Fujii becomes youngest shogi player to hold 2 major titles

Fujii becomes youngest shogi player to hold 2 major titles

Photo taken in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 20, 2020, shows copies of an extra edition of a local newspaper handed out to people after 18-year-old shogi sensation Sota Fujii completed a four-game sweep of Kazuki Kimura in the Oi championship series earlier in the day. Fujii became the youngest player ever to hold two major titles about a month after winning the Kisei crown.

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