Yoshiharu Habu

Biography

Habu became a professional in 1985. He was promoted to 9 dan in 1994.

The number of titles he won is 2nd on the all-time list behind Yasuharu Oyama).Fact|date=October 2008. Oyama wins 80 titles, while Habu got 71 at September 2008.

He dominated all 7 major titles (Ryu-oh, Meijin, Kisei, Oi, Oza, Kioh, and Osho) in 1996 (from February 14 to July 30).

Habu is also one of the best chess players in Japan, with an ELO rating of 2404 (January 2007).

Promotion history

* 1982, December 2: 6-kyu
* 1983, February 2: 5-kyu (6 wins, 3 losses)
* 1983, March 28: 4-kyu (6 wins, no losses)
* 1983, May 11: 3-kyu: (6 wins, no losses)
* 1983, July 7: 2-kyu: (6 wins, no losses)
* 1983, August 24: 1-kyu: (6 wins, no losses)

* 1984, January 11: 1-dan (12 wins, 4 losses)
* 1984, September 10: 2-dan (14 wins, 5 losses)
* 1985, April 25: 3-dan (12 wins, 4 losses)
* 1985, December 12: 4-dan (13 wins, 4 losses)
* 1988, April 1: 5-dan (because of C1-class Meijinsen promotion)
* 1989, October 1: 6-dan (being the Ryu-oh challenger)
* 1990, October 1: 7-dan (being Ryu-oh title holder himself)
* 1993, April 1: 8-dan (joined A-class Meijinsen)
* 1994, April 1: 9-dan (special promotion)

Titles and Other Championships

;Titles

Honorary titles: Life time (Eisen) Meijin, Kisei, Oi, Oza, Kioh, Osho.

;Non-title tournament

References

* [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=314 Interview from chessbase.com]

External links

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