And her most memorable game?

IT WAS eight or nine years ago I think. I was doing well in the women's Kakusei tournament and kept on winning, earning myself a place in the finals! I remember very clearly that with each win the tension inside me kept growing.

When I met Kobayashi Chizu for the final match I was totally stressed out, without even having played a single stone! I mean, it was like there was this big billboard inside my head saying:

You are one win away from taking the title. YOU are ONLY a SINGLE WIN away from WINNING this TITLE

Well, I totally buckled under the pressure, I guess this was my lack of experience, maybe it is just the kind of person I am.

Do I still know the moves played in that game? Ha, ha, well I certainly won't forget the result and the vague memory of having played a terrible game but you know what, I cannot even think of the first move played!

As a matter of fact, and I think that among pros I might be unique in that respect. Most of the time I forget the games I play within a week! It's just that my memory is like a sieve. I never remember much of my own games afterwards, maybe I just have only a limited memory storage capacity to begin with.

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