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The 41st Judan Title Match
(as of April 24, 2003)
O defended The Judan title !

O Rissei Judan vs. Takao Shinji
Date Venue Result
1st March 6 Niidata O (B) won by 6.5
2nd March 27 Aichi Takao (B) won by 1.5
3rd April 10 Nagano O (B) won by resign.
4th April 17 Ehime Takao (B) won by 1.5
5th April 24 Kanagawa O (B) won by resign.


The 41st Judan Challenger's Tournament
(as of Feb. 10, 2003)

Final
Date Players Venue Result
Feb. 10, 2003 Takao Shinji 8D
Yamashita Keigo 7D		 Nihon Kiin Takao (W) won by resign.

FINALIST; TAKAO 8D and YAMASHITA 7D
* DATE : mm/dd
The 41st Judan Tournament
Player Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4
 Kato Masao Yamashita
5/20		 Yamashita
8/8		 Yamashita
9/12		 Yamashita
10/24
 Yamashita kego
 Cho Chikun Cho C
6/13
 Hane Naoki
 Takao Shinji Yamada K
6/6		 Yamada K
7/12
 Yamada Kimio
 Hikosaka Naoto Hikosaka
6/13
 Kobayashi Koichi
 Mimura Tomoyasu Mimura
6/20		 O M
8/8		 Kataoka
9/19
 Takemiya Masaki
 Ishida Yoshio O M
7/18
 O Meien
 Kataoka Satoshi Kataoka
5/30		 Kataoka
7/4
 Ryu Shikun
 Yo Kagen Yo
5/16
 Hashimoto Yujiro

The 41st Judan Tournament (losers'tournament)
Player Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5
 Kato Kato
9/6		 Takao
9/26		 Takao
10/31		 Takao
11/28		 Takao
1/16
 Hane
 Takao Takao
8/15
 Kobayashi K
 Takemiya Takemiya
8/8		 Hashimoto
9/19
 Ishida Y
 Ryu Hashimoto
8/22
 Hashimoto
 Kataoka Satoshi
 Cho Chikun Cho C
8/22		 Cho C
9/19		 Cho C
11/14
 Hikosaka Naoto
 Mimura Mimura
8/29
 Yo Kagen
 Yamada Kimio Yamada K
10/24
 O Meien