Nanae Fujii Youngest title challenge One more step missed November 19 20:08
Shogi Fujita 7th Dan lost one of the eight major titles, the final station to decide the challenger of the king general battle, and missed his first title challenge in one step.
The 7th round of the league that will determine the challengers of the 69th king shogun of Shogi will be a round robin. So far, Akihito Hirose (32), a 17-year-old high school second grader, and seven of the 7th grade of Yuta Fujii are both 4 It was in the lead with 1 win and 1 loss.
On the 19th of the last game day, they faced each other directly at the Shogi Kaikan in Tokyo. After a fierce battle where the situation changed many times until the end, 7:42 pm, Fujii Nanadan was forced to finish by 126 hands. It was.
Ryuo Hirose won the league match with 5 wins and 1 loss, and for the first time in January won the right to challenge the 7th match against King Akira Watanabe (35).
Fujii Nanadan was the youngest in history to achieve his first title challenge if he won this game, but he wasn't one step away.