RICOH CUP 2005
report


The tournament table to a semifinal

Accordingly, there are 4 pairs selected. The matches are: the Ms. Suzuki & Mr. Ryu pair vs. the Ms. Kato & Mr. R. Oh pair, and the Ms. Umezawa & Mr. M. Oh pair vs. the Ms. Aoki & Mr. Mimura pair.

Both the semifinal games were hot battles with competitive gOffendingh and gDefendingh forces. The game leader was altered again and again even in the ending stage, and nobody determined until the finish which pair won the game.


Ms. Keiko Kato 4-dan & Mr. Oh Rissei 10-dan, pair
VS
Ms. Ayumi Suzuki 3-dan & Mr. Ryu Chikun 9-dan, pair

Ms. Kikuyo Aoki 8-dan & Mr. Tomoyasu Mimura 9-dan, pair
VS
Ms. Yukari Umezawa 5-dan & Mr. Oh Meien 9-dan, pair

As the result, the pairs for the final game are: the Ms. Kato & Mr. R. Oh pair, and Ms. Aoki & Mr. Mimura pair. Both the pairs are commonly characterized as having a similar Go strategy to each other. They will go to Beijing.

At reviewing the game of the Ms. Umezawa & Mr. M. Oh pair vs. the Ms. Aoki & Mr. Mimura pair;

Mr. Ohtake, the chief tournament examiner, said, gWasnft this stone (the Ms. Aoki & Mr. Mimura pairfs stone) almost dying, was it?h
Ms. Aoki and Mr. Mimura replied, gYes, it was certainly dying.h
Mr. Oh said, gAt that time, we had nothing to do than offending.h
The Ms. Umezawa & Mr. M. Oh pair regretfully reviewed the game, still later on.
The Ms. Suzuki & Mr. Ryu pair who won 3 games successively from the first round, by taking out a large group of stones:

Mr. Ryu was comforting Ms. Suzuki, gWe lost the game at ending the game. It cannot be helped because we have not experienced ending the game.h