Fujii Nandan Today's youngest record for the “Ki Holy War” title challenge Updated June 8 4:39
Starting from the 8th, Shogi Sota Fujii's 7th dan will enter the fifth game of one of the eight major titles, "Gogi Seisen", and will update the youngest title challenge record for the first time in 31 years.
Sota Fujii 7th Dan (17) has been unable to play for about 50 days due to the spread of the new coronavirus, and last week, the semifinal of the tournament that decides the challenger of one of the eight major titles "Ki Seisen" I won the final and decided my first title challenge.
The fifth game with the title of “Shosei” was held at the Shogi Kaikan in Tokyo on the 8th on the 1st station, and Fujidan Nandan was the third player of Shogi and Akizo Watanabe (36 ).
Fujii Nandan is the youngest record of the title challenge established by Nobuyuki Yashiki (48) in 1989, "17 years, 10 months, 24 days", as of "17 years, 10 months, 20 days" as of the 8th. Will be updated for the first time in 31 years.
The fifth game of the Seigi game will be held in Tokyo and Osaka over the next month, and if Fujii Shichidan wins three wins first, it will set the youngest record for the title.
The thoughts of both players are...
Sota Fujii 7th Dan and Akira Watanabe Triple Crown announced their thoughts on the 5th match starting on the 8th at the meetings so far.
Fujii Nandan said at the interview after deciding the title challenge on 4th of this month, he challenged Watanabe Triple Crown, which has the most three titles at the moment, "I am very keen on shogi, especially recently. I want to point to shogi that is suitable for the best stage," he said.
On the other hand, Mitsuru Watanabe, who was challenged, said, “I feel motivated to participate in the battle that remains in the history of shogi, the first title battle of Sota Fujii 7th Dan. I hope that Shogi can meet the expectations," he said.