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Cho U (right hand side in the photo below) defended his Meijin title at the limit, 4-3, against the very talented Iyama Yuta, who was at his first major title challenge. Iyama missed the chance to become Kisei challenger as well when he lost the challenger deciding playoff game against Yoda Norimoto, last month. Here’s the decisive game of this year’s Meijin title: Cho is also doing very well in his Oza title challenge against Yamashita Keigo: he’s leading 2-0, and since Oza title consists of a best-of-five match, he only needs one more win to capture this title as well. Next game will be played on December 1st. Also, Cho had a good debut in his challenge for the Tengen title against Kono Rin: we won the first game. Second game will be played on November 20th.