Habu's next game is scheduled on December 20 with Toshiaki Kubo. He already won 999 games before it. If he wins the game, his rate of achieving 1000 victories are the quickest in shogi history. According to the blog called Reiro in Japanese, there are 7 professional players who achieved 1000 victories such as Yasuharu Oyama, Hifumi Kato, Makoto Nakahara, Kunio Yonenaga, Kunio Naito, Michio Ariyoshi and Koji Tanigawa.
The quickest achievement is made by Tanigawa - 25 years and 6 month.
The highest winning percentage at the achievement of 1000 victories is made by Oyama - 68.7%
If Habu win the next game, he will get to the great number in 21 years and 11 months with the winning percentage of 72.8%. Whether this or next year, the new records will be certainly generated.
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