Today is the day of the 1st game of 35th Kio-sen Challenger-Deciding match between 9-dan Sato Yasumitsu and 7-dan Yamasaki Takayuki. It started at 10:00am. As a result of Furigoma, Sato became Sente(Black). You can watch and replay the game through the following page at
The allotted thinking time per player is 4 hours and each player will have to make a move within 60 seconds per move after consuming it. The toppage of the 35th Kio-sen site is here. And the official blog is here so that you can look at lots of photos of this game.
If Sato wins this game, he will be the challenger against Kio Kubo. If Yamasaki wins this game, another challenger-deciding match will occur on January 4, 2010 since Yamasaki came here through consolation tournament.
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