Tadashi Ōishi

{{Short description|Japanese shogi player (born 1989)}}

{{Infobox shogi professional

|name = Tadashi Ōishi

|native_name = 大石直嗣

|image = File:Ooishi tadashi shogi.jpg

|caption = Ōishi at a November 2019 {{ill|human shogi|ja|人間将棋}} event in Himeji, Japan.

|born = {{birth date and age|1989|9|16|mf=yes}}

|hometown = Yao, Osaka

|nationality =

|pro_date = {{event date and age|2009|4|01|1989|9|16}}

|badge_no = 275

|teacher = {{ill|Nobuo Mori|ja|森信雄}}

|rank = 7-dan

|teacher_rank = 7-dan

|meijinclass = B1

|ryuoclass = 3

|jsa = 275

}}

{{nihongo|Tadashi Ōishi|大石 直嗣|Ōishi Tadashi|born September 16, 1989}} is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan.

Early life and apprenticeship

Tadashi Ōishi was born in Yao, Osaka on September 16, 1989.{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/275.html|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 大石直嗣|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Ōishi Tadashi|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Tadashi Ōishi|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=June 12, 2018}} He learned how to play shogi from his father when he was a first-grade elementary school student.{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2009/03/post_115.html|script-title=ja:澤田真吾・大石直嗣 新四段誕生のお知らせ|title=Sawada Shingo・Ōishi Tadashi Shinyondan no Oshirase|language=ja|trans-title=Shingo Sawada and Tadashi Ōishi are the new 4-dans|date=March 16, 2009|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=June 12, 2018}} He represented Osaka Prefecture in the 26th {{ill|Elementary School Student Meijin Tournament|ja|小学生将棋名人戦}} in March 2001{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/taikai/shougakusei/26/tournament.html|script-title=ja:第26回小学生名人戦|title=Dai Nijūrokkai Shōgakusei Meijinsen|language=ja|trans-title=26th Elementary School Student Meijin Tournament|year=2001|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090307115239/https://www.shogi.or.jp/taikai/shougakusei/26/tournament.html|archive-date=March 7, 2009|access-date=June 12, 2018}} and then entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school in September of that same year at the rank of 6-kyū as a student of shogi professional {{ill|Nobuo Mori|ja|森信雄}}. He was promoted to the rank of 1-dan in July 2001.{{cite magazine|author=|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7UEcBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA572|url-access=subscription|script-title=ja:棋士名鑑: 六段 大石 直嗣|title=Kishi Meikan: Rokudan Ōishi Tadashi|language=ja|trans-title=Player Directory: Tadashi Ōishi 6-dan|magazine=平成26年版 将棋年鑑 2014 (Shogi Yearbook: Heisei 26 (2014) edition)|page=572|year=2014|publisher=MyNabi Publishing/Japan Shogi Association|via=Google Books|isbn=978-4-8399-5175-7|access-date=June 12, 2018}}

Ōishi was promoted to 3-dan in 2006 and finished the 40th 3-dan League (October 2006{{sndash}}March 2009) tied for third place with a record of 13 wins and 5 losses.{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/match/shoreikai/sandan/40/index.html|script-title=ja:第40回奨励会三段リーグ戦|title=Dai Yonjūkai Shōreikai Sandan Rīgusen|language=ja|trans-title=40th Apprentice School 3-dan League|date=2006|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=June 12, 2018}} The following season, Ōishi moved up to the number two position in the league table, but ended up finishing with a record of 7 wins and 11 losses.{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/match/shoreikai/sandan/41/index.html|script-title=ja:第41回奨励会三段リーグ戦|title=Dai Yonjūikkai Shōreikai Sandan Rīgusen|language=ja|trans-title=41st Apprentice School 3-dan League|date=2007|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=June 12, 2018}} In his third season of 3-dan League play, Ōishi finished with record of 12 wins and 6 losses, winning his last six games to finish tied for fourth place.{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/match/shoreikai/sandan/42/index.html|script-title=ja:第42回奨励会三段リーグ戦|title=Dai Yonjūnikai Shōreikai Sandan Rīgusen|language=ja|trans-title=42nd Apprentice School 3-dan League|date=2007|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=June 12, 2018}} Ōishi finished the 43rd 3-dan league (April 2008{{sndash}}September 2008) with a record of 13 wins and 5 losses, once again tying for third place.{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/match/shoreikai/sandan/43/index.html|script-title=ja:第43回奨励会三段リーグ戦|title=Dai Yonjūsankai Shōreikai Sandan Rīgusen|language=ja|trans-title=43rd Apprentice School 3-dan League|date=2008|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=June 12, 2018}} He finally obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in April 2009 after finishing second in the 44th 3-dan League (October 2008{{sndash}}March 2009) with a record of 13 wins and 5 losses.{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/match/shoreikai/sandan/44/index.html|script-title=ja:第44回奨励会三段リーグ戦|title=Dai Yonjūyonkai Shōreikai Sandan Rīgusen|language=ja|trans-title=44th Apprentice School 3-dan League|date=2008|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=June 12, 2018}}

Shogi professional

=Promotion history=

The promotion history for Ōishi is as follows:{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/275.html#jsTabE04_02|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 大石直嗣 昇段履歴|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Ōishi Tadashi Shōdan Rireki|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Tadashi Ōishi Promotion History|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=June 12, 2018}}

  • 6-kyū: September 25, 2001
  • 4-dan: April 1, 2009
  • 5-dan: April 22, 2013
  • 6-dan: May 15, 2013
  • 7-dan: November 1, 2017

=Awards and honors=

Ōishi received the Japan Shogi Association Annual Shogi Award for "Best New Player" in 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/275.html#anc03|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 大石直嗣 将棋大賞|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Ōishi Tadashi Shōgi Taishō|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Tadashi Ōishi Annual Shogi Awards|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=June 12, 2018}}

References

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