Mr. Rin announced the opening of the tournament, and finally the game started.

Mr. Rin announced the opening of the tournament

Introducing pairs on the stage

Final game started

Reporters, taking photographs of the start of the game

Over 500 observers gathered at the tournament

10 or more press photographers surrounded the Go board, and they hid all the players for a while. Mr. Mimura said later, "It was my first experience to play Go in a flood of flashlight." All the players seemed to be in high spirits due to the atmosphere at the site, which was somewhat different from those in Japan.