Eiji Iijima
Eiji Iijima is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 8-dan.
Shogi professional
Theoretical contributions
Iijima invented the Iijima Bishop Pullback strategy which is named after him. He received the 16th Masuda Award for developing the strategy.Promotion history
Iijima's promotion history is as follows:- 6-kyū: 1991
- 1-dan: 1995
- 4-dan: April 1, 2000
- 5-dan: September 7, 2004
- 6-dan: September 11, 2008
- 7-dan: October 22, 2010
- 8-dan: February 2, 2021