Yesterday Challenger Habu beat Kio Sato in the 1st game of 33rd Kio-sen 3-win match. Habu led the score by 1-0 after the game. Habu became a Sente(Black) player as a result of Furigoma. It was a very thrilling game with the length of 187 moves which was longer than usual. Especially, either King did not go up to the 4th rank which was very rare in such a long game. I think it must be one of the best games in the year 2008.
The diagram above is the resignation one when Sente dropped a Gold on 3c. After the diagram, Gote's King were forced to be mated. The variations would be;
K-1b G*2b(mate)
Kx3c Px3d K-2b P-3c+ K-1a G*2b(mate)
Kx3c Px3d K-2b P-3c+ K-3a +Px3b(mate)
Kx3c Px3d K-4c G*5c(mate)
Kx3c Px3d K-4b P-3c+ K-5a G*5b Kx5b S*5c K-6a G*6b(mate, replayable by clicking the arrow in the right direction)
Kx3c Px3d K-4b P-3c+ K-4a G*4b(mate)
The schedule of the rest games are below;
2nd game --- February 23
3rd game --- March 8
4th game(If either does not win 3 games) --- March 19
5th game(If either does not win 3 games) --- March 28
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