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This year, too, many Go fans, over 1,370
people, gathered.
From this year, there is a new service which is a big screen
at the front of the game room. Till last year, there were
many people at the back who could not see the stage. This
year, what happened on the stage was shown on the big screen
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At first, a commercial film of Ricoh was
shown on the big screen and then the participants came up
on the stage. To start the ceremony, Mr. Ichiro Yoshikuni,
the honorary chairman of the Japan Pair Go Association made
a speech.
Mr. Yoshikuni said, “Since the time I was a chairman of the
Japan Pair Go Association, without the word, honorary, this
is the 13th Championship. Thank you very much for coming today.
Pair Go has started to be popular but overseas, “Igo” is “Go”.
So, we are thinking of changing the name of our company in
Japanese, “Nihon Pair Igo Kyokai”, to “Nihon Pair Go Kyokai”.
Since the Pair Go was invented, Go has started to be more
interesting. As in overseas, the game of bridge is played
by a pair of a male
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friends to play Pair Go. I hope everyone will love Pair Go in Japan,
like bridge overseas. Please enjoy observing the professionals’
games, today.” |
| Then, Mr. Hiroshi Hamada, the supreme advisor
of Ricoh Co. Ltd, the sponsor of the Championship, was introduced
and after the participating professionals were introduced, Hideo
Otake Honorary Gosei went up on the stage to make a speech to declare
the opening. |
Otake Honorary Gosei said, “I suppose
some of you are excited to see many professionals today. For
the professionals, they will be important games which will
be recorded, so please do not disturb the games while observing.
Also, please enjoy Micheal’s great commentary in the other
room. I think you will be stronger by at least 3 stones. (laugh)
Please enjoy and have a wonderful time. For the participants,
all of you, good luck and win. Now, please start the game.”
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The pairing of the 16 pairs which had been decided
by lottery on the 18th of October (at Hotel Metropolitan Edmont
in Iidabashi, Tokyo), was shown on the other page.
The tournament rule is the “NHK Cup System”, all even games, 6 and
a half points of komi, 30 seconds per move and 10 times of 1 minute
thinking time. |
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[A] Ayumi SUZUKI 3-dan / U CHO Oza / Gosei pair
vs Yumiko OKADA 6-dan / Kimio YAMADA 9-dan pair
[B] Akino IZAWA 3-dan / Rissei O 9-dan pair vs Imin SHEI 3-dan /
Satoru KOBAYASHI 9-dan pair
[C] Tomoko OGAWA 6-dan / Koichi KOBAYASHI 9-dan pair vs Kikuyo AOKI
Women's Meijin / Masaki TAKEMIYA 9-dan pair
[D] Mika YOSHIDA 8-dan / Shinji TAKAO Meijin / Honinbo pair vs Yoko
INORI 5-dan / Toshiya IMAMURA 9-dan pair
[E] Izumi KOBAYASHI Women's Saikyo / Chikun CHO judan pair vs Terumi
KOYAMA 5-dan / Meien O 9-dan pair
[F] Yukari UMEZAWA 5-dan / Rin KONO Tengen pair vs Keiko KATO 5-dan
/ Norimoto YODA 9-dan pair
[G] Kazuko KONISHI 8-dan / Yoshio ISHIDA 9-dan pair vs Narumi OSAWA
3-dan / Naoki HANE 9-dan pair
[H] Kana MANNAMI Women's Kisei / Keigo YAMASHITA Kisei pair vs Kumiko
YASHIRO Women's Honinbo / Satoshi YUKI 9-dan pair |
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