42nd Judan-sen

History;
  2003-05-16 Page was recreated.
  2003-05-23,26,30 Updated.
  2003-06-06,13,20,23,27 Updated.
  2003-07-04,11,18,25 Updated.
  2003-08-01,08,15,22 Updated.
  2003-09-12,19,26 Updated.
  2003-10-03,10,17,24,31 Updated.

41st Judan-sen

Host Organization: Sankei Shimbun
Title Match

Title Match Players	1st Round 2003-03-06 Iwamuro Niigata	2nd Round 2003-03-27 Nishiura Aichi	3rd Round 2003-04-10 Ohmachi Nagano	4th Round 2003-04-17 Dohgo Ehime	5th Round 2003-04-24 Hakone Kanagawa
O Rissei (Judan)	B+6.5		B+R		B+R
Takao Shinji (8dan)		B+1.5		B+1.5

O Rissei has held the title for 3-years by 3-2 full-set.
In this year, all black has won. In last year, all white had won.
Refer toSponsor's Page

Tournament Table

Players	1st Round		s2nd Rounds	spcSemispc finals	spcFinalspc	Challenger Decision Match
Hashimoto Yujiro(9d)		Yo Kagen B+R 05-17	Kataoka S B+3.5 07-04	Kataoka S B+R 09-19	Yamashita K W+1.5 10-24	Takao S W+R 02-10
Yo Kagen(9d)
Ryu Shikun(7d)		Kataoka S B+R 05-30
Kataoka Satoshi(9d)
O Meien(H)		O Meien W+7.5 07-18	O Meien W+0.5 08-08
Ishida Yoshio(9d)
Takemiya Masaki(9d)		Mimura T W+R 06-20
Mimura Tomoyasu(9d)
Kobayashi Koichi(G)		Hikosaka N W+4.5 06-13	Yamada K B+0.5 07-11	Yamashita K W+R 09-12
Hikosaka Naoto(9d)
Yamada Kimio(8d)		Yamada K B+2.5 06-06
Takao Shinji(7d)
Hane Naoki(T)		Cho Chikun B+R 06-13	Yamashita K W+7.5 08-08
Cho Chikun(O)
Yamashita Keigo(7d)		Yamashita K W+3.5 05-20
Kato Masao(9d)
--- upper; winner's tournament / lower; loser's tournament ---
Kato M	Kato M W+3.5 09-05	Takao S B+R 09-26	Takao S W+1.5 10-31	Takao S B+R 11-28	Takao S B+4.5 01-16
Hane N
Takao S	Takao S B+6.5 08-15
Kobayashi K
Takemiya M	Takemiya M W+R 08-08	Hashimoto Y B+R 09-19
Ishida Y
Ryu S	Hashimoto Y B+R 08-22
Hashimoto Y
Kataoka S
Yo Kagen		Mimura T B+R 08-29	Cho C W+R 09-19	Cho C W+R 11-14
Mimura T
Hikosaka N		Cho C B+R 08-22
Cho C
O Meien			Yamada K W+4.5 10-24
Yamada K
Players	1st Round	2nd Round	3rd Round	Semi finals	Final	Challenger Decision Match

2002-05-16 Yo Kagen(9d) beat Hashimoto Yujiro(9d) by B+R.

History;
  2002-05-17 Page was recreated.
  2002-05-21,24,27,31 Updated.
  2002-06-07,18,21,28 Updated.
  2002-07-06,12,19 Updated.
  2002-08-05,09,16,23,30 Updated.
  2002-09-05,06,13,20,27 Updated.
  2002-10-18,25 Updated.
  2002-11-01,08,15,22,29 Updated.
  2003-01-10,17 Updated.
  2003-02-10,19 Updated.
  2003-03-06,27 Updated.
  2003-04-10,17,24 Updated.

40th Judan-sen

Host Organization: Sankei Shimbun
Title Match

Title Match Players	1st Round 2002-03-01 Iwamuro Niigata	2nd Round 2002-03-22 Nishiura Aichi	3rd Round 2002-04-04 Ohmachi Nagano	4th Round 2002-04-18 Dogo Ehime	5th Round 2002-04-25 Ikaho Gunma
O Rissei (Judan)	W+2.5		W+R		W+1.5
Takemiya Masaki(9d)		W+8.5		W+1.5

O Rissei defended the title at 3-2 full set.
Please visit Sponcor's page.
Records of O Rissei vs. Takemiya Masaki

Tournament Table

Players	1st Round		s2nd Rounds	spcSemispc finals	spcFinalspc	Challenger Decision Match
Hashimoto Yujiro(9d)		Hashimoto Y W+R 05-24	Hashimoto Y B+R 07-19	Yamashita K W+R 08-30	Takemiya M B+2.5 11-15	Takemiya M W+2.5 2002-01-31
Yo Kagen(9d)
Nakano Yasuhiro(7d)		Nakano Y W+R 05-17
Rin Kaiho(9d)
Yamashita Keigo(G)		Yamashita K B+R 06-21	Yamashita K W+0.5 07-12
Kobayashi Koichi(9d)
Hane Naoki(8d)		Hane N W+R 05-24
Yamada Kimio(8d)
Cho Chikun(25H)		Hashimoto S B+R 05-17	Kato M W+R 08-09	Takemiya M B+R 09-13
Hashimoto Shoji(9d)
Kato Masao(9d)		Kato M W+0.5 06-07
Yoda Norimoto(M)
Nakano Hironari(9d)		Takemiya M B+R 06-28	Takemiya M B+R 08-16
Takemiya Masaki(9d)
Ogaki Yusaku(9d)		O Meien W+5.5 07-26
O Meien(H)
--- upper; winner's tournament / lower; loser's tournament ---
Yo Kagen	Rin Kaiho W+3.5 06-28	Kobayashi K W+R 08-31	Kobayashi K B+R 10-04	Kobayashi K W+2.5 12-06	O Meien W+7.5 01-10
Rin Kaiho
Kobayashi K	Kobayashi K W+2.5 08-02
Yamada K
Cho Chikun	Cho C W+R 07-27	Cho C B+6.5 09-13
Yoda N
Nakano H	Nakano H B+R 08-16
Ogaki Y
Yamashita K
Nakano Y		Hane N W+R 09-03	O Meien W+R 10-04	O Meien B+R 11-15
Hane N
Hashimoto S		O Meien B+23.5 09-06
O Meien
Hashimoto Y			Kato M B+R 10-11
Kato M
Players	1st Round	2nd Round	3rd Round	Semi finals	Final	Challenger Decision Match

Takemiya Masaki(9d) becomes the challenger on 31 January,
visit Sankei Newspaper Igo Web Page.

Note;
     K; Kisei  M; Meijin  H; Honinbo  O; Oza  G; Gosei  25H; 25th Honinbo

History;
  2001-05-19 Page was recreated.
  2001-05-21,26 Updated.
  2001-06-08,22,29 Updated.
  2001-07-11,13,16,20,23,27 Updated.
  2001-08-02,10,17 Updated.
  2001-09-05,07,14 Updated.
  2001-10-13,14 Updated.
  2001-11-16 Updated.
  2001-12-07 Updaated.
  2002-01-11,16,31 Updated.
  2002-02-04 Updated.
  2002-03-01,22 Updated.
  2002-04-04,18,25 Updated.

39th Judan-sen

Host Organization: Sankei Shimbun
Title Match

Title Match Players	1st Round 03-03 Ikaho Gunma pref.	2nd Round 03-22 Tamatsukuri Shimane pref.	3rd Round 04-05 Omachi Nagano pref.	4th Round 04-19 Iwamuro Niigata pref.	5th Round 04-25
Kobayashi Koichi (Judan)	W+2.5	?+?	W+5.5	?+?	?+?
O Rissei (Kisei, Oza)		W+0.5		W+1.5	B+R

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Tournament Table

Players	1st Round		s2nd Rounds	spcSemispc finals	spcFinalspc	Challenger Decision Match
O Rissei(KO)		O Rissei B+2.5 07-20	Rin K W+R 09-07	Takemiya M B+1.5 10-05	Yoda N B+5.5 11-02	O Rissei B+1.5 02-05
Kato Masao(9d)
Matsuoka Hideki(8d)		Rin K W+R 05-18
Rin Kaiho(9d)
Yamada Kimio(8d)		Yamada K W+R 06-12	Takemiya M B+R 07-13
O Meien(H)
Hikosaka Naoto(9d)		Takemiya M W+0.5 05-25
Takemiya Masaki(9d)
Otake Hideo(9d)		Otake H W+0.5 05-18	Hane N W+R 06-29	Yoda N B+1.5 08-31
Michael Redmond(8d)
Hane Naoki(8d)		Hane N W+0.5 06-19
Yamashita Keigo(7d)
Ogaki Yusaku(8d)		Ogaki Y B+0.5 05-11	Yoda N W+6.5 06-29
Nakano Hironari(9d)
Cho Chikun(M)		Yoda N W+0.5 05-25
Yoda Norimoto(9d)
--- upper; winner's tournament / lower; loser's tournament ---
Kato M	Kato M B+R 08-31	O Meien W+1.5 09-21	O Meien W+5.5 11-02	Takemiya M B+4.5 12-07	O Rissei B+2.5 01-08
Matsuoka M
O Meien	O Meien W+0.5 08-16
Hikosaka N
M Redmond	Yamashita K B+R 06-29	Yamashita K B+R 08-10
Yamashita K
Nakano H	Cho C W+R 06-22
Cho C
Takemiya M
O Rissei		O Rissei B+1.5 10-12	O Rissei W+R 10-26	O Rissei B+3.5 11-09
Yamada K
Otake H		Ogaki Y W+R 08-10
Ogaki Y
Rin K			Hane N B+5.5 10-26
Hane N
Players	1st Round	2nd Round	3rd Round	Semi finals	Final	Challenger Decision Match

Note;
     K; Kisei  M; Meijin  H; Honinbo  O; Oza

History;
  2000-09-09 Page was created.
  2000-09-22 Updated.
  2000-10-05,14,27 Updated.
  2000-11-03,10 Updated.
  2000-12-08 Updated.
  2001-01-12 Updated.
  2001-02-06,13 Updated.
  2001-03-03,22 Updated.
  2001-04-05,19,25 Updated.