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Meijin-Mingren Match

For 7 years, 1988-1994, a match was held between the winners of the Chinese Mingren and the Japanese Meijin titles. During all these seven years, Kobayashi Koichi held the Japanese title. The first year his Chinese opponent was Liu Xiaoguang, the remaining six years it was Ma Xiaochun. Kobayashi Koichi won five times, Ma Xiaochun won twice. Below the 17 games.

NrYearWinnerOpponent ScoreGames
11988Kobayashi KoichiLiu Xiaoguang 2-0 1 2
21989Kobayashi KoichiMa Xiaochun 2-0 1 2
31990Kobayashi KoichiMa Xiaochun 2-0 1 2
41991Kobayashi KoichiMa Xiaochun 2-0 1 2
51992Ma XiaochunKobayashi Koichi 2-1 1 2 3
61993Kobayashi KoichiMa Xiaochun 2-1 1 2 3
71994Ma XiaochunKobayashi Koichi 2-1 1 2 3