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Fujii wins Game 2 of shogi Meijin series

Fujii wins Game 2 of shogi Meijin series

Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii (L) reviews his match against defending champion Akira Watanabe after winning Game 2 of a best-of-seven series for the Meijin title at a traditional Japanese restaurant in Shizuoka, central Japan, on April 28, 2023. If Fujii, 20, who won Game 1, claims the series, he will have seven major shogi titles and become the youngest holder of the prestigious Meijin title, which dates back to the early 1600s.

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Fujii wins Game 2 of shogi Meijin series

Fujii wins Game 2 of shogi Meijin series

Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii (L) reviews his match against defending champion Akira Watanabe after winning Game 2 of a best-of-seven series for the Meijin title at a traditional Japanese restaurant in Shizuoka, central Japan, on April 28, 2023. If Fujii, 20, who won Game 1, claims the series, he will have seven major shogi titles and become the youngest holder of the prestigious Meijin title, which dates back to the early 1600s.

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Fujii wins Game 2 of shogi Meijin series

Fujii wins Game 2 of shogi Meijin series

Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii reviews his match against defending champion Akira Watanabe after winning Game 2 of a best-of-seven series for the Meijin title at a traditional Japanese restaurant in Shizuoka, central Japan, on April 28, 2023. If Fujii, 20, who won Game 1, claims the series, he will have seven major shogi titles and become the youngest holder of the prestigious Meijin title, which dates back to the early 1600s.

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Fujii wins Game 4 of shogi Meijin series

Fujii wins Game 4 of shogi Meijin series

Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii reviews his match against defending champion Akira Watanabe after winning Game 4 of a best-of-seven series for the Meijin title at a traditional Japanese house in Iizuka in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 22, 2023. Fujii, 20, holder of six shogi titles, is one win short of claiming the series, which would make him the youngest holder of the prestigious Meijin title dating back to the early 1600s.

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Fujii wins Game 4 of shogi Meijin series

Fujii wins Game 4 of shogi Meijin series

Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii (L) reviews his match against defending champion Akira Watanabe after winning Game 4 of a best-of-seven series for the Meijin title at a traditional Japanese house in Iizuka in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 22, 2023. Fujii, 20, holder of six shogi titles, is one win short of claiming the series, which would make him the youngest holder of the prestigious Meijin title dating back to the early 1600s.

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Fujii wins Game 4 of shogi Meijin series

Fujii wins Game 4 of shogi Meijin series

Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii reviews his match against defending champion Akira Watanabe after winning Game 4 of a best-of-seven series for the Meijin title at a traditional Japanese house in Iizuka in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 22, 2023. Fujii, 20, holder of six shogi titles, is one win short of claiming the series, which would make him the youngest holder of the prestigious Meijin title dating back to the early 1600s.

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Watanabe wins Game 3 of shogi Meijin series

Watanabe wins Game 3 of shogi Meijin series

Defending champion Akira Watanabe (facing camera) reviews his match against Sota Fujii after winning Game 3 of a best-of-seven series for shogi's Meijin title at an art theater in Takatsuki in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on May 14, 2023, following losses in the first two games. If Fujii, 20, wins the series, he will hold seven out of shogi's eight titles and become the youngest holder of the prestigious Meijin title, which dates back to the early 1600s.

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Watanabe wins Game 3 of shogi Meijin series

Watanabe wins Game 3 of shogi Meijin series

Sota Fujii (facing camera) reviews his match against defending champion Akira Watanabe after losing Game 3 of a best-of-seven series for shogi's Meijin title at an art theater in Takatsuki in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on May 14, 2023, following victories in the first two games. If Fujii, 20, wins the series, he will hold seven out of shogi's eight titles and become the youngest holder of the prestigious Meijin title, which dates back to the early 1600s.

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Fujii wins Game 2 of shogi Meijin series

Fujii wins Game 2 of shogi Meijin series

Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii (L) reviews his match against defending champion Akira Watanabe after winning Game 2 of a best-of-seven series for the Meijin title at a traditional Japanese restaurant in Shizuoka, central Japan, on April 28, 2023. If Fujii, 20, who won Game 1, claims the series, he will have seven major shogi titles and become the youngest holder of the prestigious Meijin title, which dates back to the early 1600s.

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Fujii wins Game 2 of shogi Meijin series

Fujii wins Game 2 of shogi Meijin series

Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii reviews his match against defending champion Akira Watanabe after winning Game 2 of a best-of-seven series for the Meijin title at a traditional Japanese restaurant in Shizuoka, central Japan, on April 28, 2023. If Fujii, 20, who won Game 1, claims the series, he will have seven major shogi titles and become the youngest holder of the prestigious Meijin title, which dates back to the early 1600s.

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Fujii wins Game 2 of shogi Meijin series

Fujii wins Game 2 of shogi Meijin series

Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii (L) reviews his match against defending champion Akira Watanabe after winning Game 2 of a best-of-seven series for the Meijin title at a traditional Japanese restaurant in Shizuoka, central Japan, on April 28, 2023. If Fujii, 20, who won Game 1, claims the series, he will have seven major shogi titles and become the youngest holder of the prestigious Meijin title, which dates back to the early 1600s.

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Fujii wins Game 1 of shogi Meijin series

Fujii wins Game 1 of shogi Meijin series

Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii (R) reviews his match against defending champion Akira Watanabe after winning Game 1 of a best-of-seven series for the Meijin title at a hotel in Tokyo on April 6, 2023. If Fujii, 20, wins the series, he will have seven major shogi titles and become the youngest holder of the prestigious Meijin title, which dates back to the early 1600s.

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Fujii wins Game 1 of shogi Meijin series

Fujii wins Game 1 of shogi Meijin series

Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii reviews his match against defending champion Akira Watanabe after winning Game 1 of a best-of-seven series for the Meijin title at a hotel in Tokyo on April 6, 2023. If Fujii, 20, wins the series, he will have seven major shogi titles and become the youngest holder of the prestigious Meijin title, which dates back to the early 1600s.

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Fujii wins Game 1 of shogi Meijin series

Fujii wins Game 1 of shogi Meijin series

Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii (L) reviews his match against defending champion Akira Watanabe after winning Game 1 of a best-of-seven series for the Meijin title at a hotel in Tokyo on April 6, 2023. If Fujii, 20, wins the series, he will have seven major shogi titles and become the youngest holder of the prestigious Meijin title, which dates back to the early 1600s.

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Shogi Meijin series begins

Shogi Meijin series begins

Defending champion Akira Watanabe faces off against shogi prodigy Sota Fujii in Game 1 of a best-of-seven series for the Meijin title at a hotel in Tokyo on April 5, 2023. If Fujii, 20, wins the series, he will have seven major shogi titles, becoming the youngest holder of the prestigious Meijin title that dates back to the early 1600s.(Pool photo)

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Shogi Meijin series begins

Shogi Meijin series begins

Defending champion Akira Watanabe faces off against shogi prodigy Sota Fujii in Game 1 of a best-of-seven series for the Meijin title at a hotel in Tokyo on April 5, 2023. If Fujii, 20, wins the series, he will have seven major shogi titles, becoming the youngest holder of the prestigious Meijin title that dates back to the early 1600s. (Pool photo)

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