Akiko Tsukuda 5-dan, My most memorable game
Akiko Tsukuda
5-dan
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- 1995 Mini-Go Play-offs:
Ma Xiaochun vs. Ten Kansai Professionals - Black: Ma Xiaochun 9-dan; White: Tsukuda Akiko 1-dan
Komi: 5.5 points
White wins and connects the final ko. 
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Woman players profile
- Akiko Tsukuda 5-dan
- Born in Osaka on Decenber 25, 1971.
Became professional 1-dan in 1993,
promoted to 2-dan in 1997, 3-dan in 1998, 4-dan in 1999, 5-dan in 2006.
Second place of the Women's Honinbo in 1994.
My most memorable game, Game Records
My most memorable game, Game Records
My memorable game is from the series Mini-Go Play-offs, played on a 9x9 board. This series continued for 15 years as part of a Go program telecast by Yomiuri TV in the Kansai (western Honshu). Ma Xiaochun 9-dan of China was invited to appear as a guest and he played ten games against Kansai players.
This game was played 20 years ago. I was in the second year of my career. Though it was only a 9x9 board, Ma was one of the world's top players. The time allowance was two minutes 30 seconds; if you used up your time, you lost. I was very tense, but also very happy.
