Li League Match 9 - Senko vs Wakagoi

 

Match 9 — Senko (home) vs Wakagoi (away)

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Another juicy round to enjoy. This time with both teams stacking in order of skill, whether deliberately or accidentally. 1st round has the Ueno sisters facing off with the Japanese number 1 versus the Japanese number 4. ELOs at league start were 3290 versus 3179. Asami has also beaten Risa recently in a finals. Board 2 has the closest pairing with Mukai at 3031 and Suzuki at 3035 being incredibly close in points. If the other games go to the higher ranked player then this game might be the decider. The final has Okuda Aya (2972) facing off against Izawa Akino (2736). This in itself was interesting as Wakagoi is sticking with Aya who has had a fairly torrid time in the league so far whereas Senko have put their 4th player back in (perhaps as she won her sole game so far whereas Tsuji Hana who is higher ranked has had a similar experience to Aya).

Pairings:

Board	Fukuoka	Senko	Result	Winner
Board 1	Ueno Asami	Ueno Risa	?	?/td>
Board 2	Mukai Chiakai	Suzuki Ayumi	?	?
Board 3	Izawa Akino	Okuda Aya	?	?

Board 1 — Ueno Asami (White) vs Ueno Risa (Black)

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Board 2 — Mukai Chiakai (Black) vs Suzuki Ayumi (White)

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Board 3 — Izawa Akino (Black) vs Okuda Aya (White)

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