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| The Tomoko Kato and Takao pair was exhausted by the severe game. Kato 5dan who played the losing move kept on saying, "I am sorry." "(When she played the losing move) you must be surprised?" To this, Takao Judan said, "Yes! I was surprised." "The loss was 18 stones." At once, they nearly won so they seemed that they were very disappointed. |
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Yoshida and Kono pair were saying to each other, "The cause of the loss is the move that I made." Yoshida 8dan said, "In fact, before, I used to be bad in Pair Go. I worried about not dragging a partner down. But, this time, I had really good fun that I paired with a nice partner who I met for the first time. Pair Go is fun to exchange the way of thinking over the different Go style! However, I regret because I really wanted to win the game!" |
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| On the other hand, Hane Honinbo who won said with a satisfied expression, "This time, it was the first time we were in perfect synch (laugh). I played a good game!" When Yoshida 8dan heard that, she screamed, "It's not fair!" |
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| Koichi Kobayashi 9dan who lost by a half stone, unfortunately, said, "It seems I could win by a move, yose." He was staring at the Go game record. |
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| Toshiya Imamura 9dan said, "I thought I was losing by a half stone. Where did I make a wrong calculation?" He was staring at the Go game record, too. Later, he said, "Ah! It is not like me (he is optimistic). I calculated 1 stone more in their territory!" Then, he started smiling. |
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| Okada 6dan who did "Itte battari (losing by 1 move)" said with a bitter smile, "(among 2 choices) I was wondering which move to make and then I thought I would play a decent move for a time being and I can leave it up to Hikosaka sensei. (About the move she made) that was a situation that the opponent wouldn't care." |
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| Hikosaka 9dan had a refreshing expression even though he lost the game. He said, "I think we did well till now. It was the first time to play the 2nd day. With Yumiko, I get on well. Today, we were playing all right but there was an illusion. But there was nothing else to do because it is fast Go." |
Without having much time to talk about the quarterfinal games, the time for the semifinal game came. The 4 pairs who unfortunately lost did not want to go home and they stayed in the waiting room and continued talking.
To the next game, the 4 pairs who went into the tournament hall were as bellow. |
☆ Terumi Koyama 5dan, Iso Ko 7dan pair VS
Imin Shei Women's Honinbo / Women's Meijin, Yuta Iyama 8dan pair
☆ Keiko Kato Women's Saikyo, Naoki Hane Honinbo pair VS
Yukari Umezawa Women's Kisei, Toshiya Imamura 9dan pair |
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