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Special Cooperation / East Japan Railway, HITACHI, Japan Airlines
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| Convention Scenery |
November 10th (Saturday) 1st game
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The Russian pair of Natalia Kovaleva and Dmitriy Surin gets good momentum by defeating the American pair of Cherry Shen and Eric Lui. Russia lost just one game, to a Japanese pair, and played splendidly to take 6th place. The American pair came 15th.
The French pair of Myrtille Cristiani and Paul Drouot ran into opponents who were too strong for them, the Japanese team of Tomoyumi Baba and Sugitaro Saito, in the first round but they fought strongly thereafter and took 10th place. |
The team of France
The team of Germany
The team of Spain
The team of The Norway
The team of The Porland
The team of Russia
The team of Canada
The team of U.S.A.
The team of Costa Rica
The team of The Peru
The team of Australia
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The Japanese pairing in the first round that attracted most attention was the clash between the team of Yuriko and Satoshi Hiraoka and the team of Momoyo Takayama and Yohei Sato. The latter team won the game, getting off to an excellent start. They finished up taking 4th place, while the Hiraokas had to be content with 8th.
The game between the team of Fuko Fukasaka and Masaki Date and the Kiyomi Takehisa / Jiro Kajiwara pair ended in a win for the former pair. They took 7th place and their opponents 11th.
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The team of Ms.Takayama and Mr.Sato
The team of Ms.kaneko and Mr.Matuura
The team of Ms.Oda and Mr.Nagayo
The team of Ms.Baba and Mr.Saito
The team of Ms.Sekine and Mr.Shirakawa
The team of Ms. and Mr. Hiraoka
The team of Ms.Sawada and Mr.Tokudomi
The team of Ms.Itoi and Mr.Ono
The team of Ms.Odo and Mr.Yomo
The team of Ms.Fukasaka and Mr.Date
The team of Ms.Takehisa and Mr.Kajiwara
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Two strong Asian teams started out with wins. Korea (Hye Lim Kim and Chang Bae Kang) defeated Singapore (Guek Beng Seng and Yu Xiang Lou), and China (Yi Ming Chen and Li Rong Liu) defeated Spain (Araceli Checa and Andres Tallos). The Spanish team was made up of two kyu players, but they played excellently on the second day, winning two games. That probably gave them good memories of the tournament.
There were a number of other teams made up of kyu players, and they all enjoyed the tournament. After games finished, the pairs took commemorative photographs and enjoyed the friendly atmosphere. Some teams had presents that they handed over to their opponents in each round. The delighted ‘thank you very much’ of the recipients almost sounded like Japanese.
The results on the first day have a big effect on the morale of the teams. If you win, you can begin the second day with high hopes, and you enjoy the Saturday night party all the more. For the teams that lose, it’s important to change your mood. Mutual sympathy is essential so that you don’t let the bad start worry you too much and you can enjoy the second day. |
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