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Korea Wins Pair Go Championships; US is 15th

The Korean Pair Go team of Jang Yun Jeong and Lee Hoseung swept to victory in the 23^rdInternational Pair Go Championships, held over the weekend in Tokyo, Japan.  Japanese pairs dominated the rest of the top-ten finishers, with only two other countries placing; Chinese Taipei in 8^th and Russia in 10^th. The U.S. team of Amy Su and Lionel Zhang was 15^th, edged by the Thailand pair in 14^th, while European Pair Go champs Klara Zaloudkova and Jan Hora were 17^th. Click here for complete results as well as game records. 
Note: the Chinese team was unable to participate at the last moment, so their last-place result is because of forfeits, not on-the-board losses.