Match Report for Kiyokazu Nishikawa

Match Report for Kiyokazu Nishikawa (Europe)

Kiyokazu Nishikawa, who lives in the Tokyo area, is a player with a massive reputation in Japan. He has won several of the Japanese Backgammon League’s (JBL) most prestigious titles including being Japanese Champion on three occasions and "Bansei" (Board-Spirit) winner twice, which is equivalent in status to the famous "Meijin" winner. Each round in the “Bansei” title is played in the format of best of three 11 point matches.

He is famous for changing his style and strategy to suit different opponents, in order to exploit their weaknesses. When necessary he is able to play at very low PR levels as shown by his joining Mochy’s Under 4.0 Club in 2015.

He has not played an international tournament yet but may do so in the near future. So watch out! His GridGammon nickname is fairytails.

Additional player info
Country:	Japan
BMAB registration number:	00114
BMAB title:	Grandmaster G2
Last 300 exp PR:	3.4249
BMAB Experience Points:	362
Last BMAB match:	2022-08-26

Summary of Matches
Rating	1,427.37
Experience	852
Matches played	62
Matches won	27 (43.5%)
Number of distinct opponents	23
Number of clubs played at	2
Earliest match recorded	2013-12-31
Latest match so far	2022-08-26
Peak rating	1,474.36
Peak rating (>400 exp.)	1,443.43
Average opponent rating	1,510.16

2014-02-24	Asia	Yuya Watanabe	-	7	4.27	1,427.52	29
2014-03-15	Asia	Yoshiyuki Nakamura	11	-	2.57	1,467.25	40
2014-03-15	Asia	Megumi Ishii	-	11	5.54	1,438.64	51
2014-03-16	Asia	Hironobu Yazawa	-	9	1.97	1,412.56	60
2014-03-16	Asia	Akiko Yazawa	-	9	4.30	1,390.12	69
2014-03-17	Asia	Shomura	9	-	4.40	1,420.83	78
2014-06-15	Asia	Yoshiyuki Nakamura	-	25	3.36	1,392.70	103
2014-10-12	Europe	Matt Cohn-Geier	-	15	4.39	1,377.66	118

2015-01-12	Asia	Satoshi Kubota	7	-	3.89	1,401.59	125
2015-01-12	Asia	Syotaroh Kuwakado	7	-	5.99	1,423.79	132
2015-01-12	Asia	Masayuki Mochizuki	7	-	3.09	1,450.22	139
2015-01-12	Asia	Kanade Kubota	-	7	7.81	1,432.56	146
2015-01-12	Asia	Takuto Yamashita	7	-	1.95	1,452.63	153

2018-11-18	Asia	Kentaro Meijo	-	25	4.01	1,422.63	178
2018-12-02	Asia	Daisuke Katagami	-	25	4.02	1,397.48	203
2018-12-30	Asia	Takayuki Hino	-	25	3.27	1,372.29	228

2019-01-27	Asia	Kenji Shimodaira	-	25	5.66	1,351.53	253
2019-02-03	Asia	Masayuki Mochizuki	-	25	4.69	1,341.51	278
2019-02-18	Asia	Kazuki Yokota	25	-	3.12	1,374.79	303
2019-06-02	Asia	Daisuke Katagami	-	11	2.65	1,365.35	314
2019-06-03	Asia	Daisuke Katagami	-	11	3.55	1,357.07	325
2019-06-24	Asia	Kanade Kubota	11	-	1.84	1,372.06	336
2019-06-24	Asia	Kanade Kubota	11	-	7.23	1,385.06	347
2019-07-21	Asia	Masanori Ichikawa	11	-	2.98	1,397.40	358
2019-07-21	Asia	Masanori Ichikawa	11	-	1.33	1,407.93	369
2019-07-28	Asia	Kentaro Meijo	11	-	4.27	1,418.46	380
2019-07-28	Asia	Kentaro Meijo	-	11	3.01	1,411.63	391
2019-07-28	Asia	Kentaro Meijo	11	-	2.28	1,420.22	402
2019-08-25	Asia	Hiromichi Sugimoto	11	-	6.95	1,427.88	413
2019-08-25	Asia	Hiromichi Sugimoto	-	11	5.80	1,421.90	424
2019-08-25	Asia	Hiromichi Sugimoto	-	11	4.08	1,416.20	435
2019-09-15	Asia	Masayuki Mochizuki	-	11	5.08	1,411.69	446
2019-09-15	Asia	Masayuki Mochizuki	-	11	4.11	1,407.27	457
2019-10-22	Asia	Masahiro Kisono	11	-	4.13	1,415.07	468
2019-10-22	Asia	Masahiro Kisono	-	11	5.07	1,409.02	479
2019-10-22	Asia	Masahiro Kisono	11	-	1.45	1,416.67	490

2021-12-06	Asia	Yusuke Itagaki	-	11	2.88	11	1,411.09	501
2021-12-06	Asia	Yusuke Itagaki	-	11	2.82	22	1,405.91	512
2021-12-12	Asia	Hiromichi Sugimoto	11	-	2.15	33	1,413.60	523
2021-12-12	Asia	Hiromichi Sugimoto	11	-	3.24	44	1,421.09	534
2021-12-24	Asia	Daisuke Katagami	11	-	3.47	55	1,429.65	545
2021-12-24	Asia	Daisuke Katagami	11	-	3.91	66	1,438.02	556

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2022-01-11	Asia	Kazuhiro Saito	11	-	3.03	77	1,443.43	567
2022-01-11	Asia	Kazuhiro Saito	-	11	1.90	88	1,435.38	578
2022-01-11	Asia	Kazuhiro Saito	-	11	3.17	99	1,427.62	589
2022-01-24	Asia	Kenji Shimodaira	-	11	3.95	110 ⭐ M1	1,420.83	600
2022-01-24	Asia	Kenji Shimodaira	11	-	4.81	121	1,427.53	611
2022-01-24	Asia	Kenji Shimodaira	11	-	2.88	132	1,434.02	622
2022-02-13	Asia	Masayuki Mochizuki	-	11	1.66	143	1,429.61	633
2022-02-14	Asia	Masayuki Mochizuki	11	-	3.96	154 ⭐ G3	1,438.55	644
2022-02-14	Asia	Masayuki Mochizuki	-	11	3.00	165	1,434.03	655
2022-02-20	Asia	Naoki Iketani	-	11	5.26	176	1,428.45	666
2022-02-20	Asia	Naoki Iketani	-	11	1.92	187	1,423.19	677
2022-05-08	Asia	Daisuke Katagami	-	25	4.31	212 ⭐ G2	1,417.89	702
2022-05-23	Asia	Masahiro Kisono	25	-	3.94	237	1,428.92	727
2022-05-29	Asia	Kazuhiro Saito	25	-	2.97	262	1,437.26	752
2022-06-12	Asia	Kanade Kubota	-	25	3.39	287	1,427.16	777
2022-07-03	Asia	Naoki Iketani	-	25	3.67	312	1,423.10	802
2022-08-12	Asia	Masayuki Mochizuki	25	-	3.68	337	1,436.73	827
2022-08-26	Asia	Masahiro Kisono	-	25	3.18	362	1,427.37	852