In today’s international Go tournament news, defending Gosei Yoda Norimoto forced challenger Yuki Satoshi, 9 dan, to resign in the first game of the Gosei title match.
Other news from Japan is that 4-dan Iyama Yuta caused an upset in the Agon Cup, defeating Cho U Meijin in the first round of the 4-round final knockout tournament. With last year’s winner, Hane Naoki out of the tournament (defeated on Monday by Kobayashi Satoru, 9 dan), as well as Yamashito Keigo Tengen (defeated by 7-dan Sakai Hideyuki), the only major title-holder left in the tournament is Cho Chikun Judan.
From Korea, four of the finalists for the Osram (Korean Young Players) Cup have been identified. The system used to find the finalists is quite interesting similar to the “winner keeps the table” system used in pool bars. 25 players are identified for a preliminary round. The players are put in a certain order, then the first 2 play each other. The winner plays the third player on the list, the winner of that match the fourth, and so on until 24 matches have been played. All players winning 2 or more games qualify as finalists for the knockout round. There is only one more player who can qualify as a finalist, the 1-dan Yoo Jaeho. However, he will have to defeat Lee Yeongku (4d), who has won his last 4 games.
Posted by Steve in Pro News
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