Last week, Mr. Go 9-dan was the head referee. Today, Mr. Michael Redmond 9-dan was the commentator using a Demonstration Board as well as the Head Referee.

Mr. Redmond said "When your skill improves, there is no other better game than Pair Go." If the game isn't played well, there is no other greater difficulty when you are teamed with another player. Mr. Redmond then said "Enjoy the game and be sure to listen to my commentary."

Participation professional go player introduction (left) Izumi KOBAYASHI Women's Honinbo/Keigo YAMASHITA Kisei (right) Tomoko KATO 5-dan/Sonjin CHO 9-dan

(left)Kikuyo AOKI 8-dan/Hideo OTAKE Meiyo Gosei (right)Yumiko OKADA Strongest Women Player/U CHO Honinbo/Oza

(left)Narumi OSAWA Women's Kakusei/Satoshi YUKI 9-dan (right)Yoko INORI 5-dan/Chikun HONINBO the 25th

(left)Kumiko YASHIRO 5-dan/Shikun RYU 9-dan (right)Akiko TSUKUDA 4-dan/Kaiho RIN Meiyo Tengen

The combination of the pairs at the quarterfinal were as follows:

Izumi KOBAYASHI Women's Honinbo Keigo YAMASHITA Kisei Yumiko OKADA Strongest Women Player U CHO Honinbo/Oza VS VS Tomoko KATO 5-dan Sonjin CHO 9-dan Kikuyo AOKI 8-dan Hideo OTAKE Meiyo Gosei Narumi OSAWA Women's Kakusei Satoshi YUKI 9-dan Akiko TSUKUDA 4-dan Kaiho RIN Meiyo Tengen VS VS Yoko INORI 5-dan Chikun HONINBO the 25th Kumiko YASHIRO 5-dan Shikun RYU 9-dan

Mr. Redmond 9-dan was the senior commentator using a Demonstration Board since last week. Ms. Konyu Han was the junior commentator. Their commentary was as follows:

A description hearer's Ms. Konyu Han

Ms. Han: "Let me see, I think the highlight of the first Pair Go game is the match between Ms. Osawa and Mr. Yuki and Ms. Inori and the 25th Honinbo Chikun. Ms. Osawa and Mr. Yuki have the Kisei title. They are both high level players and play in perfect harmony. They could be finalists. Their opponents, Ms. Inori and the 25th Honinbo Chikun are the strongest competitors based on past game results. It is also likely that another highlight of the tournament will be the Pair Game between Ms. Kobayashi and Mr. Yamashita and Ms. Okada and Mr. Cho."

Description scenery

Mr. Redmond 9-dan:

"I pretty much agree with Ms. Han. Although, one thing that I cannot make light of is the Pair team of Ms. Aoki and Mr Otake. Whatever you may say, Mr. Otake is good at reading his opponents mind. He seems to beable to read both his opponents mind and that of his partner's mind.

Scenery in the hall

A lot of fans came to see this championship; this game is popular because the fans can have a closer look at the energetic competitions. The game became really interesting when the Honinbo Cho became red in the face while taking off his jacket.

Apparently, a complaint was heard form the other side of the competition area. The 25th Honinbo Chikun began scratching his head and holding a handkerchief in his mouth. This kind of behavior was similar at his title fight.

The situation in the description hall