Shinobu Iwane

Shinobu Iwane
Iwane at a 2018 Human Shogi event.
Native name岩根忍
Born (1981-03-16) March 16, 1981 (age 43)
HometownOsaka, Osaka Prefecture
Career
Achieved professional statusApril 1, 2004(2004-04-01) (aged 23)
Badge NumberW-32
RankWomen's 3-dan
TeacherKenji Kobayashi (9-dan)
Websites
JSA profile page

Shinobu Iwane (岩根 忍, Iwane Shinobu, born March 16, 1981) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 3-dan.[1]

Women's shogi professional

Promotion history

Iwane's promotion history is as follows.[2]

  • 1-kyū: April 1, 2004
  • 1-dan: April 1, 2005
  • 2-dan: March 9, 2009
  • 3-dan: February 22, 2016

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

Titles and other championships

Iwane has appeared in major title matches three times, but has yet to win a major title. She was the challenger for the 2nd MyNavi Women's Open Jo-Ō [ja] title in 2009, the 18th Kurashiki Tōka Cup [ja] title in 2010 and the 27th Women's Ōi [ja] title in 2016, but lost each time.[3]

Awards and honors

Iwane received the Japan Shogi Association's Annual Shogi Award for "Women's Professional Most Games Played" for the April 2009 – March 2010 shogi year.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu" 女流棋士データベース [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  2. ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Iwane Shinobu Shōdan Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 岩根忍 昇段履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Shinobu Iwane Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  3. ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Iwane Shinobu Taitoru Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 岩根忍 タイトル履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Shinobu Iwane Major Title History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  4. ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Iwane Shinobu Shōgi Taishō" 女流棋士データベース: 岩根忍 将棋大賞 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Shinobu Iwane Annual Shogi Awards] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 27, 2019.


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