Games of Cho Chikun in the Nihon Ki-in Championship

A prestigeous tournament. Replaced end 1975 by the Tengen.

This is the first major tournament where Cho playes in a match (as a 6d). His first challenge for a major title almost succeeds. Cho is 2-1 up in the 22nd title match against Sakata, and leading by about 10 points in game 4, when he makes a crucial mistake. He resigns and is more upset than everybody has ever seen him. Rin thought that he could have fought on: the game was not yet lost. In the 5th game he does not have a chance.

Only two months later Cho wil win the Asahi Pro Best ten, his first major title.


Nr. Date & Opponent Event & Result Mvs
11968-00-00
Yun Ki-hyeon
17th Nihon Ki-in Championship, Preliminary (?, +)?
21968-08-14
Kobayashi Koichi
17th Nihon Ki-in Championship, 1st Preliminary (B, W+10.5)166
31969-00-00
Tanimiya Ayako
18th Nihon Ki-in Championship, Preliminary (?, +)?
41969-00-00
Fukui Susumu
18th Nihon Ki-in Championship, Preliminary (?, -)?
51970-00-00
Kasai Koji
19th Nihon Ki-in Championship, Preliminary (?, +)?
61970-00-00
Kanai Shinichi
19th Nihon Ki-in Championship, Preliminary (?, +)?
71970-00-00
Hisajima Kunio
19th Nihon Ki-in Championship, Preliminary (?, +)?
81970-00-00
Nagahara Yoshiaki
19th Nihon Ki-in Championship, Preliminary (?, +)?
91970-00-00
Suzuki Goro
19th Nihon Ki-in Championship, Preliminary (?, +)?
101971-00-00
Nakamura Yutaro
19th Nihon Ki-in Championship, Preliminary (?, +)?
111971-00-00
Tozawa Akinobu
19th Nihon Ki-in Championship, Preliminary (?, +)?
121971-02-18
Hayashi Yutaro
19th Nihon Ki-in Championship, Preliminaries, Round 1 (W, B+0.5)232
131971-03/12
Fukui Masaaki
20th Nihon Ki-in Championship, Preliminary (?, +)?
141972-00-00
Sugiuchi Masao
20th Nihon Ki-in Championship, Preliminary (?, +)?
151972-00-00
Matsumoto Tokuji
20th Nihon Ki-in Championship, Preliminary (?, -)?
161972-00-00
Koyama Shizuo
21st Nihon Ki-in Championship, Preliminary (?, +)?
171972-00-00
Suzuki Goro
21st Nihon Ki-in Championship, Preliminary (?, +)?
181973-00-00
Sanno Hirotaka
21st Nihon Ki-in Championship, Preliminary (?, +)?
191973-00-00
Sakaguchi Ryuzo
21st Nihon Ki-in Championship, Preliminary (?, +)?
201973-00-00
Ishii Kunio
21st Nihon Ki-in Championship, Preliminary (?, +)?
211973-08-26
Kobayashi Koichi
21st Nihon Ki-in Championship, Round 1 (W, W+1.5)212
221973/1974
Shimamura Toshihiro
21st Nihon Ki-in Championship, Round 2 (?, -)?
231974-03-14
Sometani Kazuo
22nd Nihon Ki-in Championship, Round 1 (W, W+R)158
241974-06-20
Kada Katsuji
22nd Nihon Ki-in Championship, Round 2 (W, W+0.5)213
251974-10-31
Ishida Yoshio
22nd Nihon Ki-in Championship, Round 3 (B, B+4.5)211
261974-11-14
Otake Hideo
22nd Nihon Ki-in Championship, Semi-final (W, W+0.5)236
271974-12-12
Rin Kaiho
22nd Nihon Ki-in Championship, Challengers' final (B, B+4.5)248
281974-12-25
Sakata Eio
22nd Nihon Ki-in Championship Final, Game 1 (B, B+R)141
291975-01-07
Sakata Eio
22nd Nihon Ki-in Championship Final, Game 2 (W, W+R)234
301975-01-16
Sakata Eio
22nd Nihon Ki-in Championship Final, Game 3 (B, W+R)148
311975-01-27
Sakata Eio
22nd Nihon Ki-in Championship Final, Game 4 (W, B+R)181
321975-02-06
Sakata Eio
22nd Nihon Ki-in Championship Final, Game 5 (W, B+4.5)264

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