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Cho Chikun is Kisei challenger

“Old lion still has teeth”: Cho Chikun Judan won the playoff against Cho U to earn the right to challenge Yamashita Keigo for his Kisei title, according to Go Topics.
Cho Chikun
It will be a very interesting match: Cho Chikun has already defeated Yamashita earlier this year, in his defense of the Judan title. Let’s see how Yamashita Kisei will defend his title against Cho. Cho Chikun seems to be the only representative of the old Kitani school which can still win titles nowadays, not giving up to the new generation of players in Japan. Go, Cho Sensei! :-)

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2 Responses to “Cho Chikun is Kisei challenger”

  1. NannyOgg says:
    November 20, 2007 at 1:12 pm

    Woohoo!

    I was happy when I saw this. He is doing very well this year,

    Nanny

  2. Sorin says:
    November 20, 2007 at 4:13 pm

    Me too. I guess part of me enjoying when “old-timers” still get titles is that I think it proves that there is more to professional Go than just stamina (of course, once one gets to a top level technically): there is also some art involved :-)