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42nd 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.

42nd Meijin, Last Preliminary
Yu Zhengqi Yu Zhengqi
W+R
2016-09-29
Yu Zhengqi
B+R
2016-10-26
Yu Zhengqi
W+0.5
2016-11-10
Shida Tatsuya
Kiyonari Tetsuya Kiyonari Tetsuya
W+R
2016-09-29
Hikosaka Naoto
Cho Sonjin Muramatsu Hiroki
B+2.5
2016-09-29
Hirata Tomoya
W+0.5
2016-10-20
Muramatsu Hiroki
So Yokoku Hirata Tomoya
B+R
2016-09-15
Hirata Tomoya
Ichiriki Ryo Ichiriki Ryo
W+1.5
2016-09-22
Ichiriki Ryo
W+R
2016-10-31
Hane Naoki
W+1.5
2016-11-07
Rin Kanketsu
Adachi Toshimasa Adachi Toshimasa
W+R
2016-09-29
Cho Chikun
Kobayashi Satoru Kobayashi Satoru
W+R
2016-10-06
Hane Naoki
W+R
2016-10-27
Hasegawa Sunao
Kanazawa Hideo Hane Naoki
W+R
2016-09-08
Hane Naoki
Ida Atsushi Sakai Hideyuki
B+R
2016-09-29
Sakai Hideyuki
W+R
2016-10-20
Sakai Hideyuki
B+0.5
2016-11-03
Sakai Hideyuki
Kono Takashi Yo Chito Yo Chito
W+2.5
2016-09-29
Yo Chito
Hara Masakazu
Yamashiro Hiroshi Ryu Shikun
B+R
2016-09-22
Uchida Shuhei
W+R
2016-10-13
Ryu Shikun
Yuki Satoshi Uchida Shuhei
W+2.5
2016-09-28
Uchida Shuhei

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. Iyama Yuta 8-0 W+R W+R W+R W+R
2. Murakawa Daisuke 4-4 W+3.5 W+R B+R W+R
3. Yamashita Keigo 5-3 B+R W+R W+R W+R
4. Cho U 4-4 W+R B+2.5 W+R B+R
5. Kono Rin 4-4 B+R B+R W+R W+R
6. Ko Iso 3-5 W+R B+R W+R W+R
7. Hane Naoki 3-5 B+R W+R W+R B+0.5
8. Sakai Hideyuki 2-6 B+R B+4.5 W+4.5 B+R
9. Yu Zhengqi 3-5 B+R B+R B+R W+R

Sakai Hideyuki, Yu Zhengqi, and Hane Naoki are demoted.

42nd Meijin Title

date black white result #mv sgf
2017-08-30,31 Iyama Yuta Takao Shinji W+0.5 271 sgf
2017-09-12,13 Takao Shinji Iyama Yuta W+R 146 sgf
2017-09-21,22 Iyama Yuta Takao Shinji B+R 241 sgf
2017-10-02,03 Takao Shinji Iyama Yuta W+R 164 sgf
2017-10-16 Iyama Yuta Takao Shinji B+R 197 sgf

Iyama Yuta won 4-1.