Cho Chikun Born 1956-06-20 Rank 9p Stored games 3222 Using this name 3118  biography...  title matches...  game collection...

Otake Hideo Born 1942-05-12 Rank 9p Stored games 2322 Using this name 2320  biography...  title matches...  game collection...

	1	2	3	4	5	6	T
Cho Chikun			R	Void			4
Otake Hideo	R	R		Void	R	1.5	1

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In game 4 of the title match, both the Meijin and the challenger were in byo-yomi, when Cho asked ko-toriban (turn) to the scorer (is it my turn to take the ko?) and as he said "yes", Cho played 213, taking a ko without making a ko-threat. At that time, such question and answer dialogs were customary. Ishida Yoshio in attendance and Asahi Shimbun immediately discussed the situation, and Tamura Ryukihei (the game writer) announced "mu-shoubu" (no game). The scorer was Hikosaka Naoto (4 dan), who later became Judan.

Cho answered "I did not come to Japan to obtain 5 dan", when a journalist offered his congratulations when Cho was promoted to 5 dan some years earlier. Now he publicly returned home full of honors. He was invited by the President of Korea, and a photo of the President and Cho in the Presidential Mansion was published on the top page of the Korean evening news.