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WAGC Round 1 Games & An Interview with Alexandr Bukh of Kazakhstan

Published on 9/1/2013
In these first-round games, very strong players make short work of their [sgf sgfUrl="http://www.usgo.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013.09.01_WAGC-Rd1-Tang_Javier.sgf" href="http://www.usgo.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013.09.01_WAGC-Rd1-Tang_Javier.sgf" class="alignright"][/sgf] weaker opponents. Curtis Tang 6D (US) needed just 100 moves to force a resignation from 4-kyu John Erickson Javier (Phillipines), while Alexandr Bukh 5k (Kazakhstan) didn't last much longer against Bill Tianyu Lin 7D (Canada), resigning after 103 moves (click here for Michael Redmond's game commentary). In his game commentaries, Michael Redmond 9P shows how the games were actually over much earlier. We're also including the uncommented records for the Serbia-Nepal and India-Australia games. Alexandr Bukh, Kazakhstan's representative, has only been playing for about five years, and this is his country's first appearance in the WAGC. "For as long as I can remember I have been captivated by Japanese culture," he says, "both the new and the old, and this led me to discover the game of go. I spent some time working in a company importing used vehicles from Japan, and through this I had the chance to learn some Japanese." His visit to Sendai for the WAGC is his first time in Japan. Back home, Bukh travels each week to the city of Karaganda to play at its go club, "which has roughly ten regular players," and he's met another twenty or so other players across the country. "Recently there has been a surge in interest in go," Bukh said, which lead to Kazakhstan's invitation to play in this year's WAGC. "The most popular sports in Kazakhstan are ice hockey, soccer and martial arts," said Bukh, "I hope go will soon become one of them." - Bukh interview by John Richardson; game commentary by Michael Redmond; edited by Chris Garlock

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