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The result of 5th game of 65th Meijin-sen

On May 30 & 31, the forth 5th game of 65th Meijin-sen between Meijin Moriuchi and challenger Goda 9 dan was held in Shizuoka prefecture, Japan. Goda was Sente(Black, or lower side of the diagram) player and Moriuchi won it in 98 moves. Moriuchi led the score by 3-2. You may replay the game here.

The diagram above is the resignation diagram when Moriuchi dropped his Rook on 8e as the 98 moves. There is no immediate mate after the diagram. But anyway, Sente cannot help losing it. Here is my analysis about the varitations after it.

B*8d G*9c K-8b Rx8d Kx9a G*9b(mate)

B*8d G*9c K-8b Rx8d G*8c Rx8c +Bx8c Gx8c Kx8c  G*9b  K-8d  B*9c  K-8e  R*8c  R*8d  Rx8d  Kx7e  Rx8g+  Kx6d  G*5c  k-6e   R*5e(mate)

B*8d G*9c K-8b Rx8d G*8c Rx8c +Bx8c Gx8c Kx8c  G*9b K-7b R*8b K-7a B*6b K-7a G*5a(mate)

B*8d G*9c K-8b Rx8d G*8c Rx8c +Bx8c Gx8c Kx8c  G*9b K-7b R*8b K-6a B*5b K-7a B*6b(mate)

B*8d G*9c K-8b Rx8d G*8c Rx8c +Bx8c Gx8c Kx8c  G*9b K-7b R*8b K-6c G*5c(mate)

B*8d G*9c K-8b Rx8d K-7a B*4d +B-6b Bx6b Kx6b B*5c K-6c R*6b K-5d G*4d(mate)

B*8d G*9c K-8b Rx8d K-7a B*4d G*6b R*3a +B-6a Bx6b Kx6b Rx6a Kx6a G*5a K-7b G*6b K-7a G5a-6a(mate)

G*8d G*9c K-8b Rx8d K-7a R*3a K-6b G*5a K-6c G*5c(mate)

G*8d G*9c K-8b Rx8d K-7a R*3a +B-6a Rx6a Kx6a G*5a K-7b G*6b K-7a G5a-6a(mate)

G*8d G*9c K-8b Rx8d K-7a R*3a B*6a G*5a B-3d+ G-5b +B-6a P*4c P*2d Rx6a Kx6a G-5a K-7b G*6b K-7a G5a-6a(mate)

G*8d G*9c K-8b Rx8d K-7a R*3a B*6a G*5a P-7c+ Nx7c B-3d+ G-5b +B-6a G*8a(mate)

There may be more variations, but in any case, Sente cannot help losing the game.

Updates of To spread Shogi Over the world

The captioned blog has now two entries in this June.

Mori Ogai Memorial Hall in Berlin

I found the following press release in Netherlands Corporate News.

Toshiba International Foundation geeft financiele ondersteuning aan Japanse studies van Mori Ogai Memorial Hall in Berlijn

The following sentense is included in the above release;

Mori Ogai Memorial Hall has exhibitions of Mori Ogai's works and related books, collects artifacts associated with him, plans and holds events, and offers Japanese cultural programs on such subjects as ikebana, the tea ceremony, and shogi.

If you happen to visit Berlin, it may worth while thinking about dropping on at Mori Ogai Memorial Hall. I hear there is shogi gathering every Friday although I'm not sure in details.

Results of Kurnik official shogi tournaments of 2007-05-30 & 2007-06-02

On May 30, Kurnik official shogi tournament #1446073(7m) took place. There were five participants. You can see the result here. The winner was cochise. You can replay the games by clicking "1.0" or "0.0" in the tournament table there.

On June 2, Kurnik official shogi tournament #1446106(10m, +10s) took place. There were five participants. You can see the result here. The winner was mugen9x9. You can replay the games by clicking "1.0" or "0.0" in the tournament table there.

The schedule of the coming tournaments can be found in the lower part of Kurnik shogi login page. For more general information about Kurnik official tournament, please read the page about tournaments.

The result of 4th game of 65th Meijin-sen

On May 17 & 18, the forth game of 65th Meijin-sen between Meijin Moriuchi and challenger Goda 9 dan was held in Hokkaido, Japan. Moriuchi was Sente(Black, or lower side of the diagram) player and he won it in 103 moves. The score is tied by 2-2. You may replay the game here.

The diagram above is the resignation diagram when Moriuchi dropped his Bishop on 4c as the 103 moves. They say Goda resigned too early. After the diagram, there might be lots of variations. I don't know how Sente could clealy win the game  if  Gote  dropped  his Rook  on 5b after the  diagram. Here is my analysis of the variations after it except for R*5b. What difficult variations there are!

R-5h+ G*3b(mate)

B*3b G*2b K-4b Bx3b+ K-5c B*4b K-6b +Bx5d S*7i(!) K-9h R*5h B-5c+ K-7b  +B5c-6c K-8c +B-7b K-8d R*8e K-7d +B-6e(mate)

B*3b G*2b K-4b Bx3b+ K-5c B*4b K-6b +Bx5d S*7i(!) K-9h R*5h B-5c+ K-7b  +B5c-6c K-8b +Bx8a K-8c +B5d-7b K-7d R*7e K-6d +B-6c(mate)

S*7i(!) Gx7i R*3h P*7h +Rx5i+ G*5b(!) R-3c+ S*2b +Rx2b Px2b+ Kx2b R*4b K-2c +R-3b+ K-1d P-1e Sx1e +R-3d G*2d B-3b+(mate)

S*7i(!) Gx7i R*3h P*7h +Rx5i+ G*5b(!) G*3b S*3d(!) Gx4c Sx4c+ R-3b+ G*4b +Rx4b Gx4b+ (mate)

S*7i(!) Gx7i R*3h P*7h +Rx5i+ G*5b(!) G*3b S*3d(!) Gx4c Sx4c+ +Rx5b +Sx5b R-3c+ R*5c +Rx5c G*2b(mate)

S*7i(!) Gx7i R*3h P*7h +Rx5i+ G*5b(!) G*3b S*3d(!) Gx4c Sx4c+ +Rx5b +Sx5b R-3c+ R*5c B*3b G*4b +Rx4b +Sx4b Kx4b R*5b K-3a Rx3b+ Kx3b B*5d K-3a P-2b+ Kx2b R-5b+ K-2c R-3b+ K-1d P-1e Sx1e +R-3d G*2d B-3b+(mate)

S*7i(!) Gx7i R*3h P*7h +Rx5i+ G*5b(!) G*3b S*3d(!) Gx4c Sx4c+ +Rx5b +Sx5b R-3c+ R*5c B*3d Rx3c+ S*3c R*4b(!) S*4b G*2b(mate)

S*7i(!) Gx7i R*3h P*7h +Rx5i+ G*5b(!) G*3b S*3d(!) Gx4c Sx4c+ +Rx5b +Sx5b R-3c+ R*5c B*3d Rx3c+ S*3c R*4b(!) Bx2c G*4a Bx4a +Sx4a(mate)

S*7i(!) Gx7i R*3h P*7h +Rx5i+ G*5b(!) G*3b S*3d(!) Gx4c Sx4c+ +Rx5b +Sx5b K-3b R*3a(!) Kx3a G*2b(mate)

S*7i(!) Gx7i R*3h P*7h +Rx5i+ G*5b(!) G*3b S*3d(!) Gx4c Sx4c+ +Rx5b +Sx5b K-3b R*3a(!) Kx2c Rx3h+(Hopeless situation for Gote due to losing Rook)