In the fifth game of "Go Seisen", one of the seven major titles of Go, the challenger Yuta Iyama's triple crown defeated Ryo Ichiriki's two crowns and became four crowns.
Ryo Ichiriki (24), who has the titles of "Gosei" and "Tengen", is challenged by Yuta Iyama (32). I got entangled in the final station.
The 5th station was held at Nihon Ki-in in Tokyo on the 29th, and at 6:15 pm, the triple crown of Iyama pushed the double crown to the end by 180 moves.
Mr. Iyama took the title of "Gosei" and combined it with the seven major titles of Go, "Kisei", "Meijin", and "Honinbo" to become four crowns.
Mr. Ichiriki is a unique player who also works at "Kahoku Shimposha", which is headquartered in Sendai City. Last year, he won the titles of "Gosei" and "Tengen", but this time he lost "Gosei".
After the game, Mr. Iyama said, "I'm very happy because I haven't been able to get good results lately. To some extent, I think I'm feeling better when I'm forced into it."
Mr. Ichiriki said, "It's a result of doing my best, so I can't help it. I'll do my best to come back next year."