1st Kisei

The 1st Kisei was the birth of a new Go tournament. Since this was the first year of the tournament, there was no set challenger or holder. From the 2nd edition on, there has been a playoff between challengers. At the time, it was the highest paying tournament there had ever been, and would be until the creation of the Ing Cup. Fujisawa Hideyuki's win would mark the beginning of a six-year defense of the Kisei title from 1977 to 1982.^[1][2]

Tournament

Cho Chikun was eliminated in the preliminary stages by Yutaka Shiraishi. Eleven players competed in the main tournament: Yoshio Ishida, Masaki Takemiya Honinbo, Utaro Hashimoto, Eio Sakata and Hideo Otake Meijin were seeded into the quarter-finals. Masao Kato Judan, Hideyuki Fujisawa Tengen, Shuzo Ohira, Koichi Kobayashi, Rin Kaiho and Yutaka Shiraishi were matched up in the first round.^[2]

Hideyuki and Utaro reached the best of seven finals. Hideyuki took the first game, but lost the second. He then won three in a row and won his first of six straight titles.^[2]

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
					Yoshio Ishida	0
					Hideyuki Fujisawa	1
	Masao Kato	0
	Hideyuki Fujisawa	1
									Hideyuki Fujisawa	1
									Masaki Takemiya	0
	Shuzo Ohira	1
	Koichi Kobayashi	0
					Ohira Shuzo	0
					Masaki Takemiya	1
													Hideyuki Fujisawa	4
													Utaro Hashimoto	1
					Utaro Hashimoto	1
					Sakata Eio	0
									Utaro Hashimoto	1
									Hideo Otake	0
					Hideo Otake	1
					Rin Kaiho	0
	Rin Kaiho	1
	Yutaka Shiraishi	0

Finals

Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	T
Hideyuki Fujisawa	W+R		W+1.5	W+5.5	W+R			4
Utaro Hashimoto		W+R						1

References

1. "Go Tournament: Kisei". gogameworld.com. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
2. "Kisei Tournament". gobase.org. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.