Untouchable

Iyama Yuta showed an impressive skill at the 35th Meijin championship. He defended his title with a perfect score 4-0!


Iyama Yuta (right) vs. Takao Shinji (right)

Day 2 of the fourth game started by Iyama playing his sealed move, a tobi tsuke at J15. After this move, a difficult fight started at the upper board. Iyama showed an impressive living skill with his sequence from move 161-171. He successfully got a flower ko fight and later revived the group.

After 265 moves, Takao Shinji resigned. His big group at the center die.

Congratulations for Iyama Yuta! This is his second Meijin title in a row. Hopefully he will do better in both domestic and international tournament.


Iyama Yuta

Here is the game record:

(;CA[Windows-1252]SZ[19]AP[MultiGo:4.4.4]GN[Rating game]EV[35th Japanese Meijin, title match game #4]
DT[2010-10-07]PB[Iyama Yuta]BR[9p]PW[Takao Shinji]WR[9p]KM[6.5]HA[0]RE[B+R]MULTIGOGM[1]
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