Iyama Yuta 9Dan defends KiSung title.
Iyama YuTa 9Dan defends KiSung title in the end.
Iyama YuTa 9Dan won against Yamasita Geigo 9Dan by resign with black in the 6th match of 38th Japan KiSung Cup which was held during 12th~13th. This is first time for him to defend this title.
The total score is 4 to 2 for Iyama YuTa 9Dan.
Actually Iyama Yuta 9Dan seemed to finish this match easily. But he lost 4th and 5th matches in a
row and made all mess up.
But Iyama 9Dan showed great concentration on 6th match and defends the tile for the first time.
By this defense, Iyama Yuta 9Dan keeps his 6th titles and got No.1.
He has got all 6 titles since he got KiSung title last year against Jang Shi 9Dan. In the history of Japan Baduk, there was no this moment that one player got 6 titles together.
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