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6th Honinbo Title 1951

Title match

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T
Hashimoto Utaro 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 4
Sakata Eio 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3

League winner playoff

After the league, there was a three-way tie for first, which was resolved by a round robin won by Sakata.

 

1 2 3 TP
1. Kitani Minoru, 8 dan X 1 0 1 2
2. Hasegawa Akira, 7 dan 0 X 0 0 3
3. Sakata Eio, 7 dan 1 1 X 2 1

League demotion playoff

There was a single elimination playoff for fourth place (to retain a place in the league). Fujisawa received a first round by, and won his game (against Takagawa). Nevertheless, he did not participate in the 7th title. On the other hand, Takagawa came back through the preliminary round to regain his place in the league, which he won and went on to defeat Hashimoto Utaro in the title match to begin his remarkable run of nine straight Honinbo titles (only recently surpassed by Cho Chikun).

 

Player
black
Player
white
Date
RE
[]
Takagawa Kaku
Iwamoto Kaoru
1950-12-06
B+006.50
[]
Fujisawa Kuranosuke
Takagawa Kaku
1951-03-05
B+R
[]

League

1 2 3 4 5 6 TP
1. Kitani Minoru, 8 dan X 1 0 1 0 1 3
2. Hasegawa Akira, 7 dan 0 X 1 0 1 1 3
3. Sakata Eio, 7 dan 1 0 X 1 0 1 3
4. Fujisawa Kuranosuke, 9 dan 0 1 0 X 1 0 2
5. Iwamoto Kaoru, 8 dan 1 0 1 0 X 0 2
6. Takagawa Kaku, 7 dan 0 0 0 1 1 X 2

League preliminary

In the first stage, 32 unseeded 5, 6 and 7 dans were sorted into five knockout groups.

 

Player
black
Player
white
Date
RE
[]
Sakai Michiharu
Maeda Nobuaki
1950-07-19
W+R
[]
Fujisawa Hideyuki
Miyashita Shuyo
1950-07-19
W+R
[]
Magari Reiki
Miwa Yoshiro
1950-07-19
B+004.50
[]

The winners of these groups (Sakata Eio 7 dan, Mitsuhara Itaro 7 dan, Miyashita Shuyo 7 dan, Shinohara Masami 6 dan and Magari Reiki 5 dan) advanced to the second stage along with the five players who had 3-3 scores in the 5th Honinbo league (Fujisawa Kuranosuke 9 dan, Hasegawa Akira 7 dan, Hayashi Yutaro 7 dan, Kitani Minoru 7 dan, Takagawa Kaku 7 dan).

In the second stage, players were eliminated after two losses.

First round (1950-08-10,11)

BlackWhiteResult
Fujisawa KuranosukeMiyashita ShuyoB+5.5
Takagawa KakuKitani MinoruW+R
Mitsuhara ItaroHasegawa AkiraB+2.5
Sakata EioHayashi YutaroB+R
Magari ReikiShinohara MasamiB+R

Second round (1950-08-16,17)

BlackWhiteResult
Takagawa KakuFujisawa KuranosukeB+R
Mitsuhara ItaroKitani MinoruW+2.5
Miyashita ShuyoHayashi YutaroB+8.5
Shinohara MasamiHasegawa AkiraW+5.5
Magari ReikiSakata EioW+R

Third round (1950-08-23,24)

BlackWhiteResult
Fujisawa KuranosukeMitsuhara ItaroB+R
Takagawa KakuMiyashita ShuyoB+R
Hasegawa AkiraMagari ReikiB+R

The five survisors of this stage advanced into the league along with Iwamoto Kaoru 8 dan, who was defeated in the previous Honinbo title match.


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