Takemiya Masaki (right) challenging Ishida Yoshio in the Hon'inbō Title match.
On June 3-4, the Hon'inbō title match began. Younger Kitani disciple, Takemiya Masaki 8d (right) challenged Ishida Yoshio Hon'inbō. Takemiya took the first game, and the second, played on June 16-17.
The Candidates Tournament took place at the London Go Centre on June 4-7. Ron Moss, Brian Castledine and David Mitchell - all 2d, along with Jim Bates, 3d, qualified to take part in the Challenger's league to determine who would play Jon Diamond for the British Championship.
Katō Masao (right) takes the Jūdan title from Rin Kaihō.
On June 8, Katō Masao defeated Rin Kaihō to take his second title, the Jūdan.
Ō Rissei 3d (left) playing Satō Masaharu in the Kisei Tournament.
Ō Rissei 3d (left) was starting to make a name for himself. Earlier he managed a 24 game winning streak, but here is playing Satō Masaharu in the "Dan Ladder" of the new Kisei Tournament on June 14. After winning the 3 dan completion, the young Taiwanese player defeated the 4 dan champ, the 5 dan champ, and, in this game the 6 dan champion to advance in the tournament.
The winners of the Amateur Top 10 Tournament.
The Amateur Top 10 tournament finished on June 27. Miura Hiroshi prevailed for the second consecutive year.
Photos from the Kidō Yearbook.
This post was edited on 24 June to correct the caption on the photograph of Katō and Rin playing in the Jūdan title. The original post incorrectly identified Katō as the player on the left.