Akiko Tsukuda 5-dan, My most memorable game
- 1995 Mini-Go Play-offs:
Ma Xiaochun vs. Ten Kansai Professionals - Black: Ma Xiaochun 9-dan; White: Tsukuda Akiko 1-dan
Komi: 5.5 points
White wins and connects the final ko.
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My memorable game is from the series Mini-Go Play-offs, played on a 9x9 board. This series continued for 15 years as part of a Go program telecast by Yomiuri TV in the Kansai (western Honshu). Ma Xiaochun 9-dan of China was invited to appear as a guest and he played ten games against Kansai players.
This game was played 20 years ago. I was in the second year of my career. Though it was only a 9x9 board, Ma was one of the world's top players. The time allowance was two minutes 30 seconds; if you used up your time, you lost. I was very tense, but also very happy.