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3rd Meijin title

Newcomers

The lowest three players from the previous year are demoted, and entrance matches determine which three new players are allowed to enter the League.

game date black white result #moves sgf
Qualification final 1977-11-03 Ishii Kunio Cho Chikun W+0.5 247 sgf
Qualification final 1977-11-17 Yamabe Toshiro Shiraishi Yutaka W+1.5 265 sgf
Qualification final 1977-11-24 Sonoda Yuichi Kudo Norio W+3.5 248 sgf

League

Results (in the first column the white player, on the top row the black player). The ordering of the first six players is according to their results in the previous year. The last three are the winners of the entrance matches.

# player result 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1. Otake Hideo 7-1 W+R W+R W+0.5 W+R
2. Ishida Yoshio 3-5 B+2.5 B+2.5 B+3.5 W+R
3. Sakata Eio 5-3 B+4.5 B+4.5 W+4.5 W+R
4. Kato Masao 7-1 W+R B+R W+R W+1.5
5. Hashimoto Utaro 4-4 B+R B+R W+1.5 B+R
6. Kajiwara Takeo 2-6 B+6.5 B+R B+3.5 W+R
7. Kudo Norio 3-5 W+6.5 B+R W+15.5 B+9.5
8. Shiraishi Yutaka 0-8 B+R B+R B+R B+0.5
9. Cho Chikun 5-3 W+2.5 B+2.5 W+R W+3.5

Playoff

Kato Masao and Otake Hideo both had 7 wins, and played a challenger playoff that was won by Otake Hideo.

game date black white result sgf
Challenger playoff 1978-08-26 Kato Masao Otake Hideo W+3.5 sgf

3rd Meijin Title

game date black white result sgf
1 1978-09-07,08 Rin Kaiho Otake Hideo B+R sgf
2 1978-09-20,21 Otake Hideo Rin Kaiho B+2.5 sgf
3 1978-10-05,06 Rin Kaiho Otake Hideo W+R sgf
4 1978-10-11,12 Otake Hideo Rin Kaiho B+R sgf
5 1978-10-23,24 Rin Kaiho Otake Hideo B+R sgf
6 1978-11-01,02 Otake Hideo Rin Kaiho B+R sgf

Otake Hideo won with 4-2.