39th Meijin title

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# 39th 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.

Hirata Tomoya | Hirata Tomoya (W+R) | Cho Sonjin (W+4.5) | Yuki Satoshi (B+R)
Hikosaka Naoto
Cho Sonjin | Cho Sonjin (W+1.5) | Cho Sonjin (W+R)
Mimura Tomoyasu
Yu Zhengqi
Yamada Kimio | Yamada Kimio (W+2.5) | Yuki Satoshi (B+R)
Takemiya Masaki
Ha Youngil | Yuki Satoshi (W+1.5)
Yuki Satoshi
Nakano Hironari | Nakano Hironari (B+R) | Nakano Hironari (B+1.5) | Ryu Shikun (B+6.5)
Imamura Toshiya
Han Zenki | Ogata Masaki (B+R) | Seto Taiki (W+0.5)
Ogata Masaki
Seto Taiki
Ryu Shikun | Ryu Shikun (W+R) | Ryu Shikun (B+0.5)
Cho Chikun
Nakane Naoyuki | Sakai Hideyuki (W+3.5)
Sakai Hideyuki
Kubo Katsuaki | Ohashi Hirofumi (W+R) | Ko Iso (W+R) | Ko Iso (B+3.5)
Ohashi Hirofumi
Hon Seisen | Ko Iso (W+R) | Ko Iso (W+0.5)
Ko Iso
Kobayashi Satoru
Mochizuki Kenichi | Ichiriki Ryo (B+R) | Ichiriki Ryo (B+R)
Ichiriki Ryo
Suzuki Shinji | Mizokami Tomochika (W+R)
Mizokami Tomochika

## 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. | Yamashita Keigo | 6-2 |  | W+3.5 |  | W+R |  | B+6.5 |  | W+R |
2. | Kono Rin | 6-2 |  |  | W+R |  | B+R |  | W+2.5 |  | W+R
3. | Cho U | 5-3 | W+1.5 |  |  | B+R |  | W+R |  | W+7.5 |
4. | Hane Naoki | 4-4 |  | B+R |  |  | B+4.5 |  | W+R |  | W+R
5. | Takao Shinji | 5-3 | B+R |  | B+2.5 |  |  | W+R |  | B+1.5 |
6. | Murakawa Daisuke | 3-5 |  | B+R |  | W+R |  |  | W+R |  | B+R
7. | Yuki Satoshi | 2-6 | B+R |  | W+0.5 |  | B+R |  |  | W+R |
8. | Ryu Shikun | 3-5 |  | B+R |  | B+1.5 |  | W+R |  |  | W+R
9. | Ko Iso | 2-6 | B+R |  | B+0.5 |  | B+R |  | W+R |  |

## Playoff

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

game | date | black | white | result | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
challenger playoff | 2014-08-04 | Kono Rin | Yamashita Keigo | B+0.5 | sgf

## 39th Meijin Title

date | black | white | result | #mv | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
2014-09-04,05 | Kono Rin | Iyama Yuta | W+R | 212 | sgf
2014-09-18,19 | Iyama Yuta | Kono Rin | W+R | 200 | sgf
2014-09-25,26 | Kono Rin | Iyama Yuta | B+R | 169 | sgf
2014-10-06,07 | Iyama Yuta | Kono Rin | B+R | 217 | sgf
2014-10-15,16 | Kono Rin | Iyama Yuta | W+R | 176 | sgf
2014-10-29,30 | Iyama Yuta | Kono Rin | B+3.5 | 215 | sgf

Iyama Yuta won with 4-2.