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39th Meijin title

Preliminary A

See here.

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.

Hirata Tomoya Hirata Tomoya
W+R
2013-08-22		 Cho Sonjin
W+4.5
2013-10-10		 Yuki Satoshi
B+R
2013-10-31
Hikosaka Naoto
Cho Sonjin Cho Sonjin
W+1.5
2013-08-29		 Cho Sonjin
W+R
2013-09-19
Mimura
Tomoyasu
Yu Zhengqi
Yamada Kimio Yamada Kimio
W+2.5
2013-08-29		 Yuki Satoshi
B+R
2013-10-03
Takemiya Masaki
Ha Youngil Yuki Satoshi
W+1.5
2013-09-09
Yuki Satoshi
Nakano Hironari Nakano Hironari Nakano Hironari Ryu Shikun
B+6.5
2013-11-07
Imamura Toshiya
Han Zenki Ogata Masaki Seto Taiki
Ogata Masaki
Seto Taiki
Ryu Shikun Ryu Shikun
W+R
2013-08-29		 Ryu Shikun
B+0.5
2013-10-17
Cho Chikun
Nakane Naoyuki Sakai Hideyuki
W+3.5
2013-09-26
Sakai Hideyuki
Kubo Katsuaki Ohashi Hirofumi
W+R
2013-08-22		 Ko Iso Ko Iso
B+3.5
2013-11-07
Ohashi Hirofumi
Hon Seisen Ko Iso Ko Iso
W+0.5
2013-09-19
Ko Iso
Kobayashi Satoru
Mochizuki Kenichi Ichiriki Ryo
B+R
2013-08-22		 Ichiriki Ryo
B+R
2013-10-10
Ichiriki Ryo
Suzuki Shinji Mizokami Tomochika
W+R
2013-09-09
Mizokami Tomochika

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. Yamashita Keigo 6-2 W+3.5 W+R B+6.5 W+R
2. Kono Rin 6-2 W+R B+R W+2.5 W+R
3. Cho U 5-3 W+1.5 B+R W+R W+7.5
4. Hane Naoki 4-4 B+R B+4.5 W+R W+R
5. Takao Shinji 5-3 B+R B+2.5 W+R B+1.5
6. Murakawa Daisuke 3-5 B+R W+R W+R B+R
7. Yuki Satoshi 2-6 B+R W+0.5 B+R W+R
8. Ryu Shikun 3-5 B+R B+1.5 W+R W+R
9. Ko Iso 2-6 B+R B+0.5 B+R W+R

Ko Iso, Yuki Satoshi, and Ryu Shikun are demoted.

Playoff

Yamashita Keigo and Kono Rin both had 6 wins, and played a challenger playoff that was won by Kono Rin.

date black white result #mv sgf
2014-08-04 Kono Rin Yamashita Keigo B+0.5 250 sgf

39th Meijin Title

date black white result #mv sgf
2014-09-04,05 Kono Rin Iyama Yuta W+R 212 sgf
2014-09-18,19 Iyama Yuta Kono Rin W+R 200 sgf
2014-09-25,26 Kono Rin Iyama Yuta B+R 169 sgf
2014-10-06,07 Iyama Yuta Kono Rin B+R 217 sgf
2014-10-15,16 Kono Rin Iyama Yuta W+R 176 sgf
2014-10-29,30 Iyama Yuta Kono Rin B+3.5 215 sgf

Iyama Yuta won 4-2.