Shigeru Nakamura (renju player)

Shigeru Nakamura (中村 茂, Nakamura Shigeru; August 22, 1959) is a Japanese Renju player.[1] He won Renju World Championships in 1989[2] and 1991,[3] and Renju Team World Championships in 2012.[4] Up to 2020, he has been the Japan's Meijin title holder for 30 years.[5][6] In 2019, Nakamura was awarded the 7th Lifetime Meijin title by the Japanese Renju Federation.[7] Up to 2021, Nakamura has won the All Japan Renju Championship 8 times, and the Kanto Renju Emperor Tournament 14 times.[8] In 1999, Nakamura played a "match of two titans" against the Estonian world champion Ando Meritee, with the result of 2,5-3,5.[9]

  1. ^ "Shigeru Nakamura - Renju Player". renju.net. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  2. ^ "World Championship AT". Renju.Net. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  3. ^ "World Championship AT". Renju.Net. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  4. ^ "Team World Championship". Renju.Net. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  5. ^ "連珠名人位挑戦手合い一覧表". renjusha.net. Retrieved 2017-08-12.
  6. ^ "第56期名人位挑戦手合い(2018)". renjusha.net. Retrieved 2017-08-12.
  7. ^ "公益社団法人日本連珠社 永世名人・特別表彰者一覧" (PDF). 公益社団法人日本連珠社. 2020-08-01. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  8. ^ "主な棋戦". renjusha.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-10-20.
  9. ^ "Match Meritee-Nakamura". renju.net. Retrieved 2023-04-30.