38th Meijin title

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# 38th Meijin title

## Qualification tournament

The lowest three players from the previous year are demoted from the League, and a qualification tournament with three groups determines which three new players are allowed to enter the League.

Sakai Hideyuki | Sakai Hideyuki (B+R) | Sakai Hideyuki (W+2.5) | Sakai Hideyuki (W+R)
Su Yokoku
Takei Takashi | Yu Zhengqi (B+R) | Yu Zhengqi (W+R)
Yu Zhengqi
Hon Seisen
Ryu Shikun | Ryu Shikun (W+R) | Kim Sujun (W+1.5)
Shuto Shun
Nakane Naoyuki | Kim Sujun (B+R)
Kim Sujun
Shida Tatsuya | Cho Riyu (W+R) | Nakano Yasuhiro (B+R) | Yuki Satoshi (B+2.5)
Cho Riyu
Yamashiro Hiroshi | Yoda Norimoto (B+R) | Nakano Yasuhiro (B+R)
Yoda Norimoto
Nakano Yasuhiro
Ohashi Hirofumi | Han Zenki (W+0.5) | Yuki Satoshi (B+R)
Han Zenki
Ogata Masaki | Yuki Satoshi (B+R)
Yuki Satoshi
Lee Ishu | Lee Ishu (W+R) | Komatsu Hideki (B+R) | Murakawa Daisuke (B+R)
Oya Koichi
Takemiya Masaki | Kiyonari Tetsuya (B+R) | Komatsu Hideki (B+8.5)
Kiyonari Tetsuya
Komatsu Hideki
Murakawa Daisuke | Murakawa Daisuke (W+4.5) | Murakawa Daisuke (W+R)
Cho Chikun
Ko Iso | Uchida Shuhei (W+R)
Uchida Shuhei

## 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. | Hane Naoki | 5-3 |  | B+R |  | W+R |  | W+3.5 |  | W+6.5 |
2. | Iyama Yuta | 6-2 |  |  | W+R |  | B+R |  | W+10.5 |  | W+R
3. | Kono Rin | 6-2 | B+R |  |  | W+R |  | W+R |  | W+R |
4. | Takao Shinji | 5-3 |  | W+3.5 |  |  | W+2.5 |  | B+R |  | W+R
5. | Cho U | 6-2 | W+3.5 |  | B+R |  |  | W+R |  | W+2.5 |
6. | Mizokami Tomochika | 1-7 |  | B+10.5 |  | B+R |  |  | B+0.5 |  | B+R
7. | Yuki Satoshi | 2-6 | B+R |  | B+R |  | B+R |  |  | B+R |
8. | Sakai Hideyuki | 1-7 |  | B+R |  | B+R |  | B+4.5 |  |  | B+5.5
9. | Murakawa Daisuke | 4-4 | W+R |  | B+1.5 |  | B+R |  | W+R |  |

## Playoff

Kono Rin and Iyama Yuta both had 6 wins, and played a challenger playoff that was won by Iyama Yuta.

game | date | black | white | result | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
challenger playoff | 2013-08-05 | Iyama Yuta | Kono Rin | B+R | sgf

## 38th Meijin Title

game | date | black | white | result | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1 | 2013-09-05,06 | Iyama Yuta | Yamashita Keigo | W+R | sgf
2 | 2013-09-19,20 | Yamashita Keigo | Iyama Yuta | W+R | sgf
3 | 2013-09-25,26 | Iyama Yuta | Yamashita Keigo | B+1.5 | sgf
4 | 2013-10-09,10 | Yamashita Keigo | Iyama Yuta | W+R | sgf
5 | 2013-10-16,17 | Iyama Yuta | Yamashita Keigo | B+4.5 | sgf

Iyama Yuta won with 4-1.