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35th Meijin title

Last Preliminary

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 enter the League.

Hane Naoki Hane Naoki Hane Naoki Yuki Satoshi
B+4.5
2009-10-29
Ito Yoji
Han Zenki Morita Michihiro Morita Michihiro
Morita Michihiro
Nakamura Shinya
Kanazawa Hideo Yuki Satoshi Yuki Satoshi
B+5.5
2009-09-17
Yuki Satoshi
Yuki Satoshi
Tsuruyama Atsushi
Shida Tatsuya Shida Tatsuya
W+2.5
2009-08-27
Cho Riyu
Kono Rin Kono Rin
W+R
2009-08-06
Kono Rin
B+R
2009-09-24
O Meien
W+1.5
2009-10-22
Kim Pyonmin
Yamashiro Hiroshi Yamashiro Hiroshi
W+1.5
2009-08-06
Murakawa Daisuke
Kataoka Satoshi
Murakawa Daisuke
Takei Takashi Honda Kunihisa Honda Kunihisa O Meien
W+4.5
2009-10-01
Honda Kunihisa
Son Hideyo
Goto Shungo O Meien
B+2.5
2009-09-10
O Meien
Yamashita Keigo Yamashita Keigo
B+R
2009-09-03
Yamashita Keigo
B+R
2009-10-08
Mizokami Tomochika
B+1.5
2009-10-29
Mimura Tomoyasu
Fujii Shuya Kobayashi Koichi
W+3.5
2009-08-06
Kobayashi Koichi
W+R
2009-08-27
Kobayashi Koichi
Komatsu Hideki
Ryu Shikun Ryu Shikun
B+7.5
2009-08-13
Yoda Norimoto
W+1.5
2009-09-03
Mizokami Tomochika
W+4.5
2009-10-08
Matsumoto Takehisa
Yoda Norimoto
Mizokami Tomochika Mizokami Tomochika
W+3.5
2009-08-27
Kobayashi Satoru

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. Cho U 6-2 W+R W+3.5 W+R B+R
2. Yamada Kimio 2-6 B+R W+R B+5.5 B+R
3. Takao Shinji 7-1 B+R W+1.5 W+7.5 W+R
4. Sakai Hideyuki 4-4 W+R W+R B+0.5 B+3.5
5. Ogata Masaki 2-6 W+2.5 B+R B+11.5 W+1.5
6. Cho Chikun 3-5 B+0.5 B+R W+R W+R
7. O Meien 3-5 B+R B+R W+R B+R
8. Yuki Satoshi 5-3 W+R B+R W+R W+3.5
9. Mizokami Tomochika 4-4 B+8.5 B+R W+1.5 W+R

Ogata Masaki, Yamada Kimio, and O Meien are demoted.

35th Meijin Title

date black white result #mv sgf
2010-09-01,02 Takao Shinji Iyama Yuta W+6.5 305 sgf
2010-09-16,17 Iyama Yuta Takao Shinji B+5.5 263 sgf
2010-09-22,23 Takao Shinji Iyama Yuta W+R 170 sgf
2010-10-06,07 Iyama Yuta Takao Shinji B+R 265 sgf

Iyama Yuta won 4-0.