Nishiyama keeps her shogi title and wins a new right

Nishiyama, a top player of shogi^*1 in Japan, has kept her Hakurei title^*2. She won the fifth game of the Hulic Cup Hakurei match on October 10. The Japan Shogi Association, the group that runs shogi in Japan, reported the result on its website.

The match was a best-of-seven^*3. Nishiyama played against Fukuma, who holds four other women's shogi titles. The fifth game ended at 5:30 p.m. after 118 moves, and Nishiyama won. She won the match with four wins and one loss.

This was the sixth Hakurei match. Nishiyama has now won the Hakurei title four times in a row and five times in total. In her career, she has won 23 titles.

Five Hakurei wins bring her two new things. She can now use the name Queen Hakurei. She also has the right to become a professional^*4 shogi player.

At a press conference^*5 after the game, a reporter asked if she will use that right. Nishiyama said she could not answer right away.

1. *1 shogi: a Japanese board game, a little like chess
2. *2 title: the name given to the champion of a tournament
3. *3 best-of-seven: a match of up to seven games; the first player to win four games wins the match
4. *4 professional: doing something as a job, for money
5. *5 press conference: a meeting where a person answers questions from reporters