23rd Kisei title

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# 23rd Kisei title

## Stage 1 Finals

date | black | white | result | #mv | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1998-03-04 | Umezawa Yukari 1p | Yamamoto Kentaro 1p | W+R | 110 | sgf
1998-03-04 | Kobayashi Izumi 2p | Araki Issei 2p | B+R | 235 | sgf
1998-03-25 | Kuwamoto Shinpei 3p | Kim Sujun 3p | B+2.5 | 259 | sgf
1998-03-25 | Furuya Yutaka 4p | Rin Shien 4p | B+2.5 | 289 | sgf
1998-04-15 | Yamashita Keigo 5p | Mizokami Tomochika 5p | B+R | 133 | sgf
1998-04-22 | Shinoda Hideyuki 6p | Akiyama Jiro 6p | W+R | 162 | sgf
1998-04-30 | Ogaki Yusaku 7p | Konagai Masaru 7p | B+3.5 | 236 | sgf
1998-04-30 | Hiroe Hiroyuki 8p | Oya Koichi 8p | B+1.5 | 321 | sgf
1998-07-30 | O Rissei 9p | Kobayashi Satoru 9p | B+2.5 | 203 | sgf

## Stage 2 Tournament

Oya Koichi 8p | Oya Koichi | Akiyama Jiro | Akiyama Jiro B+R
Yamamoto Kentaro 1p
Kuwamoto Shinpei 4p | Akiyama Jiro
Akiyama Jiro 6p
Yamashita Keigo 5p | Yamashita Keigo W+R | Yamashita Keigo
Furuya Yutaka 5p
Kobayashi Izumi 2p | Kobayashi Izumi
Konagai Masaru 7p

Kobayashi Satoru | Kato Masao B+R | Kobayashi Koichi W+2.5 | Kobayashi Koichi (2-0) B+3.5 W+0.5
O Rissei | Kato Masao W+5.5
Kato Masao
Ryu Shikun | Kudo Norio W+1.5 | Kobayashi Koichi B+R
Kudo Norio
Ogaki Yusaku | Kobayashi Koichi W+R
Kobayashi Koichi
Akiyama Jiro | Ishida Yoshio B+0.5 | Yoda Norimoto W+4.5
Ishida Yoshio | Ishida Yoshio B+R
Kataoka Satoshi
Hiroe Hiroyuki | Yamada Kimio B+2.5 | Yoda Norimoto B+R
Yamada Kimio
Yoda Norimoto

## 23rd Kisei Title

date | black | white | result | #mv | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1999-01-13,14 | Cho Chikun | Kobayashi Koichi | B+R | 203 | sgf
1999-01-27,28 | Kobayashi Koichi | Cho Chikun | W+R | 208 | sgf
1999-02-03,04 | Cho Chikun | Kobayashi Koichi | W+R | 186 | sgf
1999-02-17,18 | Kobayashi Koichi | Cho Chikun | W+1.5 | 287 | sgf
1999-02-24,25 | Cho Chikun | Kobayashi Koichi | W+R | 102 | sgf
1999-03-10,11 | Kobayashi Koichi | Cho Chikun | W+5.5 | 272 | sgf

Cho Chikun won with 4-2.