2001年世界连珠锦标赛决赛By Ants Soosõrv, 2001 Before the final a lot of interesting questions arose, for example:
In Renju World No. 37 an interview with Sasha Klimashin was published and his forecast was following:
Standings after two rounds:
In the third round Stefan met with an uncomfortable opponent for him - Petter. Stefan handled D8 unexpectedly
insecurely and lost quickly.
Standings after four rounds:
In the fifth round Volodya beat Igor in D8 with black and settling accounts for the second place.
Like all the clever players Ando also understood where my weak spot was and placed D11. Unlike in the game with Volodya I took black this time, but could not do anything. Fifth point for Ando.
Stefan got his third consecutive loss. Joachim played his losing 12th move in D11 again and Stefan did not know it.
Kostya beat Lin. Kim got his second win by defeating Nara. So now the score between them is 2 : 0 in Kim's favour!
Standings after six rounds: The fourth day of competing could set things straight, because Ando had to play with Igor and Volodya. The seventh round and the opposition Igor - Ando. Igor, who seemed to fear Ando panically, could surprise only in choosing the opening - D8. Ando took black and Igor's position collapsed quickly. The situation was still extremely exciting, because Volodya did not slip against Lin. Kostya won Stefan and in a crucial game concerning the fourth place Nara won Petter. In a completely incomprehensible way Joachim once more played his losing move in D11 against Ishitani in spite of his loss from Ando. He was punished with a loss, which made reaching top seven strongly doubtful. I had to play with Kim. An international match between Estonia, Latvia and Finland in testing whisky had taken place the previous night (the Finnish contestant tried to use dishonest moves by constantly switching to Campari J) and therefore I tried to end the game quickly by imitating an attack with white at the first possible moment. My confidence had an effect and my opponent gave away a point almost without competing. The eighth round and a very crucial game Ando - Volodya. It was clearly in favour of Ando that his game with Igor in the previous round had ended so quickly. He had time to rest and also prepare carefully for the game. Ando explored the database and the games of the final and came to a decision about which variant Volodya would probably play. A half-hour serious analysis followed and as it came clear later, the point was already Ando's. Volodya sweated behind the board for a long time without knowing that it was too late, he should not have played such a risky variant against Ando. Now Ando had an effective lead - 1.5 points and stopping him was improbable. Another significant game in this round was between Igor and Nara. In case of Nara winning, Igor's third place would be in serious threat, but Igor won and increased the distance to the closest pursuer to 1.5 points. Petter advanced to the fourth place again by defeating Kostya. Kim showed his powers again, he overplayed Joachim. With this Kim maintained realistic hopes to stay in top seven and bring a place in the finals for Korea on the next WC. Stefan and Ants also won, by subduing Ishitani and Lin accordingly.
Standings after eight rounds:
The ninth round. Ando had a very severe battle with Kostya, it was probably the most difficult game for him on this WC.
Ando's first point that came through a losing position.
It was not easy for other medal pretenders either - Sushkov had a losing position with Kim and Sinyov needed some
luck in his battle with me. But in the end the stronger players took what belonged to them...
Standings after 9 rounds:
The tenth round. After a difficult game with Igor, I was late for the next round and the game between Ando and Lin
had already finished by that time. This was not a serious game of a world championship, I am not sure if Lin even
looked at the board.
Standings after 10 rounds:
In the last round Lin got his first win, when Kim did not notice a one-move 4x3. A win would have given Kim a place
in the top seven... My evaluation of the players: Ando Meritee - Just as good as the table of results shows. Of course, with worse luck he could have lost 0.5-1 points, but that would not change the essence of the matter. He is surely the best player in the world at the moment. Vladimir Sushkov - It seems to be tough luck to get 9 points in WC finals and not the first place... At the same time Volodya emphasised that he came to Japan to rest... His playing was not at all as impressive as Ando's, but still - to come to WC to rest and take 9 points in passing. Yes, without noticing Volodya has become a Great Player. Igor Sinyov - At times I wondered why the heck all players (almost all) must go crazy precisely against Igor and present him points. So a third place with luck only? No, I cannot name any other player from this tournament, who would deserve the place more than Igor. Hideki Nara - Bravo, old master! Not a step backward the 4th place! A veteran of WC finals (Nara is the only one to play in all six WC finals) played in a very concentrated and competitive way and despite his poor theoretical knowledge he gave everything of himself. Petter Gardström - He showed again that he is a serious player. I believe that he did the best he could at the moment, I doubt he had much time to prepare for WC. I hope this will not be Petter's best place on WCs.
Stefan Karlsson - His level of training was not the same as two years ago, therefore I think that he can be rather
satisfied with himself. He did his result by showing that he can take the 6th place being in a bad shape. Ants Soosõrv - I thought I was in a better condition than on previous WCs regarding my playing skills and theoretical preparation (I have never had a significant amount of this). This is why my result does not satisfy me. I did not do well as a trainer either. But on the positive side - the games were exciting and I enjoyed them. Shiniti Ishitani - He was exact and persistent in defence. A decent performance. The small theoretical knowledge does not make anything more possible. He did not disgrace Japan for sure - on his first WC he collected the same result as Hayakawa and Nishizono, who made their debut on the previous WC. Kim Byong Yun - A great find for the world of renju! A little bit of experience and this man will beat us all! This time he was not yet able to keep his nerve at a crucial moment (Anders Henningson actually commented, that Kim's face does not express any emotions for the simple reason that he does not feel anything, he only concentrates on the game). Kostya Nikonov - On the one hand it is a pity that Kostya did not make it into the top seven. On the other hand, could we leave three places for Russia for the next WC as it was so difficult to move Volodya and Kostya out of the top seven.. It will not get boring in WC finals with players like Kostya, he plays in the last margins of agressiveness. Joachim Gaulitz - Some time ago Jocke told me that he will go to Japan, but not play in the finals. He said that he will probably not participate on Swedish QT either. Therefore it was a surprise to meet him in the finals. But the solution was simple - Joachim mentioned that playing in the finals was a direct order from his girlfriend Marika Joachim did not perform any heroic deeds on the tournament, but he did the most important thing - beat other Swedish players so they would not get too arrogant Lin Shieng Min - The fact that a player gets only one point on a tournament does not necessarily mean that the player is much weaker than the others. But Lin still has a lot to learn and hopefully he will do that. 资料取自RenjuNet |
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