In one of the eight major titles of shogi, "Meijin", Akira Watanabe, who holds the title, defeated the challenger Shintaro Saito, and held the most "Triple Crown" among the current shogi players.
In the seventh match of the 79th season Meijin, Akira Watanabe Triple Crown (37), who has the title, was challenged by Shintaro Saito Hachidan (28), who will be the first master challenge, and Watanabe Triple Crown has won 3 wins and 1 loss so far. I was close to winning one more victory.
The 5th station, which was held at a hotel in Hakone Town, Kanagawa Prefecture from the 28th, was a fierce fighting race, but at 6:37 pm on the 29th, by 94 moves, the latter triple crown of Watanabe completed Saito Hachidan. I drove to.
Watanabe Triple Crown defended the title of "Master", which he won for the first time last year, with 4 wins and 1 loss, and held the most "Triple Crown" among the current Go players.
After the game, Triple Crown Watanabe said, "There were many difficult shogi games, but I'm glad I got the results."
The Triple Crown of Watanabe will participate in the "Hulic Cup Kisei Match" starting next month as a challenger, and will play his first "Four Crowns" in the fifth match with Souta Fujii's Double Crown.