Michiyoshi Yamada

Michiyoshi Yamada (山田道美, yamada michiyoshi; December 11, 1933 – June 18, 1970) was a Japanese professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 8-dan and was awarded the rank of 9-dan after his death.^[1]

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Michiyoshi Yamada
Native name	山田道美
Born	( 1933 -12-11)December 11, 1933
Hometown	Nagoya
Nationality	Japanese
Died	June 18, 1970(1970-06-18) (aged 36)
Career
Achieved professional status	1951 (aged approximately 18)
Rank	9 dan
Teacher	Kingorō Kaneko
Major titles won	2
Tournaments won	9

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Shogi professional

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Yamada died at the young age of 36 when he was still competing in the top A class of the Meijin ranking tournament system (順位戦 jun'isen), which is generally indicative of a strong player. He had been in the A class for six years and died during his seventh year.

He was a professional player for nineteen years.

He influenced modern shogi players in his pioneering use of game databases, holding research study groups, and leading a serious ascetic lifestyle.^[2]

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Titles and other championships

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Yamada won the Kisei title twice – both in 1967 when he defeated Yasuharu Ōyama and Makoto Nakahara, respectively, in the first and second tournament of that year. Besides these two wins, Yamada was a competitor in four other title matches (for a total of 6 title match appearances). He was unable to defend his Kisei title in 1968 losing to Nakahara and again challenged for the Kisei in 1969 also losing to Nakahara.^[3] He was a challenger for the Meijin and Ōshō titles both against Ōyama in 1965.^[4]^[5]

He won a total of 9 non-title tournaments during his career.

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Michiyoshi Yamada

Early life

Shogi professional

Promotion history

Titles and other championships

References

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