Some days ago, I had a question in the comment field of this blog that how how many amateur shogi players have beat top ranked pros not like habu san level players but 9,8,7 dan pros. I replied. "I thought only Segawa 4dan who used be an ama player beat the said level of pro player. He won a game of Ginga-sen against Kubo 8dan when he was 
an ama." I found the gamerecord is available on the Net. It was a first round of Ginga-sen final tournament held in the year 2004 and played on July 22 then. Ginga-sen is a TV shogi match broadcasted by Igo-Shogi Channel. Here is how to reach the gamerecord;
You can see the buttons as you see in the left. Click the third button from the bottom.
Then you can see the tournament tree. In the center of the tree, you can find the paring in the right.
Click the icon of the small shogi board on the top of the paring. The left is Segawa-san who used to be an amatuer player and the right is Kubo 8dan.
Now you will see the replayable gameboard. The desdcription of the buttons below the board is as follows.
First button from the left --- Automatic replay
Second --- Slow automatic replay
Third --- Last move
Fourth --- Next move
Fifth --- Initial position
Sixth --- Resigning position
As a result of Furigoma, Kubo 8dan made a first move. The opening strategy was Kobo's Fujii sysytem. Segawa won the thrilling game with 136 moves.
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