
[Event "56th Meijin Match"]
[Round "1"]
[Date "1998 April 9th & 10th"]
[Site "Saitama, Japan"]
[Sente "Meijin Koji Tanigawa"]
[Gote "Challenger Yasumitsu Sato"]
[Opening "Kakugawari Bogin"]
[Result "1-0"]

 1 P7f  P8d   2 P2f  G3b   3 G7h  P8e   4 B7g  P3d   5 S8h  B7g+
 6 S7g  S4b   7 S3h  S7b   8 P9f  S3c   9 P4f  K4b  10 S4g  P9d
11 P3f  S8c  12 P6f  S8d  13 G5h  P9e  14 P9e  S9e  15 L9e  L9e
16 P9g  S4d  17 P2e  P9h  18 S8h  P8f  19 P8f  R8f  20 S8g  R8b
21 S9h  P8h  22 P8c  R6b  23 G8h  L8d  24 S8g  B9i  25 G9h  B6f+
26 P2d  P2d  27 R2d  P2c  28 R2e  R9b  29 K4h  N3c  30 R2h  P8f
31 S9f  L9f  32 P6d  P6d  33 B6c  P8g+ 34 B8a+ R9e  35 +B6c +P9h
36 P9f  R6e  37 L6h  S6b  38 N7g  R2e  39 P2f  S6c  40 L6f  R5e
41 N6g  R5d  42 N7e  S5b  43 B8a  S5e  44 B5d+ P5d  45 R9a  B7d
46 S6c  G*5a 47 S7d= P7d  48 P3e  P7e  49 P3d  N4e  50 P4e  N4f  
51 N2e  N5h+ 52 S5h  S2d  53 N3f  S2e  54 P2e  N4f  55 B1e  P2d
56 N2d  N5h+ 57 K5h  S6f  58 N3b+ K5c  59 P8b+ B3f  60 G4g  S4i  
61 K4h  1-0

[Event "56th Meijin Match"]
[Round "2"]
[Date "1998 April 24th & 25th"]
[Site "Ehime, Japan"]
[Sente "Challenger Yasumitsu Sato"]
[Gote "Meijin Koji Tanigawa"]
[Opening "Yodo Furibisha"]
[Result "1-0"]

 1 P7f  P8d   2 S6h  P3d   3 P6f  S6b   4 P5f  P6d   5 G7h  S6c
 6 S4h  S4b   7 P2f  P4d   8 P2e  B3c   9 S7g  S4c  10 B7i  R2b
11 K6i  K6b  12 G5h  P7d  13 G56g G45b 14 B6h  P9d  15 P9f  K7a
16 K7i  S7b  17 K8h  P4e  18 L9h  N7c  19 K9i  P6e  20 P6e  N6e
21 S6f  S7c  22 S5i  G7b  23 S5h  P6d  24 G8h  P8e  25 S6i  S5d
26 S7h  K8b  27 P3f  G56b 28 P1f  P1d  29 N3g  R4b  30 B7i  R4a
31 R2i  B2b  32 P2d  P2d  33 P3e  P4f  34 P4f  R4c  35 R2d  P2c
36 R2i  P3e  37 N4e  P4g  38 P3c  N3c  39 R2c+ P2a  40 P6c  G66c
41 +R3b N4e  42 P4e  R3c  43 +R2a R2c  44 N5e  R2i+ 45 P6i  Gc6b
46 P3c  P4h+ 47 P3b+ +P5h 48 +P2b +P6i 49 B3e  +P7i 50 P6c  +P7h
51 G7h  G5b  52 +R6a P8f  53 +R5b P8g+ 54 B5c+ 1-0

[Event "56th Meijin Match"]
[Round "3"]
[Date "1998 May 7th & 8th"]
[Site "Aichi, Japan"]
[Sente "Meijin Koji Tanigawa"]
[Gote "Challenger Yasumitsu Sato"]
[Opening "Kakugawari Koshikakegin"]
[Result "1-0"]

 1 P7f  P8d   2 P2f  G3b   3 G7h  P8e   4 B7g  P3d   5 S8h  S4b
 6 B2b+ G2b   7 S7g  G3b   8 S3h  S7b   9 P9f  P9d  10 P3f  P6d
11 P4f  S6c  12 S4g  S5d  13 K6h  G5b  14 G5h  K4a  15 K7i  K3a
16 P1f  P1d  17 N3g  P4d  18 S5f  P6e  19 K8h  K2b  20 P2e  S3c
21 R4h  G54b 22 G4g  P7d  23 B6d  R9b  24 P4e  P4e  25 S4e  S4e
26 N4e  S4d  27 G5f  B5i  28 R2h  P6f  29 P2d  P2d  30 S*6h P6g+
31 S5i  R6b  32 B*4f +P7h 33 K7h  N3c  34 N3c+ G43c 35 N4e  N5d
36 N3c+ G3c  37 P6c  R6c  38 P6f  N4f  39 B4f  P5d  40 N4e  R4c
41 N3c+ S3c  42 G*4e B4g  43 G*4d S4d  44 G3d  R8c  45 G4d  N3b
46 P2c  K2c  47 S3d  K2b  48 S5h  B3f+ 49 B2d  N2d  50 R2d  K3a
51 S4c+ N8f  52 S8f  1-0

[Event "56th Meijin Match"]
[Round "4"]
[Date "1998 May 19th & 20th"]
[Site "Tochigi, Japan"]
[Sente "Challenger Yasumitsu Sato"]
[Gote "Meijin Koji Tanigawa"]
[Opening "Anaguma vs Shikenbisha"]
[Result "1-0"]

 1 P7f  P3d   2 P2f  P4d   3 P2e  B3c   4 S4h  R4b   5 P5f  S7b
 6 K6h  S3b   7 K7h  G45b  8 B7g  K6b   9 K8h  P9d  10 G45h P9e
11 S5g  K7a  12 P6f  S4c  13 G6g  P6d  14 L9h  R2b  15 G7h  P1d
16 P1f  K8b  17 P3f  P4e  18 K9i  S5d  19 S8h  P7d  20 S6h  N7c
21 S67i P8d  22 B6h  P6e  23 B5g  P6f  24 G6f  P6e  25 Gf6g S8c
26 P8f  G7b  27 Gg7g B4d  28 N3g  N3c  29 P2d  P2d  30 R2d  R2d
31 B2d  P6f  32 R3b  G4c  33 P6c  S6c  34 P6d  S5d  35 R5b+ R6b
36 +R4a N6e  37 Gg8g P2c  38 B6h  P6g+ 39 G6g  P6f  40 G67g R6d
41 N4e  N7g= 42 G7g  P6g+ 43 B4f  G5e  44 P5e  +P7g 45 P5d  +P8h
46 S8h  S5e  47 N5f  R6i+ 48 G7i  +R7i 49 B7i  S5f  50 B4f  P6d
51 B6d  G*7c 52 R8a  K9c  53 R9a+ G9b  54 L7g  G6d  55 P9f  G9a
56 +R9a R9b  57 +R8a G8b  58 +R6a P9f  59 S9e  B7g+ 60 P9d  S9d
61 S9d  K9d  62 P9e  K8c  63 N7g  L9g  64 S9d  R9d  65 P9d  L9h+
66 K9h  K9d  67 P9e  K9e  68 P9g  1-0

[Event "56th Meijin Match"]
[Round "5"]
[Date "1998 May 28th & 29th"]
[Site "Tochigi, Japan"]
[Sente "Meijin Koji Tanigawa"]
[Gote "Challenger Yasumitsu Sato"]
[Opening "Kakugawari Koshikakegin"]
[Result "1-0"]

 1 P7f  P8d   2 P2f  G3b   3 G7h  P8e   4 B7g  P3d   5 S8h  S4b
 6 B2b+ G2b   7 S7g  S6b   8 S3h  P6d   9 P4f  S6c  10 S4g  G3b
11 K6h  S5d  12 K7i  G5b  13 P9f  P1d  14 P1f  K4a  15 G5h  K3a
16 S5f  P4d  17 P6f  P7d  18 P3f  N7c  19 P2e  S3c  20 N3g  G6c
21 R4h  P6e  22 P4e  B6d  23 B2f  P3e  24 P3e  P6f  25 P3d  S3d
26 P3e  S3e  27 B3e  B3g+ 28 B4d  +B4h 29 G4h  R3i  30 P6i  P3c
31 B7a  R5b  32 S6d  G4b  33 S6c+ S6c  34 G6b  N6g  35 G6g  P8f
36 G6h  P8g+ 37 G6c  R9b  38 B75c+ K2b 39 P2d  G5c  40 B5c+ P8h
41 P2c+ K2c  42 N3e  K2d  43 P2e  K2e  44 P2f  K2f  45 N2c+ S3e
46 S1g  K2e  47 +B4c P3d  48 +B4d R3f+ 49 +B3e +R3e 50 G2d  1-0

[Event "56th Meijin Match"]
[Round "6"]
[Date "1998 June 8th and 9th"]
[Site "Mie, Japan"]
[Sente "Challenger Yasumitsu Sato"]
[Gote "Meijin Koji Tanigawa"]
[Opening "Yagura"]
[Result "1-0"]

 1 P7f  P8d   2 S6h  P3d   3 P6f  S6b   4 P5f  P5d   5 S4h  S4b
 6 G45h P6d   7 S7g  S6c   8 P2f  G3b   9 P2e  R5b  10 S5g  K4a
11 P2d  P2d  12 R2d  P5e  13 P5e  R5e  14 R2h  P2c  15 G6g  P7d
16 G7h  R5a  17 K6i  S5d  18 S76h G6b  19 S4f  P5e  20 K7i  G6c
21 P3f  P4d  22 N3g  K3a  23 P9f  Sd4c 24 R2f  G5d  25 P3e  P1d
26 P1f  P9d  27 B7g  N7c  28 P1e  P1e  29 P1c  L1c  30 P3d  S3d
31 R3f  S3c  32 S3e  S3e  33 R3e  R5c  34 R3f  S2d  35 P5f  P3e
36 R2f  P8e  37 S6b  R6c  38 P5e  G5e  39 P6e  G5d  40 S7c+ R7c
41 N3d  S3f  42 N2b+ K2b  43 B8b  R8c  44 B9a+ S3g= 45 +B9b R5c
46 R2g  N5e  47 +B8a P8f  48 B8f  N6g+ 49 S6g  N5e  50 S5f  G6f
51 S5e  G5e  52 L3d  S6g  53 +B7a G5d  54 R3g  S3c  55 L3c+ R3c
56 N2e  R8c  57 P3c  N3c  58 N3d  K1b  59 R3e  N2e  60 G6g  L2a
61 G6f  R8f  62 P2b  B5g  63 S6h  B3e+ 64 P2a+ K2a  65 P2b  G2b
66 N2b+ K2b  67 P8f  S5g  68 R5b  P3b  69 S3a  K3c  70 S4f  S4f+
71 R5d+ +S4e 72 +B6a K2d  73 G3d  +B3d 74 +B3d K3d  75 L3f  S3e
76 B4c  K2d  77 G3d  K1d  78 L3e  R2i  79 P5i  N3g+ 80 G2c  R2c+
81 L1e  1-0

[Event "56th Meijin Match"]
[Round "7"]
[Date "1998 June 17th & 18th"]
[Site "Shizuoka, Japan"]
[Sente "Meijin Koji Tanigawa"]
[Gote "Challenger Yasumitsu Sato"]
[Opening "Yagura"]
[Result "0-1"]

 1 P7f  P8d   2 S6h  P3d   3 P6f  S6b   4 P5f  P5d   5 S4h  S4b
 6 G45h G3b   7 G7h  K4a   8 K6i  G5b   9 S7g  S3c  10 B7i  B3a
11 P3f  P4d  12 G56g P7d  13 S3g  B6d  14 B6h  G54c 15 K7i  K3a
16 K8h  P9d  17 S4f  S5c  18 N3g  B7c  19 P2f  S2d  20 P1f  P1d
21 R3h  K2b  22 L1h  P9e  23 N2e  P4e  24 S4e  B1i+ 25 B4f  +B4f
26 P4f  B5i  27 B3g  B3g+ 28 R3g  B1i  29 R3h  B4f+ 30 P4d  +B4e
31 P4c+ G4c  32 B1i  P6d  33 R4h  P4f  34 B4f  P4d  35 P6e  +B3f
36 P3g  +B2f 37 G3f  +B2g 38 P6d  S4e  39 G4e  P4e  40 S3f  +B3f
41 B2d  +B2e 42 B5a+ S4b  43 +B4a +B2d 44 R2h  +B3c 45 P4d  G4d
46 S3b  P2d  47 P6c+ S*4c 48 +B4b R4b  49 S2a+ K2a  50 +P5c R9b
51 S4b  R4b  52 +P4b +B4b 53 N3f  S2c  54 N4d  S4d  55 P1e  P1e
56 R8b  B6d  57 R8a+ K2b  58 +R7b G3b  59 R3h  N8e  60 G6e  B4f
61 G5d  P9f  62 P9f  P9h  63 P8f  P9i+ 64 G4d  +P8i 65 K8i  N7g+
66 Gh7g N6e  67 S3c  +B3c 68 G3c  K3c  69 N4d  N7g= 70 G7g  N9g
71 K7h  S8i  72 K6i  S6h  73 R6h  B6h+ 74 K6h  L6e     0-1


