32nd Meijin
The 32nd Meijin is the 32nd iteration of the Meijin go tournament.[1][2] The name Meijin refers to the traditional title given to the superior play during the Edo period.
Preliminaries
Group A
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Kenichi Mochizuki 6 dan | 0 | |||||||||
| Shuya Fujii 6 dan | 1 | |||||||||
| Shuya Fujii 6 dan | 0 | |||||||||
| Tomoyasu Mimura 9 dan | 1 | |||||||||
| Tomoyasu Mimura 9 dan | 1 | |||||||||
| Masaki Ogata 9 dan | 0 | |||||||||
| Tomoyasu Mimura 9 dan | 1 | |||||||||
| Rin Shien 6 dan | 0 | |||||||||
| Rin Shien 6 dan | 1 | |||||||||
| Yusaku Ogaki 9 dan | 0 | |||||||||
| Rin Shien 6 dan | 1 | |||||||||
| Toshiya Imamura 9 dan | 0 | |||||||||
| Yo Kagen 9 dan | 0 | |||||||||
| Toshiya Imamura 9 dan | 1 | |||||||||
Group B
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Shigeaki Yokota 9 dan | 1 | |||||||||
| O Meien 9 dan | 0 | |||||||||
| Shigeaki Yokota 9 dan | 0 | |||||||||
| Noriyoshi Yamada 9 dan | 1 | |||||||||
| Tetsuya Kiyonari 9 dan | 0 | |||||||||
| Noriyoshi Yamada 9 dan | 1 | |||||||||
| Noriyoshi Yamada 9 dan | 0 | |||||||||
| Naoto Hikosaka 9 dan | 1 | |||||||||
| Masaki Takemiya 9 dan | 1 | |||||||||
| Takashi Takei 6 dan | 0 | |||||||||
| Masaki Takemiya 9 dan | 0 | |||||||||
| Naoto Hikosaka 9 dan | 1 | |||||||||
| Naoto Hikosaka 9 dan | 1 | |||||||||
| Han Zenki 7 dan | 0 | |||||||||
Group C
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| O Rissei 9 dan | 0 | |||||||||
| Atsushi Tsuruyama 6 dan | 1 | |||||||||
| Atsushi Tsuruyama 6 dan | 0 | |||||||||
| Naoki Hane 9 dan | 0 | |||||||||
| So Yokoku 8 dan | 0 | |||||||||
| Naoki Hane 9 dan | 1 | |||||||||
| Naoki Hane 9 dan | 0 | |||||||||
| Ko Iso 7 dan | 1 | |||||||||
| Rin Kaiho 9 dan | 0 | |||||||||
| Satoshi Kataoka 9 dan | 1 | |||||||||
| Satoshi Kataoka 8 dan | 0 | |||||||||
| Ko Iso 7 dan | 1 | |||||||||
| Yuta Iyama 7 dan | 0 | |||||||||
| Ko Iso 7 dan | 1 | |||||||||
Main tournament
Group stage
| Player | C.U. | Y.K. | S.H. | K.S. | Y.K. | Y.N. | H.N. | M.T. | K.I. | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cho U Gosei | X | W+0.5 | B-0.5 | W+0.5 | B+R | W+5.5 | B+1.5 | W+R | B+4.5 | 7-1 |
| Yamashita Keigo Kisei | B-0.5 | X | W-R | B-R | W-5.5 | B-4.5 | W-R | B-0.5 | W+R | 1-7 |
| Sakai Hideyuki 7 dan | W+0.5 | B+R | X | W-0.5 | B-R | W-0.5 | B+8.5 | W-0.5 | B+R | 4-4 |
| Kobayashi Satoru 9 dan | B-0.5 | W+R | B+0.5 | X | W+R | B-1.5 | W+R | B-R | W-R | 4-4 |
| Yamada Kimio 9 dan | W-R | B+5.5 | W+R | B-R | X | W+1.5 | B-R | W+R | B+R | 5-3 |
| Yoda Norimoto 9 dan | B-5.5 | W+4.5 | B+0.5 | W+1.5 | B-1.5 | X | W-0.5 | B+R | W-3.5 | 4-4 |
| Hikosaka Naoto 9 dan | W-1.5 | B+R | W-8.5 | B-R | W+R | B+0.5 | X | W-1.5 | B-1.5 | 3-5 |
| Mimura Tomoyasu 9 dan | B-R | W+0.5 | B+0.5 | W+R | B-R | W-R | B+1.5 | X | W-R | 4-4 |
| Ko Iso 7 dan | W-4.5 | B-R | W-R | B+R | W-R | B+3.5 | W+1.5 | B+R | X | 4-4 |
Key:
- Green - Winner of group; challenges for title or earns a spot in the challenger final
- Blue - Earns a place in the next edition's group stage.
- Red - Eliminated from automatic berth; must qualify through preliminary stages.
Finals
| Player | 1 (-) | 2 (-) | 3 (-) | 4 (-) | 5 (-) | 6 (-) | 7 (-) | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cho U | W-4.5 | B+R | W+1,5 | B+R | W-2.5 | B-0.5 | W+2.5 | 4 |
| Takao Shinji (Meijin) | B+4,5 | W-R | B-1.5 | W-R | B+2.5 | W+0.5 | B-2.5 | 3 |
Key
- W+ - Won by
- R - Resignation
References
- ^ "GoBase.org - News archive". gobase.org. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ^ "History of Topics 2006 | Nihon kiin". www.nihonkiin.or.jp. Retrieved 2022-10-10.