Of course the Yamashita Keigo fans were eagerly awaiting the start of this year, with Yamashita as the Challenger in the 27th Kisei. It is his first "major" match and he has started it extremely well with a 2-0 lead. We all hoped he would win it and he did! And, now that the Oteai system has been abandonded, we are also very curious when he will be promoted to 9 dan.
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Date and opponent |
Event |
| 2003-01-09 O Rissei | 28th Meijin League (W , W+1.5) |
| 2003-01-16,17 O Rissei | 27th Kisei Final, Game 1 (W , W+6.5) |
| 2003-01-23 Cho Chikun | 58th Honinbo League (B , B+R) |
| 2003-01-29,30 O Rissei | 27th Kisei Final, Game 2 (B , B+R) |
| 2003-02-05,06 O Rissei | 27th Kisei Final Game 3 (W , B+4.5) |
| 2003-02-10 Takao Shinji | 41st Judan, Challengers' Final (B , W+R) |
| 2003-02-13 Rin Kaiho | 58th Honinbo League (B , B+0.5) |
| 2003-02-19,20 O Rissei | 27th Kisei Final, Game 4 (B , B+R) |
| 2003-02-26,27 O Rissei | 27th Kisei Final, Round 5 (W , W+1.5) |
| 2003-03-06 Ryu Shikun | 28th Meijin League (B , B+R) |
| 2003-03-20 Ryu Shikun | 58th Honinbo League (W , W+R) |
| 2003-03-29 Yokota Shigeaki | 1st JAL Super HayaGo Championship, Round 1 (B , B+R) |
| 2003-04-03 Cho U | 58th Honinbo League (B , B+R) |
| 2003-04-17 Cho Chikun | 28th Meijin League (W , W+R) |
| 2003-04-27 O Meien | 2nd CSK Asian Cup, Round 1 (W , B+2.5) |
| 2003-04-28 Yu Ch'ang-hyeok | 2nd CSK Asian Cup, Round 2 (W , W+R) |
| 2003-04-29 Wang Xi | 2nd CSK Asian Cup, Round 3 (B , B+R) |
| 2003-05-08 Rin Kaiho | 28th Meijin League (B , B+6.5) |
| 2003-05-22 Yokota Shigeaki | 42nd Judan League, Round 1 (W , B+6.5) |
| 2003-05-26 Yoda Norimoto | 23rd NEC Cup, Round 1 (W , W+4.5) |
| 2003-06-05 Mizogami Tomochika | 28th Meijin League (W , W+7.5) |
| 2003-06-19 Kataoka Satoshi | 42nd Judan League, Losers' Section, Round 1 (B , B+R) |
| 2003-07-03 Cho U | 28th Meijin League (B , B+7.5) |
| 2003-07-19 Yuki Satoshi | 1st Jal Super HayaGo Championship (B , W+R) |
| 2003-08-07 O Meien | 28th Meijin League (W , W+R) |
| 2003-08-14 Hane Naoki | 42nd Judan League, Losers' Section, Round 2 (B , B+R) |
| 2003-08-24 Chin Kaei | 51st NHK Cup, Round 2 (W , W+R) |
| 2003-09-10,11 Yoda Norimoto | 28th Meijin Final, Game 1 (W , B+7.5) |
| 2003-09-24,25 Yoda Norimoto | 28th Meijin Final, Game 2 (B , W+R) |
| 2003-10-01,02 Yoda Norimoto | 28th Meijin Final, Game 3 (W , W+2.5) |
| 2003-10-15,16 Yoda Norimoto | 28th Meijin Final, Game 4 (B , W+3.5) |
| 2003-10-22,23 Yoda Norimoto | 28th Meijin Final, Game 5 (W , B+R) |
| 2003-10-27 Cho Sonjin | 59th Honinbo League (W , B+6.5) |
| 2003-10-30 Hane Naoki | 29th Tengen Final, Game 1 (B , B+1.5) |
| 2003-11-06 Yamada Kimio | 42nd Judan, Losers' Section, Round 3 (B , W+R) |
| 2003-11-13 O Meien | 59th Honinbo League (W , W+R) |
| 2003-11-20 Hane Naoki | 29th Tengen Final, Game 2 (W , B+4.5) |
| 2003-11-27 Hane Naoki | 29th Tengen Final, Game 3 (B , W+R) |
| 2003-11-29 Cho Sonjin | 23rd Nec Cup, Round 2 (W , W+R) |
| 2003-12-04 Hane Naoki | 29th Tengen Final, Game 4 (W , W+R) |
| 2003-12-18 Hane Naoki | 29th Tengen Final, Game 5 (B , W+6.5) |
| 2003-12-25 O Rissei | 29th Meijin League (W , B+R) |