18th Agon Cup

The 18th Agon Cup began on 21 April 2011-1 October 2011. Two Korean amateur players were invited to the preliminaries, with both qualifying. Ha Sungbong defeated professionals Yanigasawa Satoshi and Furuya Yutaka. Kim Sungjin defeated 25th Honinbo and Japan's top title holder Cho Chikun. He also defeated Kato Atsushi. In the main tournament, he was knocked out by Iyama Yuta Meijin in the first round.[1] Iyama Yuta came out as the winner. He beat Yamashita Keigo at the final.[2] The winner's prize was ¥10,000,000.[3]

Tournament

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
23 June
 
 
Mizokami Tomochika
 
25 July
 
Ha Sungbong (A)B+R
 
Ha Sungbong
 
4 July
 
Yamashita KeigoW+R
 
Takao Shinji
 
25 August
 
Yamashita KeigoW+R
 
Yamashita KeigoB+R
 
23 June
 
Kim Shushun
 
Cho UB+1.5
 
14 July
 
Shida Tatsuya
 
Cho U
 
16 June
 
Kim ShushunB+R
 
Kim ShushunB+R
 
1 October
 
Nakano Hironari
 
Yamashita Keigo
 
23 June
 
Iyama YutaB+R
 
Ryu Shikun
 
21 July
 
Yamada KimioW+R
 
Yamada KimioW+R
 
30 June
 
O Meien
 
O MeienB+0.5
 
4 August
 
Sakai Hideyuki
 
Yamada Kimio
 
2 June
 
Iyama YutaB+R
 
Iyama YutaB+R
 
18 July
 
Kim Sungjin (A)
 
Iyama YutaB+0.5
 
9 June
 
Yuki Satoshi
 
Cho Sonjin
 
 
Yuki SatoshiW+1.5
 

References

  1. "18th Agon Cup(All-Japan HayaGo Open Tournament)". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  2. -, Jing. "Iyama Yuta wins Agon Cup, Kong Jie becomes Mingren challenger". Go Game Guru. Go Game Guru. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  3. -, The Nihon Ki-in. "第18期 阿含・桐山杯 全日本早碁オープン戦". The Nihon Ki-in. The Nihon Ki-in. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
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