Yasuaki Murayama | |
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Native name | 村山慈明 |
Born | May 9, 1984 |
Hometown | Hino, Tokyo |
Career | |
Achieved professional status | October 1, 2003 | (aged 19)
Badge Number | 249 |
Rank | 8- dan |
Teacher | Noboru Sakurai (8-dan) |
Tournaments won | 2 |
Meijin class | B2 |
Ryūō class | 4 |
Websites | |
JSA profile page |
Yasuaki Murayama (村山 慈明, Murayama Yasuaki, born May 9, 1984) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 8- dan.
Yasuaki Murayama was born on May 9, 1984, in Hino, Tokyo. [1] He learned how to play shogi from his grandfather when he was 5 years old, and won the 20th Elementary School Student Meijin Tournament in 1995. [2] [3]
Murayama was accepted into the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6- kyū as a protegee of shogi professional Noboru Sakurai in September 1995 and was promoted to the rank of 1-dan in July 1998. [4] Murayama obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in October 2003 for winning the 33rd 3-dan League (April 2003 – September 2003) with a record of 15 wins and 3 losses. [2] [5] [6]
Murayama won his first tournament as a professional in October 2007 when he defeated Ryōsuke Nakamura 2 games to none to win the 38th Shinjin-Ō title. [7] [8] In March 2016, Murayama defeated Shōta Chida to win the 65th NHK Cup Shogi TV Tournament. [9] [10]
In 2015, Murayama was one of five shogi professional selected to play a match against the five top shogi computers in the "Shogi Denousen Final", the final part of the Denou series of matches. Murayama lost Game 4 in 97 moves to Ponanza. [11]
The promotion history for Murayama is as follows: [12]
Murayama has won two non-major shogi championships during his career: the Shinjin-Ō in 2007 and NHK Cup Shogi TV Tournament in 2015. [13]
Murayama received the Japan Shogi Association Annual Shogi Awards for "Best New Player" (2007) and "Best Winning Percentage" (2007 and 2013). [14]
Yasuaki Murayama | |
---|---|
Native name | 村山慈明 |
Born | May 9, 1984 |
Hometown | Hino, Tokyo |
Career | |
Achieved professional status | October 1, 2003 | (aged 19)
Badge Number | 249 |
Rank | 8- dan |
Teacher | Noboru Sakurai (8-dan) |
Tournaments won | 2 |
Meijin class | B2 |
Ryūō class | 4 |
Websites | |
JSA profile page |
Yasuaki Murayama (村山 慈明, Murayama Yasuaki, born May 9, 1984) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 8- dan.
Yasuaki Murayama was born on May 9, 1984, in Hino, Tokyo. [1] He learned how to play shogi from his grandfather when he was 5 years old, and won the 20th Elementary School Student Meijin Tournament in 1995. [2] [3]
Murayama was accepted into the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6- kyū as a protegee of shogi professional Noboru Sakurai in September 1995 and was promoted to the rank of 1-dan in July 1998. [4] Murayama obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in October 2003 for winning the 33rd 3-dan League (April 2003 – September 2003) with a record of 15 wins and 3 losses. [2] [5] [6]
Murayama won his first tournament as a professional in October 2007 when he defeated Ryōsuke Nakamura 2 games to none to win the 38th Shinjin-Ō title. [7] [8] In March 2016, Murayama defeated Shōta Chida to win the 65th NHK Cup Shogi TV Tournament. [9] [10]
In 2015, Murayama was one of five shogi professional selected to play a match against the five top shogi computers in the "Shogi Denousen Final", the final part of the Denou series of matches. Murayama lost Game 4 in 97 moves to Ponanza. [11]
The promotion history for Murayama is as follows: [12]
Murayama has won two non-major shogi championships during his career: the Shinjin-Ō in 2007 and NHK Cup Shogi TV Tournament in 2015. [13]
Murayama received the Japan Shogi Association Annual Shogi Awards for "Best New Player" (2007) and "Best Winning Percentage" (2007 and 2013). [14]