Nakazawa Ayako

Nakazawa Ayako (Kanji: 中澤 彩子, Katakana ナカザワ アヤコ) is a Japanese Nihon Ki'in female professional 5 dan. She was born on 19 Oct 1971 in Chiba Prefecture.

Table of contents Promotion history Achievements Head-to-head scores against current female rivals Links

Promotion history

Nakazawa became a professional in 1988. She was promoted to 2 dan in 1991, 3 dan in 1992, 4 dan in 1996, and 5 dan in 2001.

Achievements

Nakazawa has won 4 Japanese women's titles: 2× Women's Honinbo 1990–1991, 2× Women's Kakusei 1995–1996. She was runner up to Kobayashi Izumi in the 2004 JAL Female HayaGo.

On the World Women's Rating Lists of 1991-01-01 to 1999-01-01, Nakazawa was in the top 5 rated Japanese women. She reached #2 Japanese woman on the 1991-01-01.

Head-to-head scores against current female rivals

Based on Nakazawa Ayako, Go Ratings and game list, as of 24 June 2024.

• Sugiuchi Kazuko, 8p, 4× All-Japan Women's Championship, 4× Women's Meijin, 2× Women's Kakusei: 1–3
• Honda Sachiko, 7p, Sugiuchi’s younger sister, 2× Female Honinbo, 5× All-Japan Women's Championship: 2–0
• Kusunoki Teruko, 8p, Sugiuchi’s youngest sister, 5× Female Honinbo, 3× Women's Kakusei: 2–1
• Konishi Kazuko, 8p, once Kansai Ladies' Tournament, once Teikei Cup Female Legends: 2–0
• Ogawa Tomoko, 7p, once Female Honinbo, 2× All-Japan Women's Championship: 0–2
• Ueno Asami, 5p, according to rating list, #5 female and #200 overall in the world, and #1 female and #27 overall in Japan: 0–1
• Aoki Kikuyo, 8p, 5× Women's Meijin, 4× Women's Kakusei, once Female Kisei: 2–6
• Yoshida Mika, 8p, 4× Women's Honinbo, 4× Kansai Ladies' Tournament, once Women's Kakusei: 1–5
• Chinen Kaori, 6p, 5× Female Kisei, 4× Women's Honinbo: 3–4
• Kobayashi Izumi, 7p, 3× Female Honinbo], 3× Female Meijin, 2× Female Kisei, once Teikei Cup Female Legends: 2–6
• Kato Keiko, 6p, once Women's Meijin, once Female Strongest: 3–1
• Yashiro Kumiko, 6p, 2× Women's Honinbo, 0–2
• Umezawa Yukari, 6p, 3× Female Kisei: 3–0
• Suzuki Ayumi, 7p, #7 female in Japan, #33 female in world, twice Female Strongest, once Female Kisei: 1–2

Links

• Japanese Wikipedia
• Nihon Kiin player profile
• Go Ratings and Games