11th Judan title 1973

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# 11th 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 Sakata Eio, who won the Judan title and was replaced by the former Judan Hashimoto Utaro), together with the 4 winners of the preliminaries (Kato Masao, Takagi Shoichi, Go Seigen, and Kojima Takaho).

## Winners' Section

Winners' Section
Kato Masao | Kato Masao B+0.5 | Kato Masao W+R | Rin Kaiho W+R | Rin Kaiho W+3.5
Sekiyama Toshio
Takagi Shoichi | Takagi Shoichi W+5.5
Fujisawa Hosai
Otake Hideo | Otake Hideo W+10.5 | Rin Kaiho B+R
Hashimoto Utaro
Rin Kaiho | Rin Kaiho B+R
Ishii Kunio
Handa Dogen | Handa Dogen B+4.5 | Handa Dogen B+R | Hashimoto Shoji B+0.5
Go Seigen
Hane Yasumasa | Hane Yasumasa W+0.5
Kajiwara Takeo
Kojima Takaho | Kojima Takaho W+R | Hashimoto Shoji W+R
Tono Hiroaki
Hashimoto Shoji | Hashimoto Shoji W+4.5
Takagawa Shukaku

## Losers' Section

Losers' Section
Sekiyama Toshio | Fujisawa Hosai B+R | Hashimoto Utaro W+2.5 | Takagawa Shukaku B+R | Takagawa Shukaku W+0.5 | Takagi Shoichi W+R
Fujisawa Hosai
Hashimoto Utaro | Hashimoto Utaro B+
Ishii Kunio
Go Seigen | Go Seigen B+R | Takagawa Shukaku W+R
Kajiwara Takeo
Tono Hiroaki | Takagawa Shukaku B+R
Takagawa Shukaku
Hashimoto Shoji
Takagi Shoichi | Takagi Shoichi W+1.5 | Takagi Shoichi B+3.5 | Takagi Shoichi B+R
Otake Hideo
Hane Yasumasa | Kojima Takaho W+R
Kojima Takaho
Kato Masao | Kato Masao B+R
Handa Dogen

## Challenger decision match

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

date | black | white | result | #mv | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1972 | Takagi Shoichi | Rin Kaiho | B+7.5 | 248 | sgf

## 11th Judan Title

date | black | white | result | #mv | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1973-02-14,15 | Takagi Shoichi | Sakata Eio | W+R | 152 | sgf
1973-02-21,22 | Sakata Eio | Takagi Shoichi | B+R | 145 | sgf
1973-02-28,03-01 | Takagi Shoichi | Sakata Eio | W+11.5 | 248 | sgf

Sakata Eio won with 3-0.