Eiji Iijima | |
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Native name | 飯島栄治 |
Born | September 16, 1979 |
Hometown | Nakano, Tokyo |
Nationality | Japanese |
Career | |
Achieved professional status | April 1, 2000 | (aged 20)
Badge Number | 240 |
Rank | 8-dan |
Teacher | Noboru Sakurai (8-dan) |
Meijin class | B2 |
Ryūō class | 3 |
Websites | |
JSA profile page |
Eiji Iijima (飯島 栄治, Iijima Eiji, born September 16, 1979) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 8-dan.[1]
Iijima invented the Iijima Bishop Pullback strategy which is named after him. He received the 16th Masuda Award (April 2009 – March 2010) for developing the strategy.[2]
Iijima's promotion history is as follows:[3]