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35th Judan title

Winners' Section

Winners' Section
Kobayashi Koichi	Kobayashi Koichi W+0.5	Kobayashi Koichi W+R	Kobayashi Koichi W+0.5	Yamada Kimio B+R
Otake Hideo	Kobayashi Koichi W+0.5
O Rissei	O Rissei B+5.5
Rin Kaiho	O Rissei B+5.5
Cho Chikun	Cho Chikun B+R	Cho Chikun B+2.5
Kobayashi Satoru	Cho Chikun B+R
Ryu Shikun	Ryu Shikun W+10.5
Ishida Yoshio	Ryu Shikun W+10.5
Morita Michihiro	Komatsu Hideki B+2.5	Yamada Kimio B+6.5	Yamada Kimio W+R
Komatsu Hideki	Komatsu Hideki B+2.5
Yamada Kimio	Yamada Kimio W+6.5
Kataoka Satoshi	Yamada Kimio W+6.5
Kato Masao	Kato Masao B+R	Kato Masao W+R
Hikosaka Naoto	Kato Masao B+R
Chin Kaei	Yo Kagen B+0.5
Yo Kagen	Yo Kagen B+0.5

Losers' Section

Losers' Section
Otake Hideo	Rin Kaiho B+3.5	Kobayashi Satoru B+R	Kobayashi Satoru B+R	Kobayashi Koichi W+R	Kato Masao B+5.5
Rin Kaiho	Rin Kaiho B+3.5
Kobayashi Satoru	Kobayashi Satoru B+R
Ishida Yoshio	Kobayashi Satoru B+R
Morita Michihiro	Kataoka Satoshi B+R	Hikosaka Naoto W+R
Kataoka Satoshi	Kataoka Satoshi B+R
Hikosaka Naoto	Hikosaka Naoto B+6.5
Chin Kaei	Hikosaka Naoto B+6.5
Kobayashi Koichi
O Rissei		O Rissei B+2.5	Yo Kagen W+R	Kato Masao B+R
Ryu Shikun		O Rissei B+2.5
Komatsu Hideki		Yo Kagen B+R
Yo Kagen		Yo Kagen B+R
Cho Chikun			Kato Masao B+R
Kato Masao			Kato Masao B+R

Challenger decision match

Winner of the Winners' Section against winner of the Losers' Section.

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
1997-02-06	Yamada Kimio	Kato Masao	W+R	156	sgf

35th Judan Title

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
1997-03-06	Yoda Norimoto	Kato Masao	W+3.5	238	sgf
1997-03-19	Kato Masao	Yoda Norimoto	W+10.5	182	sgf
1997-04-03	Yoda Norimoto	Kato Masao	B+R	213	sgf
1997-04-10	Kato Masao	Yoda Norimoto	B+0.5	308	sgf
1997-04-17	Kato Masao	Yoda Norimoto	B+0.5	231	sgf

Kato Masao won with 3-2.