A friendly online match is being played these days between the strongest Russian and Chinese players. The games are played daily on a special internet server – the link is in the profile header. Today we are following day 12 of this match. The tournament system is one game per day, the loser gets eliminated. The Chinese team consists of a first dan professional and 5-6 dan amateur players. There are 10 members on the Russian team, all of them distinguished Go players in their own right. Alexander Muromtsev is one of them. He is only 13 years old but already a 4 dan. In this match he won one game and lost one as well. At the moment China is ahead 9 – 3. The battle of professionals is coming up next.