In 1953 Yomiuri organised a tournament to pick an opponent for Go Seigen.
| Yomiuri 7-8 Dans Tournament 1953 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kitani Minoru | Kitani Minoru W+R 1953 |
Kitani Minoru W+3.5 1953 |
Iwamoto Kaoru
B+14 1953 (B+3) 1953 B+9.5 1953 |
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| Fujisawa Shuko | Fujisawa Shuko | |||
| Sugiuchi Masao | ||||
| Miyashita Shuyo | Miyashita Shuyo | |||
| Hayashi Yutaro | Hayashi Yutaro | |||
| Shimamura Toshihiro | ||||
| Sakata Eio | Sakata Eio | Iwamoto Kaoru | ||
| Maeda Nobuaki | Maeda Nobuaki | |||
| Shinohara Masami | ||||
| Iwamoto Kaoru | Iwamoto Kaoru | |||
| Hasegawa Akira | ||||
The winner was Iwamoto Kaoru, and he played a 3-game match against Go Seigen.
| date | black | white | result | #mv | sgf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953-12-07,08 | Iwamoto Kaoru | Go Seigen | Jigo | 285 | sgf |
| 1954-02-24,25 | Go Seigen | Iwamoto Kaoru | B+R | 153 | sgf |
| 1954-05-09,10 | Iwamoto Kaoru | Go Seigen | W+2 | 237 | sgf |
Go won 2.5-0.5.