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58th 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. O Meien 6-1 W+R W+6.5 W+4.5
2. Cho U 6-1 W+R W+R W+R B+R
3. Cho Sonjin 2-5 B+4.5 B+3.5 B+5.5
4. Cho Chikun 2-5 B+R B+R W+1.5 B+R
5. Kobayashi Koichi 3-4 B+11.5 B+5.5 W+R
6. Rin Kaiho 2-5 B+R W+R B+R B+0.5
7. Ryu Shikun 2-5 B+R W+R B+R
8. Yamashita Keigo 5-2 B+0.5 B+R W+4.5 W+R

Cho Sonjin, Cho Chikun, Rin Kaiho and Ryu Shikun are demoted.

Challenger Playoff

Both O Meien and Cho U had 6 wins. They played a challenger playoff won by Cho U.

date black white result #mv sgf
2003-04-07 Cho U O Meien B+5.5 311 sgf

58th Honinbo Title

date black white result #mv sgf
2003-05-14,15 Kato Masao Cho U B+R 183 sgf
2003-05-26,27 Cho U Kato Masao B+R 205 sgf
2003-06-02,03 Kato Masao Cho U B+R 203 sgf
2003-06-16,17 Cho U Kato Masao B+R 223 sgf
2003-06-25,26 Kato Masao Cho U W+5.5 260 sgf
2003-07-10,11 Cho U Kato Masao B+9.5 335 sgf

Cho U won with 4-2.