Tatsuaki Iwata
{{short description|Japanese Go player (1926–2022)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox go player
| name = Tatsuaki Iwata
| image =
| fullname = Tatsuaki Iwata
| kanji = 岩田達明
| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|1|2}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|6|30|1926|1|2}}
| residence = {{flagicon|Japan}} Nagoya, Japan
| teacher = Kitani Minoru
| turnedpro = 1943
| rank = 9 dan
| affiliation = Nihon Ki-in
}}
{{nihongo|Tatsuaki Iwata|岩田達明|Iwata Tatsuaki|extra=January 2, 1926 – June 30, 2022}},{{cite web|title=Iwata Tatsuaki|url=http://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/player/htm/ki000016.htm|publisher=Nihon Ki-in|accessdate=July 5, 2022}} also known as Masao Iwata, was a Japanese professional Go player.{{cite web|last=Jan|first=van der Steen|title=Iwata Tatsuaki|url=http://gobase.org/information/players/?pp=Iwata%20Tatsuaki|publisher=GoBase|accessdate=December 18, 2010}}
Biography
Iwata was a 9-dan Go professional from the Nagoya branch of the Nihon Ki-in. He won his 800th professional game in 2004. He retired from tournament play in 2011.{{cite web|title=Player's record at Fuseki.Info|url=http://fuseki.info/games_list.php?s=af019f1af3a20d96c480dbf7d4879625&lang=en&sb=full&d=0&q=Iwata+Tatsuaki&q2=&bs=pl|accessdate=December 18, 2010}} He died in 2022 at the age of 96.{{cite web|title=囲碁棋士九段の岩田達明氏死去、９６歳…本因坊戦リーグなどで活躍|url=https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/igoshougi/20220705-OYT1T50187/|website=Yomiuri Shimbun|date=July 5, 2022|language=ja}}
Promotion record
{{Promotion record
| 1 dan
| 1943
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| 2 dan
| 1944
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| 3 dan
| 1947
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| 4 dan
| 1949
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| 5 dan
| 1951
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| 6 dan
| 1954
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| 7 dan
| 1959
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| 8 dan
| 1961
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| 9 dan
| 1964
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Titles & runners-up
See also
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