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27 April


27 April

Women's Meijin Xie Yimin defends Women's Meijin title

  Xie Yimin has successfully completed her defence of her triple crown of Women's titles. In the 23rd Women’s Meijin title match, she rebuffed the challenge of Mukai Chiaki 4 dan who attempted to gain the title.
  Now she has got her 11th title and sets the women’s new record.

The 23nd Women's Meijin Title Match
Shei Imin defeated Mukai Chiaki
Shei Imin 2 - 1 Mukai Chiaki
Date(2011) Venue Result
1st March. 2 Osaka Mukai (B) won by resign
2nd March. 11 Nihonkiin, Tokyo Shei (B) won by resign
3rd March. 25 Nihonkiin, Tokyo Shei (B) won by resign

The Nihon Ki-in launches `Go Books'!

  The Weekly Go Newspaper published by The Nihon Ki-in has been released on i-pad since April 2011! Now you can read it on i-pad as well!
  The Nihon Ki-in will also plan to release e-publications for its monthly magazine (`Go World') and variety of books.
  For further details please check the following link:

Yamada Kimio 9dan wins NHK Cup for his first time.

  The finalists of the 58th NHK Cup were Yoda Norimoto 9dan and Yamada Kimio 9 dan. Yoda 9dan played in the final of NHK Cup for his six times and won the tournament for five times while Yamada 9 dan never played at the final of NHK Cup before.
  In the final, Yamada (Black) defeated Yoda by 6.5 points. Both Yamada and Yoda will be qualified to play in Asian TV Cup tournament this summer.

The Game Condition
・ Thinking Time: a move/30 seconds
・ Extra Time: 10 minutes
* DATE: mm/dd
Player Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Q-Final S-Final Final
Yuki Satoshi Komatsu
10/10
Akiyama
12/5
Akiyama
2/20
Yoda
3/6
Yamada
3/20
Komatsu Hideki Komatsu
4/25
Han Zenki
Hikosaka Naoto Ogata
6/6
Akiyama
11/7
Ogata Masaki
Akiyama Jiro Akiyama
7/18
Shei Imin
Cho Chikun Cho C
8/22
Cho C
12/19
Kobayashi Koichi Kobayashi
5/16
Ri Ishu
Fujii Shuya Fujii
8/8
Cho U
9/26
Tsuruyama Atsushi
Cho U
Yoda Norimoto Yoda
9/5
Yoda
1/9
Yoda
2/6
Takemiya Masaki Takemiya
7/4
Ko Iso
Honda Kunihisa Nakano
7/11
O R
11/14
Nakano Hironari
O Rissei
Kono Rin Kono
9/12
Kono
1/23
Chin Kaei Chin
4/4
Aoki Kikuyo
Kataoka Satoshi Kataoka
5/30
Yamashita
9/19
Arakaki Shun
Yamashita Keigo
Hane Naoki Hane
11/28
Hane
12/12
Yamada
2/27
Yamada
3/20
Cho Riyu Shida
4/11
Shida Tatsuya
Kiyonari Tetsuya Chinen
5/2
So
10/24
Chinen Kaori
So Yokoku
Sakai Hideyuki Mizokami
8/15
Yamada
12/26
Kurahashi Masayuki Mizokami
5/9
Mizokami Tomochika
Imamura Toshiya Murakawa
8/1
Yamada
11/21
Murakawa Daisuke
Yamada Kimio
Takao Shinji Miyazawa
10/17
Miyazawa
1/16
Miyazawa
2/13
Nakaonoda Tomomi Miyazawa
6/27
Miyazawa Goro
Seto Taiki Seto
5/23
O M
10/3
Ha Yonniru
O Meien
Morita Michihiro Morita
6/20
Mimura
10/31
Mimura
1/30
Kobayashi Satoru
Mimura Tomoyasu Mimura
6/13
Umezawa Yukari
Shuto Shun Yukawa
4/18
Iyama
8/29
Yukawa Mitsuhisa
Iyama Yuta

Master's Cup: Who are Semi-finalists?

  Ishida Yoshio, Kobayashi Koichi, Cho Chikun and Kobayashi Satoru have reached the semi-final of 1st Master’s Cup tournament. They will play for the semi-final match in June 2011.

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