1st Daiwa Cup, 2006

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# 1st Daiwa Cup

Daiwa Cup = Daiwa-Shoken Cup = Daiwa Securities Cup Net Igo Open

The Daiwa Cup is sponsored by Daiwa Securities Group. The time allowance is five minutes per player, followed by a byo-yomi of 30 seconds per move.

The format of the tournament varies. This first time a round robin with 4 leagues and 4 players in each league, followed by a somewhat irregular tournament. The final is here a best-of-three.

## League A

# | player | result | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1. | Anzai Nobuaki | 1-2 |  |  | B+R |
2. | Iyama Yuta | 3-0 | W+R |  | W+10.5 |
3. | Hane Naoki | 2-1 |  |  |  |
4. | Ogata Masaki | 0-3 | B+R | B+R | B+6.5 |

Iyama Yuta wins.

## League B

# | player | result | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1. | Kobayashi Satoru | 2-1 |  |  |  | B+R
2. | So Yokoku | 1-2 | B+R |  |  | B+R
3. | Ryu Shikun | 1-2 | B+R | B+R |  |
4. | Nakano Hironari | 2-1 |  |  | B+R |

Kobayashi Satoru wins.

## League C

# | player | result | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1. | O Meien | 3-0 |  |  |  |
2. | Mimura Tomoyasu | 1-2 | B+R |  | B+R |
3. | Yamashiro Hiroshi | 2-1 | B+R |  |  | W+R
4. | Michael Redmond | 0-3 | B+2.5 | B+6.5 |  |

O Meien wins.

## League D

# | player | result | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1. | Yamada Kimio | 1-2 |  |  | W+R |
2. | O Rissei | 1-2 | W+R |  |  |
3. | Yamada Takuji | 1-2 |  | W+R |  |
4. | Kim Sujun | 3-0 | W+R | W+R | W+R |

Kim Sujun wins.

## Tournament

Five title holders and four winners of the four leagues play a knockout tournament. The final is a best-of-three.

Title holders: Takao Shinji (Honinbo), Kono Rin (Tengen), Cho U (Meijin), Cho Chikun (Judan), Yoda Norimoto (ex-Gosei).

1st Daiwa Cup Tournament
Iyama Yuta | Takao Shinji W+5.5 2006-10-07 | Takao Shinji B+0.5 2006-10-15
Takao Shinji
Kono Rin | Kono Rin B+R 2006-10-07
Yoda Norimoto | Yoda Norimoto W+3.5 2006-10-01
Kobayashi Satoru
O Meien | Cho U W+R 2006-10-14 | Cho U B+1.5 2006-10-15
Cho U
Kim Sujun | Cho Chikun W+R 2006-10-07
Cho Chikun

## Final

date | black | white | result | #mv | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
2006-10-21 | Cho U | Takao Shinji | W+11.5 | 226 | sgf
2006-10-28 | Takao Shinji | Cho U | B+R | 183 | sgf

Takao Shinji won 2-0.