Fujii and Sato Yasumitsu qualify to Kisei challengers
Fujii beat an in-form Tanigawa in the A group of the Kisei league
to secure a place in the challenger knock-out. Sato Yasumitsu also qualified with a win over Yonenaga. Tanigawa and Yonenaga get a second chance to reach the challenger tournament, but it is not yet known who their opponent will be.
Morishita attacks in Oi
The Oi leagues started last week with the game between Morishita
and Nakamura in the Red Group. In the Oi league every game is vital as only the group winners play for the right to challenge the Oi title holder. Morishita did not make a mistake and showed some nice attacking skills (even though he is famous for his defence) in breaking down Nakamura's anaguma.
Top class semifinals in Zen Nihon Pro
Shinjin-O Yamasaki's great run in the Zen Nihon Pro tournament
(beating Fukuzaki, Kiriyama, Miura and Fujii!) was ended in the
quarterfinals by Moriuchi. Moriuchi showed that an A class opponent is still something different as he did not give Yamasaki much of a chance. In the other quarterfinal Nakahara seemed on his way to the final four as the Lifetime Meijin had the current Meijin Maruyama in an iron grip. However, Nakahara played the endgame in the wrong way and suddenly Maruyama could free himself and won in the counter attack. We have two top class semi finals coming up with Moriuchi against Sato and Tanigawa against Maruyama.
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