Result of 24th Asahi Open Championship Final

Fujii 9dan beat Goda 9dan with 88 moves in the game of 24th Asahi Open Shogi Championship today. you can replay the full game. The left is the resignation diagram when Fujii dropped his Silver on 9i to check Goda's King. Fujii played Gote(upper side) and had a Gold, kNight, Lance and a pawn while Goda had two Bishops, a Gold, Silver, kNight, and four pawns. After the diagram, Sente's King would be easy to be checkmated. The possible lines are followings;

K-9h G*8h(mate)

Kx9i G-8i K-9h G*8h (mate)

What would happen if Sente's king was not in check? Could you see the mating line for Gote's King? Just for your reference, I'm writing how Gote's king to be mated unless Sente's King is in check.

S*9c Kx9c +Rx9a P*9b G*9d(mate)

S*9c Lx9c B*9a K7b(K-9b G*8b, mate) B*8a(mate)

N*9d instead of S*9c would cause to mate Gote's King as well. Please think of the variation if you are interested. The resignation diagram is a typical example of a shogi game with one-move difference.

The Winner Fujii will challenge Asahi Habu It will be a three wins match and the first game will be held in the coming April.

Comments

[Marc]

Hi Takodori,

thanks for you article about 24th Asahi Open!

What made me laughing, was when I tried to translate via Babelfish to German language. It was so funny I couldn't take it anymore. In fact, the translation was so bad I couldn't understand anything but jokes. :-))

Remember: In Shogi and in Life we should try to be one move ahead... :-)

Marc

[takodori]

Wow! Was the translation that bad? Sounds like I had better to insert BabelFish icon on April 1:-). Bur anyway, I will inseret other translation services for readers to test.

[Marc]

I would be interested in test some others. Mainly not for english, but for japanese language.

By the way, I just read you won the tournament in Cannes, France. Congratulations !

regards Marc