Well, the Ms. Ogawa and Mr. Masao Kato pair and Ms. Yashiro and Mr. Ryu pair have played the match that ended first in the first round game.

A top is a loser pair Tomoko OGAWA 6-dan and Masao KATO 9-dan The left is a winner pair Kumiko YASHIRO 5-dan and Shikun RYU 9-dan Looking at the Go board! Ms. Ogawa and Mr. Masao Kato pair's Taiseki has no meaning and is so-called 'Dead'. Ms. Ogawa: "It is all my fault. I misplayed life and death" While 6-dan Ms. Ogawa is taking, 9-dan Mr. Kato was just smiling. Or maybe not, he might have given a forced laugh. Interviewing the opponent pair, they seemed to be exultant. Mr. Ryu: " It was a complete victory. Ms.Yashiro was very decisive, so when I was not certain, she chose all directions to move. I could barely keep up with her." Ms. Yashiro: "Well, we have done well. We might be the perfect pair."

Monitor description by Michael Redmond 9-dan. A hearer is Konyu Han 1-dan.

First round results are as follows;

WINNER LOSER (Black) VS (White) (Black) VS (White) (Black) VS (White) (White) VS (Black) (White) VS (Black) (Black) VS (White) (Black) VS (White) (Black) VS (White)

The victory-or-defeat table after the 1st game finishes

At the waiting room, players are coming back after finishing their games.The pairs are no longer shy toward each other but are engaged in enthusiastic discussion about the games they have been through.

"We should have done that then..." "Well, so it is..." This is the only time that partners have to consider their game.

In the first round, contrary to what you might think, the Ms. Inori and Chikun Honinbo the 25th pair lost their game.

Ms.Inori: "Mr.Cho, I am sorry that I have misguided you."

Mr.Chikun: " We are careless because we think that we are always supposed to win pair go games. Next time, we will be more serious. The goal is winning the final and not just the first game."

9-dan Mr. Koichi Kobayashi:"We were supposed to win the game."

"We were absolutely in a good position to win. However, at the end, we had a lapse. Then, we lost by half a point. Ms. Izawa made a really good move. She is strong."

Another pair that lost was Ms. Izumi Kobayashi and Mr. Yamashita.

Kobayashi's father said, "I could read how Izumi would move. But she might have read his father's moves better than him."

There was a scene when many fans came asking for autographs of the players who had took part in the games.

The most popular player for fans was Cho Honinbo Oza, since he has a famous 'life and death problems sign'.

Especially, we could see young ladies asking for his autograph.

A group of ladies said, "These flowers are to congratulate you for attaining the position of Oza. The charm of Mr.Cho is that we can see his move at a game." Among fans, there is a little boy, The boy said, "He is strong and good looking. That is why I like him." I see...

Mr. Yoda Meijin who signs
Mr.Cho Honinbo who signs	Ms. Ogawa 6-dan who signs