Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii became the youngest player ever to clinch five major professional titles in the Japanese board game, doing so just six months short of his 20th birthday.
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Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii took another step Saturday toward his ultimate goal of winning all of the board game's eight major titles by claiming his fifth as the youngest player in history at age 19 and 6 months. Fujii completed a sweep of 37-year-old Akira Watanabe in the best-of-seven Osho…