I will report the trend of Shogi society in March 2009.
1. Professional shogi society
1-1. Major 7 title matches
Title matches
| title | status | match condition |
| 21st Ryuo-sen | WATANABE akira 4-3 HABU yoshiharu. WATANABE defended and got the right of “Eisei Ryuo” because he got Ryuo five times continuously. | 7 set matches (4wins-match) |
| 49th Oi-sen | FUKAURA koichi 4-3 HABU yoshiharu. FUKAURA defended. | 7 set matches (4wins-match) |
| 56th Oza-sen | HABU yoshiharu 3-0 KIMURA kazuki. HABU defended. | 5 set matches (3wins-match) |
| 67th Meijin-sen | GODA masataka became the challenger to HABU yoshiharu Meijin. | 7 set matches (4wins-match) |
| 57th Osho-sen | HABU yoshiharu 4-3 FUKAURA koichi. HABU defended. | 7 set matches (4wins-match) |
| 79th Kisei-sen | SATO yasumitsu 2-3 HABU yoshiharu. HABU got Kisei title. | 5 set matches (3wins-match) |
| 34th Kio-sen | SATO yasumitsu 2-3 KUBO toshiaki. KUBO got Kio title. | 5 set matches (3wins-match) |
2. Female professional shogi society
2-1. Major 5 female title matches
| title | status | match condition |
| 19th Female Oi-sen | ISHIBASHI sachio 3-2 SHIMIZU ichiyo. ISHIBASHI defended. | 5 set matches (3wins-match) |
| 16th KURASHIKI TOKA | SHIMIZU ichiyo 0-2 SATOMI kana. SATOMI got KURASHIKI TOKA. | 3 set matches (2wins-match) |
| 30th Female Osho-sen | SHIMIZU ichiyo 3-1 YAUCHI rieko. SHIMIZU defended. | 5 set matches (3wins-match) |
| 35th Female Meijini-sen | YAUCHI rieko 2-3 SHIMIZU ichiyo. SHIMIZU got Female Meijini. | 5 set matches (3wins-match) |
| 2nd MAINABI Female Open | IWANE sinobu became the challenger to YAUCHI rieko Jyooh. | 5 set matches (3wins-match) |
That’s all.
See you next report!
Posted by w1allen 
