Online go

Two separate international Internet go championships were awarded this week. On April 17, 2005, Kobayashi Koichi (9p) and Hane Naoki (9p), both from Japan, played for the First Pandanet Open Internet World Championship. Hane won by 11.5 points (game record). The very next day, Kobayashi was in another Internet championship. This time he faced Gu Li (9p) of China in the First Igo Internet World Championship. Kobayashi won by 5.5 points (game record).