Shogi watanabe double crown wins "master" for the first time again "three crowns" August 15 20:39
In the seventh match of one of Shogi's eight major titles, "Celebrity Battle", the challenger Akira Watanabe defeated Masayuki Toyoshima, who has the title, to win the title of "Meijin" for the first time. It has returned to the highest number of "three crowns" among the current shogi players.
The 7th match of the 78th season master game, whose opening was postponed for 2 months due to the influence of the new coronavirus, was given to Masayuki Toyoshima (30) who has the title, and Aki Watanabe (36 crown), which is the first master's challenge. ) Challenged so far, and Watanabe's two crowns were 3 wins and 2 losses, and it was close to 1 win until the title was won.
The 6th station, which was held at the Kansai Shogi Kaikan in Osaka from the 14th, was led by Nihon Watanabe from the middle stage, and at 5:38 pm on the 15th, he had to finish Teshima double crown by 99 hands, Watanabe. The two crowns won the title of "master" with 4 wins and 2 losses.
Mr. Watanabe has won the title of 25 years in total since he won the "Ryuo" at the age of 20 in 2004, and he has been active as a top shogi player for a long time, but he won the "master" This is my first time.
Last month, Sota Fujii Gosei (18) was robbed of his title in the fifth game of the Kisei battle, and he was back in the "double crown". It has returned to the largest number of "Triple Crowns".
After the game, Mr. Watanabe said, "I don't really feel because I thought the master was a title that I didn't have a relationship with. I don't have any other title matches, so I'll take a break and prepare for the next one." I was talking.
On the other hand, Mr. Toyoshima, who lost the game, said, "I had a lot of shogi with no content, and it was pushed overall.