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8th Honinbo title

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

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 with 4-2.