36th Meijin title

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# 36th 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.

Yamashita Keigo | Yamashita Keigo (W+R) | Yamashita Keigo (B+R) | Yamashita Keigo (W+R)
Yoda Norimoto
Han Zenki | Han Zenki | Han Zenki
Kanazawa Hideo
Mimura Tomoyasu
Shida Tatsuya | Seto Taiki (W+R) | Seto Taiki | Seto Taiki (W+R)
Seto Taiki
Fujii Shuya
Kono Rin | Ogata Masaki (W+R)
Ogata Masaki
Hane Naoki | Hane Naoki (B+R) | Hane Naoki (W+R) | Hane Naoki (W+R)
Tsuruyama Atsushi
Kitano Ryo | Murakawa Daisuke | Murakawa Daisuke
Murakawa Daisuke
Aragaki Takeshi
Kobayashi Satoru | Kobayashi Satoru (B+3.5) | Kobayashi Satoru (B+1.5) | Yamada Kimio (W+4.5)
Hikosaka Naoto
Yukawa Mitsuhisa
Kataoka Satoshi | Yamada Kimio (W+R)
Yamada Kimio
Matsuoka Hideki | Kono Takashi | Rin Kanketsu | Rin Kanketsu (B+R)
Kono Takashi
Ha Youngil | Ryu Shikun (W+6.5) | Rin Kanketsu (B+R)
Ryu Shikun
Rin Kanketsu
Suzuki Shinji | Goto Shungo | O Meien (B+R)
Goto Shungo
Sakakibara Masaaki | O Meien (W+R)
O Meien

## 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. | Takao Shinji | 5-3 |  | W+4.5 |  | W+R |  | W+0.5 |  | B+R |
2. | Cho U | 5-3 |  |  | W+0.5 |  | B+2.5 |  | W+R |  | W+4.5
3. | Yuki Satoshi | 5-3 | W+0.5 |  |  | W+1.5 |  | W+R |  | B+R |
4. | Sakai Hideyuki | 2-6 |  | W+0.5 |  |  | W+R |  | B+R |  | B+4.5
5. | Mizokami Tomochika | 3-5 | B+R |  | B+R |  |  | W+R |  | W+1.5 |
6. | Cho Chikun | 1-7 |  | B+4.5 |  | W+R |  |  | B+R |  | B+R
7. | Yamashita Keigo | 6-2 | W+3.5 |  | W+R |  | W+4.5 |  |  | B+6.5 |
8. | Hane Naoki | 6-2 |  | B+R |  | W+0.5 |  | W+R |  |  | W+0.5
9. | Rin Kanketsu | 3-5 | B+R |  | B+R |  | W+0.5 |  | B+R |  |

## Playoff

Yamashita Keigo and Hane Naoki both had 6 wins, and played a challenger playoff that was won by Yamashita Keigo.

game | date | black | white | result | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
challenger playoff | 2011-08-08 | Yamashita Keigo | Hane Naoki | B+R | sgf

## 36th Meijin Title

1 | 2011-09-01,02 | Yamashita Keigo | Iyama Yuta | B+5.5 | sgf
2 | 2011-09-14,15 | Iyama Yuta | Yamashita Keigo | B+R | sgf
3 | 2011-09-21,22 | Yamashita Keigo | Iyama Yuta | B+R | sgf
4 | 2011-10-05,06 | Iyama Yuta | Yamashita Keigo | W+R | sgf
5 | 2011-10-13,14 | Yamashita Keigo | Iyama Yuta | W+R | sgf
6 | 2011-10-27,28 | Iyama Yuta | Yamashita Keigo | W+3.5 | sgf

Yamashita Keigo won with 4-2.