囲碁名人戦、芝野虎丸が一力遼を破り三冠に

Welcome to Japanese Daily News. I'm Maya. Today is October thirty-first. A twenty-six-year-old player has won back one of the top titles in the board game Go. Let's listen.

Now let's break it down.

Toramaru Shibano won the Master title match, one of the biggest titles in the board game Go.

It means the board game Go.

It means master, and here it's the name of the title.

Shibano, twenty-six, was challenging the title holder, Ryo Ichiriki.

It means challenge.

In this match, the first player to win four games becomes the champion.

It means first, before the other person.

The contest stood at three wins each, so it came down to the seventh and final game.

It means a contest or match.

Game seven was held over two days, October twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth, in Izu, Shizuoka.

It means to be held.

The game ended after two hundred twelve moves, and Shibano won.

It means a game of Go or shogi.

With four wins and three losses, Shibano took the title.

It means to take, here to win a title.

It's his first time as Master in three years.

It means for the first time in three years.

Together with his two other titles, he now holds three.

It means holding three titles at once.

Meanwhile, Ichiriki, twenty-nine, couldn't win the title for a third straight year.

It means on the other hand.

It means to continue.

Ichiriki's titles dropped to two.

It means to decrease.

The rivalry between these two young players looks set to draw attention.

It means attention.

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Quiz time. Listen and answer.

In Izu, in Shizuoka Prefecture.

Four wins and three losses.

Three titles.

That's all for this evening. Thanks for listening. See you next time.