9th Judan title 1971

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# 9th Judan title

## Preliminaries

The participants in the Judan tournament are the 12 players who won at least one game in last year's tournament (except for Otake Hideo, who won the Judan title and was replaced by the former Judan Sakata Eio), together with the 4 winners of the preliminaries (Kubouchi Shuchi, Miyashita Shuyo, Oeda Yusuke, and Handa Dogen).

## Winners' Section

Winners' Section
Fujisawa Shuko | Fujisawa Shuko W+R | Fujisawa Shuko W+R | Fujisawa Shuko W+5.5 | Hashimoto Utaro B+R
Hane Yasumasa
Handa Dogen | Handa Dogen B+1.5
Oeda Yusuke
Ohira Shuzo | Ohira Shuzo B+1.5 | Miyashita Shuyo W+R
Hashimoto Shoji
Miyashita Shuyo | Miyashita Shuyo W+6.5
Rin Kaiho
Ishii Kunio | Ishii Kunio W+2.5 | Hashimoto Utaro W+5.5 | Hashimoto Utaro B+7.5
Tono Hiroaki
Hashimoto Utaro | Hashimoto Utaro B+R
Sugiuchi Masao
Takagawa Shukaku | Takagawa Shukaku B+11.5 | Sakata Eio B+R
Fujisawa Hosai
Sakata Eio | Sakata Eio W+R
Kubouchi Shuchi

## Losers' Section

Losers' Section
Hane Yasumasa | Hane Yasumasa B+R | Rin Kaiho W+R | Rin Kaiho W+7.5 | Fujisawa Shuko W+0.5 | Sakata Eio W+R
Oeda Yusuke
Hashimoto Shoji | Rin Kaiho B+R
Rin Kaiho
Tono Hiroaki | Sugiuchi Masao W+3.5 | Sugiuchi Masao B+9.5
Sugiuchi Masao
Fujisawa Hosai | Fujisawa Hosai B+R
Kubouchi Shuchi
Fujisawa Shuko
Handa Dogen | Handa Dogen B+R | Ishii Kunio | Sakata Eio W+R
Ohira Shuzo
Ishii Kunio | Ishii Kunio B+5.5
Takagawa Shukaku
Miyashita Shuyo | Sakata Eio B+R
Sakata Eio

## Challenger decision match

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

date | black | white | result | #mv | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1970-12-10 | Sakata Eio | Hashimoto Utaro | W+11.5 | 263 | sgf

## 9th Judan Title

date | black | white | result | #mv | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1971-01-06,07 | Otake Hideo | Hashimoto Utaro | W+R | 162 | sgf
1971-01-13,14 | Hashimoto Utaro | Otake Hideo | B+R | 149 | sgf
1971-01-25,26 | Otake Hideo | Hashimoto Utaro | B+6.5 | 249 | sgf
1971-02-03,04 | Hashimoto Utaro | Otake Hideo | W+3.5 | 243 | sgf
1971-02-10,11 | Hashimoto Utaro | Otake Hideo | B+R | 173 | sgf

Hashimoto Utaro won with 3-2.