The 5th game of 20th Ryuo-sen seven-wins match between Ryuo Watanabe and Challenger Sato on November 28 & 29. The Sente player of this game is Sato. Sato won it in 177 moves. The score after the game is 3-2 led by Watanabe.
The diagram above is the resignation diagram. Why Watanabe resigned the game at this position is, I guess, he lost his fighting spirit since he could not trap Sente's King and let it go away to his camp safely. As a matter of fact, I cannot see how to approach Gote's King if Gote moved B-5e+ after the resignation diagram. I think Gote should have tried to enter his King to Sente's camp as well.
Thanks for all the explanations!
Watananbe lost his fighting spirit? I guess that probably expains alot why he resigned. However if he wins this match he won't have to go through another tough match on 12th December.
I am really looking for his next match on 12th December! Thanks for all the explanations, Takodori!
Posted by: Ryou Takehito | December 03, 2007 at 12:03 AM
Thanks for explaining the ends of each of the games! It's very helpful for a beginner like myself.
Posted by: Clement | December 06, 2007 at 12:24 AM