| 1st Honinbo, 4-dan preliminary | |||
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| Takahashi Shigeyuki (4d) | Takahashi Shigeyuki |
Takahashi Shigeyuki W+6.5 1939 |
Mukai Kazuo B+R 1939 |
| Nakamura Yutaro (4d) | |||
| Tanaka Fujio (4d) | |||
| Mukai Kazuo (4d) | Mukai Kazuo | ||
| Nakagawa Arata (4d) | Nakagawa Arata W+R 1939 |
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| Takagawa Kaku (4d) | |||
| 1st Honinbo, 5-dan preliminary | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fujisawa Kuranosuke (5d) | Murashima Yoshinori W+R 1939 |
Murashima Yoshinori |
| Murashima Yoshinori (5d) | ||
| Hasegawa Akira (5d) | Hasegawa Akira | |
| Yamaguchi Sanseki (5d) | ||
| Shinohara Masami (5d) | Shinohara Masami B+R 1939 |
Shinohara Masami |
| Hosokawa Senjin (5d) | ||
| Tsuyamori Itsuro (5d) | Mukai Kazuo B+R 1939 |
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| Mukai Kazuo (4d) | ||
| 1st Honinbo, first 6-dan preliminary | ||||
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| Murashima Yoshinori (5d) | Go Seigen W+R 1939 |
Go Seigen B+1.5 1939 |
Kubomatsu Katsukiyo +F |
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| Go Seigen (7d) | Go Seigen W+4.5 1939-07-16,17 |
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| Hashimoto Utaro (6d) | ||||
| Shinohara Masami (5d) | Shinohara Masami | |||
| Kimura Hirozo (6d) | Sekiyama Riichi | |||
| Sekiyama Riichi (6d) | ||||
| Mitsuhara Itaro (6d) | Onoda Chiyotaro | Kubomatsu Katsukiyo B+0.5 1939 |
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| Iwamoto Kaoru (6d) | Onoda Chiyotaro W+R 1939 |
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| Onoda Chiyotaro (6d) | ||||
| Hayashi Yutaro (6d) | Kubomatsu Katsukiyo | |||
| Maeda Nobuaki (6d) | Kubomatsu Katsukiyo B+2.5 1939 |
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| Kubomatsu Katsukiyo (6d) | ||||
| 1st Honinbo, second 6-dan preliminary | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Go Seigen | Hayashi Yutaro +F |
Maeda Nobuaki B+8.5 1939 |
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| Mitsuhara Itaro | Hayashi Yutaro | ||
| Hayashi Yutaro | |||
| Iwamoto Kaoru | Maeda Nobuaki B+5.5 1939 |
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| Shinohara Masami | Maeda Nobuaki | ||
| Maeda Nobuaki | |||
| Kimura Hirozo | Murashima Yoshinori B+R 1939 |
Sekiyama Riichi | |
| Onoda Chiyotaro | Murashima Yoshinori B+R 1939 |
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| Murashima Yoshinori | |||
| Kubomatsu Katsukiyo | Sekiyama Riichi W+5.5 1939 |
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| Sekiyama Riichi | Sekiyama Riichi | ||
| Hashimoto Utaro | |||
The two 6-dan preliminaries had the same twelve participants. Points were assigned for reaching various places in these two preliminaries. The top three (or four) 6-dans were found to be Kubomatsu Katsukiyo, Sekiyama Riichi, Maeda Nobuaki (and Go Seigen), and they played in the next stage, that of the four mini-tournaments.
When he was promoted to 7-dan, Go Izumi = Go Seigen obtained the right to participate in the next stages of this tournament, and he dropped participation in the two 6-dan preliminaries.