Category: Tournament File name: wc_blitz_2005.doc Language: English
Comments: Renju World Magazine, WC 2005 special edition, edited by Ants Soosyrv.
Following the example of WC in Kyoto 2001 and Vadstena two years ago we also decided to organize a blitz tournament. I wish to remind you here that in Kyoto the players of AT couldn’t take part in it as they had to be at another tournament. The situation was wisely taken advantage of by Johann Lents who became the winner. At the previous WC the blitz tournament took part before the AT. Players weren’t too excited about the tournament though and many Russian stars and other players decided not to play. Ando Meritee won the tournament and next world champion Tunnet got to the B-finals where he won the fist place after two losses in the beginning and quite a struggle. On the whole he got the ninth place....