10th Judan title 1972

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# 10th Judan title

## Preliminaries

The participants in the Judan tournament are the 12 players who won at least one game in last year's tournament (except for Hashimoto Utaro, who won the Judan title and was replaced by the former Judan Otake Hideo), together with the 4 winners of the preliminaries (Sekiyama Toshio, Tono Hiroaki, Hashimoto Shoji, and Kajiwara Takeo).

## Winners' Section

Winners' Section
Tono Hiroaki | Tono Hiroaki B+R | Rin Kaiho B+R | Rin Kaiho W+R | Sakata Eio W+R
Ohira Shuzo
Rin Kaiho | Rin Kaiho B+R
Takagawa Shukaku
Otake Hideo | Otake Hideo W+R | Ishii Kunio B+R
Kajiwara Takeo
Ishii Kunio | Ishii Kunio B+R
Fujisawa Shuko
Sakata Eio | Sakata Eio B+11.5 | Sakata Eio W+6.5 | Sakata Eio W+R
Fujisawa Hosai
Handa Dogen | Handa Dogen W+3.5
Miyashita Shuyo
Sekiyama Toshio | Sekiyama Toshio W+0.5 | Hane Yasumasa B+0.5
Sugiuchi Masao
Hane Yasumasa | Hane Yasumasa B+R
Hashimoto Shoji

## Losers' Section

Losers' Section
Ohira Shuzo | Takagawa Shukaku W+R | Kajiwara Takeo B+R | Kajiwara Takeo W+R | Rin Kaiho W+R | Rin Kaiho B+
Takagawa Shukaku
Kajiwara Takeo | Kajiwara Takeo B+3.5
Fujisawa Shuko
Fujisawa Hosai | Fujisawa Hosai B+R | Fujisawa Hosai B+0.5
Miyashita Shuyo
Sugiuchi Masao | Hashimoto Shoji B+R
Hashimoto Shoji
Rin Kaiho
Tono Hiroaki | Otake Hideo W+1.5 | Handa Dogen B+R | Handa Dogen
Otake Hideo
Handa Dogen | Handa Dogen B+0.5
Sekiyama Toshio
Ishii Kunio | Ishii Kunio W+R
Hane Yasumasa

## Challenger decision match

Winner of the Winners' Section against winner of the Losers' Section.

date | black | white | result | #mv | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1971-08-12 | Sakata Eio | Rin Kaiho | B+1.5 | 252 | sgf

## 10th Judan Title

date | black | white | result | #mv | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1972-01-26,27 | Sakata Eio | Hashimoto Utaro | B+R | 129 | sgf
1972-02-02,03 | Hashimoto Utaro | Sakata Eio | B+4.5 | 270 | sgf
1972-02-09,10 | Sakata Eio | Hashimoto Utaro | B+6.5 | 267 | sgf
1972-02-16,17 | Hashimoto Utaro | Sakata Eio | B+2.5 | 257 | sgf
1972-02-23,24 | Hashimoto Utaro | Sakata Eio | W+R | 180 | sgf

Sakata Eio won with 3-2.