59th Ōza

The 59th Ozā was the 2011 iteration of one of the big seven professional Go tournaments held in Japan. Beginning on 13 January 2011, the preliminary tournament began with a single knockout round of 16 players[1]. The winner of the preliminary tournament, Hane Naoki, then faced the previous year's title-holder, Taiwanese Go player Cho U, over 3 days of play, resulting in 0-3 in favour of U.[2][3]

Challenger Tournament

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
28 April
 
 
Hane Naoki1
 
30 May
 
Kobayashi Satoru0
 
Hane Naoki1
 
19 May
 
Cho Chikun0
 
Yoda Norimoto0
 
20 June
 
Cho Chikun1
 
Hane Naoki1
 
12 May
 
Mitani Tetsuya0
 
So Yokoku0
 
9 June
 
Murakawa Daisuke1
 
Murakawa Daisuke0
 
14 April
 
Mitani Tetsuya1
 
Mitani Tetsuya1
 
8 September
 
Mochizuki Kenichi0
 
Hane Naoki1
 
14 April
 
Iyama Yuta0
 
Iyama Yuta1
 
9 June
 
Imamura Toshiya0
 
Iyama Yuta1
 
12 May
 
Nakano Yasuhiro0
 
Matsumoto Takehisa0
 
14 July
 
Nakano Yasuhiro1
 
Iyama Yuta1
 
21 April
 
Yamada Kimio0
 
Yamashiro Hiroshi0
 
19 May
 
Yamashita Keigo1
 
Yamashita Keigo0
 
21 April
 
Yamada Kimio1
 
Yamada Kimio1
 
 
Kono Rin0
 

Finals

Player
1
2
3
4
5
T
Cho U
(Oza)
1 1 1 - -
Hane Naoki
Challenger
0 0 0 - -
Win by 3.5 1.5 Resignation - -
Location Tokyo Hyogo Yamagata (Kanagawa) (Shizuoka)

See also

References

  1. ^ "59th Oza, Last Preliminary". homepages.cwi.nl. Retrieved 2026-02-09.
  2. ^ "Japanese Oza | Go News | Go4Go". www.go4go.net. Retrieved 2026-02-09.
  3. ^ "Oza at Sensei's Library". senseis.xmp.net. Retrieved 2026-02-09.