The Result of The First Annual NCTU Cup Connect6 Open Tournament

Results:

Group A:

• 1st place: Huang, Sheng-Hsung (the only 5 wins)
• 2nd place: Chen, Ko-Han (4 wins, 1 draw)
• 3rd place: Tsai, Jia-Cheng (4 wins, 1 draw)
• 4th place: Lu, Wei-Yuan (4 wins)

Group B:

• 1st place: Lin, Yueh-Hsiang
• 2nd place: Tseng, Wen-Jie
• 3rd place: Chiu, Bo-Yuan
• 4th place: Cheng, Yi-Wen

Demonstration Games:

• Huang, Sheng-Hsung vs. Lee, Shi-Wen (Primary judge): Lee won.
• Chen, Ko-Han vs. Luo Hsun (Second judge): Chen won.
• Tsai, Jia-Cheng vs. Chang Yi-Feng (second judge): Tsai won.

Human vs. Computer (NCTU6): 48 games

• You, Chi-Hsiang, won.
• Chang, Chao-Yung, won.
• Chen, Cheng-Guo won.
• Lin, Wei-Hsiang won.
• NCTU6 won the rest 44 games.

Tsumego Solving:

• Tsumego 1: solved by Mo, Shi-Ying.
  
  　
• Tsumego 2: solved by Gan, Jia-Hua.
  
  　
• Tsumego 3: solved by Wang, Chi-Gong.
  
  　
• Tsumego 4: solved by Chang, Jia-Cheng
  
• Tsumego 5: solved by Chang, Chao-Yung
  

Some more statistics:

The number of players is 84.

• Group A has 35 players.
• Group B has 49 players.
• The oldest is over 50; the youngest is only 8.
• One from Macau and others are from Taiwan.
• A Go professional 2 dan player attends this tournament.
• Most top Renju players in Taiwan attends this tournament.

Rules:

• Swiss System was applied to Groups A and B, each player played 5 rounds on a single day.
• Time per game: each player has 20 minutes to make unlimited number of moves; after 20 minutes expire, each player has 30 seconds to make each further move, until game over. (Thanks to euhuang to write these messages.)

More pictures and game histories to come!!