Kana Mannami 4-dan, My most memorable game
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- 54th NHK cup, Round One
- Black: Kana Mannami 4-dan
White: Kanda Ei 9-dan 
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Woman players profile
- Kana Mannami 4-dan
- Born in Hyogo on June 16, 1983.
Disciple of Ooeda Yusuke 9-dan.
Became professional 1-dan in 2000,promoted to 2-dan in 2001,
3-dan in 2004, 4-dan in 2007.
Won the King of the Women's Kisei Title in 2004 & 2006.
My most memorable game, Game Records
This game was played the second time I took part in the NHK Cup. I'm surprised to find that already nine years have passed. Replaying the game after this long gap, I'm impressed with how freely I played. Going from the opening to the middle game, I made attack after attack, and from the middle game on I started playing slackly: the game faithfully reflects my Go style.
During the game, I was unable to count properly, so I didn't know if I was a half point ahead or a half point behind. For that reason, I tried too hard to gain an extra point with move 249, and my opponent easily pulled off something in the bottom right corner. I had to resign. Kanda Sensei had counted properly, which is why he attached with move 248. After the game, I felt keenly the sharpness of a top-flight professional going for a win, and this is still a strong memory.
It's hard to express it well, but in this game I keenly felt the 'contest'.
