Yesterday Joryu Meijin Yauchi beat Saida(Joryu 4 dan)in 131 moves in the 2nd game of 34th Joryu Meijin-sen 3-win match. The score is 2-0 led by Yauchi now. Yauchi became Sente(black) player since she was Gote in the first game. Saida adopted Gokigen Nakabisha following to last game. Yauchi traded Bishops at the 7th move which called Maruyama vaccine. Saida built anaguma-gakoi(castle) in the opening. The battle started in the right edge and it scatterd to the left side as it went by. The location of Yauchi's promoted bishop in the centeral are of the board seemed good enough to approach Saida's King in Anaguma since it could go through the saqare on 8a.
The diagram above is the resignation one when Saida resigned the game at the 131st move. There is no mate for Sente(white)'s King and Gote has no defense. After the diagram, some of the possible variations are below;
B*5d K-6g B-2g+ N*8c(!) Gx8c G*8a +Bx8a +Nx8a Kx8a R*6a G*7a S*7b(!) Kx7b B*6c K-6a G*5b (mate)
B*5d K-6g B-2g+ N*8c(!) Gx8c G*8a +Bx8a +Nx8a Kx8a R*6a G*7a S*7b(!) Kx7b B*6c K-8b Rx7a+ Kx7a G*7b(mate, replayable by clicking the arrow in the right direction under the diagram)
B*5d K-6g B-2g+ N*8c(!) Gx8c G*8a +Bx8a +Nx8a Kx8a R*6a N*7a S*7b(!) Kx7b G*6b K-8b Rx7a+(mate)
S*7b +Nx7b Gx7b N*8c(!) Gx8c G*8a(!) Kx8a R*6a G*7a S*7b(!) Kx7b B*6c K-6a G*5b (mate)
S*7b +Nx7b Gx7b N*8c(!) Gx8c G*8a(!) Kx8a R*6a G*7a S*7b(!) Kx7b B*6c K-8b +Rx7a Kx7a G*7b(mate)
S*7b +Nx7b Gx7b N*8c(!) Gx8c G*8a(!) Kx8a R*6a N*7a S*7b(!) Kx7b G*6b K-8b Rx7a+(mate)
S*7b +Nx7b Gx7b N*8c(!) K-8a G*9a K-8b R*8a(mate)
S*7b +Nx7b Gx7b N*8c(!) K-8b S*9a K-8a G*8b(!) Gx8b G*7a(mate)
S*7b +Nx7b Gx7b N*8c(!) K-8b S*9a K-8c N*7e(mate)
B*5d K-6g S*8a R*5a Bx2g+ N*8c(!) Gx8c +Nx8a +Bx8a Rx8a+ Kx8a S*7b(!) Kx7b B*5d N*6c Bx6c+ Kx6c N*5e K-5c G*4c K-5d B*6c Kx5e G*4f(mate)
In any case, Gote was hopeless.
The schedule of the rest games are as below;
3rd game - Fenruary 20 2008
The dates for 4th & 5th games are not fixed yet.
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