Today is the day for the Challenger Deciding Match of the 37th Kio-sen between 9-dan Goda Masataka and 7-dan Hirose Akihito. Goda came to this place without losing any game in the knock-down tournament tree while Hirose was defeated by Goda once but he revived in the consolation match with 5-dan Itodani Tetsuro. If Goda wins this game, he will become the challenger immediately. If Hirose wins it, another game between the two will be held to decide the challenger in due course.
As a result of Furigoma, Goda became Sente. There were five games played by the two players in the past and Goda took the lead by 4-1. The allotted thinking time per player is four hours so I think it will end after 6:00pm. You can replay and watch the game though the following link;
Here is the official website of Kio-sen.
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