This year a team of young Japanese players touring China in the 19th Japan-China Go Exchange suffered the first defeat ever by a Japanese touring team. The team of eight players, all under 26 and 8-dan, was only able to win 20 games in the eight matches it played on the tour, which lasted from 21 May to 5 June. It suffered 35 losses and one game was declared no-result. The one consolation for the Japanese was the outstanding performance of their 'captain', Moriyama Naoki 7-dan of the Kansai Ki-in. Moriyama, aged 25, became the third Japanese player, after Hashimoto Shoji and Kobayashi Koichi, to win all seven of his games on a tour of China. Apart from Moriyama, only two players had a plus record: Nakaonoda 5-dan with 4-3 and Ryu Shikun 4-dan (a Korean member of the Nihon Ki-in) with 4-2-1 no result.
| 1: 5/23 | 2: 5/24 | 3: 5/26 | 4: 5/29 | 5: 5/30 | 6: 6/1 | 7: 6/4 | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moriyama Naoki 7p | Liao Guiyong 7p B+R | Che Zewu 7p W+0.5 | Yang Hui 7p B+1.5 | 7p W+4.5 |
Kang Zhanbin 6p B+1.5 | Wu Zhaoyi 7p W+3.5 | Feng Yun 7p B+R | 7-0 |
| Nakaonoda Tomomi 5p | Wang Yimin 6p W+0.5 | Yang Hui 7p B+R | Ma Shi 6p W−7.5 | 7p B+R |
Liu Jing 3p W−R | 4p B−R | Chang Hao 4p W+R | 4-3 |
| Ryu Shikun 4p | Ma Shi 6p B−R | Yang Shihai 4p W+R | Che Zewu 7p B−4.5 | 4p W+0.5 |
Chang Hao 4p BNR | Kang Zhanbin 6p W+2.5 | Zhang Wendong 7p B+R | 4-2-1 |
| Arimura Hiroshi 4p | Yang Shihai 4p W+0.5 | Wang Yimin 6p B−R | Zhang Wendong 7p W−R | 3p B−5.5 |
Feng Yun 7p W−R | 3p B+R | Shao Weigang 4p W−R | 2-5 |
| Sakakibara Fumiko 3p | Xu Ying 3p B−6.5 | Yu Ping 2p W−R | Duan Rong 4p B−R | 2p W−R |
Liu Jun 3p B−R | 4p W−5.5 | Liu Jing 3p B−7.5 | 0-7 |
| Sekiyama Toshimichi 3p | Duan Rong 4p W−5.5 | Zhong Chenguang 3p B+1.5 | Zhao Dong 3p W−R | 3p B−2.5 |
3p W+R | 2p B−R | 2p W−R | 2-5 |
| Miyazaki Ryutaro 3p | Yu Ping 2p B−R | Zhang Xin 3p W−R | Wang Bogang 3p B−4.5 | Li Yachun 2p W−1.5 |
2p B−R | 3p W−R | 3p B−7.5 | 0-7 |
| Nakazawa Ayako 1p | Luo Xihe 2p W−1.5 | Liang Yadi 2p B+R | Wang Lei (b) 2p W−R | 1p B−4.5 |
Yang Shuang 1p W−0.5 | 2p B−2.5 | 2p W−R | 1-6 |
| Result | 3-5 | 5-3 | 1-7 | 3-5 | 2-5-1 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 20-35-1 |
Game records:
| Date | Black | White | Result | #mv | SGF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991-05-23 | Miyazaki Ryutaro | Yu Ping | W+R | 126 | sgf |
| 1991-05-23 | Ryu Shikun | Ma Shi | W+R | 190 | sgf |
| 1991-05-23 | Wang Yimin | Nakaonoda Tomomi | W+0.5 | 231 | sgf |
| 1991-05-23 | Moriyama Naoki | Liao Guiyong | B+R | 235 | sgf |
| 1991-05-23 | Duan Rong | Sekiyama Toshimichi | B+5.5 | 244 | sgf |
| 1991-05-23 | Luo Xihe | Nakazawa Ayako | B+1.5 | 245 | sgf |
| 1991-05-23 | Yang Shihai | Arimura Hiroshi | W+0.5 | 307 | sgf |
| 1991-05-23 | Sakakibara Fumiko | Xu Ying | W+6.5 | 307 | sgf |
| 1991-05-24 | Yu Ping | Sakakibara Fumiko | B+R | 129 | sgf |
| 1991-05-24 | Yang Shihai | Ryu Shikun | W+R | 132 | sgf |
| 1991-05-24 | Zhang Xin | Miyazaki Ryutaro | B+R | 149 | sgf |
| 1991-05-24 | Arimura Hiroshi | Wang Yimin | W+R | 204 | sgf |
| 1991-05-24 | Nakaonoda Tomomi | Yang Hui | B+R | 215 | sgf |
| 1991-05-24 | Sekiyama Toshimichi | Zhong Chenguang | B+1.5 | 241 | sgf |
| 1991-05-24 | Nakazawa Ayako | Liang Yadi | B+R | 247 | sgf |
| 1991-05-24 | Che Zewu | Moriyama Naoki | W+0.5 | 308 | sgf |
| 1991-05-26 | Sakakibara Fumiko | Duan Rong | W+R | 172 | sgf |
| 1991-05-26 | Zhao Dong | Sekiyama Toshimichi | B+R | 183 | sgf |
| 1991-05-26 | Ma Shi | Nakaonoda Tomomi | B+7.5 | 219 | sgf |
| 1991-05-26 | Wang Lei (b) | Nakazawa Ayako | B+R | 241 | sgf |
| 1991-05-26 | Moriyama Naoki | Yang Hui | B+1.5 | 250 | sgf |
| 1991-05-26 | Miyazaki Ryutaro | Wang Bogang | W+4.5 | 255 | sgf |
| 1991-05-26 | Zhang Wendong | Arimura Hiroshi | B+R | 257 | sgf |
| 1991-05-26 | Ryu Shikun | Che Zewu | W+4.5 | 272 | sgf |
| 1991-05-29 | Li Yachun | Miyazaki Ryutaro | B+1.5 | 249 | sgf |
| 1991-05-30 | Sakakibara Fumiko | Liu Jun | W+R | 136 | sgf |
| 1991-05-30 | Feng Yun | Arimura Hiroshi | B+R | 223 | sgf |
| 1991-05-30 | Liu Jing | Nakaonoda Tomomi | B+R | 229 | sgf |
| 1991-05-30 | Moriyama Naoki | Kang Zhanbin | B+1.5 | 270 | sgf |
| 1991-05-30 | Yang Shuang | Nakazawa Ayako | B+1.5 | 275 | sgf |
| 1991-06-01 | Kang Zhanbin | Ryu Shikun | W+2.5 | 256 | sgf |
| 1991-06-01 | Wu Zhaoyi | Moriyama Naoki | W+2.5 | 270 | sgf |
| 1991-06-04 | Moriyama Naoki | Feng Yun | B+R | 111 | sgf |
| 1991-06-04 | Shao Weigang | Arimura Hiroshi | B+R | 161 | sgf |
| 1991-06-04 | Ryu Shikun | Zhang Wendong | B+R | 177 | sgf |
| 1991-06-04 | Chang Hao | Nakaonoda Tomomi | W+R | 202 | sgf |
| 1991-06-04 | Sakakibara Fumiko | Liu Jing | W+6.5 | 274 | sgf |
In the game between Ryu Shikun and Chang Hao, the latter was winning (black's big dragon was killed, see the above image), but the referee did not start his byo-yomi counting on time, Ryu protested, and the game was ruled No Result.