- WAGC see World Amateur Go Championship
- Wakadae (courtesan)
- The Geisha Wakadae (cover note) 115: 1
- Wakakusa (courtesan)
- Wakakusa at the Go Board (cover note) 68: 1, 7
- Wang Chenxing
- winning streak in Huang Longshi Jiayuan/Shuangdeng Cup 2012 128: 2
- Wang Ch’un see Wang Qun
- Wang Jianhong
- All-China Individual Championship 1989 (Men’s Division), wins 56: 61
- WAGC 1985, wins 39: 6-7
- Wang legend
- story of 64: 37-38
- Wang Lei (1977–)
- Bawang Title Match 1997, defeats Ma Xiaochun in 80: 48
- Bawang Tournament 1997, wins 79: 19
- NEC Cup 2003, wins 97: 60
- South West King 2006, wins 107: 10*; 108: 11
- Tianyuan Title Match 1998, loses to Chang Hao in 82: 6
- Wang Lei vs. Kobayashi Koichi
- Nong Shim Cup 2003-04 (Pusan Round, fuseki analysis) 108: 62-64
- Wang Lei vs. Ma Xiaochun
- Bawang Title Match 1997 (Game 6) 80: 48-49
- Wang Lei vs. Yi Se-tol
- LG Cup 2007-08 (Round 2) 112: 46
- Wang Lei vs. Zhang Wendong
- Bawang Tournament 1997 79: 19-21
- Wang Lei vs. Zhou Heyang
- Tianyuan Tournament 1997 79: 18-19
- Wang Lei (1986–) vs. Kono Rin
- LG Cup 2007-08 (Round 2) 112: 3*; 113: 46-47
- Wang Li-ch’eng see O Rissei
- Wang Mingwan see O Meien
- Wang Qun vs. Yasunaga Hajime
- WAGC 1980 (Round 2) 20: 13
- Wang Runan
- about Chinese go 109: 55
- Wang Shangyun [spelling mistake] see Wang Xiangyun
- Wang Wei [spelling mistake] see Wang Lei
- Wang Xi
- All-China Individual Championship 2006, wins Men’s Division of 109: 9
- Changqi Cup 2009, wins 120: 56
- Nong Shim Cup 2007-08, good start in 113: 4*, 5
- Ricoh Cup 2006, wins 108: 10; 109: 10
- TV Asia Tournament 2006, wins 109: 2*
- Wang Xi vs. Yi Ch’ang-ho
- TV Asia Tournament 2006 (final) 109: 46-48
- Wang Xi vs. Yu Ch’ang-hyeok
- CSK Cup 2004 (Round 3) 102: 23-25*
- Wang Xi + Li He
- Ricoh Cup 2008, win 115: 10
- Wang Xiangqiao [transcription mistake] see Wang Xiangyun
- Wang Xiangyun
- All-China Individual Championship 2005, wins Women’s Division of 105: 11
- Jianqiao Cup Chinese Women’s Open 2010, wins 124: 12; 128: 64
- Wang Yao
- Ricoh Cup 2009, wins 119: 8
- Wang Yao vs. Seo Pong-su
- Samsung Cup 2006 (quarterfinal) 110: 52-54*
- Wang Yuan vs. Ushinohama Satsuo
- Japan-China Go Exchange 1984 (Round 6) 38: 12-14
- Wangwi (King Position or Throne Title, Korea)
- format, prize money, 1997 winner 80: 5
- tournament system, change of (2005) 104: 11
- Wangwi Knockout Tournament
- 2005 (39th): Ok Teuk-chin wins 105: 10
- 2008 (42nd): financial problems 115: 9-10
- Wangwi League
- 1997 (31st): Cho Hun-hyeon wins 80: 19, 29
- 1997 (31st): Ch’oe vs. Seo (middle-game analysis) 80: 9, 19-20
- 2004 (38th): Yu Ch’ang-hyeok vs. Yi Se-tol 110: 64
- Wangwi Title Match
- 1990 (24th): Cho Hun-hyeon wins 59: 5
- 1994 (28th): Yu Ch’ang-hyeok defeats Yi Ch’ang-ho (+ Game 5) 71: 55-56
- 1995 (29th): Yu Ch’ang-hyeok wins (+ Game 7) 74: 4, 56-57
- 1997 (31st): Yi Ch’ang-ho defeats Cho Hun-hyeon 80: 29; 81: 5
- 1997 (31st): Games 1-4 80: 29-30; 81: 25-37, 63-64
- 1998 (32nd): Yi Ch’ang-ho defeats Cho Hun-hyeon (+ results) 83: 36
- 2000 (34th): Yi Ch’ang-ho wins (+ Game 4) 90: 28, 29-34
- 2002 (36th): Yi Ch’ang-ho wins (+ results) 95: 13; 96: 40
- 2003 (37th): Yi Ch’ang-ho wins (+ results) 99: 10
- 2004 (38th): Yi Ch’ang-ho wins (+ results) 102: 10
- 2004 (38th): Game 4 109: 56
- 2005 (39th): Yi Ch’ang-ho wins (+ results) 105: 10
- 2006 (40th): Yi Ch’ang-ho wins (+ results) 108: 9
- 2007 (41st): Yi Ch’ang-ho wins (+ results) 112: 8
- Wangzuo League (Throne Title, Taiwan)
- see also predecessor title Taiwan Qiyuan Cup
- 2008 (4th): Chen Shiyuan wins 117: 13
- Wangzuo Title Match
- 2006 (1st): Zhou Junxun wins (+ results) 108: 11
- 2006 (2nd): Zhou Junxun wins (+ results) 110: 9-10
- 2007 (3rd): Zhou Junxun wins (+ results) 114: 10
- 2010 (6th): Chen Shiyuan wins (+ results) 124: 12
- 2011 (7th): Chen Shiyuan wins (+ results) 127: 21
- War
- see also Atomic-bomb game , Sino-Japanese War
- “Life or Death?” (essay by Nakayama Noriyuki) 50: 34-35 c
- Sakata Eio’s life during 50: 59-60
- Takagawa Kaku’s life during 41: 14
- War-thinking
- in relation to go-thinking 67: 61, 63; 70: 58-60
- Warikomi
- “Basic Fighting Techniques” (problems and examples by Miyazawa Goro)
- 21: 41-44*
- crane’s nest (problem) 49: 34, 39
- linking up (problem) 100: 66, 71
- rescuing a group (example) 33: 37-38
- rescuing a group (problem) 103: 63, 64
- “Tesujis for a Brighter Future”. Part 5 (problems and examples) 108: 54-57
- Warlords see Minamoto no Yoshitsune , Toyotomi Hideyoshi
- Warriors see Samurai
- Watanabe Fumio (1917–2012)
- death of 128: 10
- Watanabe Reiji (1936–2007)
- death of 112: 8
- Watari
- “Basic Fighting Techniques” (problems and example by Miyazawa Goro)
- 41: 48, 52-54
- “Docking Exercises” (problems) 9: 50, 55-56
- problems and examples 75: 57-60; 76: 13, 57
- Weak extensions
- counter hane (example), attacking with 63: 60-61
- thick defensive move (example) 71: 58
- Weak groups
- see also Shinogi
- defending enclosed group (problem) 37: 52, 57
- “Four Opening Problems” 116: 55, 57-59
- “Problem: How to Attack” (Nakamura Hidehito) 41: 48, 54
- securing base on second line (examples) 59: 48, 51-52, 53-54
- settling, by use of counter hane (examples) 63: 56-60
- settling, by use of leaning attack (example) 63: 58-60
- Weddings see Marriages
- Wedge see Hanekomi , Saite deru , Warikomi
- Wei-ch’i or Weiqi see Go
- Weifu Cup see Qiwang Title Match (Weifu Cup)
- Weon Seong-chin
- Bacchus Cup Chunweon Title Match 2007, wins 114: 8-9
- BC Card Cup Title Match 2007, wins 111: 9
- China-Korea Tengen Play-off 2008, wins 115: 4
- GS Caltex Cup 2010, wins 124: 10
- Samsung Cup Final 2011, wins 127: 2
- Weon Seong-chin vs. Takahashi Hideo
- 1998 (joseki analysis) 101: 46
- West-South Cup (China) see South West King
- Western history of go
- cover note 50: 1
- “Go in Europe in the 17th Century” (Blom) 27: 50-56*; book
- “Go in the West in the 18th Century” (Blom) 91: 65-68*, 55; book
- Western inseis
- Gooskens becomes insei (1982) 31: 63
- Redmond becomes insei (1977) 4: 4
- Schlemper becomes insei (1980) 21: 4, 41
- Schlemper on his year as insei 57: 35
- van Zeijst becomes insei (1983) 31: 6, 63
- Western Japan Go Association see Kansai Ki-in
- Western professionals
- see also American , European professionals
- first, in Korea 96: 40
- Westminster, Md. (U.S. Go Congress 1985)
- announcement 38: 4
- “The First US Go Congress” (report by Laird) 40: 4-5
- “When Is a Ko Not a Ko?” (Bob Terry)
- (rules discussion) 45: 58-60
- “Where Is the ‘$1,000 Ko’?” (Elwyn Berlekamp, Kim Yonghoan)
- (problem) 71: 65-80
- “Who is the World’s Strongest Player?” (John Power)
- (comparison) 74: 58-60
- Whole-board problems
- see also most of Fuseki , Joseki , Middle-game problems
- “The Most Difficult Go Problem Ever” 29: 43, 47-49
- “Upsetting Moves” [3 parts] (endgame problems by Sonoda Yuichi) 8: 45-50;
- 9: 51-55; 10: 49-54
- “Whole-Board Tesuji Problems” 121: 56-63
- “Why Not Eliminate the Irrational in Go?” (Kudo N., O Meien, Murakami A.)
- (rules discussion) 45: 60-64*
- Wilcox, Bruce
- programming career (as of 1986) 43: 64
- Williams, John E. (1908–94)
- death of 72: 7
- Wiltschek, Helmut vs. Barty, Jim
- WAGC 1983 (play-off for 7th place) 32: 42-44
- Wimmer, Manfred (1944–95)
- “2-dan, Manfred Wimmer’s Promotion to” (game) 12: 34-35*
- 2-dan promotion 11: 4
- death of 74: 5
- “First Wins for Wimmer and Kerwin” 8: 31-33, 44
- Kenya (1983), introduces go in 35: 7
- professional (1978), becomes 6: 4, 37
- Wimmer, Manfred vs. Nagasaki Yuji
- Oteai 1978 12: 34-35*
- Wimmer, Manfred vs. Sato Akira
- Oteai 1978 8: 31-32
- Wimmer, Manfred vs. Tono Hiroaki
- 1978 (2 stones) 6: 37
- “Windlass Ko, The” (John Fairbairn)
- (quadruple ko) 33: 53-54
- Winners see Title-holders
- Winners’ Section (Judan Tournament) see final charts under Judan Tournament
- Winning
- Yi Se-tol on 123: 57
- Winning margin see Half-point wins
- Winning percentage
- Cho Chikun and Kobayashi Koichi after 1,000 wins 84: 3
- Japanese all-time top ten (as of 1990) 59: 55-56
- Japanese annual best see Annual reviews
- Korean annual best see Korean prizes
- Winning streaks
- Chang Hao in NEC Japan-China Super Go Series 1995 74: 5; 75: 5; 76: 60*
- Cho Chikun of Honinbo Title Matches 125: 63
- Cho U in Oteai 96: 8; 98: 10
- Ishida Yoshio in Oteai 50: 52
- Japanese annual best see Annual reviews
- Jiang Zhujiu in NEC Japan-China Super Go Series 1985 38: 2-3; 40: 34
- Kang Tong-yun in Nong Shim Cup 2008-09 117: 4, 5
- Kobayashi Satoru in NEC Japan-China Super Go Series 1986-87 45: 3*; 46: 18*
- Mun To-weon in Cheongkwanjang Cup 2011 125: 2
- Ohira Shuzo (1987) 49: 4*
- Peng Quan in Nong Shim Cup 2006-07 110: 2, 3*
- Rin Kaiho (1977) 5: 6
- Seo Pong-su in Jinro Cup 1996-97 79: 2*
- Song Ronghui in Cheongkwanjang Cup 2008-09 117: 5; 118: 3, 4
- Takemiya Masaki (2005) 106: 6
- Tuo Jiaxi in Nong Shim Cup 2008-09 117: 4-5
- Wang Chenxing in Huang Longshi Jiayuan/Shuangdeng Cup 2012 128: 2
- Yamashita Keigo in Oteai 98: 10
- Yi Ch’ang-ho in Nong Shim Cup 2000-2005 105: 31-32
- Yi Se-tol (2000) 89: 58
- Yoda Norimoto in NEC Japan-China Super Go Series 1988 52: 16; 54: 2
- Winning won games
- Kobayashi Koichi’s ability 46: 42
- Wins
- see also Half-point , Most wins, as well as Won games
- promotions based on new system for certain number of 97: 12
- Winter camps
- “Shuko’s Winter Training Camp” (report and selected games) 66: 47-48
- Wisdom
- as virtue of go 41: 45-46
- WMSG see World Mind Sports Games
- Wolter, Bernd vs. Mattern, Jürgen
- German Championship 1980 22: 52-54
- Women’s Championship (Japan)
- see also successor title Women’s Honinbo
- title-holders 1976-80 49: 51
- 1977 (23rd): Kobayashi Chizu wins (+ results) 2: 4*
- 1978 (24th): Kobayashi Chizu wins (+ results and Games 1-3) 8: 3*; 9: 5-11*
- 1979 (25th): Ogawa Tomoko wins 13: 3
- 1980 (26th): Ogawa Tomoko wins (+ results) 19: 3
- 1981 (27th): Honda Sachiko wins 24: 4*
- Women’s go
- see also Women’s tournaments as well as Courtesans
- Calhoun on 53: 58
- Daughters of Dignitaries Studying Various Arts (oban triptych, cover note)
- 125: 1
- famous beauty (cover note) 77: 1
- Famous Beauties of the Kansei Era (cover note) 90: 1
- in Korea 86: 60
- pair go main goal to promote 63: 10
- Three Women in Moonlight (cover note) 96: 1
- top tournaments (as of 2003), women reaching final sections of 98: 9
- “Two Perspectives on Women’s Go” 56: 64*
- woman playing go (cover note) 29: 1
- “Women in Go” (Fairbairn) 64: 37-51
- youngest woman professional in Japan (2004) 101: 8
- Women’s Go Tournament 1907 see Onna Kikaku Oteai
- Women’s Honinbo Main Tournament see Women’s Honinbo Tournament
- Women’s Honinbo Title Match 1982 (1st)
- see also predecessor title Women’s Championship
- Honda Sachiko wins 29: 4
- Women’s Honinbo Title Match 1983 (2nd)
- Kusunoki Teruko wins 33: 2
- Women’s Honinbo Title Match 1984 (3rd)
- Honda Sachiko wins 36: 3; 40: 54
- fuseki analysis of Game 2 40: 54-55
- Women’s Honinbo Title Match 1985 (4th)
- Kusunoki Teruko wins 41: 3
- Women’s Honinbo Title Match 1986 (5th)
- Ogawa Tomoko wins 46: 3*; 49: 51*
- prize money 49: 55
- results 46: 3
- Games 1 & 2 49: 52-55*
- Women’s Honinbo Title Match 1987 (6th)
- Ogawa Tomoko starts well 50: 5
- Women’s Honinbo Title Match 1989 (8th)
- Kusunoki Teruko wins 58: 7
- Ogawa Tomoko becomes challenger by defeating Kobayashi Reiko 57: 4*
- Women’s Honinbo Title Match 1990 (9th)
- Nakazawa Ayako wins 62: 13; 63: 41
- prize money 63: 44
- awards ceremony 63: 44*
- Game 3 63: 41-44*
- Women’s Honinbo Title Match 1991 (10th)
- Nakazawa Ayako defeats Kobayashi Chizu (+ results) 66: 5
- Kobayashi Chizu becomes challenger 65: 6
- Women’s Honinbo Title Match 1992 (11th)
- Kato Tomoko wins 69: 9*
- Women’s Honinbo Title Match 1993 (12th)
- Yoshida Mika wins 70: 9*
- Women’s Honinbo Title Match 1996 (15th)
- Yoshida Mika defeats Nakazawa Ayako (+ results) 78: 3-4
- Women’s Honinbo Title Match 1998 (17th)
- Game 1 (proper move analysis) 122: 63-64
- Women’s Honinbo Title Match 1999 (18th)
- Chinen Kaori defeats Kobayashi Izumi (+ results) 87: 5-6
- Game 2 87: 8, 52
- Women’s Honinbo Title Match 2000 (19th)
- Inori Yoko defeats Chinen Kaori (+ results) 90: 9; 91: 8
- Women’s Honinbo Title Match 2001 (20th)
- Kobayashi Izumi wins (+ results) 93: 9*; 94: 7-8
- Women’s Honinbo Title Match 2002 (21st)
- Kobayashi Izumi wins (+ results) 96: 8; 97: 8
- Women’s Honinbo Title Match 2003 (22nd)
- Kobayashi Izumi wins (+ results) 99: 8; 100: 7, 8
- Women’s Honinbo Title Match 2004 (23rd)
- Chinen Kaori wins 102: 9*; 103: 7
- results 103: 7
- Women’s Honinbo Title Match 2005 (24th)
- Yashiro Kumiko wins (+ results) 105: 8*; 107: 10*
- Women’s Honinbo Title Match 2006 (25th)
- Yashiro Kumiko wins (+ results) 109: 7
- Women’s Honinbo Title Match 2007 (26th)
- Xie Yimin wins (+ results) 113: 8, 9*
- Women’s Honinbo Title Match 2008 (27th)
- Xie Yimin wins (+ results) 117: 8*
- Women’s Honinbo Title Match 2009 (28th)
- Xie Yimin wins (+ results) 120: 6*
- Aoki Kikuyo becomes challenger 120: 6
- Women’s Honinbo Title Match 2010 (29th)
- Xie Yimin wins (+ results) 124: 7
- Women’s Honinbo Title Match 2011 (30th)
- Xie Yimin wins (+ results) 127: 4
- Game 4 127: 63-64
- Women’s Honinbo Title Match 2012 (31st)
- Xie Yimin wins (+ results) 129: 5
- Women’s Honinbo Tournament
- 2010 (29th): Mukai Chiaki wins 123: 7
- 2011 (30th): Mukai Chiaki wins 126: 9
- 2012 (31st): Okuda Aya wins 129: 5
- Women’s Kakusei Tournament
- 1989 (11th): Kobayashi Chizu wins 57: 5*
- 1990 (12th): Sakakibara Fumiko wins 61: 5
- 1991 (13th): Aoki Kikuyo wins 65: 7
- 1993 (15th): Kobayashi Chizu wins 70: 8-9
- 1995 (17th): Ogawa vs. Kobayashi R. (joseki analysis) 77: 30, 55
- 1999 (21st): Osawa Narumi wins 87: 4
- 2000 (22nd): Aoki Kikuyo wins 90: 9
- 2001 (23rd): Kato Tomoko wins 93: 8
- 2003 (24th): Osawa Narumi wins 97: 11
- Women’s Kansai Tournament
- 2006 (5th): Konishi Kazuko wins 109: 9
- 2007 (6th): Izawa Akino wins 113: 9
- Women’s Kisei Main Tournament see Women’s Kisei Tournament
- Women’s Kisei Title Match (DoCoMo Cup)
- 2000 (3rd): Chinen Kaori wins 88: 7
- 2001 (4th): Chinen Kaori wins 91: 10*
- 2002 (5th): Chinen Kaori wins (+ results) 94: 9
- 2003 (6th): Chinen Kaori wins (+ results) 97: 11
- 2004 (7th): Mannami Kana wins (+ results) 101: 8*
- 2005 (8th): Chinen Kaori wins (+ results) 104: 8
- 2006 (9th): Mannami Kana wins (+ results) 107: 7*
- 2007 (10th): Umezawa Yukari wins (+ results) 111: 5*
- 2008 (11th): Umezawa Yukari wins (+ results) 114: 5-6
- 2009 (12th): Umezawa Yukari wins (+ results) 118: 6
- 2010 (13th): Xie Yimin wins (+ results) 121: 5*, 6
- 2011 (14th): Xie Yimin wins (+ results) 125: 6
- 2012 (15th): Aoki Kikuyo wins (+ results) 128: 6*, 7
- Women’s Kisei Tournament (DoCoMo Cup)
- 2011 (15th): Aoki Kikuyo wins 127: 7
- 2012 (16th): Xie Yimin wins 129: 7
- Women’s Kiseong Tournament
- 2006 (1st): Rui Naiwei wins 110: 9
- 2007 (2nd): Rui Naiwei wins 113: 10
- 2008 (3rd): Rui Naiwei wins 117: 11
- 2010 (4th): Kim Yun-yeong wins 124: 10
- Women’s Kuksu Title Match
- tournament system explained 100: 10
- 2000 (7th): Rui Naiwei wins 90: 28
- 2002 (8th): Rui Naiwei wins 96: 40; 97: 56
- 2003 (9th): Cho Hye-yeon wins (+ results) 100: 10
- 2003 (9th): Rui vs. Cho Hye-yeon (Game 2) 100: 57-58
- 2005 (10th): Cho Hye-yeon wins (+ results) 104: 11
- 2006 (11th): Rui Naiwei wins (+ results) 107: 9
- 2007 (12th): Rui Naiwei wins (+ results) 111: 8-9
- 2008 (13th): Pak Chi-eun wins (+ results) 115: 9
- 2010 (15th): pairing 122: 10
- 2011 (16th): Rui Naiwei wins (+ results) 125: 12
- 2012 (17th): Pak Chi-yeon wins (+ results) 128: 63
- Women’s Match, East-West Japan see East-West Japan Women’s Match
- Women’s Meijin League
- 2008-09 (21st): inauguration and results 116: 8, 9; 117: 9
- 2008-09 (21st): Chinen Kaori wins (+ final chart) 118: 6
- 2009-10 (22nd): results 120: 6, 7
- 2009-10 (22nd): Mukai Chiaki wins (+ final chart) 121: 6
- 2010-11 (23rd): results 123: 7; 124: 8
- 2010-11 (23rd): Mukai Chiaki wins (+ final chart) 125: 6, 7
- 2011-12 (24th): results 126: 9; 127: 7
- 2011-12 (24th): Mukai Chiaki wins (+ final chart) 127: 7; 128: 7
- 2012-13 (25th): Okuda Aya wins (+ final chart) 129: 8
- Women’s Meijin Main Tournament see Women’s Meijin Tournament , League
- Women’s Meijin Title Match
- 1991 (3rd): Sugiuchi Kazuko wins 62: 72; 63: 7-8
- change in tournament system 62: 72
- 1992 (4th): Aoki Kikuchi challenges in 66: 5
- 1994 (6th): Sugiuchi Kazuko wins 70: 10
- 1997 (9th): Nishida Terumi defeats Ogawa Tomoko 79: 8
- 2000 (12th): Aoki Kikuyo defeats Kobayashi Izumi 88: 8
- 2001 (13th): Kobayashi Izumi defeats Aoki Kikuyo 91: 9*
- 2002 (14th): Aoki Kikuyo defeats Kobayashi Izumi (+ results) 94: 9
- 2003 (15th): Kobayashi Izumi wins (+ results) 98: 8
- 2004 (16th): Kobayashi Izumi wins (+ results) 101: 7
- 2004 (16th): Game 2 101: 12
- 2005 (17th): Koyama Terumi wins (+ results) 104: 8, 9
- 2006 (18th): Aoki Kikuyo wins (+ results) 107: 7*
- 2007 (19th): Kato Keiko wins (+ results) 111: 6*
- 2008 (20th): Xie Yimin wins (+ results) 114: 5
- 2009 (21st): Xie Yimin wins (+ results) 118: 6
- 2010 (22nd): Xie Yimin wins (+ results) 122: 7-8
- 2011 (23rd): earthquake 2011 effect on 125: 5, 7
- 2011 (23rd): Xie Yimin wins (+ results) 125: 6, 7
- 2012 (24th): Xie Yimin wins (+ results) 128: 7
- Women’s Meijin Tournament
- format 58: 7
- 1988-89 (1st): Miyazaki Shimako wins 56: 9
- 1989-90 (2nd): Aoki Kikuyo wins 58: 7
- 2006-07 (19th): Kato Keiko wins 110: 8*
- 2007-08 (20th): Xie Yimin wins 114: 5
- Women’s Mingren Title (Langchao Cup = 2001-2005)
- 2001 (1st): Zhang Xuan wins 91: 14
- 2002 (2nd): Zhang Xuan wins 94: 14
- 2005 (3rd): Ye Gui wins 105: 11
- 2010 (1st): Zheng Yan wins 122: 11
- 2011 (2nd): Li He wins 125: 13
- Women’s Mingren Tournament
- 1991 (3rd): Ye Gui wins 65: 7
- Women’s Myeongin Title Match
- 2000 (1st): Pak Chi-eun wins 88: 13
- 2001 (2nd): Rui Naiwei wins 91: 13
- 2002 (3rd): Rui Naiwei wins (+ results) 94: 13
- 2004 (5th): Cho Hye-yeon wins (+ results) 101: 9
- 2004-05 (6th): Rui Naiwei wins (+ results) 103: 11
- 2006 (7th): Rui Naiwei wins (+ results) 106: 7; 107: 8
- 2007 (8th): Rui Naiwei wins (+ results) 110: 9
- 2008 (9th): Rui Naiwei wins (+ results) 114: 9
- 2009 (10th): Rui Naiwei wins (+ results) 118: 10
- 2010 (11th): Rui Naiwei wins (+ results) 121: 11
- 2011 (12th): Rui Naiwei wins (+ results) 125: 12
- 2012 (13th): Ch’oe Cheong wins (+ results) 128: 63
- Women’s Strongest Player Title (Tokyo Precision Instruments Cup)
- 1999 (1st): Shinkai Hiroko wins 88: 7
- 2000 (2nd): Kato Tomoko wins 91: 10
- 2001 (3rd): Aoki Kikuyo wins 94: 8
- 2002 (4th): Okada Yumiko wins 97: 9
- 2003 (5th): Suzuki Ayumi wins 100: 9
- 2005 (7th): Kobayashi Izumi wins 106: 5, 6
- 2006 (8th): Xie Yimin wins 110: 7
- 2007 (9th): Suzuki Ayumi wins 114: 5
- 2008 (10th): Kato Keiko wins (+ results) 116: 7
- Women’s team matches
- Chinese professional-amateur (2011) 125: 13
- Korean Big Three vs. promising three (2011) 126: 54
- Women’s title winners see under Most titles won
- Women’s tournaments
- Chinese see All-China Women’s Elite Tourn. , Jianqiao Cup ,
- Queen of the New Stars , Wom. Mingren
- international see Bohae Cup , Cheongkwanjang Cup , China Eastern Airlines Cup ,
- Cui Bao Cup , Dali Travel Tourn. , Haojue Cup ,
- Huading Tea Industries Cup , Huang Longshi Jiayuan/Shuangdeng Cup ,
- Hung Chang Cup , Qionglong Mt. Bingsheng Cup ,
- World Wom. Amateur Ch’ship , Yuanyang Cup
- Japanese see All-Japan Wom. Amateur Ch’ship , Daiwa Securities Cup Net Ladies ,
- JAL Wom. Lightning , Onna Kikaku Oteai , Wom. Ch’ship , Wom. Honinbo ,
- Wom. Kakusei , Wom. Kansai , Wom. Kisei , Wom. Meijin ,
- Wom. Strongest Player
- Korean see Wom. Kiseong , Wom. Kuksu , Wom. Myeongin
- Women’s World Amateur Championship see World Women’s Amateur Go Ch’ship
- Women’s world championships see international under Women’s tournaments
- Women’s World Professional Championship see Bohae , Haojue , Hung Chang Cup
- Women’s Xinren Wang see Queen of the New Stars
- Won games see Resigning , Winning won games as well as Wins
- Wood
- see also Grain
- types used for go boards 61: 44-45
- types used for go bowls 62: 67
- Wood, Jonathan
- “The Bard of Computer Go” 46: 9-13*
- “Becoming a Better Player: A Life-and-Death Struggle” 35: 55-56
- “Calhoun, Barbara: America’s Ambassador of Go” 53: 55-58*
- “Cha, Jimmy: Giant Killer” 55: 1*, 11-12*
- “Go and Music: Two Fine Arts” 49: 55-57*
- “Schlemper, Ronald, In Search of Harmony: An Interview with” 57: 33-37*
- “The Takadanobaba Go Club” 32: 7*
- Workshops and camps
- see also Hollyhock Go Workshop , Japanese spring camp , various Nihon Ki-in
- seminars , Scientific Theory of Go Seminar , Swedish Summer Camp
- Shuko’s training camps 112: 25; 119: 10
- “Shuko’s Winter Training Camp” (report and selected games) 66: 47-48
- World Amateur Go Championship 1979 (1st) (JAL Cup)
- report (+ final chart and top places) 13: ifc*, 5-10*
- announcement 9: 4; 10: 5*
- tournament system 10: 6*
- participants 10: 6; 11: 6-7*; 12: 6*
- Round 1: Narumi vs. Schlemper 13: 11-13
- Round 1: Kippe vs. Parmenter 13: 14-16
- Round 1: Suc vs. Yasunaga 13: 16-17
- Round 2: Schlemper vs. Kong 13: 13-14
- Round 2: Nie vs. Yasunaga 14: 17-19
- Round 3: Chen Zude vs. Lee Yong-ho 14: 19-20
- semifinal: Chan Ka Yui vs. Chen Zude 14: 20-22
- final: Chen Zude vs. Nie 14: 22-24
- World Amateur Go Championship 1980 (2nd)
- report (+ final chart and top places) 19: ifc*, 5-9*
- announcement 14: 4
- participants 15: 4; 16: 3; 17: 5*
- Round 1: Kim vs. Aguilar 20: 12-13
- Round 2: Wang vs. Yasunaga 20: 13
- semifinal: Chan Ka Yui vs. Yasunaga 19: 9-11*
- semifinal: Imamura vs. Liu 19: 14-16*
- play-off for 7th place: Schlemper vs. Kim 19: 12-14
- play-off for 3rd place: Yasunaga vs. Liu 20: 9-11
- final: Chan Ka Yui vs. Imamura 20: 7-9*
- World Amateur Go Championship 1981 (3rd)
- report (+ final chart and top places) 24: 7-9*
- participants 21: 3; 22: 3; 23: 6*
- semifinal: Shao vs. Park 25: 6-8
- semifinal: Murakami vs. Ma 25: 8-11
- final: Shao vs. Ma 25: 11-14
- World Amateur Go Championship 1982 (4th)
- report 26: 4; 27: ifc*; 28: 33*
- top places 26: 4
- final chart and placings 28: 33
- play-off for 21st place: Rigo vs. Siivola 28: 44-47
- play-off for 15th place: Nakatsui vs. Hansen 28: 43-44
- play-off for 13th place: Macfadyen vs. Lam 28: 41-43
- play-off for 11th place: van Zeijst vs. Novak 28: 39-41
- play-off for 7th place: Tomes vs. Mattner 28: 38-39
- play-off for 5th place: Kobashigawa vs. Aguilar 28: 36-37
- final: Yang vs. Cao 28: 34-36
- World Amateur Go Championship 1983 (5th)
- Ma Xiaochun wins 30: 3; 32: 36*
- final chart and placings 32: 36
- Round 2: Ma vs. Schlemper 32: 44-45
- play-off for 17th place: Tsang vs. Hahn 33: 49-50
- play-off for 15th place: Parimbelli vs. Torres 33: 47-49
- play-off for 13th place: Rio Alvarez vs. Blair 33: 46-47
- play-off for 11th place: Aroutcheff vs. Choi 33: 45-46
- play-off for 7th place: Wiltschek vs. Barty 32: 42-44
- play-off for 5th place: Kim vs. Danek 32: 41-42
- play-off for 3rd place: Li vs. Imamura 32: 39-41
- final: Ma vs. Miura 32: 37-39
- World Amateur Go Championship 1984 (6th)
- report (+ top places) 35: 5, 6
- World Amateur Go Championship 1985 (7th)
- Wang Jianhong wins (+ top places) 39: 6-7
- World Amateur Go Championship 1986 (8th)
- Chan Ka Yui wins (+ debut entries and top places) 44: 3-4*
- World Amateur Go Championship 1987 (9th)
- Imamura Fumiaki wins (+ top places) 48: 4-5*
- World Amateur Go Championship 1988 (10th)
- bilingual book on 52: 4
- World Amateur Go Championship 1989 (11th)
- Che Zewu wins (+ top places) 55: 3-4*
- World Amateur Go Championship 1990 (12th)
- Chang Hao wins (+ top places) 60: 4*
- World Amateur Go Championship 1991 (13th)
- Imamura Fumiaki wins 63: 45; 65: 41
- Schlemper’s success 63: 45
- “Schlemper’s Triumph in the WAGC” 65: 1*, 40-42*
- Round 4: Li vs. Schlemper 65: 40-41
- Round 8: Imamura vs. Schlemper 65: 41-42
- World Amateur Go Championship 1992 (14th)
- Kikuchi Yasuro wins 68: 4
- World Amateur Go Championship 1994 (16th)
- Hiraoka Satoshi wins (+ top places) 71: 3-4
- World Amateur Go Championship 1995 (17th)
- Hirata Hironori wins (+ top places) 73: 63
- Round 8: Hirata vs. Park 73: 63-64, 54, 57
- World Amateur Go Championship 1998 (20th)
- Kim Chan-wu wins (+ top places) 83: 3-4
- World Amateur Go Championship 2000 (22nd)
- Sakai Hideyuki wins (+ top places) 89: 7
- World Amateur Go Championship 2001 (23rd)
- Li Daichun wins (+ top places) 92: 5
- World Amateur Go Championship 2002 (24th)
- Fu Li wins (+ top places) 95: 8
- Kikuchi Yasuro becomes Japanese representative 93: 10
- World Amateur Go Ch’ship 2003 (cancelled) see Inch’on International Amateur Ch’ship
- World Amateur Go Championship 2004 (25th)
- Lee Kang Wook wins (+ top places) 102: 6
- World Amateur Go Championship 2005 (26th)
- Hu Yuqing wins (+ top places) 104: 5-6
- World Amateur Go Championship 2006 (27th)
- Hiraoka Satoshi wins (+ top places) 108: 4-5
- World Amateur Go Championship 2007 (28th)
- Shan Ziteng wins (+ top places) 112: 4-5*
- World Amateur Go Championship 2008 (29th)
- Ha Sung-bong wins (+ top places) 115: 4-5
- World Amateur Go Championship 2009 (30th)
- Hu Yuqing wins 119: 3
- World Amateur Go Championship 2010 (31st)
- Song Hong-suk wins (+ top places) 122: 4-5
- doping tests 122: 5
- World Amateur Go Championship 2011 (32nd)
- Bai Baoxiang wins 126: 4
- Hirata Hironori Japanese representative 123: 8; 126: 4
- World Amateur Pair Go Tournament see International Amateur Pair Go Tournament
- World Baduk Championship see BC Card Cup
- World championships see major under International tournaments
- World Go Championship see BC Card Cup , Fujitsu Cup , Tong Yang Securities Cup ,
- Zhonghuan Cup
- World Go Meijin Championship see Changde Cup
- “World Her Stage, The: The Rui Naiwei Story” (Akiyama Kenji)
- (biography, games) 90: 10-27*
- World King of Baduk Championship see LG Cup
- World Mind Games (SportAccord) see SportAccord World Mind Games
- World Mind Sports Games 2008 (1st)
- highlights and medal winners 117: 2-3*
- announcement and Japanese go team 115: 5
- Korean go team 116: 3
- Hu Yaoyu wins Chinese training tournament 117: 12
- World Mingren Championship see Changde Cup
- “World of Cho U, The” (Sano Shin)
- (problems) 92: 12-13, 55-64
- World of Go, The (Nakayama Noriyuki)
- best-seller list in Japan, enters 46: 6
- extracts from 48: 38-41*; 49: 35-38*
- “World of Japanese Go, The” (John Power)
- (editorial) 50: 2
- World Open Baduk Championship see Samsung Cup
- World Open Computer Go Championship see FOST Cup
- World Pair Go Championship see Pair Go World Cup
- World Professional Go Championship see Ing Cup
- World Summit Play-off
- 2007: Luo Xihe wins 113: 4*
- 2009: Yi Se-tol wins 120: 3
- World Summit Showdown see World Summit Play-off
- World Women’s Amateur Go Championship (Yokohama Sotetsu Cup)
- 1991 (3rd): Sato Akiko wins (+ top places) 65: 3
- World Women’s Professional Go Championship see Haojue Cup
- World Women’s Team Championship see Huang Longshi Jiayuan/Shuangdeng Cup
- World Youth Championship
- 1984 announcement 33: 4
- 1984 report (Potter) 36: 4
- 1985 report (Potter) 40: 5
- World’s Strongest Player, The see SBS Cup
- World’s Strongest Player Tournament see Japan-China-Korea Meijin Play-off
- “World’s Top Ten, The”
- (discussion among three Japanese pros) 45: 37-39*
- World’s Women Team Tournament see Huading Tea Industries Cup
- “Would You Resign?”
- Parts 1-5 (games) 109: 56; 110: 54, 64; 115: 55; 117: 64
- Writers see Ezaki Masanori , Kawabata Yasunari
- Wu Huan (brother of Go Seigen)
- notes on 35: 12
- Wu I (father of Go Seigen)
- notes on 35: 12
- Wu Qingyuan see Go Seigen
- Wu Songsheng vs. Cho Chikun
- Ing Cup 1988 (Round 1) 53: 26
- Wu Songsheng vs. Mizuno Hiroshi
- Japan-China Go Exchange 1980 (Round 5) 21: 35-36
- Wu Songsheng vs. Yu Ch’ang-hyeok
- Tekron Cup 1997 (Round 1, middle-game analysis) 80: 8, 12-13
- Wu Sung-sheng see Wu Songsheng
- Wu Ti-sheng see Wu Huan
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