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Helsinki GP 1998June 27-28, 1998 Report by Vesa Laatikainen Tourists and Helsinki people were relaxing in the Esplanade Park while the twentynine Helsinki Grand Prix players were sitting in the canteen of the Ministry of Justice pondering their moves and hiding the sun. The top four tables were even deeper down in the cellar cabinet (some called it a Dungeon). Only during the breaks there was some Go in the park too. The 29 players included visitors from Russia, Germany and Japan plus players from around Finland. Victor Bogdanov 6 dan was victorious in every game and won the first prize promptly improving his GP score. The last round game between the Finns Vesa Laatikainen and Matti Siivola decided the second place that went to Vesa. Sergei Ouspenski took the third place as the best three-pointer. Four wins brought promotions to Markus Savo 3 kyu, Mikko Saarinen 9 kyu and Juuso Backman 12 kyu. The tournament proceeded smoothly and some rounds started even earlier than scheduled. The pairing and the results were displayed in style by projecting the computer screen on the wall. On Saturday there was the traditional sauna evening in Teekkarisauna by the sea. Sauna, swimming, sausages - no singing this time. Tournament closing party was held at Matti's and Sinikka's where there was the last chance for a revenge match. After the tournament our Japanese guests Harumi Takechi and Masaki Sato continued their Go around the world tour to Petrozavodsk go camp, St.Petersburg GP and forward. Pl. Name Str Co. MM 1 2 3 4 5 Pt SOS SODOS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Bogdanov, Viktor 6d RUS 13 7+ 4+ 5+ 2+ 3+ 5 55 55 2 Laatikainen, Vesa 5d FIN 12 3+ 8+ 9+ 1- 4+ 4 55 42 3 Ouspenski, Sergei 3d RUS 11 2- 11+ 8+ 5+ 1- 3 56 31 4 Siivola, Matti 5d FIN 11 9+ 1- 12+ 7+ 2- 3 55 30 5 Zaizev, Nikolai 4d RUS 11 11+ 10+ 1- 3- 7+ 3 54 30 6 Reijola, Timo 1k FIN 11 8- 9- 15+ 14+ 10+ 3 46 26 7 Paatero, Lauri 3d FIN 10 1- 13+ 10+ 4- 5- 2 54 19 8 Sato, Masaki 4d JPN 10 6+ 2- 3- 13+ 11- 2 53 20 Jantunen, Markku 1d FIN 10 4- 6+ 2- 10- 13+ 2 53 20 10 Alanko, Otso 1k FIN 10 13+ 5- 7- 9+ 6- 2 51 19 11 Lounela, Olli 4d FIN 10 5- 3- -- -- 8+ 1 48 10 12 Savo, Markus 4k FIN 10 17+ 15+ 4- 16+ 14+ 4 42 31 13 Takechi, Harumi 3d JPN 9 10- 7- 14+ 8- 9- 1 48 8 14 Rovio, Teemu 4k FIN 8 15+ 17+ 13- 6- 12- 2 45 15 15 Heino, Jarmo 3k FIN 8 14- 12- 6- 17+ 16- 1 44 7 16 Bahr, Matthias 6k GER 8 18+ 19+ 17+ 12- 15+ 4 36 26 17 Kohonen, Sari 4k FIN 7 12- 14- 16- 15- 19+ 1 39 5 18 Huima, Antti 7k FIN 6 16- 20- 21+ 19+ 23+ 3 26 13 19 Karjalainen, Pekka 7k FIN 5 21+ 16- 20+ 18- 17- 2 30 9 20 Nevala, Jarkko 8k FIN 5 22+ 18+ 19- 21+ 24- 3 23 14 21 Patommel, Jens 8k GER 4 19- 22+ 18- 20- 26+ 2 22 6 22 Hirsimäki, Teemu 9k FIN 4 20- 21- 29+ 27+ 25+ 3 14 5 23 Backman, Juuso 13k FIN 4 29+ 25+ 28+ 26+ 18- 4 13 7 24 Saarinen, Mikko 10k FIN 4 25- 29+ 27+ 28+ 20+ 4 12 10 25 Kristiansen, Lasse 12k FIN 2 24+ 23- 26- 29+ 22- 2 15 5 26 Keskitalo, Tuomo 16k FIN 2 27+ 28- 25+ 23- 21- 2 14 4 27 Kristiansen, Jens 17k FIN 2 26- free 24- 22- 28+ 2 13 3 Simola, Pentti 17k FIN 2 free 26+ 23- 24- 27- 2 13 3 29 Siivola, Sinikka 11k FIN 1 23- 24- 22- 25- free 1 14 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Back to Ari´s GO Results 1997-98 Page |