14th Judan title 1976

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# 14th Judan title

## Preliminaries

The participants in the Judan tournament are the 12 players who won at least one game in last year's tournament, together with the 4 winners of the preliminaries (Ohira Shuzo, Fujisawa Hosai, Kudo Norio, Cho Chikun).

## Winners' Section

Winners' Section
Fujisawa Hosai | Fujisawa Hosai B+R | Fujisawa Hosai W+R | Fujisawa Hosai B+R | Kato Masao B+R
Fujisawa Shuko
Ohira Shuzo | Ohira Shuzo B+0.5
Iwata Tatsuaki
Takagawa Shukaku | Hashimoto Shoji W+R | Hashimoto Shoji B+3.5
Hashimoto Shoji
Hane Yasumasa | Magari Reiki W+R
Magari Reiki
Hashimoto Utaro | Otake Hideo W+9.5 | Ishida Yoshio W+R | Kato Masao W+6.5
Otake Hideo
Takagi Shoichi | Ishida Yoshio W+0.5
Ishida Yoshio
Kudo Norio | Kudo Norio B+R | Kato Masao W+R
Sakata Eio
Kato Masao | Kato Masao Void, W+R
Cho Chikun

## Losers' Section

Losers' Section
Fujisawa Shuko | Fujisawa Shuko W+R | Fujisawa Shuko W+R | Sakata Eio W+R | Fujisawa Hosai B+9.5 | Fujisawa Hosai B+2.5
Iwata Tatsuaki
Takagawa Shukaku | Takagawa Shukaku B+R
Hane Yasumasa
Hashimoto Utaro | Takagi Shoichi W+R | Sakata Eio B+R
Takagi Shoichi
Sakata Eio | Sakata Eio B+R
Cho Chikun
Fujisawa Hosai
Ohira Shuzo | Magari Reiki W+0.5 | Otake Hideo B+R | Ishida Yoshio W+0.5
Magari Reiki
Otake Hideo | Otake Hideo W+R
Kudo Norio
Hashimoto Shoji | Ishida Yoshio B+3.5
Ishida Yoshio

## Challenger decision match

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

date | black | white | result | #mv | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1976-03-18 | Fujisawa Hosai | Kato Masao | W+9.5 | 239 | sgf

## 14th Judan Title

date | black | white | result | #mv | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1976-04-08 | Kato Masao | Rin Kaiho | W+R | 198 | sgf
1976-04-29 | Rin Kaiho | Kato Masao | W+1.5 | 271 | sgf
1976-05-14 | Kato Masao | Rin Kaiho | W+R | 210 | sgf
1976-05-25 | Rin Kaiho | Kato Masao | W+5.5 | 342 | sgf
1976-06-08 | Kato Masao | Rin Kaiho | B+R | 211 | sgf

Kato Masao won with 3-2.