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The 60th Honinbo Title Match ( best - of - seven )

( as of June. 29, 2005 )
Takao Shinji becomes New Honinbo !

Chang Hsu vs. Takao Shinji
Date(2005) Venue Result
1 09, 10 May Fukuoka Takao Shinji (W) won by resign.
2 26, 27 May Tottori Takao Shinji (B) won by 4.5.
3 08, 09 Jun Aichi Takao Shinji (W) won by resign.
4 20, 21 Jun Hokkaido Chang Hsu (W) won by resign.
5 27, 28 Jun Saitama Takao Shinji (W) won by 0.5.
6 11, 12 Jul Shiga ---
7 20, 21 Jul Yamagata ---


The 60th Honinbo League
( as of April. 22, 2005 )
Title holder : Chang Hsu

Play off
Date Player Venue Result
April 4 Cho Sun jin vs. Takao Shinji Nihonkiin, Tokyo Takao Shinji (B) won by resign.

in the chart   * B = playing black, W = playing white
* 1 = win, 0 = loss
RNK Final Player Yoda Mimura Wang.L Cho.S Wang.M Takao Su Pan Score
1 3  Yoda Norimoto ― W1
Oct.
 B1
Feb.
 W1
Mar.
 B0
Jan.
 W0
Nov.
 B0
Apr.
 W1
Dec.
 4-3
2 D  Mimura Tomoyasu B0
Oct.
 ― W0
Mar.
 B0
Feb.
 W0
Apr.
 B0
Dec.
 W1
Jan.
 B1
Nov.
 2-5
3 D  Wang Li Chen W0
Feb.
 B1
Mar.
 ― W0
Oct.
 B0
Nov.
 W0
Jan.
 B0
Dec.
 W1
Apr.
 2-5
3 2  Cho Sun jin B0
Mar.
 W1
Feb.
 B1
Oct.
 ― W1
Dec.
 B1
Apr.
 W1
Nov.
 B1
Jan.
 6-1
5 4  Wang Ming Wan W1
Jan.
 B1
Apr.
 W1
Nov.
 B0
Dec.
 ― W0
Feb.
 B0
Oct.
 W1
Mar.
 4-3
5 1  Takao Shinji B1
Nov.
 W1
Dec.
 B1
Jan.
 W0
Apr.
 B1
Feb.
 ― W1
Mar.
 B1
Oct.
 6-1
5 D  Su Yaoguo W1
Apr.
 B0
Jan.
 W1
Dec.
 B0
Nov.
 W1
Oct.
 B0
Mar.
 ― W1
Feb.
 4-3
5 D  Pan Shan Chi B0
Dec.
 W0
Nov.
 B0
Apr.
 W0
Jan.
 B0
Mar.
 W0
Oct.
 B0
Feb.
 ― 0-7