Kisei challenger
Moriuchi is the last to reach the semi-finals of the Kisei challenger
tournament. Young Kimura finally was stopped after a great run in the
Kisei this year. It looked like a solid victory for Moriuchi, but in
the endgame Kimura had a chance to make it difficult. The semi-finals
of the Kisei are Moriuchi-Sato Yasumitsu and Habu-Nakahara. Whoever wins,
Tanigawa will have an extremely tough opponent to face!
Oi leagues
In the white group of the Oi league, undefeated Yashiki and Morishita
played their third round game against each other. The winner would take
a major step forward to winning the group, meeting the winner of the red
group next to decide the challenger of Habu. Yashiki had the best of the
game, but in the end a careless attacking move let Morishita in, who won
convincingly from there.
In the red group leader Nakagawa lost to Nakata Isao, leaving both players
with a 2-1 score. Nakagawa played the middle game too subtle, giving his
opponent a good attack in the process. Nakagawa battled hard for a chance
to turn the tables, but Nakata made no big mistakes after that. Both players
were joined in the lead by Goda, who took a little revenge on Maruyama for
losing the final game of the A-class and dropping to B1. Of course the
importance of these two games is vastly different, but Goda will be happy
with a good start of the new season after a year in which many things went
wrong. Tanigawa can also get to 2-1 with a win over Minami, so the red
group will be exciting to the end this year.
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