Hey, is that a young Waldner at the end of Video #4? Wow, I think he must be 16-17 in this video!

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Did Waldner play in the 81 Worlds? I think this footage might actually end in 81 and most the footage is from World events.

--Rob

It's the 37th Worlds Championship and Waldner is playing a Chinese team member. I'm trying to listen for his name.

--Rob

>I think Waldner is playing Cai Zhenhua in the 37th Worlds.

Waldner played both Cai Zhenhua and Jiang Jialiang in the team final of the 1983 Worlds. Of course Cai was a lefty shakehands player (with anit on one side) while Jiang was a pips out penholder.

>Wow! That was an exciting finish. The match ended at 30-28.

If I recall correctly, that was the first game (won by Cai, who went on to win the second game fairly easily). Jiang beat Waldner in a close 2-1 match.

> If I recall correctly, that was the first game (won by Cai, who went on to win the second game fairly easily). Jiang beat Waldner in a close 2-1 match.

That was the score of the second game.

Here are a couple photos from the match:

http://tt.mainstreet.net/ttoutpost/Jan-Ove_Waldner_vs_Cai_Zhenhua_1983.htm

I also placed a video of just that match on the webpage.

--Rob

> I still haven't watched the video (I'll get around to it one of these years!), but I did some research and Waldner's profile on the Swedish TT Association website has Waldner losing 28-30, 16-21:

I watched the end a little closer with this message in mind.

The video starts with the two warming up, but this is the only 17 minute game that is shown.

The video ends with the 28-30 score game and displays a 2:0 match win for Cai Zhenhua.

The Citizen Scoreboard lights up 1 dot to indicate this was just the first game however.

It sounds like the website has the facts correct.

--Rob