Toshiro Yamabe

Toshiro Yamabe
Full name Toshiro Yamabe
Kanji 山部俊郎
Born (1926-07-31)July 31, 1926
Tokyo, Japan
Died February 5, 2000(2000-02-05) (aged 73)
Teacher Mukai Kazuo
Rank 9 dan

Toshiro Yamabe (山部俊郎 Yamabe Toshiro, July 31, 1926 February 5, 2000) was a professional Go player.

Biography

Toshiro was a student of Mukai Kazuo from 1941. He became shodan professional at the Nihon Ki-in in 1941, and reached 9 dan in 1969. He was known for his early resignations of games, sometimes claiming that he refused to play on because of his opponents mistake.

Promotion record

Rank Year Notes
1 dan

1941
2 dan

1942
3 dan

1943
4 dan

1945
5 dan

1949
6 dan

1951
7 dan

1954
8 dan

1957
9 dan

1969

Titles & runners-up

Title Years Lost
Japan Honinbo 1965
Japan Tengen 1980
Japan Oza 1959
Japan Hayago Championship 1977, 1981
Japan Igo Senshuken 1965


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