39th Judan title 2001

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# 39th Judan title

## Winners' Section

Winners' Section
O Rissei | O Rissei B+2.5 | Rin Kaiho W+R | Takemiya Masaki B+1.5 | Yoda Norimoto B+5.5
Kato Masao
Matsuoka Hideki | Rin Kaiho W+R
Rin Kaiho
Yamada Kimio | Yamada Kimio W+R | Takemiya Masaki B+R
O Meien
Hikosaka Naoto | Takemiya Masaki W+0.5
Takemiya Masaki
Otake Hideo | Otake Hideo W+0.5 | Hane Naoki W+R | Yoda Norimoto B+1.5
Michael Redmond
Hane Naoki | Hane Naoki W+0.5
Yamashita Keigo
Ogaki Yusaku | Ogaki Yusaku B+0.5 | Yoda Norimoto W+6.5
Nakano Hironari
Cho Chikun | Yoda Norimoto W+0.5
Yoda Norimoto

## Losers' Section

Losers' Section
Kato Masao | Kato Masao B+R | O Meien W+1.5 | O Meien W+5.5 | Takemiya Masaki B+4.5 | O Rissei B+2.5
Matsuoka Hideki
O Meien | O Meien W+0.5
Hikosaka Naoto
Michael Redmond | Yamashita Keigo B+R | Yamashita Keigo B+R
Yamashita Keigo
Nakano Hironari | Cho Chikun W+R
Cho Chikun
Takemiya Masaki
O Rissei | O Rissei B+1.5 | O Rissei W+R | O Rissei B+3.5
Yamada Kimio
Otake Hideo | Ogaki Yusaku W+R
Ogaki Yusaku
Rin Kaiho | Hane Naoki B+5.5
Hane Naoki

## Challenger decision match

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

date | black | white | result | #mv | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
2001-02-05 | O Rissei | Yoda Norimoto | B+1.5 | 273 | sgf

## 39th Judan Title

date | black | white | result | #mv | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
2001-03-03 | O Rissei | Kobayashi Koichi | W+2.5 | 236 | sgf
2001-03-22 | Kobayashi Koichi | O Rissei | W+0.5 | 238 | sgf
2001-04-05 | O Rissei | Kobayashi Koichi | W+5.5 | 245 | sgf
2001-04-19 | Kobayashi Koichi | O Rissei | W+1.5 | 250 | sgf
2001-04-25 | O Rissei | Kobayashi Koichi | B+R | 177 | sgf

O Rissei won with 3-2.