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Cho evens the score in the Kisei title: 1-1
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Cho Chikun forced the Kisei title owner, Yamashita Keigo, to resign in game 2. The score is now 1-1.
Kisei Game 2, Day 1
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Kisei title, game 2: day one is over:
Kisei title: Yamashita Keigo – Cho Chikun 1-0
Sunday, January 13th, 2008
Yamashita started his defense of the Kisei title well, by winning the first game (by resignation).
It may look like an upset win since Yamashita made a large dent in Cho’s territory while they seemed to start yose, but by following the Cyberoro pro comments (just the variations, since I cannot read the actual comments) I think Yamashita was ahead anyway and Cho tried to over-stretch in the yose stage by not defending properly against White 118, which led to the more spectacular ending.
Yamashita looks happy during the post-mortem game analysis with the main referee, Kobayashi Koichi, who was himself Kisei in the late 80’s – early 90’s for a record of 8 consecutive years (of which, interestingly, he both captured the title from Cho, then lost the title to Cho as well).
Kisei Title – game 1, day 1,… and Samba!
Saturday, January 12th, 2008The first day of the 2008 Kisei Title match is over. I started a webpage dedicated to this event.
The first game of the Kisei title, as always, was played abroad. This time in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Here are some videos from the opening ceremony, from where we learn that the 2 contestants are also skilled in Brazilian dances:
Kisei 2008 coming very soon…
Friday, January 11th, 2008
This year’s Kisei, the most important Japanese title, will start tomorrow. The first game is usually held abroad. This time the title holder, Yamashita Keigo, and the challenger, Cho Chikun, are playing the first game in Sao Paulo, in Brazil.
Cho Chikun is Kisei challenger
Monday, November 19th, 2007
“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.
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! 
Cho won the 45th Judan title 3-2
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
Cho Chikun defended the Judan title 3-2!
He won the last game by 3.5 points.
Interestingly, this last game was played on a Western-style table, instead of the traditional tatami mat – see pictures here and here.
I am very glad Cho Sensei won – he is one of the last representatives of the old Kitani School that is still competing successfully with the newer generation of players in Japan.
Judan title: Cho Chikun – Yamashita Keigo 2-0
Sunday, April 1st, 2007
The title holder, Cho Chikun, continued the pressure on the challenger Yamashita Keigo (the Kisei title holder) in the Judan title and won the second game after another spectacular fight.
I wrote a few thoughts on this second game.
Here is the position after move 76, and a nice whole board problem: Black to play next and do something about White’s moyo on the right side.
Updated the “Professional Go tournaments” page
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007
I finished updating the “Professional Go tournaments” page – added a bit a background about the pro titles in Japan, and also a link to the upcoming Judan title page.
In the Judan page I wrote a story I had almost forgotten: how Cho Chikun became self-appointed insei teacher.
