13-year-old Sumire Nakamura, a 3-dan professional Go player, won one of the women's title matches, the Women's Kiseisen, and won her first title.

Nakamura 3-Dan is currently ``13 years and 11 months old'', breaking the record for the youngest woman to win the women's title, which was ``15 years and 9 months'', for the first time in about 9 years.

On the 6th, Nakamura 3rd Dan faced the final game of the third game of the "Women's Kisei Battle", one of the women's title matches, at the Nihon Ki-in in Tokyo, and played against the title-holder Ai Ueno Bijo-ryu Double Crown (21).



With 1 win and 1 loss for both sides, the match began at 1:00 pm with the first hand of the black Ueno women's double crown.



In the match, Nakamura 3-dan, who continued to play calmly, pushed the Ueno Women's Double Crown by a large margin in the middle stage, and at 2:59 pm, Nakamura 3-dan, who played white, won with 250 moves.



With 2 wins and 1 loss, Nakamura won the title of "Women's Kisei Battle" and won her first women's title.



Nakamura is currently 13 years and 11 months old, breaking the youngest record for women's titles set by Rina Fujisawa (24) in 2014 at 15 years and 9 months, for the first time in about 9 years. Has been updated.



Nakamura 3rd Dan, who responded to the press coverage after the game, expressed his joy, saying, "There are things I have to reflect on, but I'm glad I was able to win in Battle Go.



On the other hand, Ueno Women's Double Crown, who lost, said, ``I failed in the fight and lost.

Youngest ever to win the title

Nakamura 3-dan started playing Go at the age of 3 under the guidance of his father Shinya Nakamura, a 9-dan professional shogi player.



From the age of 7, he often visited South Korea, a powerful country, to improve his strength. Became a professional shogi player at the age of 10 years and 0 months.



Even after he became a professional player, he steadily accumulated wins in official matches, and in March 2021, at the age of 12 years and 0 months, he was promoted to 2nd Dan, setting a new record for the youngest person to be promoted to 2nd Dan for the first time in 53 years. bottom.



After entering junior high school, he moved from Osaka to Tokyo with his family, and currently attends junior high school in Tokyo while playing games.



Last year, at the age of 13 years and 1 month, she made two attempts to win the women's title, the "Women's Meijin Tournament," which was the youngest challenge in history, and the "Senkyo Cup Women's Strongest Tournament," but lost both times. Did.



This time's "Women's Kisei Battle" is the third women's title challenge, and Nakamura 3rd Dan achieved the title at the youngest in history with "the third honesty".

Fujisawa Women's Double Crown "The result of working hard"

Rina Fujisawa, who previously held the youngest record of ``15 years and 9 months'', said, ``Today's game was early Go, so I was thrilled to see the tension and enthusiasm of each other. I think it's amazing that Mr. Ueno fought hard in seme no Go, and Mr. Nakamura fought hard and won in the end.I don't feel much about breaking the record, but I won the title at the age of 13. It's amazing to get this again, and I think it's the result of working hard."



Regarding the strength of Nakamura 3rd Dan, Fujisawa Women's Double Crown says, "Ms. Nakamura always has a printout of Tsumego and studies it even in her spare time. Recently, she has been steadily striving to hit the ball neatly until the end of the game. I have the impression that it is being polished and getting stronger every few months.It is a good stimulus for me, and I also feel the fear of how much I will grow."



He continued, "Even though I'm so young, I think that the way I work hard without sparing any effort gives me power and inspiration as a shogi player as a whole. I want to prepare well so that I can fight even a little."