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The Nihon Ki-in

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The 30th Meijin Title Match

( as of November 10, 2005 )

Chang Hsu defeted Kobayashi S (4-3)

Chang Hsu vs. Kobayashi Satoru
Date(2005)		Venue	Result
1	Sep. 07, 08	Hiratsuka	Chang (B) won by resign
2	Sep. 22, 23	Fukuoka	Chang (W) won by 6.5
3	Sep. 28, 29	Kofu	Chang (B) won by resign
4	Oct. 11, 12	Nagoya	Kobayashi S (B) won by 3.5
5	Oct. 19, 20	Kobe	Kobayashi S (W) won by 1.5
6	Nov. 3, 4	Ito	Kobayashi S (B) won by 0.5
7	Nov. 09, 10	Izu	Chang (W) won by resign

The 30th Meijin Challenger's League

( as of August 09, 2005 )

Title holder : Chang Hsu

Kobayashi Satoru to challenge for Meijin title!

Play off
Date	Player	Venue	Result
08 Aug 2005	Kobayashi Satoru Yamashita Keigo	Nihonkiin Tokyo	Kobayashi (W) won by 1.5

in the chart  *B=playing black, W=playing white／*1=win, 0=loss

RNK

Final Position

Player

YODA

KOBA

IMA

KEI

W.M

KIMI

C.S

MASA

HIDE

Score

1

6th

YODA Norimoto

-

B0 April

W0 June

B0 May

W1 Feb

B0 Aug

W1 Dec

B1 Jan.

W0 March

3-5

2

Challen ger

Kobayashi Satoru

W1 April

-

B1 Dec

W1 Feb

B1 Aug

W0 May

B1 Jan.

W1 June

B1 July

7-1

3

3th

Imamura Toshiya

B1 June

W0 Dec

-

B0 March

W1 July

B1 April

W1 Aug

B1 May

W Jan.

6-2

4

2nd

Yamashita Keigo

W1 May

B0 Feb

W1 March

-

B1 Jan.

W1 June

B1 July

April

B1 Aug

7-1

5

Drop

Wang Ming Wan

B0 Feb

W0 Aug

B0 July

W0 Jan

-

B1 Dec

W1 April

B1 March

W0 May

3-5

6

4th

Yamada Kimio

W1 Aug

B1 May

W0 April

B0 June

W0 Dec

-

B1 March

W July

B0 Feb

4-4

7

Drop

Cho Sun Jin

B0 Dec

W0 Jan.

B0 Aug.

W0 July

B0 April

W0 March

-

B0 Feb

W1 June

1-7

7

Drop

Ogata Masaki

W0 Jan

B0 June

W0 May

B0 April

W0 March

B0 July

W1 Feb

-

B0 Dec

1-7

7

5th

Sakai Hideyuki

B1 March

W0 July

B0 Jan

W0 Aug

B1 May

W1 Feb

B0 June

W1 Dec

-

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