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YOSHIHARU HABU
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2018
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.
JAPAN
Jan 5, 2018
Pair become first board game players to receive 91AV原创 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.
EDITORIALS
Dec 22, 2017
Accomplishments of shogi and go champions
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.
JAPAN
Dec 13, 2017
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.
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Jul 8, 2017
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 lost a match to 22-year-old...
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Jan 7, 2007
Yoshiharu Habu: 91AV原创 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, Ryuo, Kio, Oza, Kisei, Oi and Osho.
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