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23rd Kisei title

Stage 1 Finals

date black white result #mv sgf
1998-03-04 Umezawa Yukari 1p Yamamoto Kentaro 1p W+R 110 sgf
1998-03-04 Kobayashi Izumi 2p Araki Issei 2p B+R 235 sgf
1998-03-25 Kuwamoto Shinpei 3p Kim Sujun 3p B+2.5 259 sgf
1998-03-25 Furuya Yutaka 4p Rin Shien 4p B+2.5 289 sgf
1998-04-15 Yamashita Keigo 5p Mizokami Tomochika 5p B+R 133 sgf
1998-04-22 Shinoda Hideyuki 6p Akiyama Jiro 6p W+R 162 sgf
1998-04-30 Ogaki Yusaku 7p Konagai Masaru 7p B+3.5 236 sgf
1998-04-30 Hiroe Hiroyuki 8p Oya Koichi 8p B+1.5 321 sgf
1998-07-30 O Rissei 9p Kobayashi Satoru 9p B+2.5 203 sgf

Stage 2 Tournament

Oya Koichi 8p Oya Koichi Akiyama Jiro Akiyama Jiro
B+R
Yamamoto Kentaro 1p
Kuwamoto Shinpei 4p Akiyama Jiro
Akiyama Jiro 6p
Yamashita Keigo 5p Yamashita Keigo
W+R		 Yamashita Keigo
Furuya Yutaka 5p
Kobayashi Izumi 2p Kobayashi Izumi
Konagai Masaru 7p

Kobayashi Satoru Kato Masao
B+R		 Kobayashi Koichi
W+2.5		 Kobayashi Koichi (2-0)
B+3.5 W+0.5
O RisseiKato Masao
W+5.5
Kato Masao
Ryu ShikunKudo Norio
W+1.5		 Kobayashi Koichi
B+R
Kudo Norio
Ogaki YusakuKobayashi Koichi
W+R
Kobayashi Koichi
Akiyama Jiro Ishida Yoshio
B+0.5		 Yoda Norimoto
W+4.5
Ishida YoshioIshida Yoshio
B+R
Kataoka Satoshi
Hiroe HiroyukiYamada Kimio
B+2.5		 Yoda Norimoto
B+R
Yamada Kimio
Yoda Norimoto

23rd Kisei Title

date black white result #mv sgf
1999-01-13,14 Cho Chikun Kobayashi Koichi B+R 203 sgf
1999-01-27,28 Kobayashi Koichi Cho Chikun W+R 208 sgf
1999-02-03,04 Cho Chikun Kobayashi Koichi W+R 186 sgf
1999-02-17,18 Kobayashi Koichi Cho Chikun W+1.5 287 sgf
1999-02-24,25 Cho Chikun Kobayashi Koichi W+R 102 sgf
1999-03-10,11 Kobayashi Koichi Cho Chikun W+5.5 272 sgf

Cho Chikun won with 4-2.