white received 4.5 komi during the knockout rounds and players had 13 hours thinking time. tamejiro suzuki, however, was granted 16 hours thinking time because of his disdain for time limits. at the conclusion of the fourth knockout round, the two top players in the standings, riichi sekiyama and shin kato, played a six-game series to decide the winner. the initial series finished even at three games, but sekiyama was given the title for having accumulated more points in the knockout rounds.