35th Judan title 1997

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# 35th Judan title

## Winners' Section

Winners' Section
Kobayashi Koichi | Kobayashi Koichi W+0.5 | Kobayashi Koichi W+R | Kobayashi Koichi W+0.5 | Yamada Kimio B+R
Otake Hideo
O Rissei | O Rissei B+5.5
Rin Kaiho
Cho Chikun | Cho Chikun B+R | Cho Chikun B+2.5
Kobayashi Satoru
Ryu Shikun | Ryu Shikun W+10.5
Ishida Yoshio
Morita Michihiro | Komatsu Hideki B+2.5 | Yamada Kimio B+6.5 | Yamada Kimio W+R
Komatsu Hideki
Yamada Kimio | Yamada Kimio W+6.5
Kataoka Satoshi
Kato Masao | Kato Masao B+R | Kato Masao W+R
Hikosaka Naoto
Chin Kaei | Yo Kagen B+0.5
Yo Kagen

## Losers' Section

Losers' Section
Otake Hideo | Rin Kaiho B+3.5 | Kobayashi Satoru B+R | Kobayashi Satoru B+R | Kobayashi Koichi W+R | Kato Masao B+5.5
Rin Kaiho
Kobayashi Satoru | Kobayashi Satoru B+R
Ishida Yoshio
Morita Michihiro | Kataoka Satoshi B+R | Hikosaka Naoto W+R
Kataoka Satoshi
Hikosaka Naoto | Hikosaka Naoto B+6.5
Chin Kaei
Kobayashi Koichi
O Rissei | O Rissei B+2.5 | Yo Kagen W+R | Kato Masao B+R
Ryu Shikun
Komatsu Hideki | Yo Kagen B+R
Yo Kagen
Cho Chikun | 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
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1997-02-06 | Yamada Kimio | Kato Masao | W+R | 156 | sgf

## 35th Judan Title

date | black | white | result | #mv | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1997-03-06 | Yoda Norimoto | Kato Masao | W+3.5 | 238 | sgf
1997-03-19 | Kato Masao | Yoda Norimoto | W+10.5 | 182 | sgf
1997-04-03 | Yoda Norimoto | Kato Masao | B+R | 213 | sgf
1997-04-10 | Kato Masao | Yoda Norimoto | B+0.5 | 308 | sgf
1997-04-17 | Kato Masao | Yoda Norimoto | B+0.5 | 231 | sgf

Kato Masao won with 3-2.