The challenger for this year's Kisei title is Kobayashi Satoru. This makes it three times in a row that Kobayashi Satoru is playing for the Kisei title. The first time he took the title from Cho Chikun with the score 4-2. The second time he lost it again to Cho Chikun in an exciting and very tight match with the score of 4-3. What will be the outcome this time?! I predict it will again be a very tight match...

event	round	black	rank	cb	white	rank	cw	ha	km	date	place	result	size	#mn	game
Kisei tournament	3 dan final	Cho U	3 dan	3	Yamashita Keigo	3 dan	7		5.5	1996-03-20	JP	R	19	178