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9th Ryusei title

Four times 24 players play a ladder. The winner of each ladder and the player with most wins proceed to the 8-player knockout tournament. Time is 30 secs/move, 10 times 1 minute. Komi is 5.5.

The four ladders

Group A

date black white result #mv sgf
1999-07-19 Okada Yumiko Mizuma Toshifumi B+R 141 sgf
1999-07-19 Okada Yumiko Cho U W+R 172 sgf
1999-08-09 Cho U Sugimoto Akira B+R 149 sgf
1999-08-09 Oki Keiji Cho U W+R 226 sgf
1999-08-23 Cho U Hagiwara Mutsumi B+R 195 sgf
1999-08-23 Cho U Hane Naoki B+3.5 273 sgf
1999-09-07 Arimura Hiroshi Cho U W+R 170 sgf
1999-09-07 Cho U Ueki Yoshio B+R 191 sgf
1999-10-04 Cho U Asano Hideaki B+R 147 sgf
1999-10-04 Mimura Tomoyasu Cho U W+6.5 238 sgf
1999-11-22 Cho U Michael Redmond B+R 137 sgf
1999-11-22 Ko Mosei Cho U W+3.5 278 sgf
1999-12-20 Cho U Nakano Hironari B+7.5 252 sgf
1999-12-20 Goto Shungo Cho U B+R 187 sgf
2000-01-24 Goto Shungo O Meien W+1.5 293 sgf
2000-01-24 O Meien Kataoka Satoshi W+R 192 sgf
2000-02-14 Awaji Shuzo Kataoka Satoshi B+R 201 sgf
2000-02-14 Sato Masaharu Awaji Shuzo W+0.5 256 sgf
2000-03-06 Awaji Shuzo Hane Yasumasa W+R 174 sgf
2000-03-06 Hane Yasumasa Ishii Kunio B+R 179 sgf
2000-03-21 Hane Yasumasa Kobayashi Satoru W+R 166 sgf
2000-03-21 Ishida Yoshio Kobayashi Satoru W+6.5 264 sgf
2000-04-24 Kobayashi Satoru Cho Chikun W+0.5 313 sgf

Winner: Cho Chikun
Most wins (12): Cho U

Group B

date black white result #mv sgf
1999-08-03 Kobayashi Izumi Matsubara Taisei W+5.5 247 sgf
1999-08-03 Matsubara Taisei Koyama Ryugo W+R 170 sgf
1999-08-24 Takao Shinji Koyama Ryugo B+R 157 sgf
1999-08-24 Iguchi Hideichiro Takao Shinji W+R 190 sgf
1999-09-20 Enda Yoichi Takao Shinji W+R 200 sgf
1999-09-20 Takao Shinji Kasai Koji B+R 229 sgf
1999-10-25 Yamada Kimio Takao Shinji W+5.5 282 sgf
1999-10-25 Takao Shinji Yo Kaei B+5.5 252 sgf
1999-11-15 Takao Shinji Tanaka Hideharu B+14.5 220 sgf
1999-11-15 Takao Shinji Ogaki Yusaku B+7.5 282 sgf
1999-12-06 Takao Shinji Aoki Shinichi W+R 164 sgf
1999-12-06 Aoki Shinichi Doi Makoto B+R 205 sgf
1999-12-27 Aoki Shinichi Chin Kaei B+R 199 sgf
1999-12-27 Yokota Shigeaki Aoki Shinichi B+1.5 319 sgf
2000-01-25 Yokota Shigeaki Kanda Ei B+R 225 sgf
2000-01-25 Yamashiro Hiroshi Yokota Shigeaki B+R 177 sgf
2000-02-08 Sonoda Yuichi Yamashiro Hiroshi W+6.5 260 sgf
2000-02-08 Yamashiro Hiroshi Sakai Takeshi W+2.5 290 sgf
2000-02-22 Honda Kunihisa Sakai Takeshi B+R 211 sgf
2000-02-22 Honda Kunihisa Sanno Hirotaka B+7.5 299 sgf
2000-03-13 Takemiya Masaki Honda Kunihisa W+0.5 272 sgf
2000-03-13 Honda Kunihisa Rin Kaiho W+R 158 sgf
2000-04-17 Kobayashi Koichi Rin Kaiho B+0.5 282 sgf

Winner: Kobayashi Koichi
Most wins (8): Takao Shinji

Group C

date black white result #mv sgf
1999-07-26 Tahara Yasufumi Komatsu Hideko B+R 213 sgf
1999-07-26 Kitano Ryo Tahara Yasufumi W+R 264 sgf
1999-08-10 Akiyama Jiro Tahara Yasufumi B+R 285 sgf
1999-08-10 Takanashi Seiken Akiyama Jiro W+1.5 304 sgf
1999-08-31 Akiyama Jiro Maeda Ryoji W+R 184 sgf
1999-08-31 Kobayashi Kenji Maeda Ryoji B+4.5 245 sgf
1999-09-21 Kobayashi Kenji Kato Atsushi W+R 194 sgf
1999-09-21 Kato Atsushi Sakai Maki W+0.5 281 sgf
1999-11-01 So Kofuku Sakai Maki W+R 208 sgf
1999-11-01 Nakaoka Jiro Sakai Maki W+R 142 sgf
1999-11-29 Sakai Maki Imamura Yoshiaki W+5.5 263 sgf
1999-11-29 Imamura Yoshiaki Komatsu Fujio W+3.5 253 sgf
1999-12-21 Sugiuchi Kazuko (was Honda Kazuko) Komatsu Fujio W+11.5 282 sgf
1999-12-21 Morita Michihiro Komatsu Fujio B+5.5 229 sgf
2000-01-17 Morita Michihiro Ogata Masaki W+R 184 sgf
2000-01-17 Kiyonari Tetsuya Ogata Masaki W+0.5 273 sgf
2000-02-07 Kamimura Haruo Ogata Masaki B+R 227 sgf
2000-02-07 Ishida Akira Kamimura Haruo B+4.5 243 sgf
2000-02-28 Takagi Shoichi Ishida Akira B+8.5 253 sgf
2000-02-28 Takagi Shoichi Abe Yoshiteru B+R 77 sgf
2000-04-04 Hashimoto Yoshimi Takagi Shoichi W+0.5 277 sgf
2000-04-04 Kato Masao Takagi Shoichi W+R 216 sgf
2000-04-17 Takagi Shoichi O Rissei W+6.5 299 sgf

Winner: O Rissei
Most wins (4): Takagi Shoichi

Group D

date black white result #mv sgf
1999-08-02 Takano Hideki Suzuki Yoshimichi W+R 162 sgf
1999-08-02 Suzuki Yoshimichi Endo Yoshifumi W+4.5 260 sgf
1999-08-16 Yamashita Keigo Endo Yoshifumi B+R 169 sgf
1999-08-16 Miyazaki Ryutaro Yamashita Keigo W+5.5 286 sgf
1999-09-06 Yamashita Keigo Yoshida Mika B+R 233 sgf
1999-09-06 Ono Nobuyuki Yamashita Keigo W+R 138 sgf
1999-10-19 Nakamura Shinya Yamashita Keigo B+0.5 259 sgf
1999-10-19 Sasaka Shiro Nakamura Shinya W+R 182 sgf
1999-11-02 Nakamura Shinya Okada Shinichiro B+R 225 sgf
1999-11-02 Nakamura Shinya Izumitani Masanori B+R 131 sgf
1999-11-30 Yo Kagen Nakamura Shinya B+2.5 242 sgf
1999-11-30 Yo Kagen Ishikura Noboru B+R 147 sgf
1999-12-13 Yo Kagen Umeki Suguru B+R 205 sgf
1999-12-13 Yuki Satoshi Yo Kagen W+1.5 233 sgf
2000-01-11 Imamura Toshiya Yo Kagen B+R 261 sgf
2000-01-11 Imamura Toshiya Hikosaka Naoto B+R 189 sgf
2000-01-31 Hashimoto Yujiro Imamura Toshiya W+R 140 sgf
2000-01-31 Miyazawa Goro Imamura Toshiya W+2.5 250 sgf
2000-02-29 Tsuchida Masamitsu Imamura Toshiya B+R 159 sgf
2000-02-29 Tsuchida Masamitsu Ishigure Ikuro W+2.5 286 sgf
2000-03-14 Tono Hiroaki Ishigure Ikuro B+1.5 282 sgf
2000-03-14 Tono Hiroaki Otake Hideo W+R 186 sgf
2000-04-24 Yoda Norimoto Otake Hideo W+0.5 243 sgf

Winner: Otake Hideo
Most wins (4): Imamura Toshiya

9th Ryusei Title

O Rissei Imamura Toshiya
W+R		 Takagi Shoichi
B+R		 Takao Shinji
B+R
Imamura Toshiya
Kobayashi Koichi Takagi Shoichi
W+12.5
Takagi Shoichi
Otake Hideo Cho U
W+R		 Takao Shinji
W+R
Cho U
Cho Chikun Takao Shinji
B+1.5
Takao Shinji

Semifinals and Final:

date black white result #mv sgf
2000-07-17 Takagi Shoichi Imamura Toshiya B+R 181 sgf
2000-07-17 Cho U Takao Shinji W+R 160 sgf
2000-08-07 Takao Shinji Takagi Shoichi B+R 203 sgf