38th Honinbo Title 1983

Title Match

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	T
Rin Kaiho	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	4
Cho Chikun	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3

Playoff

Rin Kaiho and Kobayashi Koichi had to play another game to decide the challenger for the Honinbo title. The playoff game was won by Rin Kaiho by 0.5 point.

League

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	T
1. Kobayashi Koichi, 9 dan	X	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	6
2. Hashimoto Shoji, 9 dan	0	X	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3. Takemiya Masaki, 9 dan	0	1	X	1	1	0	0	1	4
4. Sakata Eio, 9 dan	0	1	0	X	1	0	0	1	3
5. Fujisawa Shuko, 9 dan	0	1	0	0	X	0	0	0	1
6. Rin Kaiho, 9 dan	0	1	1	1	1	X	1	1	6
7. Iwata Tatsuaki, 9 dan	0	1	1	1	1	0	X	0	4
8. Awaji Shuzo, 8 dan	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	X	4

Elimination playoff

Awaji Shuzo and Iwata Tatsuaki had to play another game to decide who would demote from the Honinbo league. The playoff game was won by Iwata Tatsuaki by resignation.

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