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.http://igokisen.web.fc2.com/agon.html 18th Agon Cup(All-Japan HayaGo Open Tournament) igokisen.web.fc2.com 8 June 2011 February 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Iyama Yuta came out as the winner. He beat Yamashita Keigo at the final.Jing Iyama Yuta wins Agon Cup, Kong Jie becomes Mingren challenger https://gogameguru.com/iyama-yuta-18th-agon-cup-kong-jie-24th-mingren-challenger/ Go Game Guru Go Game Guru 3 May 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20151029121431/https://gogameguru.com/iyama-yuta-18th-agon-cup-kong-jie-24th-mingren-challenger/ 29 October 2015 usurped dmy-all The winner's prize was ¥10,000,000.The Nihon Ki-in 第18期 阿含・桐山杯 全日本早碁オープン戦 https://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/match/kiriyama/018.html The Nihon Ki-in The Nihon Ki-in 3 May 2017 Tournament 23 June Mizokami Tomochika Ha Sungbong (A) B+R 4 July Takao Shinji Yamashita Keigo W+R 23 June Cho U B+1.5 Shida Tatsuya 16 June Kim Shushun B+R Nakano Hironari 23 June Ryu Shikun Yamada Kimio W+R 30 June O Meien B+0.5 Sakai Hideyuki 2 June Iyama Yuta B+R Kim Sungjin (A) 9 June Cho Sonjin Yuki Satoshi W+1.5 25 July Ha Sungbong Yamashita Keigo W+R 14 July Cho U Kim Shushun B+R 21 July Yamada Kimio W+R O Meien 18 July Iyama Yuta B+0.5 Yuki Satoshi 25 August Yamashita Keigo B+R Kim Shushun 4 August Yamada Kimio Iyama Yuta B+R 1 October Yamashita Keigo Iyama Yuta B+R no References Category:2011 in go Category:Go competitions in Japan