We give the finals of the Last preliminary tournament.
| date | black | white | result | #mv | sgf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-08-01 | Hasegawa Sunao | Cho Sonjin | W+R | 150 | sgf |
| 1996-08-29 | Komatsu Hideki | Tono Hiroaki | B+5.5 | 253 | sgf |
| 1996-09-05 | Rin Kaiho | Yoda Norimoto | B+0.5 | 275 | sgf |
| 1996-09-05 | Yamada Kimio | Hikosaka Naoto | W+R | 208 | sgf |
| # | player | result | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ryu Shikun | 5-2 | W+R | W+1.5 | W+1.5 | |||||
| 2. | Kato Masao | 6-1 | W+2.5 | B+4.5 | W+R | W+R | ||||
| 3. | Yo Kagen | 2-5 | B+R | B+R | W+R | |||||
| 4. | Kataoka Satoshi | 3-4 | B+3.5 | B+R | W+R | B+4.5 | ||||
| 5. | Rin Kaiho | 3-4 | B+R | W+0.5 | W+R | |||||
| 6. | Hikosaka Naoto | 4-3 | W+R | W+R | W+15.5 | W+7.5 | ||||
| 7. | Komatsu Hideki | 1-6 | B+R | B+R | W+R | |||||
| 8. | Cho Sonjin | 4-3 | B+R | W+R | W+8.5 | W+3.5 |
Komatsu Hideki, Yo Kagen, Rin Kaiho and Kataoka Satoshi are demoted.
| date | black | white | result | #mv | sgf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-05-12,13 | Kato Masao | Cho Chikun | W+R | 82 | sgf |
| 1997-05-26,27 | Cho Chikun | Kato Masao | B+R | 181 | sgf |
| 1997-06-02,03 | Kato Masao | Cho Chikun | W+16.5 | 226 | sgf |
| 1997-06-16,17 | Cho Chikun | Kato Masao | B+R | 205 | sgf |
Cho Chikun won 4-0.