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 Finally, the games started. The tournament rule is based on the NHK system, no handicap, black stones with 6.5-Moku Komidashi (in compensation for the advantage), countdown for 30 seconds/stone from the first stone, and 10 times of decision making time of 1 minite/time. |
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In the first round, one will play with the opponent pair as determined by the lottery. In the second round, a winning pair will play agaist other winning pair, and a losing pair will play against other losing pair. The second straight winning pair will proceed to the semifinal round. The second straight losing pair will drop out. The remaining 8 pairs of one winning and one losing will compete for the quarterfinal round that will be held on 11th. They will be playing using a Go board with 9 vertical and horizontal lines. |
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| Ms. Hyunjung Kim & Mr. Naoki Hane, pair VS Ms. Kazuko Konishi & Mr. Yoshio Ishida, pair |
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| Ms. Yoko Inori & Mr. Masao Kato, pair VS Ms. Ayumi Suzuki & Mr. Ryu Chikun, pair |
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| Ms. Kumiko Yashiro & Mr. Koichi Kobayashi, pair VS Ms. Yumiko Okada & Mr. Masaki Takemiya, pair |
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| Ms. Isoko Ashida & Mr. Rin Kaiho, pair VS Ms. Seiko Ogawa & Mr. Cho Chikun, pair |
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| Ms. Narumi Osawa & Mr. Toshiya Imamura, pair VS Ms. Keiko Kato & Mr. Oh Rissei, pair |
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| Ms. Yukari Umezawa & Mr. Oh Meien, pair VS Ms. Kana Mannami & Mr. Shinji Takao, pair |
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| Ms. Kaori Chinen & Mr. Shigeaki Yokota, pair VS Ms. Kikuyo Aoki & Mr. Tomoyasu Mimura, pair |
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| Ms. Tomoko Kato & Mr. Noriki Yoda, pair VS Ms. Izumi Kobayashi & Mr. Keigo Yamashita, pair |
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