RICOH CUP 2005
report

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.