Nagisa Fujimoto, 4-dan (18), a professional shogi player from Takamatsu City and the youngest active player, won a "ranking match" match held in Nagoya on the 12th and was promoted to the next higher group. At the same time, he was promoted to 5th Dan.
Fujimoto 4-dan has a winning percentage of 2023 this year, which is second only to Sota Fujii Hachikan (21), and all eyes are on whether he can win the upcoming matches and take the top spot.
Fujimoto 4-dan is the youngest active professional Shogi player, and since this year he has been participating in the "ranking match", a league with "Meijin" at the top, and is currently enrolled in the lowest class, "Class C 2". I am.
With eight wins and one loss so far, he entered his final match against Hiroshi Yamamoto 5-dan (27) in Nagoya City on the 12th for promotion.
The game started in the morning, and around 5:30 p.m., a ``1000-day hand'' was established, in which the same situation was repeated, and a ``repoint'' game was held from before 7:00 p.m.
Fujimoto 4-dan cornered his opponent with careful rotation, and at 11:25 p.m., Yamamoto 5-dan conceded after making 107 moves.
As a result, Fujimoto 4-dan won 9 wins and 1 loss, and was promoted to ``C class 1 group'', which is one step higher, in the first term, and was promoted to 5th dan.
Fujimoto 4-dan is from Takamatsu City and became a professional player after winning the 3-dan league in October 2022.
So far this year, he has 47 wins and 9 losses, a win rate of 80%, 3:9, and is in second place among all Shogi players after Hakkan Fujii.
Depending on the results of future games, there is a possibility that he will overtake Hakkan Fujii and become the number one, so his performance is attracting attention.
Fujimoto 4th Dan: “If you strengthen your strength and improve your content”
After the match, the victorious 4-dan Fujimoto Nagisa said, ``I'm very happy to have been promoted, but rather than being promoted, I wanted to win the match in front of me, so I don't feel like I'm really feeling it all that much yet.'' Since we will be in Group 1, I think it will be difficult for us to continue moving up the ranks as the opponents will be stronger, but if possible, I would like to do our best to aim for it.As for the winning rate, I did not expect to win this much this season.I will continue to do so in the future. I think it's important not to drop our winning percentage, so even though the current situation is tough, I want to do my best.''
Regarding her future goals, she said, ``It's a title challenge, but I think it's still early, so I'd like to work hard and improve my content.''