40th Judan title 2002

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# 40th Judan title

## Winners' Section

Winners' Section
Hashimoto Yujiro | Hashimoto Yujiro W+R | Hashimoto Yujiro B+R | Yamashita Keigo W+R | Takemiya Masaki B+2.5
Yo Kagen
Nakano Yasuhiro | Nakano Yasuhiro W+R
Rin Kaiho
Yamashita Keigo | Yamashita Keigo B+R | Yamashita Keigo W+0.5
Kobayashi Koichi
Hane Naoki | Hane Naoki W+R
Yamada Kimio
Cho Chikun | Hashimoto Shoji B+R | Kato Masao W+R | Takemiya Masaki B+R
Hashimoto Shoji
Kato Masao | Kato Masao W+0.5
Yoda Norimoto
Nakano Hironari | Takemiya Masaki B+R | Takemiya Masaki B+R
Takemiya Masaki
Ogaki Yusaku | O Meien W+5.5
O Meien

## Losers' Section

Losers' Section
Yo Kagen | Rin Kaiho W+3.5 | Kobayashi Koichi W+R | Kobayashi Koichi B+R | Kobayashi Koichi W+2.5 | O Meien W+7.5
Rin Kaiho
Kobayashi Koichi | Kobayashi Koichi W+2.5
Yamada Kimio
Cho Chikun | Cho Chikun W+R | Cho Chikun B+6.5
Yoda Norimoto
Nakano Hironari | Nakano Hironari B+R
Ogaki Yusaku
Yamashita Keigo
Nakano Yasuhiro | Hane Naoki W+R | O Meien W+R | O Meien B+R
Hane Naoki
Hashimoto Shoji | O Meien B+23.5
O Meien
Hashimoto Yujiro | Kato Masao B+R
Kato Masao

## Challenger decision match

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

date | black | white | result | #mv | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
2002-01-31 | O Meien | Takemiya Masaki | W+2.5 | 293 | sgf

## 40th Judan Title

date | black | white | result | #mv | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
2002-03-01 | Takemiya Masaki | O Rissei | W+2.5 | 231 | sgf
2002-03-22 | O Rissei | Takemiya Masaki | W+8.5 | 301 | sgf
2002-04-04 | Takemiya Masaki | O Rissei | W+R | 200 | sgf
2002-04-18 | O Rissei | Takemiya Masaki | W+1.5 | 311 | sgf
2002-04-25 | Takemiya Masaki | O Rissei | W+1.5 | 309 | sgf

O Rissei won with 3-2.