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62nd Honinbo title

Preliminary finals

date black white result #mv sgf
2006-07-27 Rin Shien O Meien W+1.5 241 sgf
2006-08-03 Iyama Yuta Cho Sonjin W+R 222 sgf
2006-08-17 Cho Chikun Kobayashi Satoru W+R 242 sgf
2006-08-31 So Yokoku Sakai Hideyuki B+6.5 241 sgf

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. Yamada Kimio 4-3 B+R W+0.5 B+R W+R
2. Yoda Norimoto 5-2 W+R W+R W+R
3. Hane Naoki 3-4 B+R W+R W+R B+R
4. Cho U 4-3 W+2.5 W+3.5 W+R
5. Kobayashi Satoru 1-6 B+R B+3.5 B+R B+R
6. O Meien 3-4 B+3.5 B+0.5 W+R
7. Cho Sonjin 3-4 W+R W+R B+R W+R
8. So Yokoku 5-2 W+2.5 W+0.5 W+R

Kobayashi Satoru, Hane Naoki, O Meien and Cho Sonjin are demoted.

Challenger Playoff

Both Yoda Norimoto and So Yokoku had 5 wins. They played a challenger playoff won by Yoda Norimoto.

date black white result #mv sgf
2007-04-08 Yoda Norimoto So Yokoku B+R 127 sgf

62nd Honinbo Title

date black white result #mv sgf
2007-05-10,11 Takao Shinji Yoda Norimoto B+0.5 282 sgf
2007-05-22,23 Yoda Norimoto Takao Shinji B+1.5 343 sgf
2007-06-06,07 Takao Shinji Yoda Norimoto B+R 187 sgf
2007-06-18,19 Yoda Norimoto Takao Shinji W+5.5 255 sgf
2007-06-25,26 Takao Shinji Yoda Norimoto B+2.5 207 sgf

Takao Shinji won with 4-1.