1st Kisei

The 1st Kisei was the birth of a new Go tournament. Since this was the first year of the tournament, there was no set challenger or holder. From the 2nd edition on, there has been a playoff between challengers. At the time, it was the highest paying tournament there had ever been, and would be until the creation of the Ing Cup. Fujisawa Hideyuki's win would mark the beginning of a six-year defense of the Kisei title from 1977 to 1982.^[1]^[2]

Tournament

Cho Chikun was eliminated in the preliminary stages by Yutaka Shiraishi. Eleven players competed in the main tournament: Yoshio Ishida, Masaki Takemiya Honinbo, Utaro Hashimoto, Eio Sakata and Hideo Otake Meijin were seeded into the quarter-finals. Masao Kato Judan, Hideyuki Fujisawa Tengen, Shuzo Ohira, Koichi Kobayashi, Rin Kaiho and Yutaka Shiraishi were matched up in the first round.^[2]

Hideyuki and Utaro reached the best of seven finals. Hideyuki took the first game, but lost the second. He then won three in a row and won his first of six straight titles.^[2]

Round of 16		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final






		Yoshio Ishida	0

		Hideyuki Fujisawa	1
Masao Kato	0

Hideyuki Fujisawa	1
				Hideyuki Fujisawa	1

				Masaki Takemiya	0
Shuzo Ohira	1

Koichi Kobayashi	0
		Ohira Shuzo	0

		Masaki Takemiya	1



						Hideyuki Fujisawa	4

						Utaro Hashimoto	1



		Utaro Hashimoto	1

		Sakata Eio	0



				Utaro Hashimoto	1

				Hideo Otake	0



		Hideo Otake	1

		Rin Kaiho	0
Rin Kaiho	1

Yutaka Shiraishi	0

Finals

Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	T
Hideyuki Fujisawa	W+R		W+1.5	W+5.5	W+R			4
Utaro Hashimoto		W+R						1

References

↑ "Go Tournament: Kisei". gogameworld.com. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
1 2 3 "Kisei Tournament". gobase.org. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.

Kisei

Past editions	1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Past winners	Hideyuki Fujisawa (1977–1982) Cho Chikun (1983–1985) Koichi Kobayashi (1986–1993) Cho Chikun (1994) Satoru Kobayashi (1995) Cho Chikun (1996–1999) Ō Rissei (2000–2002) Keigo Yamashita (2003) Naoki Hane (2004–2005) Keigo Yamashita (2006–2009) Cho U (2010–2012) Yuta Iyama (2013–)

Honorary winners	Hideyuki Fujisawa Koichi Kobayashi

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