32nd Meijin

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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[edit]

Group A[edit]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Kenichi Mochizuki 6 dan0
 
 
 
Shuya Fujii 6 dan1
 
Shuya Fujii 6 dan0
 
 
 
Tomoyasu Mimura 9 dan1
 
Tomoyasu Mimura 9 dan1
 
 
 
Masaki Ogata 9 dan0
 
Tomoyasu Mimura 9 dan1
 
 
 
Rin Shien 6 dan0
 
Rin Shien 6 dan1
 
 
 
Yusaku Ogaki 9 dan0
 
Rin Shien 6 dan1
 
 
 
Toshiya Imamura 9 dan0
 
Yo Kagen 9 dan0
 
 
Toshiya Imamura 9 dan1
 

Group B[edit]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Shigeaki Yokota 9 dan1
 
 
 
O Meien 9 dan0
 
Shigeaki Yokota 9 dan0
 
 
 
Noriyoshi Yamada 9 dan1
 
Tetsuya Kiyonari 9 dan0
 
 
 
Noriyoshi Yamada 9 dan1
 
Noriyoshi Yamada 9 dan0
 
 
 
Naoto Hikosaka 9 dan1
 
Masaki Takemiya 9 dan1
 
 
 
Takashi Takei 6 dan0
 
Masaki Takemiya 9 dan0
 
 
 
Naoto Hikosaka 9 dan1
 
Naoto Hikosaka 9 dan1
 
 
Han Zenki 7 dan0
 

Group C[edit]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
O Rissei 9 dan0
 
 
 
Atsushi Tsuruyama 6 dan1
 
Atsushi Tsuruyama 6 dan0
 
 
 
Naoki Hane 9 dan0
 
So Yokoku 8 dan0
 
 
 
Naoki Hane 9 dan1
 
Naoki Hane 9 dan0
 
 
 
Ko Iso 7 dan1
 
Rin Kaiho 9 dan0
 
 
 
Satoshi Kataoka 9 dan1
 
Satoshi Kataoka 8 dan0
 
 
 
Ko Iso 7 dan1
 
Yuta Iyama 7 dan0
 
 
Ko Iso 7 dan1
 

Main tournament[edit]

Group stage[edit]

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[edit]

Player 1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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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[edit]

  1. ^ "GoBase.org - News archive". gobase.org. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
  2. ^ "History of Topics 2006 | Nihon kiin". www.nihonkiin.or.jp. Retrieved 2022-10-10.