Today is the day for a first-round game of 20th Fujitsu cup Tatsujin-sen between 9-dan Mori Keiji and 9-dan Kiriyama Kiyozumi. Tatsujin-sen is an unofficial knock-down tournament among selected ten senior players who are forty or more. But recent critisism is that "forty or more" means to allow most of title holders such as Meijin Moriuchi, two crown Habu, and Osho Sato to participate in the tourney and you are sure if we can still call it a "senior tournament". This year's contenders are 9-dan Mori Keiji, 9-dan Kiriyama Kiyozumi, 9-dan Aono Teruichi, 9-dan Takahashi Michio, 9-dan Kato Hifumi, 9-dan Naito Knio, 9-dan Tanigawa Koji as well as the said three title holders. I don't know why Kio Goda, the other title hoder in his forties, is not selected.
Anyway, the game started at 10:00am(JST). The allotted thinking time per player is three hours. I think it will end after 3:00pm. The game will suspend for lunch break between 0:00 and 1:00pm. Mori became Sente as a result of Furigoma. You can watch and replay the game through the following link
Here is the official site of 20th Fujitsu Cup Tatsujin-sen. You can also watch the game with a chat window at 81dojo.
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