15th Kisei
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The 15th Kisei 15th iteration of the Kisei
Kisei
The Kisei is a Go competition. The title, meaning go sage in Japanese, was a traditional honorary appellation given to a handful of players down the centuries. The element ki can also apply to shogi, and there were also recognized kisei in the shogi world.-Background:Kisei is a Go competition...

 tournament, a tournament in the board game
Board game
A board game is a game which involves counters or pieces being moved on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules. Games may be based on pure strategy, chance or a mixture of the two, and usually have a goal which a player aims to achieve...

 go
Go (board game)
Go , is an ancient board game for two players that originated in China more than 2,000 years ago...

. It was won by Kobayashi Koichi, the defending champion, and held in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 in 1991. Kobayashi won 4 games to 3 over Kato Masao in the final.

Tournament

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