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37th Meijin title

Qualification tournament

The lowest three players from the previous year are demoted from the League, and a qualification tournament with three groups determines which three new players are allowed to enter the League.

Oba Junya Cho Sonjin
B+R
2011-08-18		 Yoda Norimoto
W+1.5
2011-10-13		 Kono Rin
W+3.5
2011-10-27
Cho Sonjin
Yamada Kimio Yamada Kimio
W+R
2011-09-01		 Yoda Norimoto
B+2.5
2011-09-22
Ha Youngil
Yoda Norimoto
Kono Rin Kono Rin
W+R
2011-09-01		 Kono Rin
W+2.5
2011-09-22
Mimura Tomoyasu
Tajiri Yuto Rin Kanketsu
Rin Kanketsu
Mochizuki Kenichi Mochizuki Kenichi Mochizuki Kenichi
B+3.5
2011-10-13		 Kim Sujun
W+R
2011-11-03
Seto Taiki
Hikosaka Naoto Ko Reibun
B+R
2011-09-01		 Ko Reibun
Ko Reibun
Cho Riyu
Kim Sujun Kim Sujun
W+R
2011-09-01		 Kim Sujun
B+2.5
2011-10-06
Yukawa Mitsuhisa
Kobayashi Satoru Sakai Hideyuki
W+R
2011-09-15
Sakai Hideyuki
Uchida Shuhei Uchida Shuhei Uchida Shuhei
B+R
2011-09-29		 Uchida Shuhei
B+R
2011-10-27
Honda Kunihisa
Otake Hideo Nakane Naoyuki
B+R
2011-08-18		 Nakane Naoyuki
Nakane Naoyuki
Nakano Hironari
Murakawa Daisuke Yamashiro Hiroshi Cho Chikun
W+R
2011-09-22
Yamashiro Hiroshi
Furuya Yutaka Cho Chikun
W+4.5
2011-09-01
Cho Chikun

League

Results (in the first column the white player, on the top row the black player). The ordering of the first six players is according to their results in the previous year. The last three are the winners of the entrance matches.

# player result 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1. Iyama Yuta 7-1 W+3.5 W+R W+R W+R
2. Hane Naoki 7-1 W+R W+R W+R W+R
3. Takao Shinji 5-3 B+R B+R W+R W+R
4. Cho U 4-4 B+2.5 W+R B+0.5 B+R
5. Yuki Satoshi 0-8 B+R B+R B+R B+8.5
6. Mizokami Tomochika 3-5 B+R B+5.5 B+3.5 W+R
7. Kono Rin 6-2 W+R B+2.5 W+R W+2.5
8. Kim Sujun 2-6 B+R B+R B+1.5 W+R
9. Uchida Shuhei 2-6 B+R B+R W+0.5 B+R

Yuki Satoshi, Uchida Shuhei, and Kim Sujun are demoted.

Playoff

Hane Naoki and Iyama Yuta both had 7 wins, and played a challenger playoff that was won by Hane Naoki.

date black white result #mv sgf
2012-08-06 Hane Naoki Iyama Yuta B+R 187 sgf

37th Meijin Title

date black white result #mv sgf
2012-08-30,31 Hane Naoki Yamashita Keigo W+R 178 sgf
2012-09-20,21 Yamashita Keigo Hane Naoki W+R 184 sgf
2012-09-27,28 Hane Naoki Yamashita Keigo B+R 141 sgf
2012-10-10,11 Yamashita Keigo Hane Naoki B+R 163 sgf
2012-10-17,18 Hane Naoki Yamashita Keigo W+R 140 sgf
2012-10-31,11-01 Yamashita Keigo Hane Naoki W+R 184 sgf
2012-11-12,13 Hane Naoki Yamashita Keigo W+R 138 sgf

Yamashita Keigo won 4-3.