Watanabe won a come-from-behind victory in the endgame - 3rd game of 19th Ryuoh-sen

On November 14 and 15, the third game of 19th Ryuoh-sen between Ryuoh Watanabe(link to Photos) and Challenger Kisei Sato(link to Photos) was held in Nagasaki prefecture, Japan. Watanabe won a come-from-behind victory in the endgame in 142 moves. The score is 2-1 still led by Sato after the game.

If your browser is Java-capable, you may replay the game on the virtual board here. It was a very interesting game especially after the move 73. The hard-hitting battle in the endgame is must-see. Watanabe's King was in the square of 2b on the right side of the board at that time. It ran a long way into 9d on the left side.

The diagram is the resignation diagram when Watanabe(Gote, Upper side) dropped his Gold on 7h. After the diagram, Sato(Sente, Lower side)'s King would be forced to be mated. The possible variations after the diagram are as followings;

Kx7h +Rx5h G*6h S*6g K-7i +Rx6h(mate)

Kx7h +Rx5h G*6h S*6g K-8h +Rx6h(mate)

Kx7h +Rx5h K-7i G*7hS*8h(mate)　

If it was Sente's turn in the resignation diagram, Gote's King would be mated instantly by Sente's kNight drop on 8f.

The forth game will be held on November 29 and 30 in Aichi prefecture, Japan.

Comments

[Yury Shpilev]

Sorry. You mistaked in last variant. Gote has not Gold in the hand, therefore here will next variant:
Kx7h +Rx5h K-7i S*8h(mate) (instead of G*7h).

[takodori]

Hello Yury

Thanks for pointing out my error. You're right. I made correction as you told.