Posts Tagged ‘honinbo’
Honinbo Title: 3-0 for Takao
Thursday, June 12th, 2008
Takao Shinji won the 3rd game as well in this year’s Honinbo Title. As the system is best-of-seven, one more win will assure Takao of holding the title for one more year.
The challenger, Hane Naoki (on the left hand side in the photo below), will have to win four games in a row now to capture the title.
Honinbo Title, game 3, day 1
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
Just a quick reminder that the third game of the Honinbo Title started yesterday, and it will conclude today.
Position after day 1:
Takao – Hane 1-0 in Honinbo Title
Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Takao Shinji had a good start in the defense of his Honinbo title: he won the first game against Hane Naoki by 3.5 points.
Next game will be played on May 27th and 28th.
Honinbo Title – Game 1, Day 1
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Hane Naoki is challenging the Honinbo title holder, Takao Shinji.
Takao Shinji defended the Honinbo title 4-1
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007
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.
Honinbo Title, game 4, day 1
Sunday, June 17th, 2007
Takao Shinji leads 2-1 in the Honinbo title
Thursday, June 7th, 2007
Takao won the 3rd game of the Honinbo Sen, so the score is 2-1 for him.
Honinbo Title: 1-1
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007
Yoda Norimoto won the second Honinbo Title game by 1.5 points, and the score so far is even 1-1.
Honinbo Title, game 2, day 1
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007
Takao Shinji wins game one in Honinbo title by the smallest margin
Friday, May 11th, 2007
After a spectacular start and some fighting in the first day of Honinbo game 1, the dust settled early in the second day of playing and the result was a very close game which Takao won by half a point.
