Tag: Sota Fujii
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Sota Fujii, the reigning Meijin, becomes the challenger for the Oza title, aiming for his eighth crown, with a victory over 9th dan player Masayuki Toyoshima.
Sota Fujii, the 21-year-old reigning Meijin and Ryuo, is on the verge of monopolizing all eight titles in the shogi world. On the 4th day, he secured the right to challenge for the remaining title, “Oza” by winning the Challenger Determination Match held at the Kansai Shogi Hall, Osaka City. In the drawing of lots,…
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Ranking League Class A, Play off game, Fujii vs Hirose
https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/igoshougi/20230309-OYT1T50003/ Sota Fujii, entitled 5 crowns of major tournaments this year, won the play off match in ranking league against Akihito Hirose, on 8th March. Fujii acquired the right to challenge to the current Master Akira Watanabe. The Master title match will start from 5th April 2023.The ranking league is segregated into 5 classes: Class…
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Fujii vs Habu (2020/09/22, 70th Osho League)
I would like to share a full game score of the Souta Fujii vs Yoshiharu Habu, played in 2020 during the Osho League, sponsored by Sport Nippon Newspapers and Mainichi Newspapers. I am happy to share the full game score since an official permission to use it in this web page was obtained. Needless to…
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48th period Kio Battle commenced
https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASR25750KR25UCVL01B.html The challenger Sota Fujii (20) won against Akira Watanabe (38), the current Kio title holder, in the first round of the 48th Kio Battle 5th Match (sponsored by Kyodo News) held in Nagano City on the 5th-Feb 2023. Fujii holds the five crowns of Oi, Eio, Osho, Kisei, and Ryuo. And Watanabe holds two…
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Fujii won the 3rd round Osho battle and put a period to the Gangi opening.
https://mainichi.jp/articles/20230130/k00/00m/040/001000c Sota Fujii, the current Osho title holder, won the 3rd round of the Osho battle. The score became 2-1 for Fujii. As described in the previous article, Yoshiharu Habu, the most frequent champion of title battles ever, postponed his opening strategy at the very beginning of the game to perplex Fujii, and his choice…
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Day1 finished, Osho battle, Round 3
https://mainichi.jp/articles/20230128/k00/00m/040/169000c The 3rd round of Osho battle commenced on 28th-Jan. Sota Fujii, the current Osho title holder, is the first move (first move side is called black, and the opponent is white. It is opposite from the chess). Fujii started the game by P-2f which is his usual move. He is pure static rook player…
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The eve of Round 3, The 72nd term Osho 7th battle
https://mainichi.jp/articles/20230127/k00/00m/040/300000c The 3rd round of the Osho battle will be held on 28th and 29th in January. The current title holder Sota Fujii is accepting a challenge from Yoshiharu Habu. The current score is 1-1. After Fujii won the 1st round, Habu revenged. The scene of next game is Kanazawa city, Ishikawa prefecture. It has…
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Young Superstar vs Old Legend, The 72nd term Osho 7th battle, Round 2
https://mainichi.jp/articles/20230122/k00/00m/040/193000c The 2nd round of 72nd term Osho 7th battle had been held on 21st and 22nd in January, at Sansuikan Hotel in Takatsuki City, Osaka. The new super star Sota Fujii (20 years old) is being challenged by the old super star Yoshiharu Habu (52 years old). Although Habu is the legendary player as…
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B1 Ranking League
Final games of B1 ranking league were held on 9th March 2022. There are 13 people in the B1 league, and each person play 12 games in one year. Before the day, Fujii was in the first place, but victory was required to promote to A1 class, because Akira Inaba and Shota Chida were only…
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Genealogy of genius
Only six years has past since Sota Fujii debut, but he and Akira Watanabe have already played 14 games, which is abnormally high frequency. It is because they played three title matches. Fujii’s first title was Kisei, and the opponent was Watanabe. In the major title match, the previous year’s champion (title holder) and challenger…