Ama vs Pro

   

This page gives an incomplete list of instances in which amateur players played against professionals and won.

Even games should be given particular notice.

It should be noted that in several cases the professional opponent was living outside the Orient. Accordingly, many no longer have the opportunity to play with other professionals, and their playing strength may have suffered from lack of practice. Games marked with a * indicate wins that occured during a major international tournament, presumably against top-flight (and in-form) competition.

1989-04-01*: Fernando Aguilar(B) defeats Liang Weitang 7p, 2nd Fujitsu Cup (even)

2002-03-19*: Fernando Aguilar beat Hasegawa Sunao 9p, 1st Toyota Denso Cup World Go Oza (even)

2002-09-02*: Fernando Aguilar(B) defeats Yo Kagen 9p, 1st Tokyo Cup (even)

2003-01-19: John Lee? (B) defeats Jimmy Cha 4p, North American Preliminary of the 16th Fujitsu Cup (even)

2003-04-12*: John Lee (B) defeats Catalin Taranu 5p, 16th Fujitsu Cup (even)

Late 2004: Jie Li defeats Suzuki Ayumi? 6p, 5th Tokyo Seimitsu Cup? (even)

2005-03-12*: Victor Chow (W) defeats Yahata Koichi 6p, 1st Pandanet? Open Internet World Rapid Championship (IGS) (even)

2005-03-19*: Victor Chow (B) defeats Sasaki Tsuyoshi, 1st Pandanet? Open Internet World Rapid Championship (IGS) (even)

2005-08-11: Jie Li (B) defeats Kim Myeong-Hwan, demonstration at the 2005 US Congress. Announced as a no-komi event, but game records list komi.

2005-06-09: Thomas Hsiang (B) defeats Feng Yun 9p, US Masters Tournament (even)

2005-06-13: Jie Li (W) defeats Feng Yun 9p, 2005 US Masters Tournament (even)

2005-10-07: Jie Li (B) defeats Huiren Yang? 1p, 2006 US Masters Tournament (even)

2006-10-08: Jie Li (W) defeats Mingjiu Jiang 7p, 2006 US Masters Tournament (even)

2006-10-15: Jie Li (B) defeats Yilun Yang 7p, 2006 US Masters Tournament (even)

2006-10-18: Jie Li (B) defeats Xuefen Lin 1p, 2006 US Masters Tournament (even)

2006-12-18 and 2006-12-19: Jie Li defeats Feng Yun 9p in the final of the 2006 US Masters Tournament with a score of 2-1. (even)

Janice Kim 1p and James Kerwin 1p have both been competed in several North American tournaments (including the North American Fujitsu Cup and the US Masters event) and been defeated by various amateurs.

Guo Juan 5p, Fan Hui 2p, Alexandr Dinerstein 1p and Svetlana Shikshina 1p participate in European go events. All have been defeated by top European and visiting foreign amateurs. Information can be found from the [ext] tournament database of the European Go Federation


Comments

George Caplan Jimmy Cha also lost to Ted Ning and Thomas Ko in Fujitsu competitions. It is interesting to note that Michael Redmond only lost to fellow pros when he participated in the N.A. Fujitsu Qualifier - several times to Jimmy Cha, and once to James Kerwin.


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