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22nd Meijin title

Newcomers

The lowest three players from the previous year are demoted, and entrance matches determine which three new players enter the League.

game date black white result sgf
Qualification final 1996-10-03 Otake Hideo Ryu Shikun W+2.5 sgf
Qualification final 1996-10-24 Kato Atsushi Yoda Norimoto W+R sgf
Qualification final 1996-11-07 Yo Kagen Ishida Yoshio B+2.5 sgf

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 entrance matches.

# player result 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1. Takemiya Masaki 4-4 W+6.5 B+R B+2.5 W+R
2. O Rissei 6-2 W+R W+11.5 W+R B+R
3. Kato Masao 4-4 B+R W+R B+R W+R
4. Kobayashi Koichi 6-2 W+1.5 B+0.5 W+R W+8.5
5. Kataoka Satoshi 5-3 W+R B+1.5 W+R W+R
6. Rin Kaiho 1-7 B+2.5 B+R W+R B+R
7. Yoda Norimoto 3-5 B+2.5 B+R W+0.5 B+2.5
8. Ryu Shikun 5-3 B+R W+R B+4.5 W+2.5
9. Yo Kagen 2-6 B+R B+R W+R B+8.5

Rin Kaiho, Yo Kagen, and Yoda Norimoto are demoted.

Playoff

Kobayashi Koichi and O Rissei both finished with 6 wins, and played a challenger playoff that was won by Kobayashi Koichi.

game date black white result sgf
Challenger playoff 1997-08-11 Kobayashi Koichi O Rissei B+R sgf

22nd Meijin Title

game date black white result sgf
1 1997-09-10,11 Kobayashi Koichi Cho Chikun B+R sgf
2 1997-09-24,25 Cho Chikun Kobayashi Koichi B+3.5 sgf
3 1997-10-01,02 Kobayashi Koichi Cho Chikun B+R sgf
4 1997-10-15,16 Cho Chikun Kobayashi Koichi B+R sgf
5 1997-10-22,23 Kobayashi Koichi Cho Chikun W+3.5 sgf
6 1997-11-05,06 Cho Chikun Kobayashi Koichi B+3.5 sgf

Cho Chikun won 4-2.