Eiji Iijima
# Eiji Iijima

Eiji Iijima (飯島 栄治, Iijima Eiji, born September 16, 1979) 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 (April 2009 – March 2010) 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
