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44th 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.

44th Meijin, Last Preliminary
Mutsuura Yuta Mutsuura Yuta Mutsuura Yuta
W+1.5
2018-10-11		 Mutsuura Yuta
W+R
2018-11-08
Yukawa Mitsuhisa
Koike Yoshihiro Ichiriki Ryo
B+0.5
2018-09-03
Ichiriki Ryo
Kiyonari Tetsuya Seki Kotaro
W+R
2018-10-04		 Ko Iso
W+R
2018-10-25
Seki Kotaro
Muramatsu Hiroki Ko Iso
Ko Iso
Takano Hideki Fujii Shuya Fujii Shuya
B+0.5
2018-10-11		 Sun Zhe
B+R
2018-11-08
Fujii Shuya
Ida Atsushi Ida Atsushi
B+1.5
2018-09-06
Kato Atsushi
Kanazawa Hideo Kanazawa Hideo Sun Zhe
Yo Chito
Sun Zhe Sun Zhe
B+R
2018-09-13
Yu Zhengqi
Motoki Katsuya Motoki Katsuya Suzuki Shinji
B+5.5
2018-10-11		 Suzuki Shinji
W+0.5
2018-11-08
Ogata Masaki
Suzuki Shinji Suzuki Shinji
Hon Seisen
Sakai Hideyuki Shida Tatsuya
B+R
2018-10-04		 Shida Tatsuya
B+4.5
2018-10-18
Shida Tatsuya
Cho Riyu Takao Shinji
W+8.5
2018-10-04
Takao Shinji

League

# player result 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1. Iyama Yuta 5-3 W+R B+R B+0.5 W+R
2. Shibano Toramaru 6-2 W+1.5 B+R W+2.5 W+R
3. Yamashita Keigo 4-4 B+R B+0.5 W+3.5 W+R
4. Kono Rin 6-2 B+R W+3.5 W+2.5 B+R
5. Hane Naoki 5-3 W+R B+R W+2.5 W+R
6. Murakawa Daisuke 3-5 B+R B+R W+R W+R
7. Suzuki Shinji 2-6 B+R B+R B+R B+4.5
8. Sun Zhe 2-6 B+R B+R W+R B+3.5
9. Mutsuura Yuta 3-5 B+R B+R W+R W+R

Sun Zhe, Suzuki Shinji, and Mutsuura Yuta are demoted.

44th Meijin Title

date black white result #mv sgf
2019-08-27,28 Cho U Shibano Toramaru B+6.5 230 sgf
2019-09-10,11 Shibano Toramaru Cho U B+R 195 sgf
2019-09-17,18 Cho U Shibano Toramaru W+R 234 sgf
2019-09-25,26 Shibano Toramaru Cho U B+R 233 sgf
2019-10-07,08 Cho U Shibano Toramaru W+R 252 sgf

Shibano Toramaru won 4-1.