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Thursday, February 24, 2000, updated at 16:58(GMT+8) Sports
China's Rui Naiwei wins Women's World Go Chess ChampionshipChina's Rui Naiwei won the Women's World Go Chess Championship for the fourth consecutive time by defeating South Korean prodigy Cho Hye-yon in the final game of the best-of-three tournament in Seoul on Friday. The 37-year-old Rui, who had been the winner for the last three championships, rallied from one game deficit to score a 2-1 aggregate win and secured 30 million won (some $25,000) prize money. Cho, at her tender age of 14, shocked the go chess world by outwitting Rui in the first game last Monday. Printer-friendly Version
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