Old Meijin title games

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# The old (Yomiuri) Meijin title

This page gives the initial tournament and the title games for the Old Meijin (名人) title sponsored by the Yomiuri newspaper in 1962-1975. For results from the league, see the subpages linked to below. For the later Meijin title supported by the Asahi newspaper, see the index page.

# First Meijin tournament

In 1962 the Meijin tournament, sponsored by the Yomiuri newspaper, started with a full 13-player tournament, 78 games. It was won by Fujisawa Hideyuki (a.k.a. Fujisawa Shuko).

Results (in the first column the white player, on the top row the black player):

# | player | result | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1. | Fujisawa Shuko | 9 |  |  |  | B+R | B+R | B+1 |  | W+R |  |  | W+R |  | W+R
2. | Go Seigen | 9− | B+R |  | W+0 |  |  |  | B+7 |  | W+R | B+4 |  | W+7 |
3. | Sakata Eio | 8 | B+R |  |  |  |  | B+3 |  | W+R | W+R | W+6 | W+R |  |
4. | Hashimoto Shoji | 7 |  | B+9 | B+R |  |  |  | B+R |  | B+3 |  |  | W+R | W+1
5. | Kitani Minoru | 7 |  | B+R | W+2 | B+6 |  |  | W+8 |  |  |  |  | W+R | B+2
6. | Handa Dogen | 7 |  | B+R |  | B+R | W+6 |  | B+7 |  |  |  |  | B+R | W+R
7. | Fujisawa Hosai | 6 | B+2 |  | B+R |  |  |  |  |  | B+R | B+R | B+5 | W+7 |
8. | Miyashita Shuyo | 5 |  | B+R |  | W+1 | W+1 | W+R | B+R |  |  |  |  |  | B+R
9. | Sugiuchi Masao | 5 | B+R |  |  |  | B+R | B+R |  | B+1 |  | B+R | W+2 |  |
10. | Shimamura Toshihiro | 5 | B+3 |  |  | B+3 | B+3 | B+1 |  | W+R |  |  | B+1 |  |
11. | Iwata Tatsuaki | 4 |  | B+R |  | B+2 | B+4 | B+R |  | W+5 |  |  |  |  | W+R
12. | Hashimoto Utaro | 3 | B+7 |  | B+R |  |  |  |  | B+1 | B+7 | B+3 | W+2 |  |
13. | Takagawa Shukaku | 3 |  | B+R | B+R |  |  |  | B+R |  | B+R | W+R |  | B+R |

The tournament rules made jigo a win for white, but one that counted less heavily than a full win. And so it happened that Fujisawa Shuko won the tournament when the final game between Go Seigen and Sakata Eio ended in jigo. Any other outcome of that game would have made a playoff between numbers 1 and 2 necessary.

# Old Meijin title results

Nr | Year | Winner | Opponent | Score | Games
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
2 | 1963 | Sakata Eio | Fujisawa Hideyuki | 4-3 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
3 | 1964 | Sakata Eio | Fujisawa Hideyuki | 4-1 | 1 2 3 4 5
4 | 1965 | Rin Kaiho | Sakata Eio | 4-2 | 1 2 3 4 5 6
5 | 1966 | Rin Kaiho | Sakata Eio | 4-1 | 1 2 3 4 5
6 | 1967 | Rin Kaiho | Sakata Eio | 4-1 | 1 2 3 4 5
7 | 1968 | Takagawa Kaku | Rin Kaiho | 4-1 | 1 2 3 4 5
8 | 1969 | Rin Kaiho | Takagawa Kaku | 4-2 | 1 2 3 4 5 6
9 | 1970 | Fujisawa Hideyuki | Rin Kaiho | 4-2 | 1 2 3 4 5 6
10 | 1971 | Rin Kaiho | Fujisawa Hideyuki | 4-2 | 1 2 3 4 5 6
11 | 1972 | Rin Kaiho | Fujisawa Hideyuki | 4-2 | 1 2 3 4 5 6
12 | 1973 | Rin Kaiho | Ishida Yoshio | 4-3 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
13 | 1974 | Ishida Yoshio | Rin Kaiho | 4-3 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
14 | 1975 | Otake Hideo | Ishida Yoshio | 4-3 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

In 1976 sponsoring was taken over by the Asahi newspaper, and a new numbering started. See the index page.