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The 13th Kisei was a Go competition that took place in 1989. [1] Koichi Kobayashi won the title 4 games to 1 over Masaki Takemiya.
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The 13th Kisei was a Go competition that took place in 1989. [1] Koichi Kobayashi won the title 4 games to 1 over Masaki Takemiya.
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| Satoshi Kataoka | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Cho Chikun Judan | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Cho Chikun | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Shuzo Ohira | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Hideki Komatsu | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Shuzo Ohira | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Cho Chikun | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Masao Kato | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Rin Kaiho | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Norio Kudo | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Rin Kaiho | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Masao Kato | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Masao Kato Meijin | 0 | |||||||||||||
| - | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Cho Chikun | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Takemiya Masaki | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Hideo Otake | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Norimoto Yoda | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Norimoto Yoda | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Masaki Takemiya | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Takaho Kojima | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Masaki Takemiya Honinbo | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Masaki Takemiya | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Eio Sakata | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Eio Sakata | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Yuichi Sonoda | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Eio Sakata | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Haruo Kamimura | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Haruo Kamimura | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Katsuji Kada | 0 | |||||||||||||
Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cho Chikun Judan | W+4.5 | 1 | ||
| Takemiya Masaki Honinbo | W+R | W+R | 2 |
Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Koichi Kobayashi (Kisei) | W+R | W+R | W+6.5 | W+3.5 | 4 | |||
| Takemiya Masaki (Challenger) | W+R | 1 |
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