4th Meijin title

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# 4th Meijin title

## Newcomers

The lowest three players from the previous year are demoted, and entrance matches determine which three new players are allowed to enter the League.

game | date | black | white | result | #moves | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Qualification final | 1978-11-16 | Shimamura Toshihiro | Yamashiro Hiroshi | W+2.5 | 277 | sgf
Qualification final | 1978-11-22 | Kajiwara Takeo | Ushinohama Satsuo | W+8.5 | 279 | sgf
Qualification final | 1978-11-30 | Yamabe Toshiro | Takemiya Masaki | W+R | 136 | sgf

## League

Results (in the first column the white player, on the top row the black player). The ordering of the first six players is according to their results in the previous year. The last three are the winners of the entrance matches.

# | player | result | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1. | Rin Kaiho | 4-4 |  | W+R |  | W+R |  | B+2.5 |  | B+R |
2. | Kato Masao | 5-3 |  |  | B+4.5 |  | W+2.5 |  | W+1.5 |  | W+R
3. | Sakata Eio | 6-2 | W+0.5 |  |  | W+0.5 |  | W+R |  | W+R |
4. | Cho Chikun | 4-4 |  | W+4.5 |  |  | B+R |  | B+R |  | W+3.5
5. | Hashimoto Utaro | 4-4 | B+R |  | B+4.5 |  |  | W+R |  | B+R |
6. | Ishida Yoshio | 3-5 |  | B+R |  | B+1.5 |  |  | W+3.5 |  | W+3.5
7. | Ushinohama Satsuo | 2-6 | B+R |  | W+21.5 |  | B+8.5 |  |  | B+2.5 |
8. | Takemiya Masaki | 5-3 |  | B+5.5 |  | B+4.5 |  | W+1.5 |  |  | W+4.5
9. | Yamashiro Hiroshi | 3-5 | W+9.5 |  | W+4.5 |  | B+R |  | W+4.5 |  |

## 4th Meijin Title

game | date | black | white | result | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1 | 1979-09-12 | Otake Hideo | Sakata Eio | B+6.5 | sgf
2 | 1979-09-26 | Sakata Eio | Otake Hideo | W+0.5 | sgf
3 | 1979-10-03 | Otake Hideo | Sakata Eio | W+R | sgf
4 | 1979-10-17 | Sakata Eio | Otake Hideo | W+R | sgf
5 | 1979-10-23 | Otake Hideo | Sakata Eio | B+7.5 | sgf

Otake Hideo won with 4-1.