User:Kashi/Jun'i-sen
| Kashi/Jun'i-sen | |
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| Category | Qualifier for the Meijin-sen |
| Outline | |
| Time held | June - March |
| First held | 1947 (term 1) |
| Time control | 6 hours per side |
| Organizer(s) |
Mainichi Shimbun Asahi Shimbun Japan Shogi Association |
| Official site | https://www.shogi.or.jp/match/junni/index.html |
| Records | |
| Notes |
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The Junni-sen or Ranking League is a tournament hosted by the newspapers Mainichi Shimbun and Asahi Shimbun in cooperation with the Japan Shogi Association, which acts as a qualifier for the Meijin-sen. The player with the best record in class A will challenge for the Meijin title.
Outline
The league consists of 5 classes A, B1, B2, C1, and C2. The top finisher of class A will become Meijin challenger. Even though the Meijin themselves do not participate in the league, their years as Meijin are counted as years in class A as well when calculating career records.
Each class normally conducts a round-robin tournament from June to March of the following year, from which the seeds of next year's league are decided. Most new professionals start their career in class C2, with some starting in Free Class instead (not participating in the league). Current rules do not allow skipping classes in promotion, which means that new players have to play for at least 5 years from their debut to challenge the Meijin.
Players can be promoted by moving up classes in the league, with their game fee earnings also increasing depending on their class.