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OUTLINE The China-Japan Supermatches were a series of team competition between China and Japan in the Chinese board game of Go . The tournament was hosted by NEC ; it began in 1984, and has been held 11 times until 1997. It was held one last time in 2000. The matches are in the knock-out format with 8 players on each side. Before the late 1980's top Japanese players were generally considered to be at a higher level than the rest of the world, but in the end China managed to win 7 times in total. The result has had great impact on the development of the game in China afterwards. PAST WINNERS ''The competition was not played in 1986, 1998, and 1999. |
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