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NEWS
In Japen,Sakata Biju (Q-dan end Honinb:) beet Rin Kai-He (3-den end Hei, jin) 2-1 in the final
of the Ona fitle.This is a straight knock-out tournament with the previous yeers chanpi n
Starting again in the first round,tais is unlike mist other tournaments in waich the ectual
{uurnanent cnly decides the challenger t» play the previous years winner fr the actual ti
Rin is only 24 years old and is,in fact,n t Japanese thvugh he has lived taere for sary years
end is from Taiven un Fornosa.fis has only ccme t» the tup ia the last two years by beating
Sakate 4-2 and 4-1 to get tae deijin title ivr the past ttwo years.Last year he wasthe top player
winning 39 gates and losing 11.
‘Seketa is about 50 and has beet the top player fer many years,holding on ty the Roninbr title
for the past 9 years, _-1st.Decenber
‘On the itterlanuSy Sakata won thesSigth game in the Ju-dan final, thereby beating Takagave
Kaku (9-dan) the previous holder 3X-1.This tournanent is e peculiar form of knick-oub in thet ii
you lose once you go into another fmcck-cut tournament end the winners of these two play each
other to degide wh. will be chellenger in the53-game finale.
Takegacs, ‘who is about 55,has been vying with Sekata fo
for S-years befcre Sakata wen it of hin.
‘This year the Burcpeen Go C:ngress Will be held in Staufen,W.Gernany.The Eurcpean Individus
Chanpionship vill orvbaly be a three way fight between J.Mattern,whe wn-lest years championship
in the playff with M.Wimner(Austria) , (W.Gerasny),W.von ‘Alvensleben(W.Germany),who did'nt pley
last year,and 2.MutabzijaYug-slavie.
many years anu held ths Honinoo title
PROBLEMS (*difficult)
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playing~a4,but then Been save his stones by g3,s9 is there anything bet® i
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(8) Bat ed e3 g3 ql2 qly rls ql7 ml 118 117 527 hlT hi5,W at 09 ele al7 £17
pls pl7 q5,if now plays r3 what shuld B reply?
(1) B at b3 03 d2 03 £5 £465 00 07 g6 d7 08,H at cf d3 a4 a5 a6 ef bd BS C7 0B dB cll.vnet 4s
the best end-game(yuse)play for 3 arcund a4?
SOLUTIONS. (Correct onawar,
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