< The Quarterfinal advance determination game > WINNER RESULTS LOSER Yukari UMEZAWA (Women's Kisei) Toshiya IMAMURA (9-dan) 72moves Black wins by 0.5 Kazuko KONISHI (8-dan) Norimoto YODA (9-dan) Mika YOSHIDA (8-dan) Rin KONO (9-dan) 67moves Black wins by resign Narumi OSAWA (3-dan) Chikun HONINBO the 25th Tomoko KATO (5-dan) Shinji TAKAO (Judan) 66moves White wins by resign Izumi KOBAYASHI (6-dan) Hideyuki SAKAI (7-dan) Yumiko OKADA (6-dan) Naoto HIKOSAKA (9-dan) 38moves White wins by resign Kikuyo AOKI (8-dan) Kimio YAMADA (9-dan) is black. The title of honor abbreviation. The title and Go strength,as of 2008 December 6th. [ top of this page ]