Takao Shinji (on the right hand side in the photo) defeated Cho U in the playoff for becoming Judan challenger. (link to the game)
Cho Chikun is Judan title holder, and the first game will be played on March 6th.
Cho U won the 7th game of the Meijin Title and captured the title from Takao Shinji by 4:3.
After leading by 3:1, Cho saw Takao closing the gap and the score became 3:3. According to some statistics I read in Go World a while ago, it is most likely that whoever makes the comeback has the most chances to win the decisive game, but that wasn’t the case this time.
Takao Meijin won the 6th game by 0.5 points, so this year’s Meijin Title will go all the way to the 7th game!
On November 9th is when we’ll find out who will be the next Meijin.
The title holder, Takao Shinji, kept alive his chances to defend the Mejin Title this year: he won today’s game by 2 and a half points, after what looked to me like a very good game for Black.
Takao won the first game of the series, but then Cho U won 3 in a row: one more loss for Takao and he is losing the title.
The score is now 3-2 for Cho U.
Cho U is just one step from winning Meijin Title: he won the 4th game by forcing a resignation in 141 moves.
Cho U won the 3rd game of this year’s Meijin Title by 1.5 points.
White (Cho U) played symmetrically for a little while - that must have put some pressure on Takao.
Meijin Title started yesterday: title holder Takao Shinji won the first game by 4.5 points against the challenger and previous Meijin title holder, Cho U.
Takao built a huge moyo starting from the lower side, and that turned in the end into a huge territory.
It was interesting to see Takemiya giving the public game commentary - he must have been very happy with Black’s strategy, since he’s the one who’s name is associated with large moyo strategies.
Next game: September 19, 20.
Takao Shinji defended the Honinbo title.
The challenger, Yoda Norimoto, only managed to win one out of 5 games.
Again, just like earlier this year in the Kisei title, the younger player defeated the more senior player.
All game records are on the Honinbo title page.
Takao won the 3rd game of the Honinbo Sen, so the score is 2-1 for him.
The first day of game 2 in Honinbo is over, and the game will be continued tomorrow.
Yoda Sensei played the sealed move in the middle of a complicated fight on the upper side.
While Takao Honinbo played 2 unusual moves in the opening of the first game, it was Yoda Sensei who played an unusual variation of the tsuke-nobi joseki in this second game (in the upper-left corner).
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