi, Japan 6 15.Wallgren, Sweden 6 16.Naber, Estonia 5 17.Harju, Estonia 4(3rd best woman) 18.M.Tatsutomi 3(4th best woman) 19.C.Tatsutomi 3(5th best woman) 20.Sawai; Japan 3
The results from the qualification tournament before World Championship of Renju: 1.Petter Gardström, Sweden 6 2.Arnis Veidemanis, Latvia 5 3.Stepan Peskov, Russia 4,5 4.Dmitriy Iljin, Russia 4 5.Albert Pogosyan, Armenia 3,5 6.Niami Eibatov, Azerbaijdjan 2,5 7.Margus Tuvikene, Estonia 1,5 8.Hsien-Chi Chung, Chinese Taipei 1
All rounds in A-Tournament: Round 1 Meritee-Sanikov 1-0 Nara-Pogosyan 0-1 Soosorv-Gardström draw Peskov-Iljin draw Karlsson-Reims 0-1 Kawamura-Veidemanis 1-0 Round 2 Meritee-Nara 1-0 Salnikov-Veidemanis 1-0 Pogosyan-Soosorv 0-1 Gardström-Peskov 0-1 Iljin-Karlsson 1-0 Reims-Kawamura 0-1 Round 3 Nara - Salnikov draw Sooso'rv - Meritee 0-1 Peskov - Pogosjan 1-0 Karlsson - Gardström 0-1 Kawamura - Iljin 0-1 Veidemanis - Reims 0-1 Round 4 Meritee - Peskov 1-0 Nara - Sooso'rv 1-0 Pogosjan - Karlsson 0-1 Gardström - Kawamura 0-1 Iljin - Veidemanis 1-0 Salnikov - Reims draw Round 5 Meritee-Karlsson 1-0 Peskov-Nara 0-1 Salnikov-Soosorv 1-0 Pogosyan-Kawamura 0-1 Gardström-Veidemanis 1-0 Iljin-Reims 1-0 Round 6 Kawamura-Meritee 1-0 Karlsson-Nara 1-0 Peskov-Soosorv 1-0 Veidemanis-Pogosyan 1-0 Reims-Gardström 1-0 Iljin-Salnikov 1-0 Round 7 Vedemanis- Meritee draw Kawamura-Nara 0-1 Karlsson-Soosrov 1-0 Peskov-Salnikov draw Reims-Pogosyan 0-1 Iljin-Gardström 1-0 Round 8 Meritee-Reims 0-1 Nara-Veidemanis 1-0 Soosrov-Kawamura 0-1 Peskov-Karlsson 1-0 Pogosyan-Iljin 0-1 Salnikov-Gardström 0-1 Round 9 Iljin-Meritee 0-1 reims-Nara draw Veidemanis-Soosorv draw Kawamura-Peskov 1-0 Karlsson-Salnikov 0-1 Gardström-Pogosyan 1-0 Round 10 Gardström-Meritee draw Kawamura-Karlsson 1-0 Soosorv-Reims draw Salnikov-Pogosyan 1-0 Nara-Iljin 1-0 Peskov-Veidemanis 1-0 Round 11 Meritee-Pogosyan 1-0 Karlsson-Veidemanis 0-1 Salnikov-Kawamura 0-1 ardstrom-Nara 1-0 Peskov-Reims 1-0 Soosorv-Iljin 1-0
