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Kisei Title Match and Toyota/Denso North American Oza

January 14-18, 2004: Seattle, Washington, USA

Kisei Title Match

Seattle has hosted some fairly large Go events before (U.S. Go Congress in 1992, for example), but having the first game of the Kisei-sen was a special treat. I believe there was a reception Wednesday evening, January 14 (I had to work). The first part of the game was played Thursday January 15. The game ended Friday January 16, when Yamashita Keigo (the 2003 champion) resigned to Hane Naoki (the challenger).

The game was played in a room with tatami mats at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel. Meanwhile, a few miles away at the Seattle Go Center, dozens of local amateur players watched the match on a large projection screen, and tried to follow along and analyze the game. Michael Redmond (celebrated as the first Western-born professional 9-dan) was in town for the occasion, and he gave commentary on the game.

The American Go E-Journal covered the event: Day 1 - Day 2
Seattle-area players posted some reports and impressions of the Kisei game on rec.games.go.

Toyota / Denso North American Oza

I need to write this up before I've completely forgotten. Some details I remember two years later, at the 2006 Toyota / Denso Oza in New York, when I should be sleeping in preparation for the second day of play:

Photos of both events, jumbled together

One of these days, I'll try to add some sensible structure to this... but don't hold your breath...

Thanks for reading! Best wishes; - Mike Malveaux

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Last updated 2006-01-16: Added style sheet and some photos. Still need to write up the 2004 Toyota / Denso Oza, it was fun!
Begun 2004-01-22