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Murakawa Daisuke captures Oza from Iyama
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 5:33 am
by macelee
Murakawa Daisuke 7p beats Iyama Yuta 9p 3-2 in the Oza tournament, making a big dent in Iyama's ambition to hold all seven major titles.
Re: Murakawa Daisuke captures Oza from Iyama
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 5:36 am
by iam3o5am
Does anyone know if the rule still stands that Murakawa now receives promotion to 8p for winning the Oza, one of the minor of the big 7 titles?
Re: Murakawa Daisuke captures Oza from Iyama
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 6:41 am
by macelee
iam3o5am wrote:Does anyone know if the rule still stands that Murakawa now receives promotion to 8p for winning the Oza, one of the minor of the big 7 titles?
A very good question. I want to know the answer too. Murakawa Daisuke belongs to Kansai Kiin, not sure if the same promition rules apply. Last time a Kansai player won the Oza was 33 years ago by Hashimoto Shoji.
Re: Murakawa Daisuke captures Oza from Iyama
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 7:01 am
by John Fairbairn
From the GoGoD Archives:
In January 2005 the Kansai Ki-in announced that it was introducing a new system of promotions effective from that date. It was virtually the same as the Nihon Ki-in system but with the following differences:
•Promotion to 7-dan is also possible by winning the NHK Cup, JAL Supergo, Shinjin-O, or Kansai Ki-in First Place Championship, or by reaching the last four of a world championship.
•In the number-of-career-wins category, the Kansai Ki-in First Place Championship and Samsung Cup are included as official events in place of the Ryusei and Agon-Kiriyama Cup.
•Promotions under the prize-money system are limited to 4-dan to 5-dan and below, and to just one player in each category.
•Promotions take effect on 1 April the following year for the career-wins and prize-money categories.
(For the Nihon Ki-in the titles which will earn automatic promotions are:
•To 9-dan: ◾Winning once: Kisei, Meijin, Honinbo, a world championship
◾Winning twice: Judan, Tengen, Oza, Gosei
•To 8-dan: ◾Challenging or being runner-up: Kisei, Meijin, Honinbo, a world championship
◾Winning once: Judan, Tengen, Oza, Gosei
•To 7-dan: ◾Challenging: Judan, Tengen, Oza, Gosei
◾Entering league: Kisei, Meijin, Honinbo
◾Winning once: Agon-Kiriyama Cup, Ryusei)
The last Kansai player to win the Oza was Yamada Kimio - it just that he wasn't a member of the Kansai Ki-in. Kansai fans are lucky - they have two outfits they can support.
Re: Murakawa Daisuke captures Oza from Iyama
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 12:25 am
by macelee
Murakawa Daisuke is confirmed to be 8-dan (source: Kansai Kiin website)
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 1:24 am
by EdLee
Congrats to Mr. Murakawa.
He was nice in the NHK documentary on Fujisawa sensei.