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 �gOffending�h and �gDefending�h 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, �gWasn�ft this stone (the Ms. Aoki & Mr. Mimura pair�fs 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