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Women's Honinbo Title
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The 21th Women's Honinbo Tittle Match

as of November 1, 2002

Kobayashi Izumi Women's Honinbo VS. Chinen Kaori Women's Kisei
Date(2002) Venue Result
1 Sep. 26 Fukui Chinen (B) won by resign.
2 Oct. 2 Nihon Kiin Chinen (W) won by 2.5.
3 Oct. 9 Mizusawa Kobayashi (W) won by 4.5.
4 Oct. 23 Nihon Kiin Kobayashi (B) won by 0.5.
5 Oct. 30 Nihon Kiin Kobayashi (W) won by 2.5.


The 21st Women's Honinbo Challenger's Tournament

Chinen become the challenger !
as of September 5, 2002
* DATE: mm/dd
Player Round 1 Round 2 Semifinal Final
 Asano Yasuko Osawa
4/10		 Koyama
6/12		 Koyama
7/31		 Chinen
9/4
 Osawa Narumi
 Koyama Mitsuru Koyama
4/17
 Lee Yo
 Araki Mako Araki
5/7		 Kato T
7/3
 Makihata Taeko
 Kato Tomoko Kato T
4/3
 Sakakibara Fumiko
 Chinen Kaori Chinen
4/10		 Chinen
5/29		 Chinen
7/31
 Miyazaki Shimako
 Yoshida Mika Yashiro
4/25
 Yashiro Kumiko
 Hosaka Mayu Umezawa
4/10		 Umezawa
6/26
 Umezawa Yukari
 Inori Yoko Inori
4/17
 Ogawa Tomoko