2nd Kisei

The 2nd Kisei was the 2nd edition of the Kisei tournament. Since Fujisawa Hideyuki won the previous year, he was given an automatic place in the final. Eight players battled in a knockout tournament to decide the final 2. Those two would then play each other in a best-of-3 match to decide who would face Fujisawa. Kato Masao became the challenger after beating Rin Kaiho 2 games to 1, but would lose 4 games to 3 against Fujisawa.^[1]

Main tournament

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Masaki Takemiya 9 dan	1
	-	0
					Masaki Takemiya 9 dan	0
					Rin Kaiho Meijin	1
	Rin Kaiho Meijin	1
	-	0
									Rin Kaiho Meijin	1
									Shuchi Kubouchi 9 dan	0
	Kunihisa Honda 9 dan	1
	-	0
					Kunihisa Honda 9 dan	0
					Shuchi Kubouchi 9 dan	1
	Shuchi Kubouchi 9 dan	1
	-	0
													Rin Kaiho Meijin	1
													Masao Kato Honinbo	2
	Norio Kudo 9 dan	1
	-	0
					Norio Kudo 9 dan	0
					Masao Kato Honinbo	1
	Masao Kato Honinbo	1
	-	0
									Masao Kato Honinbo	1
									Hideo Otake 9 dan	0
	Utaro Hashimoto 9 dan	0
	Koichi Kobayashi Tengen	1
					Koichi Kobayashi Tengen	0
					Hideo Otake 9 dan	1
	Hideo Otake 9 dan	1
	-	0

Challenger finals

Player	1	2	3	T
Rin Kaiho Meijin		W+R		1
Masao Kato Honinbo	W+0.5		W+0.5	2

Finals

Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	T
Hideyuki Fujisawa (Kisei)			W+R		W+R	W+R	W+0.5	4
Masao Kato (Challenger)	W+1.5	W+3.5		W+4.5				3

References

1. Gobase Record Webcite Archive