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Shogi Yearbook 2015

Title match games, Challenger’s tournaments, interviews with

WATANABE Akira and HIROSE Akihito, tournament reports, photos,

Micro Shogi, statistics, …

This yearbook is a free PDF document

SHOGI24.COM SHOGI YEARBOOK 2015

Shogi Yearbook 2015 Content

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Content

Content .................................................................................................................................................... 2

Just a few words ... .................................................................................................................................. 5

64. Osho .................................................................................................................................................. 6

64. Osho league ................................................................................................................................... 6

64th Osho title match ........................................................................................................................... 9

Game 1 ............................................................................................................................................. 9

Game 2 ........................................................................................................................................... 12

Game 3 ........................................................................................................................................... 15

Game 4 ........................................................................................................................................... 18

Game 5 ........................................................................................................................................... 21

Game 6 ........................................................................................................................................... 23

Game 7 ........................................................................................................................................... 26

Summary ........................................................................................................................................ 28

40. Kio .................................................................................................................................................... 29

40. Kio Challenger’s tournament........................................................................................................ 29

Challenger’s finale .......................................................................................................................... 29

39. Kio title match .............................................................................................................................. 33

Game 1 ........................................................................................................................................... 33

Game 2 ........................................................................................................................................... 35

Game 3 ........................................................................................................................................... 37

Summary ........................................................................................................................................ 40

73th Meijin ............................................................................................................................................. 41

73th Meijin A-Class ............................................................................................................................ 41

Play-off 1 ........................................................................................................................................ 41

Play-off 2 ........................................................................................................................................ 42

Play-off 3 ........................................................................................................................................ 45

73th Meijin title match ........................................................................................................................ 49

Game 1 ........................................................................................................................................... 49

Game 2 ........................................................................................................................................... 51

Game 3 ........................................................................................................................................... 53

Game 4 ........................................................................................................................................... 56

Game 5 ........................................................................................................................................... 59

Summary ............................................................................................................................................ 63

86. Kisei ................................................................................................................................................. 64

86. Kisei challenger’s tournament ...................................................................................................... 64


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86. Kisei title match ............................................................................................................................ 67

Game 1 ........................................................................................................................................... 67

Game 2 ........................................................................................................................................... 70

Game 3 ........................................................................................................................................... 73

Game 4 ........................................................................................................................................... 76

Summary ............................................................................................................................................ 78

56. Oi ..................................................................................................................................................... 79

56. Oi challenger league .................................................................................................................... 79


56. Oi title match ................................................................................................................................ 83

Game 1 ........................................................................................................................................... 83

Game 2 ........................................................................................................................................... 86

Game 3 ........................................................................................................................................... 89

Game 4 ........................................................................................................................................... 92

Game 5 ........................................................................................................................................... 94

Summary ............................................................................................................................................ 97

63. Oza .................................................................................................................................................. 98

63. Oza Challenger’s tournament ...................................................................................................... 98


63. Oza title match ........................................................................................................................... 101

Game 1 ......................................................................................................................................... 101

Game 2 ......................................................................................................................................... 104

Game 3 ......................................................................................................................................... 107

Game 4 ......................................................................................................................................... 109

Game 5 ......................................................................................................................................... 111

Summary .......................................................................................................................................... 113

28. Ryu-O ............................................................................................................................................ 114

28. Ryu-O Challenger’s tournament ................................................................................................ 114

Challenger’s finale / 3rd

game ....................................................................................................... 114

27th Ryu-O title match ..................................................................................................................... 117

Game 1 ......................................................................................................................................... 117

Game 2 ......................................................................................................................................... 120

Game 3 ......................................................................................................................................... 122

Game 4 ......................................................................................................................................... 125

Game 5 ......................................................................................................................................... 127

Summary .......................................................................................................................................... 130

Denou-sen Final: Time for revenge! .................................................................................................... 131

Game 1 ............................................................................................................................................ 131


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Game 2 ............................................................................................................................................ 134

Game 3 ............................................................................................................................................ 136

Game 4 ............................................................................................................................................ 139

Game 5 ......................................................................................................................................... 141

Summary .......................................................................................................................................... 141

WOSC/ESC 2015 in Prague ................................................................................................................ 142

Shogifestival 2015 in Ludwigshafen/Germany .................................................................................... 145

A little bit chess, but not too much … .................................................................................................. 152

Shogi variant – Micro Shogi ................................................................................................................. 154

Shogi24.com Player of the Year 2015/2016 ........................................................................................ 155

Statistics .............................................................................................................................................. 156

Title match statistics ......................................................................................................................... 156

Top 10 shogi24.com-rating ….......................................................................................................... 156

Top 10 players who played the most games ................................................................................... 157

Top 10 players who gained the most wins ....................................................................................... 157

Top 10 players who showed the highest winning percentage ......................................................... 157

Top 10 players who made the longest straight wins ........................................................................ 158

Shogi - Schach der Samurai Einführung in das faszinierende japanische Schach ............................ 159

Shogi Yearbook 2015 Just a few words ...

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Just a few words ...

Dear shogi friends,

Let’s make it really short this time…

I want to thank

WATANABE Akira and HIROSE Akihito for the interviews,

Frank Rövekamp for the translation,

Bernhard C. März for the permission of using his software 'BCM Games',

Jan Mazuch and others for the permission of publishing their photos of the ESC/WOSC 2016

and MANABU Terao for the permission of using articles he published first in the forum of

81squareuniverse.

Ideas, photos, reports for next year’s edition? Feel free to send them to [email protected] .

Enjoy the game!

mailto:[email protected]

Shogi Yearbook 2015 64. Osho

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64. Osho

64. Osho league

The Osho league saw Habu and Goda with 4 wins and 2 losses at the top. The showdown was a

playoff game to determine the challenger of title holder Watanabe.

Playoff

2014-12-25

Sente: HABU Yoshiharu

Gote: GODA Masataka

1.P7g-7f

2.P8c-8d

3.S7i-6h

4.P3c-3d

5.P6g-6f

6.S7a-6b

7.P5g-5f

8.P5c-5d

9.S3i-4h

10.S3a-4b

11.G4i-5h

12.G4a-3b

13.G6i-7h

14.K5a-4a

15.K5i-6i

16.P7c-7d

17.G5h-6g

18.G6a-5b

19.S6h-7g

20.S4b-3c

21.B8h-7i

22.B2b-3a

23.P3g-3f

24.P4c-4d

25.S4h-3g

26.B3a-6d

27.B7i-6h

28.G5b-4c

29.K6i-7i

30.K4a-3a

31.K7i-8h

32.S6b-5c


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33.P1g-1f

34.K3a-2b

35.P1f-1e

36.P9c-9d

37.L1i-1f

38.P9d-9e

39.R2h-1h

40.S3c-2d

41.S3g-2f

42.P4d-4e

43.P3f-3e

44.P3dx3e

45.S2fx3e

46.S2dx3e

47.B6hx3e

48.S5c-4d

49.P6f-6e

50.B6d-7c

51.B3e-5g

52.P8d-8e

53.B5g-6f

54.P*3d

55.S*3f

56.P5d-5e

57.P7f-7e

58.P7dx7e

59.S3fx4e

60.S*7d

61.N2i-3g

62.S7dx6e

63.S4ex4d

64.G4cx4d

65.B6fx7e

66.P*7f

67.S7gx7f

68.S*6d

69.B7e-3i

70.S6ex7f

71.G6gx7f

72.S*6e

73.G7f-7g

74.P*7f

75.G7g-6g

76.S6ex5f

77.G6gx7f

78.S6d-6e

79.G7f-7e

80.P*7d

81.G7ex6e

82.S5fx6e

83.S*7g

84.P5e-5f

85.N3g-2e

86.P8e-8f

87.P8gx8f

88.P2c-2d

89.P*3c

90.N2ax3c

91.N2ex1c+

92.L1ax1c

93.P1e-1d

94.L1cx1d

95.L1fx1d

96.N*7f


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97.K8h-8g

98.P*8h

99.L*8e

100.R8b-4b

101.G7hx8h

102.G4d-5d

103.L1d-1c+

104.K2b-3a

105.S*2c

106.R4bx4g+

107.P*4d

108.G3bx2c

109.+L1cx2c

110.N7fx8h+

111.K8gx8h

112.P*8g

113.K8h-7i

114.G*6i

115.Resigns


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64th Osho title match

Game 1

2015-01-11/12

Sente: WATANABE Akira, Osho

Gote: GODA Masataka, Challenger

1.P7g-7f

2.P8c-8d

3.P2g-2f

4.P8d-8e

5.B8h-7g

6.P3c-3d

7.S7i-8h

8.G4a-3b

9.G6i-7h

10.B2bx7g+

11.S8hx7g

12.S3a-4b

13.S3i-3h

14.S7a-7b

15.P9g-9f

16.P9c-9d

17.P4g-4f

18.P6c-6d

19.S3h-4g

20.S7b-6c

21.K5i-6h

22.S6c-5d

23.G4i-5h

24.G6a-5b

25.P3g-3f

26.K5a-4a

27.P1g-1f

28.P1c-1d

29.K6h-7i

30.K4a-3a

31.N2i-3g

32.P4c-4d

33.S4g-5f

34.P7c-7d

35.P6g-6f

36.S4b-3c

37.P2f-2e

38.G5b-4b

39.K7i-8h

40.K3a-2b

41.G5h-6h

42.N8a-7c

43.P4f-4e

44.B*4f

45.B*2f

46.P6d-6e

47.P4ex4d

48.P6ex6f

49.S7gx6f


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50.P8e-8f

51.P8gx8f

52.P*8e

53.P8fx8e

54.P9d-9e

55.P9fx9e

56.N7cx8e

57.P*8f

58.P*6e

59.S6f-5e

60.S5dx5e

61.S5f-4g

62.B4fx3g+

63.B2fx3g

64.P5c-5d

65.P5g-5f

66.N*6d

67.G7h-8g

68.P7d-7e

69.P7fx7e

70.S*7f

71.P5fx5e

72.S7fx8g+

73.K8hx8g

74.G*7f

75.K8g-7h

76.N8e-9g

77.L9ix9g

78.R8bx8f

79.N*7i

80.P*9f

81.P*8g

82.G7fx8g

83.N7ix8g

84.P9fx9g+

85.N8ix9g

86.P*9f

87.S*7g

88.L*7f

89.G*8e

90.L7fx7g+

91.G6hx7g

92.R8f-7f

93.G7gx7f

94.N6dx7f

95.P2e-2d

96.S*6f

97.P2dx2c+

98.G3bx2c

99.B3g-4f

100.G*6g

101.K7h-6i

102.P*2g

103.R2hx2g

104.S6f-5g

105.R2gx2c+

106.K2bx2c

107.L*2i

108.R*2d

109.L2ix2d


11

110.S3cx2d

111.R*4c

112.G4bx4c

113.S*3b

114.Resigns

Standing after game 1:

Watanabe – Goda 1-0


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Game 2

2015-01-22/23

Sente: GODA Masataka, Challenger

Gote: WATANABE Akira, Osho

1.P7g-7f

2.P8c-8d

3.P2g-2f

4.G4a-3b

5.G6i-7h

6.P8d-8e

7.B8h-7g

8.P3c-3d

9.S7i-8h

10.B2bx7g+

11.S8hx7g

12.S3a-4b

13.S3i-3h

14.S7a-7b

15.P4g-4f

16.P6c-6d

17.S3h-4g

18.S7b-6c

19.K5i-6h

20.P9c-9d

21.P9g-9f

22.S6c-5d

23.G4i-5h

24.S4b-3c

25.P1g-1f

26.P1c-1d

27.P3g-3f

28.K5a-4b

29.K6h-7i

30.G6a-5b

31.N2i-3g

32.K4b-3a

33.S4g-5f

34.P6d-6e

35.K7i-8h

36.K3a-2b

37.G5h-4h

38.P4c-4d

39.R2h-2i

40.G5b-4b

41.R2i-6i

42.R8b-6b

43.R6i-5i

44.R6b-8b

45.R5i-2i

46.G4b-5b

47.P2f-2e

48.G5b-4c

49.R2i-6i

50.R8b-6b

51.R6i-5i

52.R6b-9b

53.S5f-4g

54.G4c-4b

55.S4g-5f

56.G4b-4c

57.R5i-2i


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58.R9b-8b

59.R2i-6i

60.R8b-6b

61.R6i-5i

62.R6b-9b

63.G4h-3h

64.R9b-8b

65.G3h-4g

66.R8b-6b

67.R5i-5h

68.R6b-9b

69.R5h-3h

70.R9b-7b

71.R3h-4h

72.R7b-9b

73.P4f-4e

74.R9b-8b

75.P4ex4d

76.S3cx4d

77.R4h-2h

78.S4d-3c

79.G4g-4h

80.G4c-4b

81.R2h-2i

82.G4b-4c

83.S5f-4g

84.S5d-5e

85.P*4f

86.P7c-7d

87.N3g-4e

88.P7d-7e

89.P7fx7e

90.B*4d

91.K8h-7i

92.P6e-6f

93.G4h-5h

94.P8e-8f

95.P8gx8f

96.N8a-7c

97.B*7d

98.P*7f

99.S7gx7f

100.R8bx8f

101.N4ex3c+

102.G4cx3c

103.S*7g

104.R8f-8d

105.P4f-4e

106.P6fx6g+

107.S7fx6g

108.P*6f

109.S6g-7f

110.N*6g

111.G5hx6g

112.P6fx6g+

113.G7hx6g

114.S5e-6f

115.G6gx6f

116.B4dx6f

117.S7gx6f

118.P*8h

119.K7i-6h


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120.P8hx8i+

121.P*8e

122.N7cx8e

123.P2e-2d

124.G*7g

125.K6h-5h

126.N*3g

127.R2i-2h

128.R8dx7d

129.P7ex7d

130.P2cx2d

131.P*2c

132.K2bx2c

133.P*2e

134.P2dx2e

135.P*2d

136.G3cx2d

137.S7fx8e

138.B*6g

139.K5h-4h

140.B6gx8e+

141.K4hx3g

142.S*2f

143.K3g-4f

144.G7g-6g

145.R*6b

146.+B8ex7d

147.R6b-7b+

148.+B7d-6d

149.S*5e

150.G6gx6f

151.S5ex6d

152.P*4b

153.S4g-3h

154.S*4h

155.B*8c

156.S4hx5g

157.Resigns




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Game 3

2015-01-29/30



1.P7g-7f

2.P8c-8d

3.S7i-6h

4.P3c-3d

5.P6g-6f

6.S7a-6b

7.P5g-5f

8.P5c-5d

9.S3i-4h

10.S3a-4b

11.G4i-5h

12.G4a-3b

13.G6i-7h

14.K5a-4a

15.K5i-6i

16.P7c-7d

17.G5h-6g

18.G6a-5b

19.S6h-7g

20.S4b-3c

21.B8h-7i

22.B2b-3a

23.P3g-3f

24.P4c-4d

25.S4h-3g

26.B3a-6d

27.B7i-6h

28.G5b-4c

29.K6i-7i

30.K4a-3a

31.K7i-8h

32.K3a-2b

33.S3g-4f

34.P4d-4e

35.S4f-3g

36.S6b-5c

37.R2h-4h

38.P9c-9d

39.P4g-4f

40.P4ex4f

41.P9g-9f

42.S3c-4d

43.B6hx4f

44.N8a-7c

45.B4f-6h

46.N7c-8e

47.S7g-8f

48.R8b-7b

49.P1g-1f

50.P*4e

51.P1f-1e

52.P5d-5e

53.P5fx5e

54.S4dx5e

55.R4hx4e

56.P*4f

57.S3gx4f

58.S5c-5d

59.S4fx5e

60.B6dx5e


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61.B6h-4f

62.B5e-3c

63.R4e-2e

64.S*2d

65.R2e-2f

66.S5d-5e

67.B4f-5g

68.S5e-6d

69.S*4e

70.P7d-7e

71.P3f-3e

72.P7ex7f

73.P*7c

74.R7b-4b

75.P3ex3d

76.B3c-5e

77.P*4f

78.K2b-3a

79.N2i-3g

80.B5e-2b

81.N3g-2e

82.R4b-5b

83.P*5f

84.P*5e

85.P5fx5e

86.S6dx5e

87.P*5c

88.R5b-8b

89.G6gx7f

90.P*5f

91.B5g-4h

92.S5e-4d

93.P3d-3c+

94.N2ax3c

95.N2ex3c+

96.S4dx3c

97.R2f-3f

98.N*6d

99.G7f-7e

100.P*4d

101.P*3d

102.S3c-4b

103.G7ex6d

104.P4dx4e

105.P7c-7b+

106.R8bx7b

107.G6dx6c

108.R7b-9b

109.P5c-5b+

110.S*4g

111.+P5bx4b

112.G4cx4b

113.P*5d

114.S4gx3f+

115.P5d-5c+

116.R*4i

117.+P5cx4b

118.G3bx4b

119.G*5i

120.R4ix1i+


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121.P*5d

122.L*6a

123.G6c-5c

124.P5f-5g+

125.N*3c

126.S2dx3c

127.P3dx3c+

128.G4bx3c

129.N*2e

130.P*7g

131.N8ix7g

132.N*7f

133.K8h-9h

134.+P5gx4h

135.S8fx8e

136.+R1ix5i

137.S8ex7f

138.P9d-9e

139.N2ex3c+

140.G*9g

141.K9hx9g

142.+R5ix9i

143.S*9h

144.P9ex9f

145.K9g-8f

146.B*9g

147.Resigns




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Game 4

2015-02-16/17



1.P2g-2f

2.P3c-3d

3.P7g-7f

4.R8b-4b

5.P2f-2e

6.K5a-6b

7.S3i-4h

8.K6b-7b

9.K5i-6h

10.K7b-8b

11.K6h-7h

12.S7a-7b

13.G4i-5h

14.B2bx8h+

15.S7ix8h

16.S3a-2b

17.P3g-3f

18.S2b-3c

19.P4g-4f

20.R4b-2b

21.S4h-4g

22.S3c-4d

23.P9g-9f

24.P9c-9d

25.P8g-8f

26.P3d-3e

27.P3fx3e

28.S4dx3e

29.B*7g

30.B*4d

31.B7gx4d

32.S3ex4d

33.S8h-8g

34.R2b-3b

35.P*3f

36.G4a-3a

37.P2e-2d

38.P2cx2d

39.R2hx2d

40.P*2b

41.R2d-2h

42.P*3e

43.P3fx3e

44.S4dx3e

45.P*2c

46.P2bx2c

47.R2hx2c+

48.B*1d

49.+R2c-2h

50.P*2f

51.B*6f

52.P4c-4d

53.P1g-1f

54.S3e-3f

55.S4gx3f

56.B1dx3f

57.+R2hx2f

58.B3fx5h+

59.G6ix5h

60.R3b-3h+


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61.B*4g

62.+R3h-3i

63.S*6i

64.S*3e

65.+R2f-2c

66.S3ex4f

67.B4g-6e

68.G*5e

69.B6fx5e

70.S4fx5e

71.P*3b

72.P*2b

73.+R2c-2g

74.G3a-4b

75.P3b-3a+

76.S5e-6d

77.B6ex2a+

78.B*5e

79.N*6f

80.B5ex1i+

81.+R2gx2b

82.G4b-5b

83.P*4c

84.+B1ix2i

85.P4c-4b+

86.G5b-6b

87.G*7i

88.+B2i-6e

89.+P3a-4a

90.P*3b

91.+P4a-5a

92.S6d-5e

93.+P5ax6a

94.G6bx6a

95.G*7e

96.P6c-6d

97.+R2b-3a

98.N*4f

99.G7ex6e

100.P6dx6e

101.+P4b-5b

102.N4fx5h+

103.+P5bx6a

104.K8b-9b

105.G*8b

106.K9bx8b

107.+R3a-4b

108.L*7a

109.+R4b-6b

110.+N5hx6i

111.+R6bx7a

112.K8b-9c

113.B*8b

114.Resigns


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21

Game 5

2015-03-12/13



1.P7g-7f

2.P8c-8d

3.P2g-2f

4.P8d-8e

5.B8h-7g

6.P3c-3d

7.S7i-8h

8.G4a-3b

9.G6i-7h

10.B2bx7g+

11.S8hx7g

12.S3a-4b

13.S3i-3h

14.S7a-7b

15.P9g-9f

16.P1c-1d

17.P1g-1f

18.P9c-9d

19.P4g-4f

20.P6c-6d

21.S3h-4g

22.S7b-6c

23.K5i-6h

24.K5a-4a

25.P3g-3f

26.G6a-5b

27.G4i-5h

28.S6c-5d

29.N2i-3g

30.P4c-4d

31.S4g-5f

32.K4a-3a

33.K6h-7i

34.P7c-7d

35.P6g-6f

36.S4b-3c

37.R2h-4h

38.G5b-4b

39.K7i-8h

40.K3a-2b

41.P2f-2e

42.P6d-6e

43.B*6d

44.R8b-9b

45.P4f-4e

46.P4dx4e

47.N3gx4e

48.S3c-4d

49.P6fx6e

50.P*6c

51.B6d-4f

52.P7d-7e

53.P7fx7e

54.B*2g

55.G5h-4g

56.S4dx4e

57.S5fx4e

58.S5dx4e

59.B4f-5e

60.N2a-3c


22

61.S*8c

62.S4e-5d

63.S8cx9b

64.S5dx5e

65.S9bx8a+

66.B*5i

67.N*2f

68.G4b-4c

69.R*8b

70.B5ix4h+

71.G4gx4h

72.B2gx3f+

73.B*5b

74.P*4b

75.N2fx3d

76.G4cx3d

77.B5bx3d+

78.S*4c

79.+B3d-6g

80.+B3f-4e

81.+B6gx4e

82.N3cx4e

83.+S8ax9a

84.N*6f

85.G7h-6h

86.R*5i

87.L*3f

88.N*7f

89.K8h-9h

90.N7fx6h+

91.R8bx4b+

92.R5ix8i+

93.K9hx8i

94.N6f-7h+

95.K8i-9h

96.G*8h

97.K9h-9g

98.Resigns




23

Game 6

2015-03-19/20



1.P2g-2f

2.P8c-8d

3.P7g-7f

4.G4a-3b

5.G6i-7h

6.P8d-8e

7.B8h-7g

8.P3c-3d

9.S7i-8h

10.B2bx7g+

11.S8hx7g

12.S3a-4b

13.S3i-3h

14.S7a-7b

15.P4g-4f

16.P6c-6d

17.S3h-4g

18.S7b-6c

19.K5i-6h

20.K5a-4a

21.P1g-1f

22.P1c-1d

23.P9g-9f

24.P9c-9d

25.P3g-3f

26.G6a-5b

27.K6h-7i

28.S6c-5d

29.G4i-5h

30.K4a-3a

31.N2i-3g

32.P4c-4d

33.S4g-5f

34.P7c-7d

35.P6g-6f

36.S4b-3c

37.R2h-4h

38.G5b-4b

39.K7i-8h

40.K3a-2b

41.P2f-2e

42.P6d-6e

43.B*6d

44.R8b-9b

45.P4f-4e

46.P4dx4e

47.N3gx4e

48.S3c-4d

49.P6fx6e

50.G3b-4c

51.P2e-2d

52.P2cx2d

53.P*2e

54.P2dx2e

55.P*2d

56.P*6c

57.B6d-4f

58.K2b-3b

59.P1f-1e

60.P1dx1e


24

61.P6e-6d

62.P6cx6d

63.B4fx6d

64.P2e-2f

65.P9f-9e

66.P2f-2g+

67.P9ex9d

68.P*2c

69.R4h-4i

70.P*9f

71.L9ix9f

72.P*9e

73.L9fx9e

74.B*8d

75.P9d-9c+

76.N8ax9c

77.P*9d

78.B8dx9e

79.P9dx9c+

80.R9bx9c

81.P*9f

82.B9ex7g+

83.G7hx7g

84.P*9g

85.N*5e

86.P*4h

87.R4ix4h

88.L*6c

89.N5ex6c+

90.S5dx6c

91.L*9e

92.S6cx6d

93.L9ex9c

94.N*6e

95.S5fx6e

96.S6dx6e

97.P2dx2c+

98.K3bx2c

99.P*2d

100.K2c-1d

101.R*2b

102.B*9i

103.K8h-7h

104.B9ix7g+

105.N8ix7g

106.G*3a

107.R2b-2c+

108.K1d-2e

109.P*1b

110.S*1d

111.+R2cx1d

112.K2ex1d

113.N7gx6e

114.R*9h

115.K7h-7g

116.S*3g

117.S*2c

118.K1d-2e

119.B*1d

120.K2e-2f


25

121.B*5i

122.P*2e

123.N4ex5c+

124.S4dx5c

125.N6ex5c+

126.S3gx4h+

127.B5ix4h

128.N*3g

129.N*3h

130.+P2gx3h

131.S*4g

132.R*1g

133.S*1h

134.R1gx1h+

135.L1ix1h

136.P*6e

137.P*6f

138.S*6i

139.S*1g

140.K2f-2g

141.S4gx3h

142.K2gx1h

143.G5h-6h

144.N*4f

145.S3h-2i

146.K1hx2i

147.R*2h

148.K2i-1i

149.+N5cx4c

150.Resigns




26

Game 7

2015-03-26/27



1.P2g-2f

2.P8c-8d

3.P2f-2e

4.P8d-8e

5.G6i-7h

6.G4a-3b

7.P2e-2d

8.P2cx2d

9.R2hx2d

10.P*2c

11.R2d-2h

12.P9c-9d

13.P9g-9f

14.P3c-3d

15.S3i-3h

16.S7a-6b

17.S3h-2g

18.P8e-8f

19.P8gx8f

20.R8bx8f

21.P*8g

22.R8f-8d

23.S2g-3f

24.B2b-3c

25.P1g-1f

26.P1c-1d

27.P7g-7f

28.K5a-4a

29.P4g-4f

30.S3a-2b

31.B8hx3c+

32.S2bx3c

33.S7i-8h

34.G6a-5a

35.K5i-6h

36.P7c-7d

37.S3f-4e

38.N8a-7c

39.G4i-5h

40.P5c-5d

41.S8h-7g

42.P5d-5e

43.B*6f

44.P7d-7e

45.B6fx5e

46.G5a-4b

47.S7g-8f

48.P7ex7f

49.P1f-1e

50.P1dx1e

51.P*1c

52.L1ax1c

53.P*1b

54.B*5c

55.P1b-1a+

56.B5cx8f

57.P8gx8f

58.R8dx8f

59.B*8g

60.R8f-8e


27

61.B5e-6f

62.N7c-6e

63.+P1ax2a

64.S*7g

65.K6h-5i

66.S7gx6f+

67.P6gx6f

68.B*3i

69.R2h-3h

70.B3ix5g+

71.N*5d

72.S6b-5c

73.P6fx6e

74.+B5g-6f

75.S*7d

76.R8e-8d

77.S7dx6c+

78.P*5g

79.G5h-4g

80.P*6b

81.N5dx6b+

82.P4c-4d

83.P*5d

84.S5cx6b

85.+S6cx6b

86.G3b-4c

87.G4g-5f

88.+B6f-6g

89.N*5e

90.K4a-3b

91.N5ex4c+

92.K3bx2a

93.+N4cx4b

94.S3cx4b

95.S*4a

96.S4b-3a

97.G*3c

98.R8dx8g+

99.S4a-3b+

100.Resigns

Finale standing:



28

Summary

Shogi Yearbook 2015 40. Kio

29

40. Kio

40. Kio Challenger’s tournament

Habu has been Kio title holder in 2005, so he surely wanted to regain the title after 10 years. But in the

challenger’s finale he had to beat Fukaura before.

Challenger’s finale

2014-12-22

Sente: HABU Yoshiharu

Gote: FUKAURA Hiroyuki

1.P7g-7f

2.P8c-8d

3.P2g-2f

4.G4a-3b

5.G6i-7h

6.P8d-8e

7.B8h-7g

8.P3c-3d

9.S7i-8h

10.B2bx7g+

11.S8hx7g

12.S3a-4b

13.S3i-3h

14.S7a-7b

15.P9g-9f

16.P9c-9d

17.P4g-4f

18.P6c-6d

19.S3h-4g

20.S7b-6c

21.K5i-6h

22.S6c-5d

23.S4g-5f

24.P4c-4d

25.G4i-5h

26.G6a-5b

27.P3g-3f

28.K5a-4a

29.K6h-7i

30.K4a-3a

31.P1g-1f

32.P1c-1d

33.N2i-3g

34.S4b-3c

35.R2h-4h

36.G5b-4c

37.K7i-8h

38.K3a-2b

39.P6g-6f

40.G4c-4b


30

41.G5h-6h

42.S3c-2d

43.P2f-2e

44.S2d-3c

45.G6h-5h

46.L1a-1b

47.R4h-2h

48.K2b-1a

49.P4f-4e

50.P4dx4e

51.P3f-3e

52.P9d-9e

53.P9fx9e

54.P*9g

55.P1f-1e

56.P1dx1e

57.L9ix9g

58.P3dx3e

59.N3gx4e

60.S5dx4e

61.S5fx4e

62.P*9f

63.L9gx9f

64.N*8d

65.P*1c

66.L1bx1c

67.P*1d

68.L1cx1d

69.P*1c

70.N8dx9f

71.K8h-9h

72.B*3g

73.R2h-2i

74.N2ax1c

75.P2e-2d

76.P2cx2d

77.S*3d

78.B3g-5e+

79.P*4c

80.G4bx4c

81.S3dx4c+

82.G3bx4c

83.S4e-5f

84.+B5e-5d

85.B*2c

86.K1a-2b

87.B2cx1d+

88.S*2c

89.+B1d-4g

90.N1c-2e

91.L*4f

92.P*4d

93.L1ix1e

94.P*1d

95.P*4e

96.P8e-8f

97.P8gx8f

98.P*8e

99.G*8g

100.P8ex8f

101.S7gx8f

102.P*8e

103.S8f-7g

104.L*8c


31

105.G8gx9f

106.P8e-8f

107.P*8e

108.L8cx8e

109.P*8c

110.R8bx8c

111.N*7i

112.N2e-3g+

113.+B4gx3g

114.P1dx1e

115.P4ex4d

116.S3cx4d

117.L4fx4d

118.L*8d

119.P*8h

120.G4cx4d

121.+B3gx1e

122.P*1d

123.+B1e-1f

124.P*4c

125.N*7e

126.R8c-8b

127.S*7a

128.R8b-7b

129.N7e-8c+

130.R7bx7a

131.+N8cx8d

132.L*8b

133.+N8dx8e

134.L8bx8e

135.L*4h

136.G4d-3d

137.L*5e

138.+B5d-3f

139.L4hx4c+

140.P2d-2e

141.P*2d

142.S2cx2d

143.G5h-4g

144.+B3f-1h

145.R2i-4i

146.N*8d

147.G4g-4f

148.P*4g

149.G9fx8e

150.P*9g

151.N8ix9g

152.P*9f

153.S7gx8f

154.P9fx9g+

155.S8fx9g

156.P*9f

157.S9g-8f

158.P1d-1e

159.+B1f-3h

160.N*7d

161.K9h-8g

162.S*5h

163.R4i-3i

164.N7dx8f

165.K8gx8f


32

166.P9f-9g+

167.G8ex8d

168.P*8e

169.K8f-7g

170.S*2g

171.+B3hx4g

172.S5hx4g+

173.G4fx4g

174.K2b-1c

175.N*4f

176.S2g-2h+

177.N4fx3d

178.K1c-1d

179.N3d-2b+

180.P1e-1f

181.L*1i

182.+S2hx1i

183.G4g-3g

184.K1d-1e

185.N*2g

186.Resigns


33

39. Kio title match

Game 1

2015-02-11

Sente: WATANABE Akira, Kio

Gote: HABU Yoshiharu, Challenger

1.P7g-7f

2.P3c-3d

3.P2g-2f

4.P8c-8d

5.P2f-2e

6.P8d-8e

7.G6i-7h

8.G4a-3b

9.P2e-2d

10.P2cx2d

11.R2hx2d

12.P8e-8f

13.P8gx8f

14.R8bx8f

15.R2dx3d

16.B2b-3c

17.R3d-3f

18.R8f-8d

19.R3f-2f

20.S3a-2b

21.P*8g

22.K5a-5b

23.K5i-5h

24.G6a-5a

25.S3i-3h

26.S7a-6b

27.P3g-3f

28.P9c-9d

29.S3h-3g

30.P9d-9e

31.G4i-3h

32.P1c-1d

33.P1g-1f

34.S2b-2c

35.S3g-4f

36.P*2d

37.N2i-3g

38.P*8f

39.P8gx8f

40.R8dx8f

41.R2f-2i

42.R8fx7f

43.B8h-7g

44.P1d-1e

45.P1fx1e

46.P*1g

47.L1ix1g

48.B3cx7g+

49.G7hx7g

50.R7f-7d

51.B*5f

52.R7d-8d

53.P*8e

54.R8dx8e

55.P*8f

56.R8e-8d

57.P1e-1d

58.P*1b

59.R2i-1i

60.P5c-5d


34

61.R1i-2i

62.N2a-3c

63.K5h-6h

64.N8a-9c

65.P*2e

66.P2dx2e

67.N3gx2e

68.N3cx2e

69.R2ix2e

70.P*2d

71.R2e-2i

72.P5d-5e

73.S4fx5e

74.B*1h

75.R2i-1i

76.B1hx3f+

77.P1d-1c+

78.P1bx1c

79.L1gx1c+

80.P*3g

81.G3h-3i

82.S2c-3d

83.N*7f

84.R8d-7d

85.P*7e

86.R7dx7e

87.G7g-6f

88.R7e-7d

89.P*7e

90.R7d-9d

91.B5f-8c+

92.N*2g

93.P*3c

94.G3b-3a

95.R1i-1f

96.+B3f-2e

97.+L1c-2b

98.+B2ex1f

99.+L2bx3a

100.N2gx3i+

101.+B8cx9d

102.G*8g

103.R*2b

104.Resigns

Standing after game 1

Watanabe – Habu 1-0


35

Game 2

2015-02-21

Sente: HABU Yoshiharu, Challenger

Gote: WATANABE Akira, Kio

1.P7g-7f

2.P8c-8d

3.S7i-6h

4.P3c-3d

5.P6g-6f

6.S7a-6b

7.P5g-5f

8.P5c-5d

9.S3i-4h

10.S3a-4b

11.G4i-5h

12.G4a-3b

13.G6i-7h

14.K5a-4a

15.K5i-6i

16.P7c-7d

17.G5h-6g

18.G6a-5b

19.S6h-7g

20.S4b-3c

21.B8h-7i

22.B2b-3a

23.P3g-3f

24.P4c-4d

25.S4h-3g

26.B3a-6d

27.B7i-6h

28.G5b-4c

29.K6i-7i

30.K4a-3a

31.K7i-8h

32.K3a-2b

33.P1g-1f

34.P8d-8e

35.S3g-4f

36.P4d-4e

37.S4f-3g

38.S6b-5c

39.R2h-4h

40.S5c-4d

41.P1f-1e

42.R8b-5b

43.P4g-4f

44.P4ex4f

45.S3gx4f

46.P*4e

47.S4fx4e

48.B6dx1i+

49.S4ex4d

50.S3cx4d

51.S*4a

52.R5b-4b

53.S4ax3b+

54.K2bx3b

55.P*4e

56.S4d-3c

57.B6h-4f

58.+B1ix4f

59.R4hx4f

60.B*2d


36

61.P3f-3e

62.B2dx3e

63.R4f-3f

64.S*6i

65.G*6h

66.S6ix7h+

67.K8hx7h

68.P*4f

69.G6g-5g

70.S*4g

71.R3f-1f

72.S4g-3h

73.G5gx4f

74.S3hx2g

75.G4fx3e

76.S2gx1f

77.P4e-4d

78.G4cx4d

79.S*5c

80.G4dx3e

81.S5cx4b+

82.S3cx4b

83.P*4c

84.K3bx4c

85.R*8b

86.R*4i

87.B*6g

88.R4ix2i+

89.P*4i

90.+R2i-2h

91.B*5b

92.K4c-3c

93.B5bx6c+

94.N*5e

95.P5fx5e

96.G*5g

97.Resigns




37

Game 3

2015-03-08

Sente: WATANABE Akira, Kio

Gote: HABU Yoshiharu, Challenger

1.P7g-7f

2.P8c-8d

3.P2g-2f

4.G4a-3b

5.G6i-7h

6.P8d-8e

7.B8h-7g

8.P3c-3d

9.S7i-8h

10.B2bx7g+

11.S8hx7g

12.S3a-4b

13.S3i-3h

14.S7a-7b

15.P9g-9f

16.P9c-9d

17.P4g-4f

18.P6c-6d

19.S3h-4g

20.S7b-6c

21.K5i-6h

22.P1c-1d

23.P1g-1f

24.S6c-5d

25.S4g-5f

26.P4c-4d

27.G4i-5h

28.G6a-5b

29.P3g-3f

30.K5a-4a

31.K6h-7i

32.K4a-3a

33.N2i-3g

34.P7c-7d

35.P6g-6f

36.S4b-3c

37.R2h-4h

38.G5b-4b

39.K7i-8h

40.K3a-2b

41.P2f-2e

42.P6d-6e

43.B*6d

44.R8b-9b

45.P4f-4e

46.P4dx4e

47.N3gx4e

48.S3c-4d

49.P6fx6e

50.P7d-7e

51.B6dx7e

52.B*3g

53.R4h-4i

54.B3g-2h+

55.B7e-6f

56.G3b-4c

57.P3f-3e

58.P3dx3e

59.G5h-4g

60.P8e-8f


38

61.P8gx8f

62.N8a-7c

63.G4g-4f

64.K2b-3b

65.P2e-2d

66.P*8g

67.G7hx8g

68.P2cx2d

69.P*2b

70.P*4h

71.R4ix4h

72.+B2h-3g

73.R4h-4i

74.P*4h

75.R4i-2i

76.+B3gx4f

77.P2bx2a+

78.S5dx4e

79.R2ix2d

80.S4ex5f

81.R2d-2b+

82.K3b-4a

83.N*5h

84.+B4f-4e

85.P5gx5f

86.+B4ex5f

87.P6e-6d

88.G4b-3b

89.+R2bx1a

90.G*1b

91.P*5g

92.+B5fx6f

93.+R1ax1b

94.+B6f-6g

95.S*5f

96.+B6gx5g

97.P*5b

98.+B5gx5f

99.G*3a

100.K4ax5b

101.+R1bx3b

102.K5b-6a

103.L*8b

104.B*7i

105.K8h-9h

106.R9bx8b

107.+R3bx8b

108.Resigns


39

Finale standing



40

Summary

Shogi Yearbook 2015 73th Meijin

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73th Meijin

73th Meijin A-Class

It was a very exciting A-Class where in the end four players shared the lead with 6 wins an 3 losses:

Namekata, Watanabe, Kubo and Hirose. These four players had to play a play-off to determine the

challenger of Meijin Habu.

Play-off 1

2015-03-05

Sente: HIROSE Akihito

Gote: KUBO Toshiaki

1.P7g-7f

2.P3c-3d

3.P2g-2f

4.P5c-5d

5.P2f-2e

6.R8b-5b

7.G4i-5h

8.P5d-5e

9.P2e-2d

10.P2cx2d

11.R2hx2d

12.P5e-5f

13.P5gx5f

14.B2bx8h+

15.S7ix8h 16.B*3c

17.R2dx2a+

18.B3cx8h+

19.N*5e

20.K5a-6b


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21.+R2ax1a

22.S*5d

23.B*7e

24.P*2a

25.+R1ax2a

26.S3a-3b

27.+R2a-1b

28.+B8hx8i

29.P*2c

30.+B8ix9i

31.P2c-2b+

32.+B9i-7g

33.G6i-6h

34.+B7gx7f

35.B7e-6f

36.L*6d

37.P*7g

38.+B7f-9d

39.B6f-5g

40.N*4e

41.+P2bx3b

42.N4ex5g+

43.G5hx5g

44.R5bx3b

45.+R1b-2c

46.S5dx5e

47.S*5d

48.N*6e

49.+R2cx4c

50.K6b-7b

51.L*7f

52.B*5b

53.+R4c-2c

54.N6ex5g+

55.G6hx5g

56.S5e-4d

57.N*5e

58.S4dx5e

59.P5fx5e

60.P*5f

61.G5gx5f

62.L6dx6g+

63.K5i-4h

64.N*6d

65.K4h-3h

66.+B9dx7f

67.P7gx7f

68.L*2b

69.Resigns

Play-off 2

2015-03-10


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Sente: KUBO Toshiaki

Gote: WATANABE Akira

1.P5g-5f

2.P8c-8d

3.P7g-7f

4.P8d-8e

5.B8h-7g

6.P5c-5d

7.R2h-8h

8.P3c-3d

9.S7i-6h

10.K5a-4b

11.K5i-4h

12.K4b-3b

13.K4h-3h

14.S7a-6b

15.K3h-2h

16.S6b-5c

17.P1g-1f

18.P1c-1d

19.S3i-3h

20.G6a-5b

21.G6i-7h

22.P7c-7d

23.S6h-5g

24.P6c-6d

25.P9g-9f

26.P2c-2d

27.P6g-6f

28.K3b-2c

29.P2g-2f

30.S3a-3b

31.S3h-2g

32.S5c-4d

33.G4i-3h

34.B2b-3a

35.S5g-4f

36.S4d-3c

37.P5f-5e

38.P5dx5e

39.S4fx5e

40.G5b-5c

41.P*5d

42.G5c-4d

43.S5ex4d

44.S3cx4d

45.G7h-6g

46.R8b-5b

47.R8h-5h

48.P*5e

49.R5h-5i

50.R5bx5d

51.B7g-9e

52.G4a-5b

53.P7f-7e

54.P7dx7e

55.R5i-7i

56.P6d-6e

57.P6fx6e

58.P5e-5f

59.G*6d


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60.B3ax6d

61.P6ex6d

62.P5f-5g+

63.B*7b

64.R5dx6d

65.G6gx5g

66.P9c-9d

67.B9e-7g

68.S*6h

69.P*6e

70.R6d-6b

71.B7gx6h

72.R6bx7b

73.P6e-6d

74.R7b-7d

75.P6d-6c+

76.G5bx6c

77.G5g-6f

78.N8a-7c

79.R7i-5i

80.P*5c

81.B6h-4f

82.B*8h

83.G6f-5e

84.S4d-3e

85.B4f-6h

86.G*4a

87.P3g-3f

88.S3e-4d

89.G5ex4d

90.P4cx4d

91.B6h-4f

92.P4d-4e

93.B4f-3g

94.G*5b

95.S*8c

96.R7d-8d

97.P*7d

98.P*6d

99.P7dx7c+

100.G6cx7c

101.B3g-5e

102.B8hx5e+

103.R5ix5e

104.B*6f

105.B*4d

106.S3b-3c

107.R5ex5c+

108.G5bx5c

109.B4dx6f

110.R8dx8c

111.P*5d

112.G5c-5b

113.S*5c

114.P*5a

115.N2i-3g

116.R*6i

117.B*5e

118.G5b-4c

119.N3gx4e

120.P6d-6e


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121.N4ex3c+

122.N2ax3c

123.S*4d

124.Resigns

Play-off 3

2015-03-16

Sente: KUBO Toshiaki

Gote: NAMEKATA Hisashi

1.P7g-7f

2.P3c-3d

3.P7f-7e

4.P1c-1d

5.P1g-1f

6.P5c-5d

7.P6g-6f

8.B2b-4d

9.R2h-7h

10.R8b-2b

11.S7i-6h

12.S3a-4b

13.S6h-6g

14.P2c-2d

15.K5i-4h

16.P2d-2e

17.S3i-2h

18.G4a-5b

19.G6i-5h

20.N2a-3c

21.K4h-3h

22.K5a-6b

23.P6f-6e

24.P2e-2f

25.P2gx2f

26.R2bx2f


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27.P*2g

28.R2f-2e

29.B8hx4d

30.P4cx4d

31.N8i-7g

32.P4d-4e

33.B*6f

34.S7a-7b

35.P9g-9f

36.P3d-3e

37.G4i-4h

38.P9c-9d

39.P8g-8f

40.P1d-1e

41.P1fx1e

42.P*1f

43.P8f-8e

44.K6b-7a

45.R7h-8h

46.R2ex1e

47.P*1h

48.R1e-1d

49.P8e-8d

50.P8cx8d

51.R8hx8d

52.P*8c

53.R8d-8f

54.K7a-8b

55.P5g-5f

56.R1d-2d

57.P7e-7d

58.P7cx7d

59.P9f-9e

60.P9dx9e

61.P*9c

62.L9ax9c

63.N7g-8e

64.L9c-9d

65.L9ix9e

66.L9dx9e

67.P*7c

68.S7bx7c

69.N8ex7c+

70.K8bx7c

71.S*9b

72.G6a-7b

73.S9bx8a+

74.L*8d

75.N*8e

76.K7c-6b

77.B6f-5g

78.R2d-2a

79.B5gx3e

80.B*5c

81.B3ex5c+

82.K6bx5c

83.P*7c

84.G7b-6b

85.R8f-7f

86.R2ax8a

87.R7fx7d

88.N*8b

89.R7d-7h

90.P*7g


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91.R7hx7g

92.B*9i

93.R7g-7f

94.P*7e

95.R7fx7e

96.P*7d

97.N8e-9c

98.R8a-9a

99.N9c-8a+

100.P7dx7e

101.+N8ax9a

102.P7e-7f

103.P7c-7b+

104.G6bx7b

105.P*7h

106.P*2f

107.P2gx2f

108.P*2e

109.B*3e

110.K5c-4c

111.P2fx2e

112.S*3d

113.B3e-5g

114.B9i-4d+

115.R*2a

116.R*5a

117.R2ax5a+

118.G5bx5a

119.P2e-2d

120.L8d-8g+

121.B5g-6f

122.+B4dx6f

123.S6gx6f

124.R*6i

125.P2d-2c+

126.S3dx2c

127.R*2a

128.S2c-3d

129.B*7e

130.P*2f

131.G4h-4i

132.N8b-7d

133.S6f-5g

134.+L8gx7h

135.G4i-5i

136.R6ix6e+

137.B7e-9c+

138.P7f-7g+

139.P*6f

140.+R6e-8e

141.P*7c

142.G7b-6b

143.P*2d

144.+P7g-6g

145.G5hx6g

146.+R8e-8i

147.G5i-4i

148.B*8e

149.G4i-5h

150.P2f-2g+

151.Resigns


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73th Meijin title match

Game 1

2015-04-08/09

Sente: NAMEKATA Hisashi, Challenger

Gote: HABU Yoshiharu, Meijin

1.P7g-7f

2.P8c-8d

3.S7i-6h

4.P3c-3d

5.P6g-6f

6.S7a-6b

7.P5g-5f

8.P5c-5d

9.S3i-4h

10.S3a-4b

11.G4i-5h

12.G4a-3b

13.G5h-6g

14.K5a-4a

15.P2g-2f

16.P7c-7d

17.S6h-7g

18.G6a-5b

19.B8h-7i

20.S4b-3c

21.P3g-3f

22.B2b-3a

23.S4h-3g

24.P4c-4d

25.K5i-6h

26.P7d-7e

27.P7fx7e

28.B3ax7e

29.K6h-7h

30.B7e-6d

31.P3f-3e

32.P3dx3e

33.P6f-6e

34.B6d-4b

35.B7ix3e

36.P6c-6d

37.P6ex6d

38.P8d-8e

39.R2h-6h

40.G3b-4c

41.G6g-7f

42.P5d-5e

43.P5fx5e

44.S3c-3d

45.B3e-5g

46.G4c-5c

47.S3g-4f

48.P4d-4e

49.P5e-5d

50.G5cx6d

51.B5g-6f

52.P*3c

53.S4f-5e

54.P*7e

55.S5ex6d


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56.P7ex7f

57.S7gx7f

58.B4bx6d

59.B6f-4d

60.S3d-4c

61.Resigns


Habu - Namekata 1-0


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Game 2

2015-04-22/23

Sente: HABU Yoshiharu, Meijin

Gote: NAMEKATA Hisashi, Challenger

1.P2g-2f

2.P8c-8d

3.P2f-2e

4.P8d-8e

5.G6i-7h

6.G4a-3b

7.S3i-3h

8.S7a-7b

9.P9g-9f

10.P8e-8f

11.P8gx8f

12.R8bx8f

13.P*8g

14.R8f-8b

15.P7g-7f

16.S7b-8c

17.P1g-1f

18.S8c-7d

19.P2e-2d

20.P2cx2d

21.R2hx2d

22.P*2c

23.R2d-2f

24.P1c-1d

25.K5i-5h

26.P3c-3d

27.R2f-3f

28.G3b-3c

29.B8h-9g

30.S3a-4b

31.P7f-7e

32.S7d-8c

33.S7i-6h

34.K5a-4a

35.S6h-7g

36.P2c-2d

37.S7g-7f

38.G3c-2c

39.N8i-7g

40.P9c-9d

41.B9g-8h

42.K4a-3b

43.P8g-8f

44.R8b-7b

45.P8f-8e

46.P7c-7d

47.P7ex7d

48.S8cx7d

49.P8e-8d

50.P*7e

51.S7f-6e

52.P6c-6d

53.P*7c

54.R7bx7c

55.S6ex6d

56.P*8g

57.G7hx8g

58.R7c-9c

59.R3f-5f

60.P5c-5d


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61.P*7f

62.P*8f

63.G8gx8f

64.S7d-6e

65.R5f-4f

66.P7ex7f

67.G8fx7f

68.S6ex7f

69.R4fx7f

70.P*6c

71.S*7b

72.P6cx6d

73.S7bx6a

74.S*8g

75.R7f-7a+

76.R9c-7c

77.S6a-7b+

78.R7c-7f

79.G*8i

80.R7fx7g+

81.B8hx7g

82.B2bx7g+

83.+S7b-6b

84.B*7f

85.K5h-4h

86.+B7gx6g

87.P3g-3f

88.N*4e

89.K4h-3i

90.G*3g

91.N2ix3g

92.N4ex3g+

93.G*5h

94.+B6gx5g

95.Resigns


Habu – Namekata 1-1


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Game 3

2015-05-07/08



1.P7g-7f

2.P8c-8d

3.P2g-2f

4.G4a-3b

5.G6i-7h

6.P8d-8e

7.B8h-7g

8.P3c-3d

9.S7i-8h

10.B2bx7g+

11.S8hx7g

12.S3a-4b

13.S3i-3h

14.S7a-7b

15.P9g-9f

16.P9c-9d

17.P4g-4f

18.P6c-6d

19.S3h-4g

20.S7b-6c

21.K5i-6h

22.S6c-5d

23.S4g-5f

24.P4c-4d

25.G4i-5h

26.G6a-5b

27.P3g-3f

28.K5a-4a

29.P1g-1f

30.P1c-1d

31.K6h-7i

32.K4a-3a

33.N2i-3g

34.P7c-7d

35.P6g-6f

36.S4b-3c

37.R2h-4h

38.G5b-4b

39.K7i-8h

40.K3a-2b

41.G5h-6h

42.S3c-2d

43.P4f-4e

44.P4dx4e

45.S5fx4e

46.B*5i

47.R4h-3h

48.S5dx4e

49.N3gx4e

50.S*4d

51.P2f-2e

52.S2dx2e

53.B*6c

54.P*4g

55.G6h-5h

56.B5i-2f+

57.G5hx4g

58.+B2f-2g

59.R3h-4h

60.P*4f


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61.G4gx4f

62.+B2g-3g

63.R4h-4i

64.P9d-9e

65.P9fx9e

66.P7d-7e

67.P7fx7e

68.L9ax9e

69.L9ix9e

70.P*4h

71.R4i-2i

72.+B3gx4f

73.R2ix2e

74.+B4fx3f

75.P*4c

76.+B3fx2e

77.P4cx4b+

78.G3bx4b

79.L*2g

80.+B2e-5h

81.G*6h

82.P*7f

83.G6hx5h

84.P7fx7g+

85.K8hx7g

86.R*6i

87.P*2d

88.P2cx2d

89.P*2c

90.K2bx2c

91.P*2e

92.P2dx2e

93.P*2d

94.K2cx2d

95.S*7f

96.R6ix8i+

97.S*7a

98.S*6i

99.G5h-6h

100.G*8f

101.P8gx8f

102.+R8ix8f

103.K7g-6g

104.N*5e

105.K6g-5f

106.+R8fx7f

107.S7ax8b

108.S*4g

109.K5f-4f

110.+R7fx6f

111.K4f-3g

112.S4g-3f

113.K3g-2h

114.S3fx2g

115.K2hx2g

116.+R6f-2f

117.Resigns


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Game 4

2015-05-20/21

Sente: HABU Yoshiharu, Meijin

Gote: NAMEKATA Hisashi, Challenger

1.P7g-7f

2.P8c-8d

3.S7i-6h

4.P3c-3d

5.P6g-6f

6.S7a-6b

7.P5g-5f

8.P5c-5d

9.S3i-4h

10.S3a-4b

11.G4i-5h

12.G4a-3b

13.G6i-7h

14.K5a-4a

15.K5i-6i

16.P7c-7d

17.G5h-6g

18.G6a-5b

19.S6h-7g

20.S4b-3c

21.B8h-7i

22.B2b-3a

23.P3g-3f

24.P4c-4d

25.S4h-3g

26.B3a-6d

27.B7i-4f

28.K4a-3a

29.K6i-7i

30.S6b-5c

31.P2g-2f

32.N8a-7c

33.K7i-8h

34.P9c-9d

35.P9g-9f

36.K3a-2b

37.P2f-2e

38.R8b-6b

39.B4f-6h

40.N7c-8e

41.S7g-8f

42.R6b-7b

43.P1g-1f

44.G5b-4c

45.B6h-4f

46.P4d-4e

47.B4fx6d

48.S5cx6d

49.P3f-3e

50.P3dx3e

51.S3g-2f

52.G4c-3d

53.S2f-1e

54.R7b-8b

55.P2e-2d

56.P2cx2d

57.B*6a

58.B*4c

59.B6ax4c+

60.G3bx4c


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61.S1e-2f

62.S3c-4d

63.S2f-3g

64.K2b-3b

65.P4g-4f

66.P4ex4f

67.S3gx4f

68.P*4e

69.S4f-3g

70.P1c-1d

71.P*2c

72.G4c-3c

73.B*2b

74.L1a-1c

75.B2b-1a+

76.G3cx2c

77.S3g-2f

78.S4d-3c

79.N2i-3g

80.P3e-3f

81.N3g-2e

82.P2dx2e

83.S2fx2e

84.P3f-3g+

85.S2ex3d

86.S3cx3d

87.G*2b

88.K3b-4c

89.P*4d

90.K4cx4d

91.G2bx2c

92.P*3c

93.R2h-2d

94.S*3e

95.+B1ax2a

96.S3ex2d

97.G2cx2d

98.R*2h

99.N*2e

100.K4d-3e

101.S*1g

102.R2h-3h+

103.N2ex3c+

104.K3ex2d

105.+N3cx3d

106.K2dx3d

107.S1g-2f

108.P*3b

109.+B2a-2b

110.N*3c

111.+B2bx1c

112.+P3g-3f

113.L*3g

114.P9d-9e

115.L3gx3f

116.K3d-4c

117.+B1c-3e

118.P9ex9f

119.P*9h

120.P9f-9g+


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121.P9hx9g

122.L9ax9g+

123.L9ix9g

124.P*9f

125.L9gx9f

126.G*9h

127.K8h-7i

128.N*4f

129.S*6h

130.B*5h

131.L*5i

132.+R3h-4i

133.P*9i

134.B5hx6g+

135.P9ix9h

136.+B6gx6f

137.G*7g

138.+B6f-4h

139.L9f-9c+

140.G*6i

141.K7i-8h

142.Resigns




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Game 5

2015-05-28/29



1.P7g-7f

2.P8c-8d

3.S7i-6h

4.P3c-3d

5.P6g-6f

6.S7a-6b

7.P5g-5f

8.P5c-5d

9.S3i-4h

10.S3a-4b

11.G4i-5h

12.G4a-3b

13.G5h-6g

14.K5a-4a

15.P2g-2f

16.P7c-7d

17.S6h-7g

18.G6a-5b

19.B8h-7i

20.S4b-3c

21.P3g-3f

22.B2b-3a

23.S4h-3g

24.P8d-8e

25.P2f-2e

26.P4c-4d

27.K5i-6h

28.G5b-4c

29.K6h-7h

30.B3a-6d

31.B7i-4f

32.K4a-3a

33.G6i-6h

34.S6b-7c

35.S3g-2f

36.K3a-2b

37.P3f-3e

38.P3dx3e

39.S2fx3e

40.P*3d

41.S3e-2f

42.S7c-8d

43.B4fx6d

44.P6cx6d

45.B*6c

46.S8d-7c

47.B6c-4a+

48.G4c-4b

49.+B4a-6c

50.G3b-4c

51.P7f-7e

52.B*4a

53.+B6cx4a

54.G4bx4a

55.P*3e

56.P7dx7e

57.P3ex3d

58.S3cx3d

59.P*3e

60.S3d-4e


60

61.P2e-2d

62.P2cx2d

63.S2f-1e

64.G4a-3b

65.B*6a

66.G4c-5c

67.S1ex2d

68.P*2c

69.S2dx2c+

70.G3bx2c

71.P*2d

72.G2c-3c

73.N2i-3g

74.S4e-3f

75.P3e-3d

76.G3c-3b

77.P2d-2c+

78.G3bx2c

79.P*2d

80.S*2g

81.P2dx2c+

82.K2bx2c

83.R2hx2g

84.S3fx2g+

85.P5f-5e

86.P5dx5e

87.N3g-2e

88.R*3i

89.P3d-3c+

90.N2ax3c

91.S*3d

92.K2c-2d

93.N2ex3c+

94.K2d-3e

95.S3d-2e

96.K3e-2f

97.G*3f

98.R3ix3f+

99.S2ex3f

100.K2fx3f

101.B6a-1f+

102.S*3h

103.R*5a

104.K3f-3g

105.R5ax5c+

106.P*2f

107.+R5cx5e

108.K3g-2h

109.+R5e-5i

110.G*4i

111.+R5i-5h

112.G4i-3i

113.+B1f-6a

114.K2hx1i

115.+B6a-7a

116.L*7d

117.P*5d

118.P*3f

119.P5d-5c+

120.P7e-7f


61

121.S7gx7f

122.L7dx7f

123.G6gx7f

124.R8b-8d

125.+P5c-6c

126.B*4e

127.G*6g

128.B4ex6c

129.G7f-7e

130.R8d-9d

131.L*9f

132.R9d-7d

133.G7ex7d

134.S7cx7d

135.+B7a-5c

136.P8e-8f

137.P8gx8f

138.P3f-3g+

139.P*7e

140.B6c-4e

141.P7ex7d

142.S*7f

143.S*8g

144.S3hx4g

145.+R5h-6i

146.S7fx6g

147.G6hx6g

148.+P3g-4h

149.+B5cx6d

150.P*3g

151.S*4f

152.S4g-5h

153.+R6ix3i

154.+P4hx3i

155.S4fx4e

156.P*7f

157.G*6h

158.R*5i

159.S8gx7f

160.P4dx4e

161.P8f-8e

162.P*6c

163.+B6d-8f

164.P*8h

165.G6g-5g

166.P8hx8i+

167.G6hx5h

168.R5i-7i+

169.K7h-6g

170.N*6d

171.Resigns


62

Finale standing



63

Summary

Shogi Yearbook 2015 86. Kisei

64

86. Kisei

86. Kisei challenger’s tournament

This year’s challenger’s finale saw two young professionals. Toyoshima Masayuki (25 years) faced

Sato Amahiko (27 years).


2015-04-30

Sente: TOYOSHIMA Masayuki

Gote: SATO Amahiko

1.P2g-2f

2.P3c-3d

3.P2f-2e

4.B2b-3c

5.P7g-7f

6.S3a-2b

7.P6g-6f

8.S7a-6b

9.S3i-4h

10.P6c-6d

11.G4i-5h

12.S6b-6c

13.P5g-5f

14.G4a-3b

15.S4h-5g

16.K5a-4a

17.P3g-3f

18.B3c-5a

19.S5g-4f

20.P7c-7d

21.K5i-6h

22.G6a-5b

23.S7i-7h

24.S2b-3c

25.P3f-3e

26.P3dx3e

27.R2h-3h

28.B5a-7c

29.S4fx3e

30.S6c-5d

31.K6h-7i

32.R8b-6b

33.L1i-1h

34.P6d-6e

35.P6fx6e

36.B7c-1i+

37.S3e-3d

38.S3c-4d

39.P*3c

40.G3b-2b


65

41.S3dx2c+

42.G2bx2c

43.P3c-3b+

44.K4a-5a

45.+P3bx2a

46.P*3d

47.R3h-3i

48.S5dx6e

49.+P2ax1a

50.+B1ix1h

51.L*6h

52.P*6f

53.L6hx6f

54.S6ex6f

55.P*6g

56.S6fx6g+

57.S7hx6g

58.P*2h

59.N2i-3g

60.P2h-2i+

61.R3i-5i

62.+P2i-2h

63.P*6d

64.L*8d

65.G6i-7h

66.L*8e

67.S*9f

68.R6bx6d

69.S9fx8e

70.L8dx8e

71.N8i-7g

72.N8a-7c

73.P*6e

74.R6d-6a

75.N7gx8e

76.N7cx8e

77.N*6d

78.+P2h-3h

79.L*8f

80.N*7c

81.L8fx8e

82.N7cx6e

83.N6dx5b+

84.K5ax5b

85.L8ex8c+

86.+P3h-4h

87.G5hx4h

88.S*7g

89.P*6b

90.S7gx8h+

91.K7ix8h

92.S*7g

93.K8h-9h

94.R6ax1a

95.N*6d

96.K5b-4b

97.L*2d

98.G2cx2d

99.G*5b

100.K4b-3c

101.P2ex2d

102.P*2b

103.S*1e

104.L*4a


66

105.N3g-2e

106.K3c-3b

107.R5i-3i

108.+B1h-4e

109.P2d-2c+

110.P2bx2c

111.P*2d

112.P3d-3e

113.P2dx2c+

114.+B4ex2c

115.P*2d

116.+B2c-3d

117.G7hx7g

118.P*2b

119.G7g-7h

120.B*2h

121.R3i-2i

122.B2hx6d+

123.S*2c

124.P2bx2c

125.P2dx2c+

126.+B3dx2c

127.P*2d

128.+B2c-3d

129.N2ex1c+

130.R1ax1c

131.G*2c

132.R1cx2c

133.P2dx2c+

134.+B3dx2c

135.R2ix2c+

136.K3bx2c

137.R*2d

138.K2c-1b

139.B*3d

140.K1b-1a

141.R2d-1d

142.K1a-2a

143.R1d-1b+

144.K2a-3a

145.G5bx4a

146.Resigns


67

86. Kisei title match

Game 1

2015-06-02

Sente: TOYOSHIMA Masayuki, Challenger

Gote: HABU Yoshiharu, Kisei

1.P7g-7f

2.P8c-8d

3.S7i-6h

4.P3c-3d

5.P6g-6f

6.S7a-6b

7.P5g-5f

8.P5c-5d

9.S3i-4h

10.S3a-4b

11.G4i-5h

12.G4a-3b

13.G6i-7h

14.K5a-4a

15.K5i-6i

16.P7c-7d

17.P2g-2f

18.G6a-5b

19.S6h-7g

20.S4b-3c

21.B8h-7i

22.B2b-3a

23.P3g-3f

24.P4c-4d

25.P1g-1f

26.G5b-4c

27.P1f-1e

28.S6b-7c

29.B7i-4f

30.B3a-4b

31.G5h-6g

32.K4a-3a

33.K6i-7i

34.K3a-2b

35.K7i-8h

36.P9c-9d

37.N2i-3g

38.P9d-9e

39.N3g-2e

40.S3c-2d

41.S4h-3g

42.S7c-6d

43.N2ex1c+

44.S2dx1c

45.P2f-2e

46.P4d-4e

47.B4f-6h

48.P7d-7e

49.P7fx7e

50.P8d-8e


68

51.S3g-2f

52.P8e-8f

53.S7gx8f

54.S6dx7e

55.S8fx7e

56.B4bx7e

57.P*7f

58.B7e-6d

59.P4g-4f

60.P*8f

61.P8gx8f

62.N*9d

63.S*7e

64.B6dx7e

65.P7fx7e

66.N9dx8f

67.B6hx8f

68.R8bx8f

69.P*8g

70.R8f-8b

71.P1e-1d

72.S1cx1d

73.L1ix1d

74.L1ax1d

75.P2e-2d

76.S*6i

77.N*7d

78.S6ix7h+

79.K8hx7h

80.P*7g

81.N8ix7g

82.R8b-9b

83.P2dx2c+

84.G3bx2c

85.P*2d

86.G2cx2d

87.P*2e

88.G2d-2c

89.S*2d

90.G2c-3c

91.S2dx3c+

92.G4cx3c

93.P2e-2d

94.P*2g

95.G*2c

96.G3cx2c

97.P2dx2c+

98.K2bx2c

99.B*4a

100.K2c-3c

101.G*2c

102.K3c-4c

103.R2h-4h

104.B*5i

105.S*5b

106.R9bx5b

107.B4ax5b+

108.K4cx5b

109.R*8b

110.K5b-5c

111.N7g-6e

112.K5c-6d

113.N7d-6b+

114.L*7f


69

115.Resigns


Habu – Toyoshima 1-0


70

Game 2

2015-06-16

Sente: HABU Yoshiharu, Kisei

Gote: TOYOSHIMA Masayuki, Challenger

1.P7g-7f

2.P8c-8d

3.S7i-6h

4.P3c-3d

5.P6g-6f

6.S7a-6b

7.P5g-5f

8.P5c-5d

9.S3i-4h

10.S3a-4b

11.G4i-5h

12.G4a-3b

13.G6i-7h

14.K5a-4a

15.K5i-6i

16.G6a-5b

17.S6h-7g

18.S4b-3c

19.B8h-7i

20.B2b-3a

21.P3g-3f

22.P4c-4d

23.P3f-3e

24.B3a-6d

25.R2h-1h

26.G5b-4c

27.P3ex3d

28.S3cx3d

29.B7i-6h

30.P*3e

31.K6i-7i

32.P7c-7d

33.G5h-6g

34.S6b-5c

35.P6f-6e

36.B6d-7c

37.S7g-6f

38.P4d-4e

39.P7f-7e

40.P7dx7e

41.S6fx7e

42.B7c-5a

43.B6h-7g

44.N2a-3c

45.S4h-5g

46.K4a-3a

47.P5f-5e

48.K3a-2b

49.S5g-5f

50.B5a-4b

51.S7e-7d

52.P5dx5e

53.B7gx5e

54.P6c-6d

55.R1h-5h

56.S5c-5d


71

57.B5e-2h

58.P4e-4f

59.B2hx4f

60.P*7c

61.P6ex6d

62.P7cx7d

63.P6d-6c+

64.R8b-9b

65.P*6d

66.S3d-4e

67.B4fx3e

68.S4ex5f

69.G6gx5f

70.N3c-4e

71.P*5e

72.P*6f

73.S*6h

74.G4c-3d

75.+P6c-5c

76.B4b-1e

77.B3e-4f

78.S*3f

79.R5h-3h

80.N4e-3g+

81.N2ix3g

82.S3fx4g

83.P*3c

84.G3dx3c

85.N3g-2e

86.S4gx3h

87.P5ex5d

88.R*4i

89.K7i-8h

90.S*3d

91.N2ex3c+

92.B1ex3c

93.K8h-9h

94.N*7f

95.P*4d

96.N7fx6h+

97.G7hx6h

98.P6f-6g+

99.G6hx6g

100.S*7h

101.N*7i

102.P*6f

103.G6g-7g

104.S7hx7i+

105.P4d-4c+

106.S3dx4c

107.N*2e

108.+S7ix8i

109.N2ex3c+

110.G3bx3c

111.P*7i

112.N*8e

113.B*5a

114.R4i-4h+

115.P7i-7h

116.S4c-4d

117.P*3d

118.G3c-3b

119.+P5c-4b

120.R9bx4b


72

121.B5ax4b+

122.G3bx4b

123.P5d-5c+

124.+S8i-8h

125.Resigns




73

Game 3

2015-07-04

Sente: TOYOSHIMA Masayuki, Challenger

Gote: HABU Yoshiharu, Kisei

1.P7g-7f

2.P8c-8d

3.S7i-6h

4.P3c-3d

5.P6g-6f

6.S7a-6b

7.P5g-5f

8.P5c-5d

9.S3i-4h

10.S3a-4b

11.G4i-5h

12.G4a-3b

13.G5h-6g

14.K5a-4a

15.P2g-2f

16.P7c-7d

17.S6h-7g

18.G6a-5b

19.B8h-7i

20.S4b-3c

21.P3g-3f

22.B2b-3a

23.S4h-3g

24.P8d-8e

25.P2f-2e

26.P4c-4d

27.K5i-6h

28.G5b-4c

29.K6h-7h

30.B3a-6d

31.K7h-8h

32.K4a-3a

33.G6i-7h

34.K3a-2b

35.B7i-4f

36.S6b-7c

37.P9g-9f

38.P9c-9d

39.P1g-1f

40.B6d-4b

41.P3f-3e

42.P3dx3e

43.B4fx3e

44.R8b-9b

45.B3e-5g

46.P*3d

47.S3g-2f

48.S7c-8d

49.P6f-6e

50.P7d-7e

51.P7fx7e

52.P9d-9e

53.P9fx9e

54.S8dx9e


74

55.L9ix9e

56.R9bx9e

57.P*9g

58.N8a-7c

59.S7g-7f

60.P*7d

61.P7ex7d

62.N7cx6e

63.S7fx6e

64.P8e-8f

65.S6e-7f

66.P*7e

67.S*8d

68.P7ex7f

69.S8dx9e

70.L9ax9e

71.G6gx7f

72.P8fx8g+

73.K8hx8g

74.P*7e

75.G7f-6f

76.L*6d

77.G6fx7e

78.S*6f

79.N*2d

80.P2cx2d

81.P2ex2d

82.S6fx5g+

83.S2f-1e

84.N*3a

85.R*8a

86.P1c-1d

87.P2d-2c+

88.G3bx2c

89.P*2d

90.G2c-1c

91.P7d-7c+

92.P1dx1e

93.P*3b

94.K2bx3b

95.+P7cx6c

96.L6d-6g+

97.P*6d

98.P*2g

99.R2hx2g

100.B*4i

101.+P6c-5b

102.B4ix2g+

103.G7hx6g

104.+S5gx6g

105.+P5bx4b

106.G4cx4b

107.P6d-6c+

108.R*7i

109.Resigns


75




76

Game 4

2015-07-15

Sente: HABU Yoshiharu, Kisei

Gote: TOYOSHIMA Masayuki, Challenger

1.P2g-2f

2.P8c-8d

3.P2f-2e

4.P8d-8e

5.G6i-7h

6.G4a-3b

7.P2e-2d

8.P2cx2d

9.R2hx2d

10.P*2c

11.R2d-2h

12.P3c-3d

13.S3i-3h

14.S7a-7b

15.S3h-2g

16.P9c-9d

17.S2g-3f

18.P8e-8f

19.P8gx8f

20.R8bx8f

21.P*8g

22.R8f-8d

23.P9g-9f

24.P7c-7d

25.P7g-7f

26.B2bx8h+

27.S7ix8h

28.N2a-3c

29.P1g-1f

30.S3a-2b

31.P1f-1e

32.K5a-4b

33.P4g-4f

34.S7b-7c

35.S8h-7g

36.S7c-6d

37.P6g-6f

38.P7d-7e

39.P7fx7e

40.S6dx7e

41.P*7f

42.S7e-6d

43.S3f-4g

44.S6d-5e

45.P6f-6e

46.B*8b

47.G4i-5h

48.G6a-6b

49.P5g-5f

50.S5ex4f

51.S4gx4f

52.B8bx4f

53.S*5e

54.B4f-2d

55.P*2e

56.N3cx2e

57.R2hx2e

58.K4b-3a

59.P6e-6d

60.P6cx6d


77

61.K5i-6i

62.N8a-7c

63.N*1f

64.B2d-3c

65.B*7e

66.R8d-7d

67.S5ex6d

68.N7c-8e

69.P*6c

70.G6b-6a

71.P6c-6b+

72.N8ex7g

73.N8ix7g

74.P*6h

75.K6ix6h

76.P*6g

77.G7hx6g

78.P*6f

79.G6gx6f

80.G6ax6b

81.S6d-5e

82.R7dx7e

83.P7fx7e

84.P*7f

85.G6fx7f

86.B*4i

87.R2e-4e

88.B4i-3h+

89.G5h-6g

90.S*4g

91.G7f-6f

92.S*5h

93.P*4d

94.S5hx6g+

95.K6hx6g

96.P4cx4d

97.S5ex4d

98.S4gx5f

99.G6fx5f

100.Resigns

Finale standing



78

Summary

Shogi Yearbook 2015 56. Oi

79

56. Oi

56. Oi challenger league

It was a hard fight in both groups with a very close run. In the end Sugai and Hirose met in the

challenger’s finale to determine the opponent of title holder Habu.


2015-06-08

Sente: SUGAI Tatsuya

Gote: HIROSE Akihito

1.P7g-7f

2.P8c-8d

3.P5g-5f

4.P8d-8e

5.B8h-7g

6.P5c-5d

7.R2h-8h

8.P3c-3d

9.B7gx2b+

10.S3ax2b

11.B*5c

12.B*5g

13.S7i-6h

14.B5g-8d+

15.P9g-9f


80

16.+B8d-7d

17.B5c-9g+

18.+B7dx5f

19.K5i-4h

20.G4a-4b

21.N8i-7g

22.K5a-4a

23.P8g-8f

24.P8ex8f

25.+B9gx8f

26.+B5f-7d

27.G6i-5h

28.K4a-3b

29.K4h-3h

30.S2b-3c

31.P*8e

32.R8b-5b

33.P6g-6f

34.P5d-5e

35.P6f-6e

36.P5e-5f

37.P7f-7e

38.+B7d-9b

39.P8e-8d

40.S7a-7b

41.+B8f-8e

42.P7c-7d

43.P7ex7d

44.R5b-5d

45.R8h-8f

46.R5dx7d

47.R8fx5f

48.N8a-7c

49.+B8ex7d

50.+B9bx7d

51.P*5b

52.P*5e

53.R5fx5e

54.P*5c

55.G5h-6g

56.G4bx5b

57.K3h-2h

58.P*8f

59.P8d-8c+

60.+B7dx8c

61.P*8h

62.B*6i

63.R5e-5f

64.B6i-7h+

65.S3i-3h

66.N7cx6e

67.N7gx6e

68.+B8cx6e

69.R5fx8f

70.N*5e

71.P*7c

72.S7bx7c

73.G6g-6f

74.+B6e-9b

75.G6fx5e


81

76.+B7hx6h

77.R8f-2f

78.+B6h-3e

79.R2f-8f

80.G5b-4b

81.N*4f

82.P1c-1d

83.P3g-3f

84.+B3e-2d

85.P2g-2f

86.S*5g

87.P*6e

88.P*8e

89.R8f-5f

90.S5gx4f+

91.P4gx4f

92.P5c-5d

93.G5ex5d

94.+B9bx6e

95.G5d-5e

96.+B6ex5f

97.G5ex5f

98.R*7i

99.R*8a

100.P*7a

101.B*8c

102.G6a-5b

103.P*5c

104.G5bx5c

105.R8ax7a+

106.R7ix9i+

107.N*4e

108.G5c-5d

109.P*5e

110.G5d-4d

111.N4ex3c+

112.+B2dx3c

113.P4f-4e

114.N*3e

115.P4ex4d

116.L*2g

117.K2h-3i

118.+B3cx4d

119.G*3a

120.K3b-3c

121.+R7a-5a

122.L2gx2i+

123.K3i-4h

124.+R9ix8h

125.S*5h

126.N*4e

127.S*4f

128.S7c-6b

129.+R5ax9a

130.P*5g

131.S4fx4e

132.P5gx5h+

133.G4ix5h

134.N*6f

135.S4ex4d


82

136.P4cx4d

137.G5fx6f

138.S*4f

139.G6f-6g

140.P*5g

141.G5h-6h

142.S*6f

143.P3fx3e

144.+R8hx6h

145.Resigns


83

56. Oi title match

Game 1

2015-07-07/08

Sente: HIROSE Akihito, Challenger

Gote: HABU Yoshiharu, Oi

1.P7g-7f

2.P3c-3d

3.P2g-2f

4.P8c-8d

5.P2f-2e

6.P8d-8e

7.G6i-7h

8.G4a-3b

9.P2e-2d

10.P2cx2d

11.R2hx2d

12.P8e-8f

13.P8gx8f

14.R8bx8f

15.R2dx3d

16.B2b-3c

17.R3d-3f

18.R8f-8d

19.R3f-2f

20.S3a-2b

21.P*8g

22.K5a-5b

23.S3i-4h

24.S7a-7b

25.P3g-3f

26.R8d-7d

27.S4h-3g

28.R7dx7f

29.K5i-6i

30.P9c-9d

31.S3g-4f

32.P9d-9e

33.R2f-2h

34.R7f-7d

35.P5g-5f

36.R7d-2d

37.P*2e

38.R2d-3d

39.P5f-5e

40.R3dx3f

41.S7i-6h

42.R3f-3d

43.S6h-5g

44.K5b-6b

45.S5g-5f

46.K6b-7a

47.B8h-6f

48.B3c-4b

49.N8i-7g

50.S2b-3c

51.B6f-5g

52.R3d-9d

53.B5g-6f

54.S3c-4d

55.P8g-8f

56.P5c-5d

57.P5ex5d

58.R9dx5d

59.S5f-6e

60.R5d-5a


84

61.P2e-2d

62.P*2b

63.P9g-9f

64.B4bx8f

65.P9fx9e

66.P6c-6d

67.S6e-7f

68.P*9h

69.P*8b

70.K7ax8b

71.L9ix9h

72.P*9g

73.G7h-8g

74.B8fx7g+

75.G8gx7g

76.P9gx9h+

77.R2hx9h

78.P*8c

79.P9e-9d

80.P*9g

81.R9h-8h

82.N*5d

83.B6f-3i

84.N5dx4f

85.P4gx4f

86.P*5g

87.P*8d

88.P8cx8d

89.P*8c

90.S7bx8c

91.N*7e

92.S*7d

93.N7ex8c+

94.S7dx8c

95.B*6c

96.L9ax9d

97.P*8e

98.P9g-9h+

99.R8h-2h

100.S8c-7d

101.P*5b

102.G6ax5b

103.B6c-1h+

104.P8dx8e

105.B3ix5g

106.G5b-6b

107.G4i-4h

108.L*5d

109.B5g-8d

110.N*7b

111.B8d-6f

112.P6d-6e

113.B6f-7e

114.S7dx7e

115.S7fx7e

116.+P9h-8h

117.P*5h

118.B*3i

119.R2h-3h

120.B3ix4h+


85

121.R3hx4h

122.G*4g

123.Resigns


Habu – Hirose 1-0


86

Game 2

2015-07-21/22

Sente: HABU Yoshiharu, Oi

Gote: HIROSE Akihito, Challenger

1.P2g-2f

2.P8c-8d

3.P7g-7f

4.G4a-3b

5.G6i-7h

6.P8d-8e

7.B8h-7g

8.P3c-3d

9.S7i-8h

10.B2bx7g+

11.S8hx7g

12.S3a-4b

13.S3i-3h

14.S7a-7b

15.P9g-9f

16.P9c-9d

17.P4g-4f

18.P6c-6d

19.P1g-1f

20.P1c-1d

21.P3g-3f

22.S7b-6c

23.K5i-6h

24.S4b-3c

25.S3h-4g

26.K5a-4b

27.G4i-5h

28.S6c-5d

29.K6h-7i

30.G6a-5b

31.S4g-5f

32.P6d-6e

33.N2i-3g

34.K4b-3a

35.R2h-4h

36.G5b-4b

37.K7i-8h

38.K3a-2b

39.G5h-4g

40.P4c-4d

41.P2f-2e

42.L1a-1b

43.R4h-6h

44.R8b-6b

45.R6h-2h

46.R6b-8b

47.P4f-4e

48.G4b-4c

49.P4ex4d

50.G4cx4d

51.G4g-4h

52.G4d-4c

53.R2h-2i

54.K2b-1a

55.N3g-4e

56.S3c-2b

57.P*4d

58.G4c-4b


87

59.B*6d

60.R8b-5b

61.N4ex5c+

62.G4bx5c

63.B6dx5c+

64.R5bx5c

65.G*6d

66.R5c-5a

67.G6dx5d

68.P*4b

69.S*4c

70.P4bx4c

71.P4dx4c+

72.G3b-3a

73.G5d-4d

74.P8e-8f

75.P8gx8f

76.P9d-9e

77.G4dx3d

78.S*1c

79.P2e-2d

80.S1cx2d

81.G3dx2d

82.P2cx2d

83.S*3b

84.G3ax3b

85.+P4cx3b

86.S*2c

87.G*4b

88.R5a-5d

89.S5f-4e

90.R5d-5e

91.+P3bx2b

92.K1ax2b

93.S*3d

94.P*8g

95.G7hx8g

96.G*3c

97.P5g-5f

98.R5ex4e

99.S3dx4e

100.P6e-6f

101.S7gx6f

102.P9ex9f

103.P*4d

104.P9f-9g+

105.L9ix9g

106.L9ax9g+

107.G8gx9g

108.P*8g

109.G9gx8g

110.N*9e

111.P4d-4c+

112.B*6c

113.G8g-7g

114.P*4g

115.+P4cx3c

116.N2ax3c

117.S4e-3d

118.Resigns


88


Habu – Hirose 2-0


89

Game 3

2015-08-05/06



1.P7g-7f

2.P8c-8d

3.P2g-2f

4.G4a-3b

5.G6i-7h

6.P3c-3d

7.P2f-2e

8.P8d-8e

9.P2e-2d

10.P2cx2d

11.R2hx2d

12.P8e-8f

13.P8gx8f

14.R8bx8f

15.R2dx3d

16.B2b-3c

17.R3d-3f

18.S3a-2b

19.P*8g

20.R8f-8e

21.R3f-2f

22.K5a-4a

23.B8h-7g

24.S7a-6b

25.S7i-6h

26.G6a-5a

27.K5i-6i

28.P7c-7d

29.G4i-5i

30.N8a-7c

31.S3i-4h

32.N7c-6e

33.B7g-6f

34.B3cx6f

35.P6gx6f

36.B*4d

37.R2f-3f

38.S2b-3c

39.P1g-1f

40.P*8h

41.G7hx8h

42.P*2h

43.B*1g

44.P2hx2i+

45.B1gx4d

46.P4cx4d

47.R3f-2f

48.N6ex5g

49.S6hx5g

50.P*2d

51.R2fx2i

52.B*6g

53.N8i-7g

54.R8e-8d

55.B*5h

56.B6g-3d+

57.P4g-4f

58.K4a-3a

59.S4h-4g

60.G5a-4b


90

61.G5i-6h

62.S6b-7c

63.P3g-3f

64.P7d-7e

65.P7fx7e

66.R8d-8a

67.P3f-3e

68.+B3d-4c

69.N7g-6e

70.S7c-6d

71.S4g-5f

72.P5c-5d

73.S5f-6g

74.P5d-5e

75.P*2b

76.K3ax2b

77.P*2c

78.K2b-1b

79.N*3d

80.S3cx3d

81.P3ex3d

82.+B4cx3d

83.P*5d

84.P5e-5f

85.S6gx5f

86.P*5b

87.P1f-1e

88.G3bx2c

89.P*3e

90.+B3dx3e

91.S*3f

92.+B3ex3f

93.B5hx3f

94.N*7f

95.P5d-5c+

96.P5bx5c

97.P1e-1d

98.P1cx1d

99.G6h-7h

100.R8a-3a

101.P*3g

102.N7fx8h+

103.G7hx8h

104.N*7f

105.L1ix1d

106.P*1c

107.N*1e

108.G*3h

109.R2i-2g

110.N7fx8h+

111.P*2e

112.R3ax3f

113.N1ex2c+

114.K1bx2c

115.P2ex2d

116.K2c-3b

117.P2d-2c+

118.K3b-4c

119.P3gx3f

120.B*7h


91

121.K6i-5i

122.S*4h

123.S5gx4h

124.B7hx5f+

125.B*6a

126.N*5b

127.R*5h

128.S*6g

129.R2gx6g

130.+B5fx6g

131.N6ex5c+

132.S6dx5c

133.R5hx5c+

134.K4cx5c

135.P*5d

136.K5c-4c

137.B6ax5b+

138.K4cx5b

139.S*5c

140.G4bx5c

141.P5dx5c+

142.K5bx5c

143.P*5d

144.K5c-6b

145.S*5c

146.K6b-7b

147.N*8d

148.Resigns


Habu – Hirose 2 - 1


92

Game 4

2015-08-18/19

Sente: HABU Yoshiharu, Oi

Gote: HIROSE Akihito, Challenger

1.P2g-2f

2.P3c-3d

3.P7g-7f

4.P4c-4d

5.P2f-2e

6.B2b-3c

7.S3i-4h

8.S3a-3b

9.P5g-5f

10.R8b-4b

11.K5i-6h

12.K5a-6b

13.K6h-7h

14.K6b-7b

15.S4h-5g

16.K7b-8b

17.B8h-7g

18.S3b-4c

19.K7h-8h

20.S4c-5d

21.S5g-6f

22.P6c-6d

23.G4i-5h

24.L9a-9b

25.G5h-6h

26.K8b-9a

27.L9i-9h

28.S7a-8b

29.K8h-9i

30.P4d-4e

31.P5f-5e

32.S5d-4c

33.S7i-8h

34.S4c-4d

35.P3g-3f

36.G6a-7a

37.G6i-7i

38.G4a-5b

39.G6h-7h

40.R4b-4a

41.R2h-5h

42.G5b-6b

43.P1g-1f

44.P3d-3e

45.P3fx3e

46.P4e-4f

47.P4gx4f

48.S4dx3e

49.P*3d

50.B3c-2b

51.P5e-5d

52.P5cx5d

53.R5hx5d

54.P6d-6e

55.S6f-5e

56.P*5f

57.P*5c

58.R4a-5a

59.P3d-3c+

60.B2bx3c


93

61.N2i-3g

62.G6bx5c

63.R5d-3d

64.P5f-5g+

65.R3dx3e

66.P*3d

67.R3ex3d

68.G5c-4c

69.R3dx3c+

70.G4cx3c

71.B*4b

72.R5a-4a

73.B4b-5c+

74.G3c-4c

75.+B5cx7a

76.S8bx7a

77.P*5c

78.G4cx5c

79.N3g-4e

80.G5c-5b

81.P*5c

82.G5b-6b

83.G*5b

84.Resigns


Habu – Hirose 3 – 1


94

Game 5

2015-08-26/27



1.P7g-7f

2.P8c-8d

3.P2g-2f

4.G4a-3b

5.G6i-7h

6.P8d-8e

7.B8h-7g

8.P3c-3d

9.S7i-8h

10.B2bx7g+

11.S8hx7g

12.S3a-4b

13.S3i-3h

14.S7a-7b

15.P9g-9f

16.P9c-9d

17.P4g-4f

18.P6c-6d

19.S3h-4g

20.S7b-6c

21.K5i-6h

22.S6c-5d

23.K6h-7i

24.G6a-5b

25.G4i-5h

26.K5a-4a

27.P1g-1f

28.P1c-1d

29.P3g-3f

30.K4a-3a

31.S4g-5f

32.P4c-4d

33.N2i-3g

34.P7c-7d

35.P6g-6f

36.S4b-3c

37.P2f-2e

38.K3a-2b

39.K7i-8h

40.G5b-4b

41.G5h-4g

42.G4b-4c

43.G4g-4h

44.P6d-6e

45.B*6d

46.R8b-9b

47.P6fx6e

48.S5d-6c

49.B6d-5e

50.S6c-5d

51.B5e-6f

52.N8a-7c

53.P2e-2d

54.P2cx2d

55.P*2e

56.N7cx6e

57.S7g-6h

58.P9d-9e

59.P9fx9e

60.P*9g


95

61.P2ex2d

62.B*6i

63.B6f-8d

64.B6ix3f+

65.G4h-4g

66.P*2g

67.R2h-3h

68.+B3f-2f

69.P*6f

70.P*6g

71.S5fx6g

72.P3d-3e

73.P6fx6e

74.P3e-3f

75.N3g-2e

76.+B2fx2e

77.G4gx3f

78.P2g-2h+

79.G3fx2e

80.+P2hx3h

81.N*3e

82.R*2i

83.B*4a

84.N*3a

85.N3ex4c+

86.S5dx4c

87.P*3d

88.R2ix2e+

89.P3dx3c+

90.N2ax3c

91.B8d-5a+

92.+R2ex2d

93.L9ix9g

94.P*6f

95.S6gx6f

96.+P3h-4h

97.S*3f

98.G*2e

99.G*3g

100.N*5d

101.S6h-6g

102.+P4h-5h

103.S3fx2e

104.+R2dx2e

105.G*2f

106.N5dx6f

107.S6gx6f

108.S*6i

109.G7h-7i

110.S*6h

111.G7ix6i

112.S6hx6i

113.L9g-9f

114.R9b-5b

115.B4ax5b+

116.S4cx5b

117.S*7i

118.B*6h

119.S7ix6h

120.+P5hx6h


96

121.K8h-9g

122.S6i-7h+

123.B*9i

124.S*8h

125.Resigns

Finale standing

Habu – Hirose 4 – 1


97

Summary

Shogi Yearbook 2015 63. Oza

98

63. Oza

63. Oza Challenger’s tournament

Sato Amahiko played an excellent challenger’s tounament and could beat Maruyama and Watanabe.

In the finale he had to play against last year’s challenger Toyoshima.


2015-07-21

Sente: TOYOSHIMA Masayuki

Gote: SATO Amahiko

1.P7g-7f

2.P3c-3d

3.P6g-6f

4.R8b-3b

5.K5i-6h

6.K5a-6b

7.S7i-7h

8.K6b-7b

9.K6h-7i

10.K7b-8b

11.P6f-6e

12.S7a-7b

13.S3i-4h

14.P3d-3e

15.P5g-5f

16.P3e-3f

17.P3gx3f

18.R3bx3f

19.S7h-6g

20.P6c-6d

21.P6ex6d

22.B2bx8h+

23.K7ix8h

24.P*6f

25.S6gx6f

26.B*6g

27.G4i-5h

28.B6gx5f+

29.S6f-7g

30.+B5f-5e

31.P*3g

32.R3fx7f

33.G6i-7h

34.R7f-7d

35.G5h-6g

36.R7dx6d

37.S4h-5g

38.+B5e-3c


99

39.S5g-5f

40.G4a-5b

41.P9g-9f

42.S3a-4b

43.P9f-9e

44.P5c-5d

45.P*6e

46.R6d-6b

47.S7g-6f

48.S4b-5c

49.N8i-7g

50.G5b-6c

51.P9e-9d

52.P9cx9d

53.P*9c

54.L9ax9c

55.N7g-8e

56.P8c-8d

57.N8ex9c+

58.K8bx9c

59.L9ix9d

60.K9cx9d

61.B*8b

62.P*9f

63.B8b-9a+

64.G6c-7d

65.G7h-7g

66.P8d-8e

67.G6g-7f

68.L*9e

69.K8h-7h

70.P9f-9g+

71.K7h-6g

72.N8a-9c

73.L*7e

74.N*8d

75.L7ex7d

76.P7cx7d

77.P*7e

78.N8dx7f

79.P7ex7d

80.G*8c

81.G7gx7f

82.+P9gx8g

83.N*4e

84.+B3cx6f

85.G7fx6f

86.S5c-4d

87.G*7c

88.L*5e

89.G7cx6b

90.G6ax6b

91.P*8d

92.L5ex5f

93.G6fx5f

94.K9dx8d

95.R*4b

96.G*5b

97.R4b-3b+

98.S*5e

99.G5fx5e

100.S4dx5e

101.K6g-5h

102.P*6f


100

103.K5h-4i

104.P6f-6g+

105.L*5i

106.S*8b

107.+B9a-9b

108.P*9a

109.S*7c

110.S7bx7c

111.+B9bx8c

112.K8dx8c

113.P7dx7c+

114.S8bx7c

115.+R3bx2a

116.B*6f

117.B*3i

118.S*5g

119.+R2a-8a

120.K8c-7d

121.L5ix5g

122.+P6gx5g

123.G*5i

124.+P8g-7g

125.Resigns


101

63. Oza title match

Game 1

2015-09-02

Sente: HABU Yoshiharu, Oza

Gote: SATO Amahiko, Challenger

1.P7g-7f

2.P3c-3d

3.P2g-2f

4.P8c-8d

5.P2f-2e

6.P8d-8e

7.G6i-7h

8.G4a-3b

9.P2e-2d

10.P2cx2d

11.R2hx2d

12.P8e-8f

13.P8gx8f

14.R8bx8f

15.R2dx3d

16.B2b-3c

17.R3d-3f

18.R8f-8d

19.R3f-2f

20.S3a-2b

21.P*8g

22.K5a-5b

23.K5i-5h

24.S7a-7b

25.S3i-3h

26.P7c-7d

27.P1g-1f

28.N8a-7c

29.N2i-1g

30.P7d-7e

31.P7fx7e

32.N7c-6e

33.R2f-3f

34.S2b-2c

35.S7i-6h

36.R8d-2d

37.P*2g

38.B3cx8h+

39.G7hx8h

40.N2a-3c

41.P6g-6f

42.B*4e

43.R3f-4f

44.P*8f

45.P5g-5f

46.P8fx8g+

47.G8hx8g

48.S2c-3d

49.B*5e

50.P*7g

51.N8ix7g

52.P*8f

53.G8gx8f

54.N6ex7g+

55.S6hx7g

56.N*5d

57.R4fx4e

58.S3dx4e

59.B5ex9a+

60.S4ex5f


102

61.B*6h

62.R*6g

63.+B9a-5e

64.R6gx7g+

65.B6hx7g

66.S*5g

67.K5h-5i

68.S5f-6g+

69.P*5h

70.P*7f

71.P5hx5g

72.P7fx7g+

73.K5i-4h

74.N5dx6f

75.P*6b

76.G6a-7a

77.N*3f

78.R2d-8d

79.P*8e

80.R8d-6d

81.K4h-3i

82.N6f-5h+

83.R*2a

84.P*3a

85.N3f-2d

86.+S6gx5g

87.+B5ex6d

88.P6cx6d

89.N2dx3b+

90.B*4h

91.K3i-2h

92.+N5hx4i

93.R*4b

94.K5b-6c

95.S*7d

96.K6c-5d

97.R2a-2d+

98.G*4d

99.G*4f

100.B4h-3i+

101.K2h-1h

102.B*5e

103.+N3bx3c

104.B5ex4f

105.R4bx4c+

106.K5d-5e

107.+R4cx4d

108.K5e-5f

109.G*6f

110.Resigns


103


Habu – Sato A. 1-0


104

Game 2

2015-09-17

Sente: SATO Amahiko, Challenger

Gote: HABU Yoshiharu, Oza

1.P7g-7f

2.P8c-8d

3.P2g-2f

4.G4a-3b

5.G6i-7h

6.P8d-8e

7.B8h-7g

8.P3c-3d

9.S7i-8h

10.B2bx7g+

11.S8hx7g

12.S3a-4b

13.S3i-3h

14.S7a-7b

15.P4g-4f

16.P6c-6d

17.S3h-4g

18.S7b-6c

19.K5i-6h

20.S6c-5d

21.S4g-5f

22.P4c-4d

23.K6h-7i

24.G6a-5b

25.G4i-5h

26.K5a-4a

27.P9g-9f

28.P9c-9d

29.P1g-1f

30.P1c-1d

31.P3g-3f

32.P6d-6e

33.N2i-3g

34.K4a-3a

35.P2f-2e

36.S4b-3c

37.G5h-4g

38.G5b-4c

39.K7i-8h

40.K3a-2b

41.R2h-6h

42.R8b-6b

43.R6h-4h

44.R6b-9b

45.P4f-4e

46.R9b-8b

47.P4ex4d

48.S3cx4d

49.R4h-2h

50.S4d-3c

51.G4g-4h

52.G4c-4b

53.R2h-2i

54.G4b-4c

55.S5f-4g

56.G4c-4b

57.P5g-5f

58.P8e-8f

59.P8gx8f

60.P7c-7d


105

61.B*4f

62.B*7c

63.B4fx7c+

64.N8ax7c

65.B*4f

66.R8b-8c

67.P*4e

68.P6e-6f

69.S7gx6f

70.P9d-9e

71.P9fx9e

72.P*9f

73.G7h-8g

74.L9ax9e

75.P*9h

76.S5d-6e

77.S6fx6e

78.N7cx6e

79.K8h-7h

80.R8c-6c

81.S*6f

82.P*6d

83.G4h-5h

84.R6c-6a

85.P8f-8e

86.R6a-6c

87.G8g-8f

88.S*9d

89.P8e-8d

90.B*9c

91.P3f-3e

92.P3dx3e

93.P2e-2d

94.P2cx2d

95.P*2e

96.P*8h

97.N8i-7g

98.N6ex7g+

99.S6fx7g

100.B9cx8d

101.P*3d

102.S3cx3d

103.B4f-5e

104.G4b-3c

105.N*4f

106.S3d-4c

107.P2ex2d

108.P5c-5d

109.B5ex3c+

110.G3bx3c

111.G*2c

112.K2b-3a

113.G2cx3c

114.N2ax3c

115.P2d-2c+

116.Resigns


106




107

Game 3

2015-09-24


Gote: SATO Amahikio, Challenger

1.P7g-7f

2.P3c-3d

3.P2g-2f

4.P8c-8d

5.P2f-2e

6.P8d-8e

7.G6i-7h

8.G4a-3b

9.P2e-2d

10.P2cx2d

11.R2hx2d

12.P8e-8f

13.P8gx8f

14.R8bx8f

15.R2dx3d

16.B2b-3c

17.R3d-3f

18.R8f-8d

19.R3f-2f

20.S3a-2b

21.P*8g

22.K5a-5b

23.S3i-4h

24.S7a-7b

25.G4i-3h

26.P1c-1d

27.K5i-5h

28.P1d-1e

29.P3g-3f

30.S2b-2c

31.S4h-3g

32.P9c-9d

33.P9g-9f

34.K5b-6b

35.S3g-4f

36.B3cx8h+

37.S7ix8h

38.N2a-3c

39.R2f-2h

40.P1e-1f

41.P1gx1f

42.P*1g

43.B*2a

44.P*2d

45.N2i-3g

46.G3b-4b

47.S8h-7g

48.G6a-5b

49.S7g-6f

50.G4b-4a

51.N3g-4e

52.B*2b

53.N4ex3c+


108

54.B2bx3c

55.S6f-7e

56.R8d-8b

57.N8i-7g

58.G4a-3a

59.N*3e

60.S2c-3d

61.S4f-4e

62.S3dx3e

63.P3fx3e

64.G3ax2a

65.P3e-3d

66.B3c-5a

67.S*3c

68.P2d-2e

69.R2hx2e

70.N*4f

71.K5h-6h

72.N4fx3h+

73.R2ex2a+

74.+N3h-4h

75.+R2ax1a

76.B*5i

77.K6h-7i

78.G*6h

79.G7hx6h

80.R8bx8g+

81.G*7h

82.B5ax3c

83.P3dx3c+

84.B5ix6h+

85.K7ix6h

86.S*5i

87.Resigns




109

Game 4

2015-10-06

Sente: SATO Amahiko, Challenger

Gote: HABU Yoshiharu, Oza

1.P7g-7f

2.P3c-3d

3.P2g-2f

4.G4a-3b

5.P2f-2e

6.B2bx8h+

7.S7ix8h

8.S3a-2b

9.K5i-6h

10.S2b-3c

11.S3i-3h

12.S7a-7b

13.G4i-5h

14.P7c-7d

15.S8h-7g

16.P8c-8d

17.G6i-7h

18.P9c-9d

19.P3g-3f

20.S7b-7c

21.P4g-4f

22.P8d-8e

23.S3h-4g

24.S7c-6d

25.N2i-3g

26.P4c-4d

27.K6h-7i

28.G6a-5b

29.P4f-4e

30.P4dx4e

31.S4g-5f

32.P4e-4f

33.P6g-6f

34.P3d-3e

35.P6f-6e

36.S6d-7c

37.N3g-4e

38.P3ex3f

39.G5h-4h

40.B*5i

41.B*2f

42.G3b-4c

43.S7g-6h

44.B5ix4h+

45.R2hx4h

46.S3c-4d

47.B2fx4d

48.P3f-3g+

49.R4hx4f

50.G4cx4d

51.B*7a

52.G4dx4e

53.R4fx4e

54.R8b-7b

55.P6e-6d

56.R7bx7a

57.S*4a

58.G*6i

59.K7i-8h

60.P*4d


110

61.R4e-3e

62.K5ax4a

63.P6dx6c+

64.P*3d

65.R3ex3d

66.S*3c

67.R3dx3g

68.G6ix6h

69.G7hx6h

70.B*5i

71.R3g-3h

72.B*4i

73.P*3d

74.B4ix3h+

75.P3dx3c+

76.N2ax3c

77.G*6i

78.B5ix6h+

79.G6ix6h

80.P8e-8f

81.B*3d

82.P8fx8g+

83.K8hx8g

84.P*8f

85.K8g-7h

86.S*8g

87.K7h-6i

88.R*3i

89.Resigns




111

Game 5

2015-10-26


Gote: SATO Amahiko, Challenger

1.P7g-7f

2.P3c-3d

3.P2g-2f

4.P8c-8d

5.P2f-2e

6.P8d-8e

7.G6i-7h

8.G4a-3b

9.P2e-2d

10.P2cx2d

11.R2hx2d

12.P8e-8f

13.P8gx8f

14.R8bx8f

15.R2dx3d

16.B2b-3c

17.R3d-3f

18.R8f-8d

19.R3f-2f

20.S3a-2b

21.P*8g

22.K5a-5b

23.B8h-7g

24.G6a-5a

25.S7i-6h

26.S7a-6b

27.S3i-4h

28.P9c-9d

29.K5i-5h

30.S2b-2c

31.G4i-3h

32.P9d-9e

33.P3g-3f

34.P9e-9f

35.P9gx9f

36.P*9g

37.L9ix9g

38.N8a-9c

39.P*2b

40.G3bx2b

41.N2i-3g

42.N9c-8e

43.B7gx3c+

44.N2ax3c

45.P8g-8f

46.N8ex9g+

47.N8ix9g

48.R8dx8f

49.P*2d

50.S2c-1d

51.B*3d

52.P*2e

53.R2f-1f

54.R8f-8i+

55.G7h-7i

56.+R8i-8d

57.P3f-3e

58.L*2f

59.N*5e

60.G2b-3b


112

61.R1fx1d

62.P1cx1d

63.P2d-2c+

64.G3b-4b

65.S*3b

66.K5b-6a

67.P*8e

68.+R8d-8b

69.S3bx4c+

70.G4bx4c

71.N5ex4c

72.G5a-5b

73.+P2cx3c

74.K6a-7a

75.N*4d

76.G5b-5a

77.N4cx5a+

78.S6bx5a

79.P8e-8d

80.+R8bx8d

81.P*8c

82.+R8dx8c

83.N4d-5b+

84.L2f-2g+

85.G3hx2g

86.Resigns

Final standing



113

Summary

Shogi Yearbook 2015 28. Ryu-O

114

28. Ryu-O

28. Ryu-O Challenger’s tournament

Watanabe was Ryu-O title holder for years until he lost it in 2013 against Moriuchi. But this year he got

the opportunity to fight in the Ryu-O title match again. His opponent in the challenger’s finale was

Nagase. The score after two games was 1-1. Game 3 had to decide…

Challenger’s finale / 3rd game

2015-09-14

Sente: WATANABE Akira

Gote: NAGASE Takuya

1.P7g-7f

2.P8c-8d

3.P2g-2f

4.G4a-3b

5.G6i-7h

6.P8d-8e

7.B8h-7g

8.P3c-3d

9.S7i-8h

10.S3a-4b

11.B7gx2b+

12.G3bx2b

13.S8h-7g

14.S7a-6b

15.S3i-3h

16.P6c-6d

17.P4g-4f

18.S6b-6c

19.S3h-4g

20.G2b-3b

21.K5i-6h

22.S6c-5d

23.S4g-5f

24.P4c-4d

25.G4i-5h

26.G6a-5b

27.P3g-3f

28.K5a-4a

29.P1g-1f


115

30.P1c-1d

31.K6h-7i

32.K4a-3a

33.P9g-9f

34.P9c-9d

35.N2i-3g

36.P7c-7d

37.P2f-2e

38.S4b-3c

39.P6g-6f

40.G5b-4b

41.K7i-8h

42.K3a-2b

43.P4f-4e

44.P4dx4e

45.P3f-3e

46.P4e-4f

47.P3ex3d

48.S3cx3d

49.P2e-2d

50.P2cx2d

51.R2hx2d

52.G3b-2c

53.R2d-2f

54.P*2d

55.R2fx4f

56.P*4d

57.R4fx4d

58.B*2f

59.B*7a

60.R8b-7b

61.R4dx5d

62.R7bx7a

63.R5dx6d

64.B*7c

65.R6d-6c+

66.B2fx3g+

67.S*6b

68.R7a-4a

69.P*3e

70.S3d-4c

71.S6bx7c+

72.+B3gx7c

73.+R6cx7c

74.N8ax7c

75.B*5e

76.P*3c

77.B5ex7c+

78.P9d-9e

79.P9fx9e

80.R*3i

81.S5f-6g

82.P7d-7e

83.P7fx7e

84.G4b-3b

85.P*2e

86.S4c-5d

87.+B7c-2h

88.R3i-6i+

89.G5h-6h

90.+R6i-5i


116

91.B*3g

92.+R5i-4i

93.B3gx9a+

94.N*8f

95.P8gx8f

96.P8ex8f

97.N*7i

98.P*4f

99.+B9a-6d

100.P4f-4g+

101.N*3f

102.S*4e

103.N3fx2d

104.G3b-3a

105.+B6dx5c

106.+P4g-4f

107.P1f-1e

108.P3c-3d

109.L*4d

110.R4a-8a

111.L4d-4b+

112.+P4fx5g

113.+L4bx3a

114.+P5gx6h

115.+B5c-4d

116.G*3c

117.+L3a-3b

118.K2b-1c

119.P1ex1d

120.G2cx1d

121.N2d-1b+

122.Resigns


117

27th Ryu-O title match

Game 1

2015-10-15/16

Sente: WATANABE Akira, Challenger

Gote: ITODANI Tetsuro, Ryu-O

1.P7g-7f

2.P3c-3d

3.P2g-2f

4.P8c-8d

5.P2f-2e

6.P8d-8e

7.G6i-7h

8.G4a-3b

9.P2e-2d

10.P2cx2d

11.R2hx2d

12.P8e-8f

13.P8gx8f

14.R8bx8f

15.R2dx3d

16.B2b-3c

17.R3d-3f

18.R8f-8d

19.R3f-2f

20.S3a-2b

21.P*8g

22.K5a-5b

23.K5i-5h

24.S7a-7b

25.G4i-3h

26.P1c-1d

27.S3i-4h

28.P1d-1e

29.P3g-3f

30.P9c-9d

31.N2i-3g

32.B3cx8h+

33.S7ix8h

34.N2a-3c

35.S8h-7g

36.S2b-2c

37.K5h-6h

38.K5b-6b

39.K6h-7i

40.R8d-3d

41.R2f-2i

42.P*2d

43.P4g-4f

44.R3dx3f

45.S4h-4g

46.R3f-3d

47.B*5f

48.R3d-3e

49.P*3f

50.R3e-8e

51.P9g-9f

52.P5c-5d

53.P6g-6f

54.P5d-5e

55.B5f-6g

56.K6b-7a

57.K7i-8h

58.B*6b

59.P3f-3e

60.P5e-5f


118

61.B6gx5f

62.R8ex3e

63.G3h-2g

64.K7a-8b

65.G2g-3f

66.R3e-5e

67.P*3d

68.P*3e

69.P3dx3c+

70.P3ex3f

71.+P3cx3b

72.P3fx3g+

73.S4g-5h

74.+P3g-3h

75.B5fx3h

76.G*4h

77.B3h-5f

78.R5ex5f

79.P5gx5f

80.G4hx5h

81.R*2a

82.S2cx3b

83.R2ax1a+

84.P*8c

85.+R1a-3a

86.S*6i

87.G7h-7i

88.B*4g

89.R2i-3i

90.P*3h

91.R3i-2i

92.N*8e

93.G*6g

94.N8ex7g+

95.N8ix7g

96.B6b-3e

97.N*8f

98.B3ex4f

99.L*5g

100.S*4h

101.N*7d

102.P7cx7d

103.N8fx7d

104.K8b-9b

105.P9f-9e

106.P8c-8d

107.P9ex9d

108.K9b-8c

109.+R3ax3b

110.S4hx5g+

111.G6gx5g

112.B4fx5g+

113.G7ix6i

114.B4gx5f+

115.S*7e

116.G*8i

117.K8h-9g

118.+B5fx6f

119.S*9e

120.+B6fx7e


119

121.P7fx7e

122.+B5gx7e

123.P8g-8f

124.S*8h

125.K9g-9f

126.S8hx7g+

127.G6ix5h

128.+B7ex7d

129.G*8e

130.P8dx8e

131.P8fx8e

132.N*9b

133.P9d-9c+

134.N8ax9c

135.S*8d

136.N9bx8d

137.S9ex8d

138.K8c-9b

139.R2ix8i

140.+B7dx8d

141.P8ex8d

142.P*9e

143.Resigns


Itodani – Watanabe 1-0


120

Game 2

2015-10-29/30

Sente: : ITODANI Tetsuro, Ryu-O

Gote: WATANABE Akira, Challenger

1.P7g-7f

2.P8c-8d

3.P2g-2f

4.G4a-3b

5.G6i-7h

6.P3c-3d

7.P2f-2e

8.P8d-8e

9.P2e-2d

10.P2cx2d

11.R2hx2d

12.P8e-8f

13.P8gx8f

14.R8bx8f

15.R2dx3d

16.B2b-3c

17.R3d-3f

18.R8f-8d

19.R3f-2f

20.S3a-2b

21.P*8g

22.K5a-5b

23.K5i-5h

24.S7a-7b

25.G4i-3h

26.P1c-1d

27.S3i-4h

28.S2b-2c

29.P3g-3f

30.R8d-2d

31.R2fx2d

32.S2cx2d

33.R*8d

34.P*8c

35.R8dx2d

36.B3cx2d

37.B8hx1a+

38.N2a-1c

39.+B1a-1b

40.K5b-6b

41.N8i-7g

42.K6b-7a

43.P7f-7e

44.N1c-2e

45.N7g-6e

46.B2d-1e

47.P7e-7d

48.B1ex4h+

49.K5hx4h

50.P*3g

51.N2ix3g

52.R*2i

53.N3gx2e


121

54.R*4i

55.K4h-3g

56.R2ix2e+

57.B*3e

58.N*4d

59.S*2g

60.P7cx7d

61.N6ex5c+

62.+R2ex3e

63.P3fx3e

64.B*6d

65.K3g-2f

66.P*2d

67.P3e-3d

68.B6d-4f

69.Resigns


Itodani - Watanabe 1-1


122

Game 3

2015-11-05/06



1.P7g-7f

2.P3c-3d

3.P2g-2f

4.G4a-3b

5.P2f-2e

6.B2bx8h+

7.S7ix8h

8.S3a-2b

9.S3i-3h

10.S2b-3c

11.S8h-7g

12.S7a-6b

13.K5i-6h

14.P7c-7d

15.G4i-5h

16.P8c-8d

17.G6i-7h

18.P6c-6d

19.S3h-2g

20.S6b-6c

21.S2g-2f

22.P4c-4d

23.S2f-1e

24.S3c-2b

25.P2e-2d

26.P2cx2d

27.S1ex2d

28.R8b-4b

29.P3g-3f

30.K5a-6b

31.P*2c

32.S2b-3a

33.R2h-2f

34.G6a-7b

35.K6h-7i

36.N8a-7c

37.P3f-3e

38.P3dx3e

39.S2dx3e

40.G3b-4c

41.K7i-8h

42.P7d-7e

43.P7fx7e

44.N7c-8e

45.S7g-7f

46.P*2e

47.R2fx2e

48.B*5e

49.N8i-7g

50.B5ex1i+

51.N7gx8e

52.+B1i-5e

53.P6g-6f

54.+B5e-5d

55.G5h-6g

56.P8dx8e

57.P2c-2b+

58.R4bx2b

59.R2ex2b+


123

60.S3ax2b

61.N*5e

62.+B5dx5e

63.R*4a

64.N*5d

65.R4ax4c+

66.N5dx6f

67.G7h-7g

68.R*2h

69.P*6h

70.S6c-5b

71.+R4c-4b

72.L*4a

73.B*9e

74.P*7c

75.P7e-7d

76.L4ax4b

77.P7dx7c+

78.G7bx7c

79.P*7d

80.K6b-5a

81.G7gx6f

82.+B5e-4e

83.P7dx7c+

84.R2hx2i+

85.P*7i

86.R*3i

87.+P7c-6b

88.K5a-4a

89.+P6bx5b

90.K4ax5b

91.G*7h

92.R3ix3e+

93.S*4f

94.K5b-4c

95.S4fx3e

96.+B4ex3e

97.N*4f

98.S*6i

99.B9e-5a+

100.K4c-3c

101.G*3d

102.+B3ex3d

103.N4fx3d

104.K3cx3d

105.+B5ax4b

106.G*3c

107.G6f-5f

108.N*5d

109.G7h-7g

110.P*7h

111.B*5b

112.N*4c

113.B5bx4c+

114.G3cx4c

115.P*3e

116.K3dx3e

117.+B4bx4c

118.K3e-3f

119.+B4c-1f

120.P7hx7i+


124

121.R*2f

122.+R2ix2f

123.L*3i

124.Resigns


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Game 4

2015-11-19/20

Sente: ITODANI Tetsuro, Ryu-O

Gote: WATANABE Akira, Challenger

1.P7g-7f

2.P8c-8d

3.P2g-2f

4.G4a-3b

5.G6i-7h

6.P9c-9d

7.P5g-5f

8.P3c-3d

9.P5f-5e

10.P8d-8e

11.B8h-7g

12.S7a-6b

13.S7i-6h

14.P7c-7d

15.S6h-5g

16.S6b-7c

17.S5g-5f

18.S7c-6d

19.R2h-5h

20.K5a-4a

21.S5f-4e

22.S3a-4b

23.K5i-4h

24.S4b-3c

25.P5e-5d

26.P5cx5d

27.S4ex5d

28.G6a-6b

29.S5d-4e

30.P4c-4d

31.S4e-5f

32.S3c-4b

33.S5f-5e

34.G6b-5c

35.S5ex6d

36.P6cx6d

37.R5h-5i

38.K4a-3a

39.K4h-3h

40.B2b-3c

41.K3h-2h

42.K3a-2b

43.S3i-3h

44.N8a-7c

45.P6g-6f

46.P*5d

47.P1g-1f

48.P6d-6e

49.P7f-7e

50.R8b-8d

51.R5i-6i

52.P7dx7e

53.P6fx6e

54.P*6g


126

55.S*6b

56.G5c-6c

57.S6bx7c

58.G6cx7c

59.N*2e

60.P8e-8f

61.N2ex3c+

62.S4bx3c

63.B*6b

64.R8d-8c

65.G7hx6g

66.G7c-7b

67.B7gx4d

68.S*4b

69.R6i-5i

70.P8fx8g+

71.R5ix5d

72.G7bx6b

73.B4dx6b+

74.B*4e

75.R5d-5g

76.+P8g-7g

77.N8ix7g

78.R8c-8h+

79.G*4h

80.N*3e

81.P3g-3f

82.B4ex3f

83.K2h-3g

84.S*4e

85.P4g-4f

86.P*5f

87.G6gx5f

88.+R8hx4h

89.K3gx4h

90.S4ex5f

91.R5gx5f

92.G*4g

93.K4h-5i

94.G*5g

95.R5fx5g

96.G4gx5g

97.P*5h

98.R*8i

99.Resigns

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Game 5

2015-12-02/03



1.P7g-7f

2.P3c-3d

3.P2g-2f

4.P8c-8d

5.P2f-2e

6.G4a-3b

7.P2e-2d

8.P2cx2d

9.R2hx2d

10.P*2c

11.R2d-2f

12.P8d-8e

13.G6i-7h

14.P8e-8f

15.P8gx8f

16.R8bx8f

17.P*8g

18.R8f-8b

19.P1g-1f

20.S7a-7b

21.S3i-3h

22.P6c-6d

23.P1f-1e

24.S7b-6c

25.P3g-3f

26.P5c-5d

27.S3h-3g

28.P5d-5e

29.S3g-4f

30.R8b-5b

31.K5i-6i

32.S6c-5d

33.P3f-3e

34.B2b-4d

35.S7i-6h

36.P3dx3e

37.K6i-7i

38.G6a-7b

39.G4i-5i

40.S3a-4b

41.N2i-3g

42.S4b-3c

43.P9g-9f

44.S3c-3d

45.P5g-5f

46.P5ex5f

47.B8hx4d

48.P4cx4d

49.B*1f

50.S5d-4c

51.P*2d

52.B*4a

53.P2dx2c+

54.G3bx2c

55.P*2b

56.R5bx2b

57.S4fx3e


128

58.S3dx3e

59.R2fx5f

60.K5a-4b

61.B1fx4c+

62.K4bx4c

63.R5f-5a+

64.B4a-7d

65.+R5ax8a

66.B*5e

67.P*3f

68.B5ex9i+

69.P3fx3e

70.L*5c

71.S*8h

72.+B9i-9h

73.G5i-4h

74.P*3f

75.S*9i

76.P3fx3g+

77.G4hx3g

78.P*3f

79.G3g-3h

80.N*4f

81.S9ix9h

82.N4fx3h+

83.B*6a

84.K4c-3c

85.B6ax7b+

86.B7dx4g+

87.S8h-7g

88.K3c-2d

89.G*2f

90.S*2e

91.N*1f

92.S2ex1f

93.G2fx1f

94.R2bx7b

95.+R8ax7b

96.K2dx3e

97.R*2g

98.K3e-4f

99.+R7b-4b

100.N*3e

101.R2gx2c+

102.K4f-3g

103.+R4bx5c

104.P*2g

105.G*5h

106.K3g-2h

107.G5hx4g

108.N3ex4g+

109.+R5c-5i

110.B*2i

111.S*1h

112.P3f-3g+

113.S1hx2i

114.+N3hx2i

115.G1f-1g

116.K2hx1i

117.G1gx2g


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118.G*3h

119.G2gx3g

120.+N4gx3g

121.K7i-8h

122.P7c-7d

123.B*8b

124.P7d-7e

125.P7fx7e

126.Resigns

Final standing

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Summary

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Denou-sen Final: Time for revenge! In last year’s fight of computer programs versus shogi professionals the software could win very convincing with 4-1. This year’s match should be the last fight in that form of competition and the pros did everything to win. They did well … but the software made some terrible mistakes …

Here is the team 'Human':

SAITO Shintaro

NAGASE Takuya

INABA Akira

MURAYAMA Yasuaki

AKUTSU Chikara

And here the team 'Computer':

APERY

SELENE

YANEURA-OH

PONANZA

AWAKE

Game 1 2015-03-14

Sente: Saito Shintaro

Gote: APERY

1.P7g-7f

2.P3c-3d

3.P2g-2f

4.P4c-4d

5.P2f-2e

6.B2b-3c

7.S3i-4h

8.R8b-4b

9.K5i-6h

10.K5a-6b

11.K6h-7h

12.S3a-3b

13.P5g-5f

14.K6b-7b

15.B8h-7g 16.G4a-5b

17.S4h-5g

18.S3b-4c

19.K7h-8h

20.K7b-8b

21.L9i-9h

22.S4c-5d

23.S5g-6f

24.P6c-6d

25.G6i-7h

26.P4d-4e

27.S6f-5g

28.S5d-6e

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29.B7gx3c+

30.N2ax3c

31.P2e-2d

32.P2cx2d

33.R2hx2d

34.P4e-4f

35.R2d-2a+

36.B*4d

37.B*5e

38.B4dx5e

39.P5fx5e

40.P4fx4g+

41.+R2ax6a

42.B*7b

43.P*4c

44.G5bx4c

45.+R6ax6d

46.+P4gx5g

47.+R6dx6e

48.S*5f

49.+R6e-6d

50.P*6f

51.+R6dx6f

52.P*6e

53.+R6f-7g

54.R4b-2b

55.P*2c

56.R2bx2c

57.G4i-3i

58.B7b-4e

59.P*4f

60.+P5gx6g

61.P4fx4e

62.+P6gx7g

63.N8ix7g

64.P6e-6f

65.B*6a

66.P6f-6g+

67.S*6b

68.+P6gx7h

69.S7ix7h

70.S7ax6b

71.G*7b

72.K8b-9b

73.G7bx6b

74.S*7i

75.K8hx7i

76.G*6h

77.K7i-8h

78.G6hx7h

79.K8hx7h

80.S*8i

81.K7h-7i

82.S8i-7h+

83.K7ix7h

84.S5f-6g+

85.K7hx6g

86.P*6f

87.K6gx6f

88.R2c-2f

89.S*3f

90.R2fx3f

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91.P3gx3f

92.R*6d

93.B*6e

94.R6dx6e

95.N7gx6e

96.B*9i

97.S*7g

98.B9ix7g+

99.K6fx7g

100.S*6h

101.K7gx6h

102.P*6g

103.K6h-7g

104.S*6h

105.K7g-8f

106.S6h-7g

107.K8fx7g

108.P9c-9d

109.G*8b

110.K9bx8b

111.B*7a

112.K8b-9b

113.R*7b

114.G*8b

115.R7bx8b+

116.Resigns

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Game 2 2015-03-21

Sente: SELENE

Gote: NAGASE Takuya

1.P2g-2f

2.P3c-3d

3.S3i-4h

4.P8c-8d

5.G6i-7h

6.P8d-8e

7.P2f-2e

8.B2b-3c

9.P9g-9f

10.G4a-3b

11.S7i-6h

12.P8e-8f

13.P8gx8f

14.R8bx8f

15.P*8g

16.R8f-8b

17.P7g-7f

18.B3cx8h+

19.G7hx8h

20.S3a-2b

21.P4g-4f

22.K5a-4b

23.S4h-4g

24.S7a-6b

25.P1g-1f

26.P1c-1d

27.P6g-6f

28.P6c-6d

29.P3g-3f

30.S6b-6c

31.S6h-6g

32.G6a-5b

33.N2i-3g

34.S6c-5d

35.K5i-4h

36.P4c-4d

37.R2h-2i

38.K4b-3a

39.G8h-7h

40.P7c-7d

41.K4h-3h

42.N2a-3c

43.P5g-5f

44.K3a-2a

45.G4i-4h

46.P9c-9d

47.N8i-7g

48.N8a-7c

49.P2e-2d

50.P2cx2d

51.R2ix2d

52.S2b-2c

53.R2d-2i

54.P*2d

55.P7f-7e

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56.S5d-6c

57.P7ex7d

58.S6cx7d

59.P*2e

60.P2dx2e

61.N3gx2e

62.N3cx2e

63.R2ix2e

64.P*2d

65.R2e-2i

66.P*8f

67.P8gx8f

68.P1d-1e

69.P1fx1e

70.P*1g

71.P*7e

72.S7d-6c

73.N*5e

74.L1ax1e

75.N5ex6c+

76.G5bx6c

77.B*4a

78.P1g-1h+

79.R2i-8i

80.G6c-6b

81.P*1d

82.R8b-8a

83.B4ax3b+

84.K2ax3b

85.P1d-1c+

86.B*1f

87.P*2g

88.B1fx2g

89.S*2b

and this is an illegal

move because Sente’s king is in

check!

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Game 3 2015-03-28

Sente: INABA Akira

Gote: YANEURA-OH

1.P2g-2f

2.P8c-8d

3.P7g-7f

4.P8d-8e

5.P2f-2e

6.P3c-3d

7.G6i-7h

8.P8e-8f

9.P8gx8f

10.R8bx8f

11.P2e-2d

12.P2cx2d

13.R2hx2d

14.G4a-3b

15.R2dx3d

16.N2a-3c

17.R3d-3f

18.S3a-4b

19.P9g-9f

20.P4c-4d

21.K5i-5h

22.K5a-6b

23.G4i-3h

24.P1c-1d

25.P7f-7e

26.R8f-8d

27.N8i-7g

28.P4d-4e

29.R3f-2f

30.S4b-4c

31.S3i-4h

32.K6b-7b

33.S7i-6h

34.G6a-6b

35.P6g-6f

36.S4c-3d

37.P6f-6e

38.S3d-3e

39.R2f-7f

40.R8d-2d

41.P*2h

42.B2b-1c

43.P3g-3f

44.S3e-2f

45.N2i-3g

46.P*8c

47.P2h-2g

48.S2fx2g+

49.P*2e

50.N3cx2e

51.G3hx2g

52.N2ex3g+

53.G2gx3g

54.R2d-2i+

55.P7e-7d

56.P7cx7d

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57.N7g-8e

58.B1c-2b

59.B8hx2b+

60.G3bx2b

61.N*4i

62.+R2ix1i

63.P*7c

64.K7b-8b

65.R7fx7d

66.N*6f

67.K5h-6g

68.B*5h

69.K6gx6f

70.B5hx8e+

71.R7d-4d

72.N*7d

73.K6f-5f

74.G2b-3c

75.R4d-4b+

76.L*5d

77.K5fx4e

78.P*4d

79.K4e-4f

80.G3c-3d

81.B*2c

82.P4d-4e

83.+R4bx4e

84.G3dx4e

85.B2cx4e+

86.+R1ix4i

87.S6h-5i

88.P*4d

89.+B4ex4d

90.R*7f

91.K4f-3e

92.R7fx7h+

93.P*8d

94.+B8ex8d

95.P*2d

96.L5dx5g+

97.P*5d

98.P*3c

99.+B4dx3c

100.+L5gx4h

101.N*4e

102.P5cx5d

103.P2d-2c+

104.+B8dx7c

105.S5ix4h

106.+R7hx4h

107.S*3h

108.+B7cx3g

109.S3hx3g

110.+R4hx3g

111.B*4f

112.+R3gx4f

113.P4gx4f

114.S*2f

115.K3ex2f

116.+R4ix4f

117.Resigns

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Game 4 2015-04-04

Sente: PONANZA

Gote: MURAYAMA Masuaki

1.G6i-7h

2.P3c-3d

3.P7g-7f

4.P8c-8d

5.P2g-2f

6.P8d-8e

7.P2f-2e

8.G4a-3b

9.P2e-2d

10.P2cx2d

11.R2hx2d

12.P8e-8f

13.P8gx8f

14.R8bx8f

15.R2dx3d

16.B2bx8h+

17.S7ix8h

18.R8fx7f

19.P*7g

20.R7f-7d

21.R3d-3f

22.N2a-3c

23.R3f-2f

24.P*2e

25.R2f-5f

26.S3a-4b

27.R5f-8f

28.P*8d

29.B*8c

30.R7d-2d

31.P*2h

32.S7a-8b

33.B8c-5f+

34.G6a-7b

35.K5i-5h

36.S8b-8c

37.P7g-7f

38.P4c-4d

39.G4i-3h

40.P4d-4e

41.S8h-7g

42.S4b-4c

43.S7g-6f

44.K5a-5b

45.S3i-4h

46.P2e-2f

47.N8i-7g

48.G3b-4b

49.R8f-8i

50.P7c-7d

51.P3g-3f

52.S4c-5d

53.P4g-4f

54.N8a-7c

55.N2i-3g

56.P*3e

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57.P3fx3e

58.B*1d

59.K5h-6h

60.N7c-8e

61.P4fx4e

62.N3cx4e

63.N3gx4e

64.P*4d

65.N4ex5c+

66.K5bx5c

67.N7gx8e

68.P8dx8e

69.N*4f

70.S5d-4e

71.P*8d

72.N*8f

73.G7h-7g

74.P2f-2g+

75.P2hx2g

76.S4ex5f

77.P8dx8c+

78.B*3f

79.P*4g

80.P4d-4e

81.S*5d

82.K5c-4d

83.P5gx5f

84.P4ex4f

85.S6f-5e

86.K4d-3c

87.+P8cx7b

88.P4fx4g+

89.G*3d

90.R2dx3d

91.P3ex3d

92.K3c-2c

93.S4hx4g

94.B3fx4g+

95.N*3e

96.K2c-2d

97.R*2a

98.Resigns

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Game 5

2015-04-11

Sente: AKUTSU Chikara

Gote: AWAKE

1.P7g-7f

2.P3c-3d

3.R2h-6h

4.P8c-8d

5.K5i-4h

6.S7a-6b

7.P1g-1f

8.B2bx8h+

9.S7ix8h

10.K5a-4b

11.P1f-1e

12.K4b-3b

13.S3i-2h

14.K3b-2b

15.P2g-2f

16.P5c-5d

17.S2h-2g

18.S6b-5c

19.P9g-9f

20.B*2h

21.L1i-1f

22.Resigns

Summary

Saito - APERY 1-0

SELENE - Nagase 0-1

Inaba - YANEURA-OH 0-1

PONANZA - Murayama 1-0

Akutsu - AWAKE 1-0

So the human players succeded in winning against their software opponents with a result of 3-2.

In 2016 there will be a match between one pro and one computer program. The human player will be

determined by a tournament which takes place in 2015.

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WOSC/ESC 2015 in Prague

It was a huge tournament which took place this year in Prague from 19th – 23th of August to crown the

winners of the World Open Shogi Championship and the European Shogi Championship. 119

participants from Europe, Japan and even Brasil and Chile fought 9 rounds.

There were a lot of differen tournaments offered, e.g. Dobutsu Shogi, Blitz and Teams events, but the

official European and World Open Championships were the highlights of the event.

The event was accompanied by professional players Hiroe NAKAI and Madoka KITAO.

Here are some results:

European Championship

1. Jean Fortin France

2. Sergei Krivoshey Ukraine

3. Laszlo Abuczki Hungary

World Open Shogi Championship

1. Hideaki Takahashi Japan

2. Makoto Kawato Japan

3. Jean Fortin France

For complete results have a look at the official website: http://www.shogi2015.eu/home/

The next WOSC/ESC will take place in Amsterdam from 17th – 21

st of August 2016.

Tot ziens!

http://www.shogi2015.eu/home/


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Here are some impressions of the tournament.

Many tournaments and many

prizes to win …

The tournament hall with live

games …

… and even a live broadcast!


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The winners of the World Open Shogi

Championship …

… and the European Shogi Championship…

… and all the other winners!

Shogi Yearbook 2015 Shogifestival 2015 in Ludwigshafen/Germany

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Shogifestival 2015 in Ludwigshafen/Germany Let’s assume that two super-grandmasters are visiting an amateur chess tournament, playing an exhibition game against each other and simultaneous games against the participants of the tournament. Or two top-football players are training at an amateur club. Incredible! But something similar happened at the shogifestival in Ludwigshafen/Germany. Shogi has the same origin with the common chess, But it is characterised by the fact that taken pieces of the opponent can be dropped as own forces again. Thereby the game gets a drive which makes it different from all other variants of chess. Millions of people play shogi in Japan, in Germany there are about 100 players who take part in tournaments.

On May 2nd and 3rd the 2nd shogifestival in Ludwigshafen/Germany took place. 44 participants from Japan, France and Germany were fighting for every point. Among the players were 26 students, so the percentage of young players was high. One reason is that some schools offer shogi workshops to inspire their students for the Japanese strategy game.

Venue of the shogi event in Ludwigshafen with prominent visitors was the ‚Ostasieninstitut‘, which is located next to the Rhine.


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In the afternoon of the second day an extraordinary event took place. Akira Watanabe and Akihito Hirose, two professional shogi players, visited the shogi amateurs. They just were on a trip through Europe and took some hours time for the festival in Ludwigshafen. Akira Watanabe and Akihito Hirose definitely belong to the top 10 of shogi professionals in Japan. In addition to their obligations as players they are commentators of shogi games in Japanese television and perform at shogi events.

The tournament hall where the final round of the shogi tournament took place.


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Both professionals are preparing for the game.

The final position after a hard fight.


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The professionals played first a rapid game against each other. Very soon the game became sharp and finally ended with a successful attack of Akira Watanabe. After that the two professionals analyzed their game and explained several key positions. After that Watanabe and Hirose played simultaneous games against the tournament participants. These games differ from simultaneous games in chess. On the one hand professionals play against amateurs with handicap, that is they have 1 – 6 pieces less depending on the strength of their opponent. This makes the games for both sides more interesting because the amateurs are not crushed at once by the professionals. On the other hand the games don’t end with resignation but Watanabe and Hirose returned to key positions of the game, proposed alternatives and gave hints for improving the playing skills. The intention of simultaneous games in shogi is to teach and not to achieve an extraordinary result for the professional.

Akira Watanabe (left) and Akihito Hirose (right) during their simultaneous games.


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The shogi festival in Ludwigshafen has been definitely THE shogi event of the year for the participants and gave them even more motivation to study and play this fascinating chess variant. You will find further informations on the web site of Shogi Deutschland.

Remark: This report has been published first on www.chessbase.com .

http://www.shogideutschland.de/

http://www.chessbase.com/


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Here is the Kifu of the exhibition game played between Watanabe and Hirose:

Sente: WATANABE Akira Gote: HIROSE Akihito

1.P7g-7f

2.P3c-3d

3.P2g-2f

4.P5c-5d

5.P2f-2e

6.R8b-5b

7.S3i-4h

8.P5d-5e

9.K5i-6h

10.B2b-3c

11.P3g-3f

12.K5a-6b

13.S4h-3g

14.K6b-7b

15.K6h-7h

16.K7b-8b

17.S3g-4f

18.S7a-7b

19.S7i-6h

20.G4a-3b

21.P9g-9f

22.S3a-4b

23.P9f-9e

24.P5e-5f

25.B8hx3c+

26.S4bx3c

27.P5gx5f

28.R5bx5f

29.P*5e

30.R5fx7f

31.S6h-7g

32.R7f-7d

33.G6i-6h

34.S3c-4d

35.P2e-2d

36.P2cx2d

37.R2hx2d

38.P*2c

39.R2d-2h

40.N2a-3c

41.B*2a

42.G3b-4b

43.R2hx2c+

44.P*5f

45.+R2c-2b

46.G4b-5b

47.B2a-3b+

48.N3c-4e

49.+R2bx1a

50.B*2h

51.G4i-5h

52.P5f-5g+

53.S4fx5g

54.N4ex5g+


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55.G5hx5g

56.B2hx1i+

57.P*7e

58.R7dx7e

59.G5g-6f

60.R7ex5e

61.L*5h

62.L*6d

63.G6fx5e

64.S4dx5e

65.R*2a

66.G*6b

67.P*5c

68.G5bx5c

69.+B3b-4b

70.P*5b

71.P*5d

72.G5cx5d

73.+B4bx5b

74.G6ax5b

75.R2a-7a+

76.K8b-9b

77.L5hx5e

78.+B1ix5e

79.N*9d

80.P9cx9d

81.P9ex9d

82.P8c-8d

83.+R7ax8a

84.Resigns

If you want to watch it on a screen, follow this link to see a video in German language :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWLdpjSkjME

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWLdpjSkjME

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A little bit chess, but not too much … The two shogi professionals Akira Watanabe and Akihito Hirose visited the shogi festival in

Ludwigshafen on May 3rd

.They played an exhibition game, played many simultaneous games and

gave an interview. Here they answered questions concerning their everyday life, training, computers

and good sleep.

How does a typical day of a shogi pro look like?

Watanabe: A professional player usually plays 40-50 tournament games every year. On the other

days we spend time on training. But it belongs to the tasks as well to spread shogi, perform on events

and comment on TV etc.

Amateurs are often told to solve tsumes . This would be very important to increase playing ability. Do

you as a professional solve tsumes?

Hirose: It depends on the player. I like tsume-shogi very much. I think, that all players carry their

tsumes with them to keep their mind fresh.

.

Are you training with the help of a computer?

Hirose: No, I don’t us a computer for training.

Watanabe: I am using it for 10 years. When I am analyzing I am saving my results there. Meanwhile

the computer is a very important tool for me.

Akira Watanabe (9th Dan) was guest of the shogi festivals 2015 in Ludwigshafen.

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What is your most important hint to become a better shogi player?

Hirose: Amateurs should find opponents with their own skills. May be a little bit stronger than oneself

and they should try to learn something out of the games.

Watanabe: It is now much possible with the help of computers and the internet. You can adjust the

level at the software. It is also my hint to choose a level a little bit stronger than oneself.

Your games often end late in the evening, sometime after a byoyomi. Are you dreaming afterwards of

shogi?

Hirose: The mind doesn’t stop working. You keep on dealing with it and you can’t sleep well.

Watanabe: I leave the house at 10 a.m. and return at 1 a.m. in the night and the mind keeps on

working. My method for relaxing is watching football until I am getting tired and can sleep.

Mr. Watanabe, you have played in the year 2007 against the software ‚Bonanza‘ and could win. Would

you like to play a match against a computer nowadays?

Watanabe: In 2007 the skills of the software have been completely different. But today you have to

confirm that the software is much more developed. You can’t be

sure that we two professional players would win. There are

chances but it is nowadays another game. Maybe there will be a

match against a computer sometime in the future.

How can shogi be spread outside of Japan?

Hirose: Very important are the local shogi fans. Without them it

is not possible. The Japan Shogi Association has a responsibility

as well to provide means and support events. And the Shogi

professionals are important. But those events have to be

prepared well so that the people know the background.

What are you doing in your free time when you don’t play shogi?

Do you like other strategy games or do you play chess?

Watanabe: I am not playing chess but I also like the game Go. I

am not very strong but I like it.

Hirose: I also like Go, a little bit chess, but not too much …

Thank you very much for the interview and all the best for the

future.

Thanks to Prof. Dr. Frank Rövekamp of the Ostasieninstitut

Ludwigshafen for the translation from Japanese to German.

Remark: This interview has been published first on

www.chessbase.com .

Akihito Hirose (8. Dan) during the simultaneous games

http://www.chessbase.com/

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Shogi variant – Micro Shogi

You want to play a different sort of shogi, wild and unpredictable? Then try Micro Shogi!

Here are the rules:

The board has 5 rows and 4 columns. The starting

position looks like this:

First row from left to right: Silver General, Gold General,

Bishop, King

Second row: one pawn in front of the king

Each piece moves exactly like in normal shogi, but promotion is completely different.

If a piece captures another one, you have to promote. If a promoted piece captures another piece, it

has to be demoted again.

There is also another difference in which value promotion takes place.

Promotion Demotion

King No promotion

Silver Lance Silver

Gold Rook Gold

Bishop Tokin Bishop

Pawn Knight Pawn

This means that pieces can be trapped. If e.g. a Knight captures a piece on the last row, it demotes

into a pawn … and can’t move no more.

Trapped pieces stay on the board and may be captured by the opponent.

Captured pieces may be dropped anywhere and you can choose the side facing up. You may drop

two pawns on the same column.

Take your shogi pieces and give it a try!

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Shogi24.com Player of the Year 2015/2016

The annual voting of the ‘Shogi24.com-Player of the Year’ was decided again in a final round between

Habu and Moriuchi. And like the year before it was Habu Yoshiharu who became your Player of the

Year. Shogi fans from 45 countries voted at the beginning of 2014 for their player of the year.

In December 2015 the voting for the ‘Player of the Year 2015’ started on www.shogi24.com with some

new and some well known participants.

Here are the candidates:

GODA Masataka Current title: Osho 9. Dan Age: 44

Goda had a great start in 2015 when he could win the Osho title against Watanabe with 4-3. He also played in the Meijin A-Class and the Kisei Challenger's tournament.

HABU Yoshiharu Current titles: Meijin, Kisei, Oza, Oi 9. Dan Age: 45

Habu could win four titles in 2015: He won 4-1 against Namekata in the Meijin title match, 3-1 against Toyoshima in the Kisei title match, 4-1 against Hirose in the Oi title match and 3-2 against Sato Amahiko in the Oza title match. In the Kio title match he suffered a 0-3 defeat against Watanabe. Habu also played in the Ryu-O challenger's tournament.

HIROSE Akihito 8. Dan Age: 28

Hirose could win the Oi Challenger's tournament in the finale against Sugai. He fought in the Oi title match against Habu but lost with 1-4. In the Meijin A-Class Hirose shared the first place but lost the play-off.

ITODANI Tetsuro 8. Dan Age: 27

Itodani had to defend his Ryu-O-title which was his first title in his career. Against his opponent Watanabe the result was a 1-4 loss.

NAMEKATA Hisashi 8. Dan Age: 42

Namekata played an excellent Meijin A-class tournament with 6 wins and 3 losses and won the play-offs. He challenged Meijin Habu but lost that title fight with 1-4.

SATO Amahiko 8. Dan Age: 27

Sato Amahiko made his debut on the stage of the title matches after his win of the Oza challenger's tournament. He lost the Oza title fight against Habu after a big fight with 2-3.

TOYOSHIMA Masayuki 7. Dan Age: 25

Toyoshima was able to win the Kisei challenger's tournament and became challenger of Habu. In the title fight he lost 1-3. He was also busy in the Ryu-O tournament, the Osho challenger league and the Oza challenger's tournament in which he reached the final but lost against Sato Amahiko.

WATANABE Akira Current title: Kio, Ryu-O 9. Dan Age: 31

Watanabe had a good start into 2015 when defended his Kio title very convincingly with 3-0 against Habu. His attempt to defend his Osho title had no success because he lost against Goda with 3-4. At the end of the year he tried to regain his lost Ryu-O title in a match against title holder Itodani and he was successful. In the meanwhile Watanabe played in the Oza Challenger’s tournament and the Meijin A-Class, where he shared the first place but lost in the play-off.

http://www.shogi24.com/

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Statistics

Title match statistics

Here are a few statistical facts about the games of the title matches in 2015.

Sente wins 17 games 50 %

Gote wins 17 games 50 %

Sennichite/Jishogi 0 games 0 %

Opening Sente wins Gote wins Sennichite

Double Static Rook 15 17 -

Static Rook - Ranging Rook 2 - -

Ranging Rook – Static Rook - - -

Double Ranging Rook - - -

Top 10 shogi24.com-rating …

lists the players with the best rating up to the 31th of December 2016.

Position Name # of games Rating

1 Habu 198 2182

2 Watanabe 169 2116

3 Sato A. 30 2099

4 Nagase 18 2064

5 Itodani 28 2061

6 Namekata 52 2051

7 Nakamura 24 2048

8 Goda 110 2046

9 Toyoshima 67 2038

10 Kimura 27 2036


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Top 10 players who played the most games

Here are some more ‘Top 10-lists’ from the professional shogi world. The lists are based on the games

from April 2014 until March 2015. Thanks to Manabu Terao for publishing them on

www.81squareuniverse.com .

Position Name # of games

1 Toyoshima Masayuki 56

2 Habu Yoshiharu 55

3 Sugau Tatsuya 54

4 Goda Masataka 48

5 Sasaki Yuuki 47

Abe Koru 47

7 Kimura Kazuki 46

Nishio Akira 46

Yashiro Wataru 46

10 Fujimori Tetsuya 45

Top 10 players who gained the most wins

Position Name # of wins

1 Sugai Tatsuya 43

2 Habu Yoshiharu 39

3 Toyoshima Masayuki 35

4 Yashiro Wataru 33

5 Nishio Akira 31

Chida Shota 31

Fujimori Tetsuya 31

8 Itodani Tetsuro 30

Yokoyama Hiroaki 30

10 Sato Amahiko 23

Sawada Shingo 23

Sasaki Yuuki 23

Abe Koru 23

Top 10 players who showed the highest winning percentage

Position Name winning percentage

1 Sugai Tatsuya 79,6 %

2 Itodani Tetsuro 76,9 %

3 Chida Shota 73,8 %

4 Yokoyama Hiroaki 73,2 %

5 Sato Amahiko 72,5 %

6 Habu Yoshiharu 72,2 %

7 Yashiro Wataru 71,7 %

8 Inaba Akira 70,3 %

9 Fujimori Tetsuya 68,9 %

10 Matsuo Ayumiu 68,3 %


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Top 10 players who made the longest straight wins

Position Name # of straight wins

1 Yokoyama Hiroaki 13

2 Sugai Tatsuya 12

3 Habu Yoshiharu 11

4 Miura Hiroyuki 10

Sato Amahiko 10

Matsuo Ayumu 10

Inaba Akira 10

Sugai Tatsuya 10

Saito Shintaro 10

10 Yashiki Nobuyuki 9

Tamura Kosuke 9

Nakamura Taichi 9

Oikawa Takuma 9

Fujimori Tetsuya 9

Shogi Yearbook 2015 Shogi - Schach der Samurai

Einführung in das faszinierende japanische Schach

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Shogi - Schach der Samurai


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covers all important aspects of shogi, such as

rules, strategies, techniques, excercises as

well as even shogi history and shogi world of

Japan, and use of computer shogi programs

and online sites, etc. A must-have for all

German-speaking shogi fans.”

Dieses Buch führt Sie in ein faszinierendes Spiel ein. Neben den Regeln und besonderen

Zugmöglichkeiten der Steine werden alle Phasen des Spiels behandelt. Viele Übungen vertiefen das

Erlernte. Ein besonderes Augenmerk gilt dem Computer als Hilfsmittel, da frei verfügbare Software

individuelles Training ermöglicht und im Internet Tausende von Spielpartnern erreichbar sind. Artikel

zur Geschichte und zur Shogiszene runden das Buch ab.

Shogi - Schach der Samurai


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