やさしく読める英語ニュース～Fujii becomes youngest 7th-dan shogi player

Fujii becomes youngest 7th-dan shogi player

Japanese teenage shogi pro Sota Fujii became the youngest player to advance to the rank of seventh dan on May 17.

The 15-year-old high school freshman was promoted to the third-highest rank in Japanese chess after he beat 6th-dan Kohei Funae, 31, in a match in Osaka.

The previous record for the youngest player to reach the 7th-dan rank was set by Hifumi Kato at the age of 17 in 1957.

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藤井六段、最年少で七段昇段

１０代のプロ棋士、藤井聡太六段は5月17日、史上最年少で七段に昇段した。

15歳の高校一年は、31歳の船江恒平六段を大阪で行なわれた対局で破り、プロ棋士の段位としては最上位から三段目への昇段を決めた。

七段昇段のこれまでの最年少記録は、1957年に加藤一二三・九段が昇段したときの17歳である。

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