59th Ōza
59th Ōza
The 59th Ozā was the 2011 iteration of one of the big seven professional Go tournaments held in Japan. Beginning on 13 January 2011, the preliminary tournament began with a single knockout round of 16 players. The winner of the preliminary tournament, Hane Naoki, then faced the previous year's title-holder, Taiwanese Go player Cho U, over 3 days of play, resulting in 0-3 in favour of U.