Go player Nakamura Sumire 3rd Dan challenges for the Kisei title in Korea... The 8th Kaisei Women's Kisei Tournament, the largest women's individual tournament in Korea, begins

The Haeseong Women's Kisei Tournament, the largest women's individual tournament in Korea, held its opening ceremony and completed preparations for the new season. The 8th Haeseong Women's Kisei Tournament was held at The Plaza Hotel in Seoul on the 23rd.
The opening ceremony of the Holy War was attended by Haesung Group executives and officials, including Chairman Tang Jae-wan and President Tang Woo-jung of the Haesung Group, as well as Vice President of the Korea Go Association Han Sang-yeol and Han Jeong-ji of the Korean Professional Go Players Association.
More than 150 people, including Korea Go Association President Lee Gwangsoo, Korea Women's Go Association President Lee Gwangsoo, and professional and amateur players participating in the tournament, attended to celebrate the opening of the tournament.
The opening ceremony was held in a way that suited the players, with the players providing the congratulatory speeches and opening declarations.
Kim Eun-ji, 9th dan, who took to the stage as the winner of the previous tournament, said, "The moment I won the Women's Kisei Championship last year was the happiest day since I started playing Go. I'm so happy to be able to make my dream come true.
I'm grateful to Kaisei for hosting such a wonderful tournament," she said, before declaring the opening of the tournament, "We will now begin the 8th Kaisei Women's Kisei Tournament."
The 8th Kaisei Women's Kisei Tournament will feature 49 players, including professional female players from the Korea Go Association and four players who won the amateur selection tournament. The 20 players who won the preliminary round will compete in the previous season.
The winner of the eighth tournament will be decided in a round of 24 tournament with other players. The finals will be broadcast live on Igo TV every Monday and Tuesday at 7pm starting September 9th.
Will Nakamura Sumire, who holds the record for being the youngest Go player in Japanese history to win the Kisei title at 13 years and 11 months old, be able to win the title in Korea as well?
The 8th Kaisei Women's Kisei Tournament, sponsored by the Kaisei Group and hosted and supervised by the Korea Go Association, will have a prize of 50 million won (about 5.4 million yen), the highest amount in Korea.
Each race has a time limit of one hour, with three 40-second countdowns.