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Kōru Abe
Japanese shogi player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kōru Abe (阿部 光瑠, Abe Kōru; born October 25, 1994) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan.
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Early life, amateur shogi and apprentice professional
Abe was born in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture on October 25, 1994.[1] He learned how to play shogi from his father when he was five years old.[2][3] As an elementary school student, Abe was interested in both Go and shogi. He was a big fan of the manga series Hikaru no Go and actually wanted to become a Go professional, but switched his focus to shogi after finding Go too difficult to learn.[3] He started attending a formal shogi class at local department store when he was a fourth grade elementary school student, and won the 5th All Japan Elementary School Student Kurashiki Ōshō Tournament in 2006 as a sixth-grader.[3][4] Later that same year, he was accepted into the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school as a student of shogi professional Osamu Nakamura at the rank of 6-kyū.[2][3]
Abe advanced through the apprentice school fairly smoothly, being promoted to the rank of 1-dan in 2008, and then to 3-dan in 2009.[3] He obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan after tying for first place in the 48th 3-dan League (October 2010 – March 2011) in 2011 with a record of 13 wins and 5 losses.[2][3][5]
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Shogi professional
In 2013, Abe was one of five shogi professionals selected to play against five computer shogi programs in the 2nd Denōsen exhibition match . Abe defeated the computer program Shūso in the first game of the match, which turned out to be the only victory scored by the shogi professionals.[6][7]
In October 2014, Abe defeated Yūki Sasaki to 2 games to 1 to win the 45th Shinjin-Ō tournament.[8][9][10]
Promotion history
Abe's promotion history is as follows.[11]
- 6-kyū: September 2006
- 3-dan: April 2009
- 4-dan: April 1, 2011
- 5-dan: November 4, 2014
- 6-dan: November 5, 2015
- 7-dan: January 28, 2022
Titles and other championships
Abe has yet to appear in a major title match, but he has won one non-major title championship.[12]
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