27th Meijin-sen

Host Organization: Asahi Shimbun
Title Matches

Title Match Players	1st Round 09-11,12 Beijing China	2nd Round 09-25,26 Hagi Yamaguchi	3rd Round 10-02,03 Ohmachi Nagano	4th Round 10-16,17 Kyoto Kyoto	5th Round 10-23,24 Yokohama Kanagawa	6th Round 11-06,07 Atami Shizuoka	7th Round 11-07,08 Kofu Yamanashi
Yoda Norimoto Meijin	W+R	B+2.5		B+0.5	W+R
Cho Chikun Oza			B+2.5

Yoda Norimoto has kept the title for 3-years.
Yoda Norimoto(Meijin) sealed 32nd move at on 23 September.
Yoda Norimoto leads 3-1 at 4th round.
Cho Chikun(Oza) sealed 40th move on 16 October.
Cho Chikun(Oza) won 1-2 at 3rd game on 02,03 October.
Cho Chikun(Oza) sealed 53th move on 02 October.
Yoda Norimoto leads 2-0 at 2nd round.
Yoda Meijin won 1st game on 12 September.
Yoda Norimoto(Meijin) sealed 46th move at Beijing, China on 11 September.
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Records of Yoda Norimoto vs. Cho Chikun
28th 3rd preliminary tournament is now proceeding.

Meijin League

Rank	Players	sR.Ks	sC.Cs	sR.Ss	sC.Ss	sO.Ms	sK.Ms	sO.Rs	sH.Ns	sY.Ks	Result
1	Rin Kaiho(9d)	-	X	X	B+R	W+R	B+13.5	X	B+R	X	4-4
2	Cho Chikun(O)	W+8.5	-	B+R	W+R	B+R	W+7.5	B+R	W+13.5	X	7-1
3	Ryu Shikun(T)	B+R	X	-	B+R	W+R	B+R	W+4.5	X	W+2.5	6-2
4	Cho Sonjin(9d)	X	X	X	-	X	X	B+R	X	X	1-7
5	O Meien(H)	X	X	X	W+R	-	B+1.5	W+2.5	B+R	W+R	5-3
6	Kato Masao(9d)	X	X	X	B+1.5	X	-	X	X	X	1-7
7	O Rissei(KJ)	B+4.5	X	X	X	X	W+3.5	-	B+R	X	3-5
7	Hikosaka Naoto(9d)	X	X	W+R	B+R	X	B+3.5	X	-	X	3-5
7	Yamashita Keigo(7d)	B+R	W+R	X	W+2.5	X	W+R	B+R	W+R	-	6-2

As for detail, please visit Meijin League(Asahi Shimbun).
Meijin League Table & Records(Asahi Shimbun).
26th Meijin title match and league

History;
  2001-11-10 Page was re-created.
  2001-12-07,14,23,28,31 Updated.
  2002-01-11,18 Updated.
  2002-02-01,08,15,22 Updated.
  2002-03-08,15,22,29 Updated.
  2002-04-05,12,19,27 Updated.
  2002-05-03,10,17,24,31 Updated.
  2002-06-07,18,28 Updated.
  2002-07-06,12,26 Updated.
  2002-08-01,03,05 Updated.
  2002-09-11,12,25,26 Updated.
  2002-10-02,03,16,17,23,24 Updated.

27th Meijin League Scene
Blue letter shows the schedule

title	Player1(upper);winner Player2(lower);loser B|W+x.x|R ;result xx-xx ;date				1 R.K	2 C.C	3 R.S	4 C.S	5 O.M	6 K.M	7 O.R	7 H.N	7 Y.K
Round 1 (Dec.)	R.K K.M B+13.5 12-06	C.C O.M B+R 12-06	R.S C.S B+R 12-13	O.R H.N B+R 12-20	1-0	1-0	1-0	0-1	0-1	0-1	1-0	0-1	-
Round 2 (Jan.)	Y.K C.S W+2.5 12-27	R.K H.N B+R 01-17	C.C K.M W+7.5 01-17	O.M O.R W+2.5 01-17	2-0	2-0	-	0-2	1-1	0-2	1-1	0-2	1-0
Round 3 (Feb.)	C.C O.R B+R 02-07	H.N R.S W+R 02-07	O.M C.S W+R 02-07	Y.K K.M W+R 02-21	-	3-0	1-1	0-3	2-1	0-3	1-2	1-2	2-0
Round 4 (Mar.)	K.M C.S B+1.5 03-07	Y.K H.N W+R 03-07	C.C R.K W+8.5 03-14	R.S O.M W+R 03-28	2-1	4-0	2-1	0-4	2-2	1-3	-	1-3	3-0
Round 5 (Apr.)	Y.K R.K B+R 04-11	C.S O.R B+R 04-11	O.M H.N B+R 04-04	C.C R.S B+R 04-25	2-2	5-0	2-2	1-4	3-2	-	1-3	1-4	4-0
Round 6 (May)	O.M Y.K W+R 04-25	R.S K.M B+R 05-02	H.N C.S B+R 05-16	O.R R.K B+4.5 05-30	2-3	-	3-2	1-5	4-2	1-4	2-3	2-4	4-1
Round 7 (Jun)	R.K C.S B+R 06-06	Y.K C.C W+R 06-06	H.N K.M B+3.5 06-20	R.S O.R W+4.5 06-27	3-3	5-1	4-2	1-6	-	1-5	2-4	3-4	5-1
Round 8 (Jul.)	R.K O.M W+R 07-02	C.C H.N W+13.5 07-04	O.R K.M W+3.5 07-04	R.S Y.K W+2.5 07-11	4-3	6-1	5-2	-	4-3	1-6	3-4	3-5	5-2
Round 9 (Aug.)	C.C C.S W+R 08-01	R.S R.K B+R 08-01	O.M K.M B+1.5 08-01	Y.K O.R B+R 08-01	4-4	7-1	6-2	1-7	5-3	1-7	3-5	-	6-2
Result					5	C	2	DM	4	DM	6	DM	3
Age	at 27th league start time				59	45	29	31	40	54	43	39	23
Registered	Meijin and league(years)				37	26	6	2	6	24	8	1	1
Wins	This year 2001-11-02(win-loss)				23-13	41-18	14-16	25-17	21-17	33-12	30-23	28-11	39-15
Wins order	5 dan and above				-	3	-	-	-	11	15	-	5

2002-08-05; O Rissei(KJ) beat Hikosaka Naoto(9d) by B+R at demotion play-off. <

3rd Preliminary tournament for 27th Meijin League
1st group

spaciesPlayersspacies	spaces1st Roundspaces		sp2nd Roundsp	spcFinalspc
Komatsu Hideki(9d)		Komatsu Hideki W+R 09-06	Cho U B+R 10-11	Hikosaka Naoto W+R 11-01
Michael Redmond(9d)
Cho U(7d)		Cho U W+8.5 09-06
Awaji Shuzo(9d)
Kataoka Satoshi(9d)	Hikosaka Naoto B+2.5 08-23	Hikosaka Naoto B+5.5 09-13	Hikosaka Naoto W+R 10-04
Hikosaka Naoto(9d)
Seto Taiki(3d)
Ishii Kunio(9d)		Ishii Kunio
Hashimoto Yujiro(9d)

2nd group

spaciesPlayersspacies	spaces1st Roundspaces		sp2nd Roundsp	spcFinalspc
Hane Naoki(8d)		Hane Naoki W+R 09-06	Yo Kagen W+R 10-01	Yamashita Keigo W+7.5 11-08
Otake Hideo(9d)
Ishida Yoshio(9d)	Yo Kagen B+3.5 08-16	Yo Kagen B+R 09-06
Yo Kagen(9d)
Takahara Shuji(9d)
Yamashita Keigo(7d)	Yamashita Keigo W+14.5 08-23	Yamashita Keigo W+R 09-06	Yamashita Keigo W+4.5 10-18
Ota Kiyomichi(9d)
Sano Kiyoaki(7d)
Mizogami Tomochika(7d)		Imamura Toshiya
Imamura Toshiya(9d)

3rd group

spaciesPlayersspacies	spaces1st Roundspaces		sp2nd Roundsp	spcFinalspc
O Rissei(KJO)		O Rissei W+R 09-06	O Rissei W+R 09-27	O Rissei B+R 10-25
Kurotaki Seiken(7d)
Nakano Yasuhiro(7d)		Arimura Hiroshi B+R 08-23
Arimura Hiroshi(8d)
Nakano Hironari(9d)	Kobayashi K W+0.5 09-05	Yamada K W+4.5 09-27	Hasegawa Sunao B+R 10-11
Kobayashi Koichi(G)
Yamada Kimio(8d)
Hasegawa Sunao(9d)		Hasegawa Sunao W+0.5 09-06
Kono Rin(6d)

  Note; (K); Kisei  (J); Judan  (T); Tengen  (O); Oza   (G); Gosei

History;
  2001-08-27 Page was recreated.
  2001-09-07,14,28 Updated.
  2001-10-13,14,19,26 Updated.
  2001-11-02,09 Updaated.