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Teen shogi whiz Sota Fujii wins Tokyo tourney, toppling legendary master Yoshiharu Habu
Shattering age records for championships and promotions, teen shogi phenom Sota Fujii blitzes the field at the Asahi Cup tournament, defeating legendary master Yoshiharu Habu along the way.
Shogi showdown pits 'god' against 'genius'
The match of the century. The battle between a "god" and a "genius." The faceoff between the undisputed champion of shogi and his touted successor. The hype surrounding Saturday's match of the Japanese version of chess pits shogi legend Yoshiharu Habu against the nation's youngest ...
Japanese government presents go and shogi champions with national award for sweeping major titles
The government Tuesday bestowed the People's Honor Award on two champions of the traditional Japanese board games of shogi and go, making the two men the first recipients of the prize in their respective fields. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gave the awards to shogi champion ...
Japanese teen shogi sensation Sota Fujii scores first win over a title holder
Sota Fujii, at 15 Japan's youngest professional shogi player, defeated Amahiko Sato, holder of the Meijin title, in a quarterfinal of the 11th Asahi Cup open tournament over the weekend, achieving his first victory over any title holder. Sunday's win by the fourth-dan shogi sensation ...
Pair become first board game players to receive Japan's People's Honor Award
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday officially decided to bestow the prestigious People's Honor Award on professional shogi and go champions, making the pair the first board game players to bag the award. The two — shogi player Yoshiharu Habu and go master Yuta Iyama ...
The performances of shogi and go champions Yoshiharu Habu and Yuta Iyama show why AI programs will never dominate those games even as they rack up victories against top players.
Government mulls conferring national award to Japanese shogi, go champions
Japan considers conferring the People’s Honor Award to two shogi and go champions after the pair won all major titles in their respective games.
Shogi master Yoshiharu Habu wins seventh eisei lifetime title
Yoshiharu Habu on Tuesday became the first-ever professional shogi player to win a seventh eisei lifetime title. In the fifth qualifying round for the 30th Ryuo title held in Ibusuki, Kagoshima Prefecture, Habu, 47, beat title-holder Akira Watanabe, 33, in 87 moves, taking the prestigious ...
Shogi: A measure of artificial intelligence
Though last Sunday's Tokyo assembly elections garnered the most media attention, another contest came in a close second, even if only two people were involved. Fourteen-year-old Sota Fujii's record-setting winning streak of 29 games of shogi was finally broken on July 2 when he ...
Japan's youngest professional shogi player, 14-year-old Sota Fujii, set the all-time record for consecutive victories Monday, continuing a winning streak that has reignited public interest in the traditional board game. “I cannot believe (this accomplishment) myself. I was very lucky,” said Fujii, a junior high ...
Yoshiharu Habu: Japan's king of the board
Yoshiharu Habu shocked the shogi (Japanese chess) world when, on Feb. 14, 1996, at the age of 25, he won his 7th title to become the only person in the history of the ancient board game to simultaneously possess all seven titles -- Meijin, ...
