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Yoda Norimoto
Born 1966-02-11 Rank 9p Stored games 1804 Using this name 1803 biography... title matches... game collection...

Cho Chikun
Born 1956-06-20 Rank 9p Stored games 3222 Using this name 3118 biography... title matches... game collection...

event	round	black	rank	cb	white	rank	cw	km	date	place	result	size	#mn
Meijin tournament	4	Cho Chikun	9 dan, Meijin	6	Yoda Norimoto	9 dan	7	5.5	2000-10-11,12	JP	R	19	198
Meijin tournament	3	Yoda Norimoto	9 dan	6	Cho Chikun	9 dan, Meijin	8	5.5	2000-09-27,28	JP	R	19	167
Meijin tournament	2	Cho Chikun	9 dan, Meijin	12	Yoda Norimoto	9 dan	16	5.5	2000-09-21,22	JP	R	19	236
Meijin tournament	1	Yoda Norimoto	9 dan	1	Cho Chikun	9 dan, Meijin	2	5.5	2000-09-06,07	NL	R	19	179

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The players:

From left to right:
Cho Chikun, 9 dan, Meijin title holder
Yoda Norimoto, 9 dan, NHK challenger

The attending professionals:

From left to right:
Ishida Yoshio, 9 dan referee
Takemiya Masaki, 9 dan live commentator
Mizuma Toshifumi, 7 dan game recorder
Shibusawa Machiko, shodan game recorder
Kato Masao, 9 dan NHK commentator
Shirae Haruhiko, 7 dan NHK commentator

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	Challenger playoff

event	round	black	rank	cb	white	rank	cw	ha	km	date	place	result	size	#mn	game
Meijin tournament	1, Challenger playoff	Yoda Norimoto	9 dan	3	O Meien	9 dan	4		5.5	2000-08-07	JP	2.5	19	202

From left to right:
Yoda Norimoto, 9 dan, NHK
O Meien, 9 dan, Honinbo

This game resulted in a win by Yoda Norimoto as black (2.5 points, 247 moves) so Yoda will be the challenger of title holder Cho Chikun. His comment after the game: "I am very tired"
Yoda has been challenger before of Cho in best-of-seven matches: last years Meijin match (4-1 for Cho) and the 22nd Kisei match (4-2 for Cho).



	Challenger league

event	round	black	rank	cb	white	rank	cw	km	date	place	result	size	#mn
Meijin tournament	36, League	Kobayashi Koichi	9 dan, Judan	17	O Rissei	9 dan	16	5.5	2000-08-03	JP	13.5	19	316
Meijin tournament	35, League	Imamura Yoshiaki	8 dan	0	Ryu Shikun	7 dan	1	5.5	2000-08-03	JP	R	19	100
Meijin tournament	34, League	Yoda Norimoto	9 dan	1	Hane Naoki	8 dan	3	5.5	2000-08-03	JP	R	19	159
Meijin tournament	33, League	Kato Masao	9 dan	7	O Meien	9 dan, Honinbo	7	5.5	2000-08-03	JP	R	19	173
Meijin tournament	32, League	Ryu Shikun	7 dan	4	Hane Naoki	8 dan	10	5.5	2000-07-13	JP	R	19	186
Meijin tournament	27, League	O Rissei	9 dan, Kisei	0	Yoda Norimoto	9 dan	4	5.5	2000-07-13	JP	0.5	19	257
Meijin tournament	29, League	Takemiya Masaki	9 dan	2	Kato Masao	9 dan	1	5.5	2000-07-06	JP	R	19	189
Meijin tournament	28, League	Kobayashi Koichi	9 dan, Judan	16	Imamura Yoshiaki	8 dan	13	5.5	2000-06-22	JP	1.5	19	276
Meijin tournament	26, League	O Meien	9 dan	1	Hane Naoki	8 dan	3	5.5	2000-06-15	JP	R	19	157
Meijin tournament	23, League	Kobayashi Koichi	9 dan, Judan	1	Yoda Norimoto	9 dan	6	5.5	2000-06-08	JP	1.5	19	263
Meijin tournament	25, League	Takemiya Masaki	9 dan	4	Imamura Yoshiaki	8 dan	4	5.5	2000-06-01	JP	2.5	19	247
Meijin tournament	24, League	Kato Masao	9 dan	16	O Rissei	9 dan, Kisei	15	5.5	2000-06-01	JP	0.5	19	287
Meijin tournament	30, League	Ryu Shikun	7 dan	4	Kobayashi Koichi	9 dan, Judan	5	5.5	2000-05-18	JP	R	19	177
Meijin tournament	22, League	Hane Naoki	7 dan	4	Takemiya Masaki	9 dan	4	5.5	2000-05-18	JP	6.5	19	204
Meijin tournament	20, League	O Meien	9 dan	2	O Rissei	9 dan, Kisei	5	5.5	2000-05-11	JP	9.5	19	225
Meijin tournament	21, League	Imamura Yoshiaki	8 dan	6	Kato Masao	9 dan	9	5.5	2000-05-04	JP	R	19	128
Meijin tournament	31, League	Yoda Norimoto	9 dan	7	Ryu Shikun	7 dan	1	5.5	2000-04-20	JP	0.5	19	218
Meijin tournament	19, League	Imamura Yoshiaki	8 dan	5	O Meien	9 dan	6	5.5	2000-04-20	JP	2.5	19	263
Meijin tournament	17, League	O Rissei	9 dan, Kisei	12	Takemiya Masaki	9 dan	10	5.5	2000-04-13	JP	R	19	203
Meijin tournament	18, League	Kato Masao	9 dan	16	Hane Naoki	7 dan	15	5.5	2000-04-06	JP	4.5	19	270
Meijin tournament	16, League	O Rissei	9 dan, Kisei	8	Ryu Shikun	7 dan	10	5.5	2000-03-30	JP	0.5	19	272
Meijin tournament	15, League	Hane Naoki	7 dan	1	Kobayashi Koichi	9 dan, Judan	2	5.5	2000-03-16	JP	R	19	176
Meijin tournament	14, League	O Meien	9 dan	3	Takemiya Masaki	9 dan	2	5.5	2000-03-09	JP	R	19	147
Meijin tournament	13, League	Imamura Yoshiaki	8 dan	3	Yoda Norimoto	9 dan	2	5.5	2000-03-09	JP	R	19	172
Meijin tournament	12, League	Kobayashi Koichi	9 dan, Judan	5	Takemiya Masaki	9 dan	2	5.5	2000-02-24	JP	19.5	19	217
Meijin tournament	11, League	Ryu Shikun	7 dan	8	Kato Masao	9 dan	9	5.5	2000-02-10	JP	0.5	19	269
Meijin tournament	10, League	Hane Naoki	7 dan	2	Imamura Yoshiaki	8 dan	9	5.5	2000-02-03	JP	0.5	19	246
Meijin tournament	09, League	Yoda Norimoto	9 dan	11	O Meien	9 dan	7	5.5	2000-02-03	JP	4.5	19	251
Meijin tournament	08, League	Takemiya Masaki	9 dan	6	Ryu Shikun	7 dan	5	5.5	2000-01-27	JP	5.5	19	220
Meijin tournament	07, League	O Meien	9 dan	5	Kobayashi Koichi	9 dan, Judan	12	5.5	2000-01-06	JP	2.5	19	233
Meijin tournament	06, League	Yoda Norimoto	9 dan	12	Kato Masao	9 dan	3	5.5	2000-01-06	JP	R	19	233
Meijin tournament	05, League	Hane Naoki	7 dan	2	O Rissei	9 dan, Oza	4	5.5	2000-01-06	JP	R	19	187
Meijin tournament	04, League	Kato Masao	9 dan	7	Kobayashi Koichi	9 dan, Judan	4	5.5	1999-12-08	JP	R	19	238
Meijin tournament	03, League	O Rissei	9 dan, Oza	9	Imamura Yoshiaki	8 dan	16	5.5	1999-12-06	JP	4.5	19	263
Meijin tournament	02, League	Takemiya Masaki	9 dan	6	Yoda Norimoto	9 dan	6	5.5	1999-12-02	JP	0.5	19	276
Meijin tournament	01, League	Ryu Shikun	7 dan	10	O Meien	9 dan	13	5.5	1999-12-02	JP	3.5	19	270



	Qualification tournament

Mimura Tomoyasu, 8 dan		Awaji Shuzo	Awaji Shuzo	O Meien (B+R)
Awaji Shuzo, 9 dan
Yamada Kimio, 7 dan	Yamada Kimio	Akiyama Jiro (W+R)
Hoshino Masaki, 7 dan
Akiyama Jiro, 6 dan
Kobayashi Izumi, Female Kakusei		Kobayashi Izumi (W+1.5)	O Meien
Goto Shungo, 9 dan
Kataoka Satoshi, 9 dan	O Meien	O Meien
O Meien, 9 dan
Tono Hiroaki, 9 dan

Kobayashi Satoru, 9 dan		Imamura Yoshiaki	Imamura Yoshiaki	Imamura Yoshiaki (W+R)
Imamura Yoshiaki, 8 dan
Ko Mosei, 8 dan	Ko Mosei
Shiraishi Yutaka, 9 dan
Ishida Yoshio, 9 dan
Yuki Satoshi, 9 dan		Ishida Atsushi	Kono Rin
Ishida Atsushi, 8 dan
Yo Kagen, 8 dan	Yo Kagen	Kono Rin
Ishii Mamura, 9 dan
Kono Rin, 5 dan

Sakai Maki, 7 dan		Sakai Maki	Hane Naoki	Hane Naoki (B+3.5)
Sekiyama Toshimichi, 7 dan
Hane Naoki, 7 dan	Hane Naoki	Hane Naoki (B+1.5)
Kudo Norio, 9 dan
Kurahashi Masayuki, 8 dan
Yamashiro Hiroshi, 9 dan		Yamashiro Hiroshi	Sonoda Yuichi
Otake Hideo, 9 dan
Komatsu Fujio, 8 dan	Hikosaka Naoto	Sonoda Yuichi
Hikosaka Naoto, 9 dan
Sonoda Yuichi, 9 dan

event	round	black	rank	cb	white	rank	cw	ha	km	date	place	result	size	#mn	game
Meijin tournament	01,League qualification tournament, final stage	Rin Kaiho	9 dan	9	Kobayashi Izumi	5 dan	5		5.5	1999	JP	7.5	19	209


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