2nd Honinbo title 1943

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# 2nd Honinbo title

## League

In the first column the white player, on the top row the black player.

# | player | result | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1. | Kitani Minoru | 2-1 |  |  |  | W+1.5
2. | Kato Shin | 0-3 | B+R |  |  | B+R
3. | Hashimoto Utaro | 3-0 | W+3.5 | W+R |  |
4. | Shinohara Masami | 1-2 |  |  | B+R |

## 2nd Honinbo Title

date | black | white | result | #mv | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1943-05-05,06,07 | Hashimoto Utaro | Sekiyama Riichi | B+R | 219 | sgf
1943-07-07,08,09 | Sekiyama Riichi | Hashimoto Utaro | W+R | 90 | sgf

Sekiyama Riichi became ill during game two of the title match. He fought through the illness, but collapsed unconscious by the board on day two of the second game. He was then forced to forfeit both the game and the match.

Hashimoto Utaro won with 2-0.

As Honinbo, Hashimoto took the name Honinbo Shou.