From: Rei Hamakawa MMP CL NEC CO JP> Date: 10 dec 1993 Subject: The Ryu-o match. Yesterday, Nakai Hiroe Joryuu(woman) Meijin beat Ikeda Syuichi 6-dan in the preliminary tournament for the seventh Ryu-O match. This is the first time that a woman professional player beats a man professional player in an official game (0-38 as of the day before yesterday including her 11 consecutive loss). The first day of the sixth game of the sixth Ryu-O match ended yesterday. Sato Yasumitsu took "Aigakari" instead of his favorite Yagura. The last position yesterday is the same one of the first game of the final preliminary three-game match (to decide a challenger) for the fifth Ryu-O match between two (Habu and Sato) last year, but interesting is that the first move (black) is switched. Rei *********************************************************************** * _ * * \ \ Rei Hamakawa (e-mail: rei mmp cl nec co jp) * * |o| * * |o| C & C Research Laboratories * * |o| __ NEC Corporation * * O| || / 1-1, Miyazaki 4-Chome, TEL : +81-44-856-2271 * * O| || | Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki, FAX : +81-44-856-2232 * * O| \/ | Kanagawa 216 JAPAN * * \__/ * ***********************************************************************