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| Later, Cho 10dan said, “Oh~. I am finished
with one game so I feel lonely. I don’t know how to spend
my time.” And then, he came into the commentary room. Then,
he stand next to Redmond 9dan and said with a microphone in
his hand, “The reason why I am here is because I lost.” Redmond
9dan said, “So, Cho sensei, since you are here, please explain
why your stones died.” Same as last year, the extravagant
commentary was started by Cho 10dan and Redmond 9dan and the
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| Now, the 4 pairs will be playing in the semi
final. The combination is as follows. |
[A] Ayumi SUZUKI 3-dan / U CHO Gosei pair vs
Mika YOSHIDA 8-dan / Shinji TAKAO Meijin / Honinbo
[B] Imin SHEI 3-dan / Satoru KOBAYASHI 9-dan pair vs Yumiko OKADA
6-dan / Kimio YAMADA 9-dan pair |
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At the waiting room, before the semi final…
Cho 10dan said, “Kimio kun, did you win?”
Yamada 9dan said, “Yes.”
Cho 10dan said, “You are lucky, you can play one more game.”
Yamada 9dan said, “Yes.”
Cho 10dan said, “You must be happy.”
Yamada 9dan said, “Yes.”
Then, in the waiting room, Reibun Ko (his wife is Satoru
Kobayashi’s daughter) and his child came to cheer. Satoru
9dan looked happy with his grand child and said, “Kimio
kun, what do you think? Do you give up?”
Yamada 9dan said, “Yes. I didn’t know you have a card up
your sleeve!”
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Now, the semi final games started. A lot of
people gathered around the 2 games.
And then, at the commentary room, again, Cho 10dan went up on the
stage. And the fun commentary which makes audience laugh started.
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At one of the games of the semi final,
white, Yoshida and Takao pair, was leading from the beginning.
After the game, Yoshida 8dan said, “I thought we won against
last year’s winner at the 100th move. I am only joking.” But
later, it turned out to be a difficult Go at the bottom part
of the board. When black, Suzuki and Cho pair, succeeded in
defending the bottom part, and they won their losing game
by their accurate judge and calmness. 2 years in a row, they
proceed to the final.
Yoshida and Takao pair lost, unfortunately. After the severe
game, Yoshida 8dan said, “We are a miraculous pair in that
we won all the way. But at the semi final, I played a crude
move … at the important point, I played a move that helped
the opponent.”
Takao Meijin/Honinbo said, “For me, I have never won in Pair
Go, so, I could play many games and had fun. I thank Yoshida
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At the 2nd game of the semi final, with
a lot of energy, black, Shei and Satoru Kobayashi pair, was
attacking the big area of white stones. After the game, Yamada
9dan said, “Before, I saw large area of Chikun seisei’s stones
were captured so we were saying that we have to be careful
of that. And I thought they are taking our stones.” The big
area of white seemed in a desperate situation. But white had
a narrow escape from death and the situation was reversed.
Masaki Takemiya 9dan who came to observe great games said,
“White, the dead stones, became alive and is leading now!”
Later, there were chances for black but Okada and Yamada pair
kept on leading and won the game. They won against a pair
who was said to be a prospective winner and will proceed to
the final.
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At the waiting room…
Satoru Kobayashi 9dan said, “We won too much at the 1st game,
today.”
Shei 3dan said, “Yes, We took too many stones.”
They both seemed sad.
Later, Satoru Kobayashi 9dan left the place with sadness.
Shei 3dan said, “I have never won in Pair Go before so I had
really good fun. I thought Satoru sensei is very strong because
he plays some moves that I can never think of. I have learnt
a lot from this championship.” She looked back at this championship
with a refreshing smile.
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