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Meijin Title and 7 Crowns
By Tony Claasen | International | 17.10.2017 18:27| Views: 9106
After losing the Meijin title last year against Takao Shinji, Iyama Yuta was able to defend each of his other six top titles.

Seven Crowns


After becoming challenger for the Meijin Title this year, he started with a loss against Takao Shinji,
only to win 4 matches in a row, with a highlight coming in the 5th match where a large semeai ended in his favor.
In their respective win/loss records Iyama Yuta now leads by the very big margin of 35 wins to18 wins for Takao Shinji.

Iyama Yuta in action

And here all five matches:


Meijin Title and 7 Crowns

This article was written by Antonius Claasen

Born 31th of January 1962, in 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands
started playing go 1979
Promotion to 1 Dan in 1981, after the Go Congress in Linz.
Promotion to 4 Dan in 1985 After the Go Congress in Terschelling.
Eurpean Champion 13X13 in 1984
European Team Champion in 1985, together with Frank Janssen and Joost Cremers.
I have 5 children and live at the moment in Hamburg Germany.

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