On April 08 and 09, the 1st game of 66th Meijin-sen 4-win match took place. Habu(2 crowns) is the challenger against Meijin Moriuchi. As a result of Furigoma, Moriuchi became Sente player. Moriuchi won the game in 97 moves.
The diagram below is the resignation one when Sente moved back his King from 7f to 7g.. At the diagram, Sente's King will not be mated while Gote's King has no defense. The possible variations after that position would be as followings;
S*7f K-8h G*8g K-7i +Bx5g P*6h +Bx5f +B-7b(mate, replayable by clicking the arrow in the direction under the diagram)
S*7f K-8h P*8g K-9h G*8h K-9g +B-6h +B-7b(mate)
G*7f K-8h S*8g K-7i +Bx5g P*6h +Bx5f +B-7b(mate)
G*7f K-8h P*8g K-9h G7ex8f +B-7b(mate)
G*7a +Bx5a Kx5a S*5b(mate)
G*6b +Bx6b Sx6b G*7b K-5a G7bx6b(mate)
G*5b +B-7b(mate)
G*8a P*6b K*7a R*6a(mate)
In any case, Gote could not avoid losing the game.
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