20th Kisei

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The 20th Kisei 20th iteration of the Kisei tournament, a tournament in the board game go. It was won by Cho Chikun and held in 1996. The first match was played outside Japan, in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Chikun won 4 games to 3 over Kobayashi Satoru in the final. [1]

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Tournament

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
Susumu Fukui 0
 
 
 
-0
 
Susumu Fukui0
 
 
 
Kunihisa Honda1
 
Kunihisa Honda 0
 
 
 
-0
 
Kunihisa Honda0
 
 
 
Cho Chikun1
 
Cho Chikun Honinbo 0
 
 
 
-0
 
Cho Chikun1
 
 
 
Hideo Otake0
 
Hideo Otake 1
 
 
 
Satoshi Yuki 0
 
Cho Chikun2
 
 
 
Masao Kato0
 
So Kofuku 0
 
 
 
(automatic berth)0
 
So Kofuku0
 
 
 
Koichi Kobayashi1
 
Koichi Kobayashi Meijin 1
 
 
 
Yujiro Hashimoto 0
 
Koichi Kobayashi0
 
 
 
Masao Kato1
 
Ryu Shikun Tengen 0
 
 
 
(automatic berth)0
 
Ryu Shikun0
 
 
 
Masao Kato1
 
Masaki Takemiya 0
 
 
Masao Kato 1
 

Challenger finals

Player123T
Cho Chikun Honinbo W+1.5W+R2
Masao Kato 9 dan0

Finals

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Kobayashi Satoru (Kisei)W+RW+RW+R3
Cho Chikun (Challenger)W+RW+RW+1.5W+R4

References

  1. 20th Kisei from GoBase.org Retrieved March 12, 2007