Today is the day for the first game of 23rd Ryuo-sen challenger deciding best of three match between Meijin Habu Yoshiharu and 2 crown Kubo Toshiaki. In the final Ryuo-knock-out tournament, Habu beat 9-dan Fujii Takeshi and 7-dan Akutsu Chikara while Kubo defeated 9-dan Goda Masataka and 9-dan Maruyama Tadahisa to compete the best of three match with each other. As a result of Furigoma, Kubo became Sente player. The allotted thinking time per player is 5 hours so it will end late evening. The venue is at JSA building in Sendagaya, Tokyo. It started at 10:00am. Kubo transferred his Rook to 7th file and advanced vanguard pawn there to form Ishida-ryu. You may replay and watch the game through the link below;
The official blog seems to become available from this game for 23rt term. Here is the link. Though it's written in Japanese, it will be getting full of photos and diagrams.
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