On Monday, Tokyo Jiji Press - Sumire Nakamura, 13, became the youngest male or female professional go player to win a major title in Japan.
The junior high school student won the Women's Kisei title in a best-of-three match against Asami Ueno, 21, who failed to defend the title.
Nakamura, a third-danger, won her second victory after 250 moves in the third game held in Tokyo on the day.
Nakamura was the title holder at the age of 13 years and 11 months, breaking the previous record of 15 years and nine months, set by Rina Fujisawa, 24, who won her first title in 2014, according to the Nihon Ki-in, Japan s association for board game.
Nakamura said after the game that winning the title was a big thing and gave me confidence.
In April 2019, when she was 10 years and zero months old, Nakamura became the youngest professional go player in the country at the time, under a special scheme for talented young players.
Nakamura lost in her two attempts for other titles in April and July 2022.
As the world of go now has even younger players, Nakamura said, I want to be a respected player.