81Dojo TOP　＞ 　News Release　＞　2017/01/03

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Third-party Committee Concluded Miura Incident to be False Allegation

In response to the conclusion of the third-party committee's investigation on December 26, 2016, the Japan Shogi Association (JSA) made an official statement next day, acknowledging that Miura is innocent of any wrongdoing, and promising to make every effort to ensure that Miura's reputation is fully restored.
Below is a description of the sequence of events starting from October 12, 2016 and their English translated summary.

First announcement by the JSA

• "Replacement of the Challenger to the 29th Ryuou 7-game Title Match" (October 12)
• See also: Asahi news "Top 'shogi' player suspected of cheating pulls out of title match" (October 13)
• See also: Mainichi news "Top shogi player banned amid cheating allegations" (October 13)
• First counterargument by Miura (October 18)
• See also: Mainichi news "Shogi star Miura issues statement denying cheating allegations" (October 19)

Gossip article published by Shukan Bunshun

• "The Truth about the Shogi Smartphone Incident" (October 19)
• Second counterargument by Miura (October 21)

JSA hires a third-party committee to investigate the case

• "Establishment of a Third-party Investigators Committee" (October 27)
• See also: Mainichi news "Shogi association to set up investigative team to look into cheating allegations" (October 22)
• See also: Mainichi news "Shogi body struggling to probe allegations of software-assisted cheating" (October 26)
• See also: Japan Times "Japan’s pro ‘shogi’ world rocked by allegations of cheating via smartphones" (October 26)
• Third counterargument by Miura (November 7)

Report of the third-party committee

• Article by Yomiuri Newspaper, sponsoring Ryuou Championship: "No Evidence of Improper Conduct by Miura, but Suspension was Appropriate" (December 26)
• See also: Asahi news "Inquiry clears top ‘shogi’ player Hiroyuki Miura of cheating" (December 27)
• See also: Kyodo news "Third-party probe finds no evidence of cheating by shogi player" (December 27)

Miura's press conference

• "Banning Miura from playing shogi was extremely unfair" (December 27)
• See also: NHK World "Shogi player cleared, criticizes association" (December 27)

JSA press conference

• "Planned publication of weekly magazine article forced the decision to suspend Miura" (December 27)
• See also: JSA release "JSA Comment in Response to the Third-party Committee's Investigation Report" (December 27)
• See also: Japan Times "Chief of ‘shogi’ body reinstates top player, apologizes over cheating charge" (December 27)

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