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34th 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. Ishida Yoshio 5-2 B+R W+R W+R
2. Takemiya Masaki 4-3 B+R B+R W+R
3. Rin Kaiho 5-2 W+R W+R W+8.5 W+R
4. Kobayashi Koichi 3-4 B+0.5 W+R B+R
5. Kudo Norio 4-3 B+3.5 W+5.5 B+R B+1.5
6. Sakata Eio 4-3 B+9.5 W+R B+2.5 W+R
7. Takagi Shoichi 3-4 B+R B+R B+R W+R
8. Sakai Takeshi 0-7 B+R B+R B+R

Demotion Play-off

The bottom four players are demoted from the League. Each of Takemiya, Sakata and Kudo ended with 4-3, and the latter two played a demotion playoff.

date black white result #mv sgf
1979-06-14 Kudo Norio Sakata Eio W+R 150 sgf

Challenger Playoff

Rin and Ishida both ended with 5-2, and played a challenger playoff.

date black white result #mv sgf
1979-05-17 Rin Kaiho Ishida Yoshio B+1.5 288 sgf

34th Honinbo Title

date black white result #mv sgf
1979-05-23,24 Kato Masao Rin Kaiho B+R 147 sgf
1979-06-05 Rin Kaiho Kato Masao B+R 89 sgf
1979-06-13,14 Kato Masao Rin Kaiho B+R 241 sgf
1979-06-28,29 Rin Kaiho Kato Masao W+0.5 274 sgf
1979-07-09,10 Kato Masao Rin Kaiho B+R 201 sgf

Kato Masao won with 4-1.