Yoshio Kimura ( 木村 義 雄 Kimura Yoshio ) (February 21, 1905 - November 17, 1986) - Japanese professional shogi player , 14th lifetime meijin . A student of the 13th lifetime meijin .
| Yoshio Kimura | |
|---|---|
| 木村 義 雄 | |
 Yoshio Kimura in 1951. | |
| Date of Birth | February 21, 1905 |
| Place of Birth | Tokyo |
| Date of death | November 17, 1986 ( 81) |
| Citizenship |  Japan |
| Occupation | shogi player |
| Children | |
| Awards and prizes | 14th lifetime meijin |
Kimura is the first “meijin of real power” to receive (in 1952) the title “lifetime meijin” for repeatedly winning the meijin title.
In February 1937, he won the historical party for the first Meijin title played in the tournament against the legendary “Shogi King” in the Nanzen-ji Temple (the so-called “Battle of Nanzen-ji”). Each of the rivals in that game was given 30 hours of time, the game lasted a week [1] . Sakata at the time of this battle was 67 years old, and Kimura was 32. After this defeat, Sakata, representatives of the school of , to which Sakata belonged, could not win the meijin title for another 46 years, until in 1983 he won it Koji Tanigawa , who became the 17th Meijin for life.
In 1947-48, he served as president of the Japanese Shogi Association .
In 1952, as a professional player, he resigned and was awarded the title “14th Lifetime Meijin”.
Kimura died at the age of 81 - “the age of the shogan” ( 盤 寿 , banju) on the .
Victories and Achievements
- 9 titles:
- Meijin : 8 titles (seasons 1937-1945, 1949-1951) [2]
- Oso Season 1 (1950)
- Winner of the 1st NHK Cup (1950).
- 10 years in the class A league [3] .
Notes
- ↑ Yoshiharu Habu , “To Multiply the Results,” chap. 2.
- ↑ In the years 1937-45, the title was drawn once every 2 years
- ↑ NSR Memorial List Archived on September 23, 2014. (jap.)