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8th Ryusei title

Four times 24 players play a ladder. The winner of each ladder and the player with most wins proceed to the 8-player knockout tournament. Time is 30 secs/move, 10 times 1 minute. Komi is 5.5.

The four ladders

Group A

date black white result #mv sgf
1998-08-11 Kono Rin So Yokoku B+R 251 sgf
1998-08-11 Kono Rin Endo Yoshifumi B+R 149 sgf
1998-09-08 Toriki Hiroshi Kono Rin W+R 180 sgf
1998-09-08 Kono Rin Kurotaki Masanori B+2.5 254 sgf
1998-09-22 Kono Rin Yo Kaei W+R 146 sgf
1998-09-22 Hagiwara Mutsumi Yo Kaei W+R 150 sgf
1998-10-20 Matsuoka Teruo Yo Kaei W+R 232 sgf
1998-10-20 Ogaki Yusaku Yo Kaei B+R 177 sgf
1998-12-01 Ogaki Yusaku Ishida Atsushi B+R 181 sgf
1998-12-01 Kanagawa Masaaki Ogaki Yusaku W+R 182 sgf
1999-01-11 Ogaki Yusaku Yata Naoki B+R 259 sgf
1999-01-11 Hidaka Toshiyuki Ogaki Yusaku B+R 219 sgf
1999-01-26 Kosugi Kiyoshi Hidaka Toshiyuki W+2.5 223 sgf
1999-01-26 Yukawa Mitsuhisa Hidaka Toshiyuki B+R 203 sgf
1999-02-16 Yukawa Mitsuhisa Aragaki Takeshi B+4.5 257 sgf
1999-02-16 Yukawa Mitsuhisa Awaji Shuzo W+11.5 302 sgf
1999-03-08 Fukui Susumu Awaji Shuzo B+5.5 258 sgf
1999-03-08 Takagi Shoichi Fukui Susumu B+R 215 sgf
1999-03-29 Ishigure Ikuro Takagi Shoichi B+1.5 276 sgf
1999-03-29 Miyamoto Yoshihisa Ishigure Ikuro W+7.5 257 sgf
1999-04-12 Ishigure Ikuro Sugiuchi Masao W+1.5 349 sgf
1999-04-12 Sugiuchi Masao Kobayashi Koichi W+R 126 sgf
1999-05-17 Cho Chikun Kobayashi Koichi W+R 160 sgf

Winner: Kobayashi Koichi
Most wins (4): Ogaki Yusaku

Group B

date black white result #mv sgf
1998-08-10 Chinen Kaori Kuwamoto Shinpei B+R 239 sgf
1998-08-10 Takao Shinji Chinen Kaori B+R 141 sgf
1998-08-31 Nishida Terumi Takao Shinji W+R 146 sgf
1998-08-31 Akiyama Jiro Takao Shinji W+3.5 219 sgf
1998-10-02 Kenmochi Jo Takao Shinji W+R 194 sgf
1998-10-02 Takao Shinji Sasaki Tadashi B+R 205 sgf
1998-10-19 Kasai Koji Takao Shinji W+R 210 sgf
1998-10-19 Ryu Shikun Takao Shinji B+8.5 265 sgf
1998-11-24 Ryu Shikun Okada Shinichiro B+R 167 sgf
1998-11-24 Ryu Shikun Muramatsu Ryuichi W+0.5 247 sgf
1998-12-22 Muramatsu Ryuichi Shirae Haruhiko B+R 213 sgf
1998-12-22 Muramatsu Ryuichi Oya Koichi W+R 164 sgf
1999-02-01 Tokimoto Hajime Oya Koichi B+8.5 338 sgf
Not played Komatsu Hideki Tokimoto Hajime W+bye 0 sgf
1999-02-22 Kiyonari Tetsuya Tokimoto Hajime B+8.5 273 sgf
1999-02-22 Sonoda Yuichi Kiyonari Tetsuya W+2.5 255 sgf
1999-03-01 Ishida Akira Kiyonari Tetsuya W+4.5 265 sgf
1999-03-01 Tsuchida Masamitsu Kiyonari Tetsuya B+11.5 268 sgf
1999-03-16 Haruyama Isamu Tsuchida Masamitsu B+R 215 sgf
1999-03-16 Ishii Mamoru Haruyama Isamu W+R 238 sgf
1999-04-05 Haruyama Isamu Magari Reiki B+R 193 sgf
1999-04-05 Kato Masao Haruyama Isamu B+R 141 sgf
1999-05-17 Kato Masao Hikosaka Naoto B+2.5 281 sgf

Winner: Kato Masao
Most wins (6): Takao Shinji

Group C

date black white result #mv sgf
1998-08-25 Kobayashi Izumi Shimojima Yohei W+10.5 267 sgf
1998-08-25 Shimojima Yohei Mizokami Tomochika B+3.5 212 sgf
1998-09-21 Miyagawa Fumihiko Shimojima Yohei B+R 227 sgf
1998-09-21 Miyagawa Fumihiko Kobayashi Chizu B+R 135 sgf
1998-10-26 Miyagawa Fumihiko Takanashi Seiken B+R 153 sgf
1998-10-26 Miyagawa Fumihiko Shimoji Gensho W+1.5 270 sgf
1998-11-17 Shimoji Gensho Yamamoto Masato W+R 222 sgf
1998-11-17 Yamamoto Masato Kato Atsushi B+R 215 sgf
1998-12-15 Yamamoto Masato Ueki Yoshio W+R 140 sgf
1998-12-15 Ueki Yoshio Enda Hideki W+0.5 229 sgf
1999-01-18 Hiroe Katsuhiko Enda Hideki W+R 162 sgf
1999-01-18 Morita Michihiro Enda Hideki B+R 161 sgf
1999-02-09 Kori Toshio Morita Michihiro W+2.5 253 sgf
1999-02-09 Morita Michihiro Obuchi Morito B+R 231 sgf
1999-02-23 Morita Michihiro O Meien W+6.5 292 sgf
1999-02-23 Kamimura Haruo O Meien B+0.5 283 sgf
1999-03-09 Kamimura Haruo Baba Shigeru B+R 175 sgf
1999-03-09 Kamimura Haruo Sakaguchi Ryuzo B+3.5 305 sgf
1999-03-23 Kamimura Haruo Hane Yasumasa B+R 237 sgf
1999-03-23 Kamimura Haruo Hayase Hiroshi B+R 209 sgf
Kamimura Haruo Ohira Shuzo Not played 0 sgf
1999-04-06 Kamimura Haruo Otake Hideo B+R 77 sgf
1999-04-06 Kudo Norio Kamimura Haruo W+6.5 273 sgf

Winner: Kamimura Haruo
Most wins (7): Kamimura Haruo
2nd most wins (3): Morita Michihiro

Group D

date black white result #mv sgf
1998-08-24 Umezawa Yukari Kubo Hideo B+R 121 sgf
1998-08-24 Yamashita Keigo Umezawa Yukari B+R 107 sgf
1998-09-07 Kitano Ryo Yamashita Keigo B+R 229 sgf
1998-09-07 Kitano Ryo Koyama Hideo B+R 127 sgf
1998-10-05 Nakao Jungo Kitano Ryo W+R 200 sgf
1998-10-05 Kitano Ryo Maeda Ryoji B+7.5 259 sgf
1998-11-02 Kitano Ryo Kobayashi Kenji B+8.5 278 sgf
1998-11-02 Kitano Ryo Hane Naoki B+1.5 215 sgf
1998-12-14 Kitano Ryo Omori Yasushi W+3.5 242 sgf
1998-12-14 Omori Yasushi Nishimura Keiji W+R 192 sgf
1999-01-19 Iwata Hajime Nishimura Keiji W+R 144 sgf
1999-01-19 Kurahashi Masayuki Nishimura Keiji B+R 189 sgf
1999-02-02 Kurahashi Masayuki Komatsu Fujio B+0.5 258 sgf
1999-02-02 Kurahashi Masayuki Yuki Satoshi B+R 113 sgf
1999-02-08 Kurahashi Masayuki Kanda Ei B+5.5 229 sgf
1999-02-08 Kurahashi Masayuki Hashimoto Yujiro W+1.5 280 sgf
1999-03-02 Hashimoto Yujiro Kanashima Tadashi W+1.5 256 sgf
1999-03-02 Hisajima Kunio Kanashima Tadashi W+7.5 203 sgf
1999-03-30 Honda Kunihisa Kanashima Tadashi B+R 177 sgf
1999-03-30 Kurosawa Tadanao Honda Kunihisa W+0.5 334 sgf
1999-04-20 Hashimoto Shoji Honda Kunihisa W+11.5 295 sgf
1999-04-20 Kobayashi Satoru Honda Kunihisa B+11.5 265 sgf
1999-05-10 Yamada Kimio Kobayashi Satoru B+4.5 247 sgf

Winner: Yamada Kimio
Most wins (6): Kitano Ryo

8th Ryusei Title

Kamimura Haruo Takao Shinji
B+R		 Morita Michihiro
B+R		 Yamada Kimio
W+R
Takao Shinji
Kato Masao Morita Michihiro
B+14.5
Morita Michihiro
Ogaki Yusaku Kitano Ryo
B+0.5		 Yamada Kimio
W+R
Kitano Ryo
Kobayashi Koichi Yamada Kimio
W+2.5
Yamada Kimio

Semifinals and Final:

date black white result #mv sgf
1999-07-12 Morita Michihiro Takao Shinji B+R 193 sgf
1999-07-12 Kitano Ryo Yamada Kimio W+R 230 sgf
1999-09-04 Morita Michihiro Yamada Kimio W+R 204 sgf