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Cho U Captures Judan Title

Cho U won game 4 and defeated Judan title holder Takao Shinji 3:1.
Judan Title 2009
Here is the game record. Cho U played black and killed Takao’s group on the lower side.
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By capturing this title, Cho U holds an amazing five out of the seven major Japaense titles: Meijin, Judan, Tengen, Oza and Gosei. He also won Agon Cup, which is a blitz tournament.
Cho U, Judan 2009
Takao Shinji has no more title after losing Judan, but he qualified as the Honinbo title challenger and he is playing a best-of-seven match with title holder Hane Naoki starting on May 13th. All the game records from the Judan title are here.

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3 Responses to “Cho U Captures Judan Title”

  1. Kieran says:
    April 16, 2009 at 8:58 am

    Amazing player…..

  2. Sorin says:
    April 16, 2009 at 1:34 pm

    Indeed, Cho U is an amazing player.

    I’d love to see him more successful in international competitions as well though…

  3. Kieran says:
    April 17, 2009 at 9:58 am

    Sure!
    I definitively wait for him to crush some Koreans :-)
    By the way your website is indeed excellent , congratulations and thanks for the up to date news!!