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8th Honinbo title

Preliminaries

The finals of the (only) preliminary were won by Sakai Michiharu, Kubouchi Shuchi, Seo Hisashi, and Hayashi Yutaro.

League

In the first column the white player, on the top row the black player.

# player result 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1. Kitani Minoru 6-1 B+10.5 W+0.5 W+R
2. Sakata Eio 6-1 W+R
3. Hashimoto Utaro 5-2 W+4.5
4. Miyashita Shuyo 3-4 B+0.5 B+R W+7.5
5. Kubouchi Shuchi 3-4 B+R
6. Hayashi Yutaro 2-5 B+R
7. Sakai Michiharu 2-5 B+7.5
8. Seo Hisashi 1-6 B+R B+0.5

Seo Hisashi, Sakai Michiharu, Hayashi Yutaro, and Kubouchi Shuchi are demoted. (Kubouchi and Miyashita drew lots, the former lost.)

Challenger Playoff

date black white result #mv sgf
1953-04-29,30 Kitani Minoru Sakata Eio B+1.5 247 sgf

8th Honinbo Title

date black white result #mv sgf
1953-05-18,19 Kitani Minoru Takagawa Shukaku B+1.5 247 sgf
1953-05-27,28 Takagawa Shukaku Kitani Minoru B+1.5 269 sgf
1953-06-05,06 Kitani Minoru Takagawa Shukaku W+3.5 275 sgf
1953-06-15,16 Takagawa Shukaku Kitani Minoru B+R 167 sgf
1953-06-26,27 Kitani Minoru Takagawa Shukaku B+2.5 238 sgf
1953-07-07,08 Takagawa Shukaku Kitani Minoru B+R 213 sgf

Takagawa Shukaku won 4-2.