71st Honinbo title 2015

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# 71st Honinbo title

## Preliminary finals

The Last preliminary tournament results in 4 players earning a place in the League.

date | black | white | result | #mv | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
2015-08-27 | Takao Shinji | Hane Naoki | B+R | 209 | sgf
2015-08-27 | Yu Zhengqi | Hikosaka Naoto | B+R | 151 | sgf
2015-09-03 | Ichiriki Ryo | Yuki Satoshi | B+R | 103 | sgf
2015-09-03 | Muramatsu Hiroki | Motoki Katsuya | W+R | 134 | sgf

## League

In the first column the white player, on the top row the black player.

# | player | result | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1. | Yamashita Keigo | 4-3 |  |  | W+R |  | B+7.5 |  | B+4.5 |
2. | Ida Atsushi | 1-6 | B+3.5 |  |  | B+R |  | B+0.5 |  | B+R
3. | Cho U | 3-4 |  | W+R |  |  | B+R |  | W+R |
4. | Kono Rin | 3-4 | B+R |  | W+R |  |  | W+1.5 |  | B+R
5. | Takao Shinji | 6-1 |  | W+R |  | W+R |  |  | W+1.5 |
6. | Yu Zhengqi | 3-4 | B+0.5 |  | B+R |  | W+R |  |  | W+R
7. | Ichiriki Ryo | 3-4 |  | B+R |  | W+0.5 |  | W+R |  |
8. | Motoki Katsuya | 5-2 | W+1.5 |  | W+R |  | B+R |  | W+R |

Ida Atsushi, Kono Rin, Yu Zhengqi and Ichiriki Ryo are demoted.

## 71st Honinbo Title

date | black | white | result | #mv | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
2016-05-09,10 | Iyama Yuta | Takao Shinji | W+R | 244 | sgf
2016-05-23,24 | Takao Shinji | Iyama Yuta | W+R | 230 | sgf
2016-06-02,03 | Iyama Yuta | Takao Shinji | B+R | 207 | sgf
2016-06-13,14 | Takao Shinji | Iyama Yuta | W+R | 128 | sgf
2016-06-29,30 | Iyama Yuta | Takao Shinji | B+R | 177 | sgf

Iyama Yuta won with 4-1.