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

event	round	black	rank	cb	white	rank	cw	ha	km	date	place	result	size	#mn	game
Honinbo tournament	challengers' playoff, game 3	Hasegawa Akira	7 dan	16	Kitani Minoru	8 dan	18		4.5	1950-12-20,21	JP	R	19	242
Honinbo tournament	challengers' playoff, game 2	Kitani Minoru	8 dan	6	Sakata Eio	7 dan	7		4.5	1950-12-13,14	JP	9.5	19	281

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).

event	round	black	rank	cb	white	rank	cw	ha	km	date	place	result	size	#mn	game
Honinbo tournament	4th place playoff, game 2	Fujisawa Kuranosuke	9 dan	5	Takagawa Kaku	7 dan	4		4.5	1951-03-05,06	JP	R	19	189
Honinbo tournament	4th place playoff, game 1	Takagawa Kaku	7 dan	4	Iwamoto Kaoru	8 dan	3		4.5	1950-12-06,07	JP	6.5	19	250

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

event	round	black	rank	cb	white	rank	cw	ha	km	date	place	result	size	#mn	game
Honinbo tournament	stage 1, semifinal	Magari Reiki	5 dan	21	Miwa Yoshiro	5 dan	13		4.5	1950-07-19,20	JP	4.5	19	255
Honinbo tournament	stage 1, semifinal	Fujisawa Hideyuki	6 dan	19	Miyashita Shuyo	7 dan	17		4.5	1950-07-19,20	JP	R	19	250
Honinbo tournament	stage 1, semifinal	Sakai Michiharu	6 dan	9	Maeda Nobuaki	7 dan	11		4.5	1950-07-19,20	JP	R	19	196

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)

Second round (1950-08-16,17)

Third round (1950-08-23,24)

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.