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 Post subject: Certified Dan Rank Test
Post #1 Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 12:01 am 
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I guess it's that time of year -- take out your checkbooks and become a dan. https://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/news/member/10_33.html.

But there is a bit of free fun to be had even if you don't want to celebrate Iyama's 10th Honinbo win. https://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/news/docs/2 ... onyu10.pdf. You can answer these questions now and then check again in a month or so when the answers are released. I have no idea how accurate these tests are but I suspect it doesn't really matter as it appears to just be a fundraiser.

The problems are arranged in tiers:
八段〜五段 5 to 8 dan,
四段~初段 shodan to 4 dan
初段~ 6級 6 kyu to shodan (again?)

Here are some examples (hopefully no transcription errors)

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[go]$$c 1. 6k-1d 黒番 Black to play
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . a . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b . . . |
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$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . d . . . . O . . . O . . |
$$ | . c . , X . . . . X X O . O . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . X X O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$c 1. 1dan to 4 dan 黒番 Black to play
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . a . O . . O O X . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X X O . X . X O X . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . X , O . O . O O X X . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . b . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . c . . . . . , . . . . . , d . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . X . X . X . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O O . O X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X . . O , . X . X . O . . . |
$$ | . . O . O X . X O . X O . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$c 5-8dan 黒番 Black to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . X . . . . . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , O . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . a . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . c . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O O X . . . , . O . . X , O . . |
$$ | . . X X O X . . . d . . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . O O X . X . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


from 2020: https://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/news/docs/2 ... nintei.pdf

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