Pair Go RICOH CUP 2009 [ Ricoh Cup The 3rd Game and The Semifinal ]

The game of Keiko Kato and Hane pair against Umezawa and Imamura pair started calmly. Then, later, by Redmond 9dan's comment, "The white (Umezawa and Imamura pair) is leading." But it became a battle in ko and there seemed to have been a misjudgment in white. From then on, the black started to play smoothly. Redmond 9dan exclaimed, "It looks as if the black is played by 1 person. I can't really think of 2 players play." And soon after Redmond 9dan said, "Ah, I can hear the white screaming.", the white resigned.

After the game, Umezawa Women's Kisei said with grief, "At the important situation, I made all the mistakes." "The cause of losing must be that I stopped playing ko." At the commentary hall, Redmond 9dan and Yashiro 5dan argued violently as usual.
Redmond 9dan said, "Talking about ko, I attempted to do 3 or 4 times and all of them were unsuccessful."
Yashiro 5dan said, "That's interesting."

The 2nd game of the semifinal was Shei and Iyama pair who was the most popular against Koyama and Ko pair. By the way, Iyama 8dan and Ko 7dan are very good friends in private. Usually, they are calm but at the games, their expression was very serious.

When the white went into a big moyo on the top area of the black (Koyama and Ko pair), from the beginning, the game started to be severe. The game went on by the white running away and the black attacking and the battle started to spread on the Go board. And they were attacking each other on the bottom of the Go board, then the white made an advantageous move, 'Itte yose ko'. As soon as Redmond 9dan said, "The black will suffer at the end.", the black resigned. This game, too, was finished by resignation.

After the fierce battle, the pairs who will proceed to the final are Keiko Kato Women's Saikyo and Hane Honinbo pair and Imin Shei Women's Honinbo / Women's Meijin and Yuta Iyama 8dan pair. Behind the popularity of the Shei and Iyama pair, actually, I heard from many professionals that Kato and Hane pair who is in a very good condition is the prospective winner. But it is rare that those 2 prospective winners proceed to the final. I am sure that at the final, they will play a brilliant game.

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