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| Because the 1st round had many close games, the 2nd round started 20 minutes later than scheduled. |
| The Umezawa and Chikun Cho pair who lost the 1st game quickly was in sync with each other at the 2nd round. At the commentary room, Masaki Takemiya 9dan said with assertion `This pair will proceed to the quarter final.’ Later, Takemiya 9dan was saying ` This pair might win the tournament!?’ many times. In the 2nd round, 5 out of 8 games finished with Chuoshi. The pairs who won with chuoshi seemed strong as if any of those pairs would win the tournament. |
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| On the other hand, 2 out of 8 games finished with 0.5 points. The pair who won against Aoki and Mimura pair, the winning pair from last year, was Suzuki and U Cho pair. Cho said `Wining with 0,5points is fate.’ And he was reviewing the close game. |
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| The pair who played unfortunate games was Izawa and Hane pair. At the 1st round, they were the last one to finish the long game and also at the 2nd round, they played a long tough game and lost with 0,5 points. Izawa 3dan said `I’m exhausted.’ By the way, Hane Kisei was saying last year as well, `When my family saw me off, I was told that I should win for a change.’ I guess he has no luck with pair Go. |
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The pairs who went through some dramas and won twice to proceed to the quarter final are Suzuki and U Cho pair, Yashiro and Yoda pair, Izumi Kobayashi and Yamashita pair and Mannami and Satoru Kobayashi pair.
On the other hand, the pairs who lost twice and dropped out unfortunately are Izawa and Hane pair, Okada and Hayashi pair, Inori and Koichi Kobayashi pair and Ogawa and Ishida pair. |
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