The game record is here.
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Cho holds 5 of the 7 major Japanese title. I wonder if he will become Kisei challenger – he started the league well, 2:0, but it is way too early to know for now. Posts Tagged ‘gosei’
Cho U Defends Gosei Title
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
Cho U won the third game as well against challenger Yuki Satoshi and defended his Gosei title with straight wins, 3:0.
Yuki, playing white, started with an unusual opening again (his 4th move was on the 4X6 point!) but lost in the end by 1.5 points.
Gosei Title: Cho U Won Game 2, Leads 2:0
Friday, July 10th, 2009Cho U, title-holder, defeated Gosei challenger Yuki Satoshi by 13.5 points in the second game of the title match. Cho U won the first game as well, and since Gosei has a best-of-five system, he needs only one more win to keep the title.
Yuki Satoshi has a very interesting style: his openings are quite non-standard, which leads to interesting games with many fights – this one makes no exception.
The result, 13.5 points difference, is unusual: professional players usually resign when the difference is larger than 5 points, but there are some cases when games are played till the end for various reasons:
- When in time-trouble and with lots of exchanges happening late in the game, one may simply not be able to count accurately.
- When one doesn’t find “the proper time to resign”, games usually continue till the very end.
- When one doesn’t feel like resigning.
Historically, Sakata Eio, one of the most famous professional players in Japan, was well-known for playing till the very end even in games where we lost by over 20 points difference.
Game record here.
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For the complete tournament table, see this link.
The third game will be played on July 21st.
Gosei Title: Cho U – Yuki Satoshi 1:0
Friday, June 26th, 2009The Japanese Gosei title started yesterday. Title holder is the amazing Cho U, who, besides Gosei is title-holder in Meijin, Judan, Tengen and Oza and is also the current Agon Cup winner in Japan.
Cho U captured the Gosei title from Yoda Norimoto in 2006, and defended it successfully against Yokota Shigeaki in 2007 and against Yamashita Keigo in 2008.
The challenger this year is Yuki Satoshi 9 dan. He qualified to challenge Cho U after defeating Morita Michihiro, O Meien, So Yokoku, Takemiya Masaki and Iyama Yuta.
Gosei is one of the seven major Japanese Go titles, and the final is played in a best-of-five system.
Cho U won this first game by resignation in 143 moves. The second game will be played on July 10th.
Here is the game record.
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Cho U Defends Gosei Title
Saturday, August 16th, 2008
Cho U won game 4 in his Gosei Title defense against Yamashita Keigo and kept the title with a 3-1 score.
Here is the 4th and last game (you can download it here).
Cho U Evens the Score in Gosei Title Defense
Sunday, July 27th, 2008Cho U, on the right side in the photo below, won the second game in the Japanese Gosei title against challenger Yamashita Keigo. The score is 1-1 now.
Here is the game record.
Next game will take place in just a few days, on July 31st.
Good Start in Gosei Challenge for Yamashita
Friday, July 11th, 2008
The Japanese Gosei title started yesterday.
The challenger (and Kisei title holder) Yamashita Keigo (left in the photo below) won the first game against Cho U Gosei.
Here is the game record. Yamashita (Black) mounted a double attack and eventually killed one of Cho’s groups.
Next game will take place on July 27th.
