Today is the day for the 3rd game of 21st Ryuo-sen Challenger deciding 2-win match between Habu Yorhiharu(4 crowns incl. Meijin) and Kimura Kazuki(8 dan) at Tokyo Shogi Kaikan of JSA. It started at 10:00 am. Kimura is Sente player in this game as a result of Furigoma. The winner of this game will be the challenger against Ryuo Watanabe Akira.You can watch and replay the game through either of the pages linked below;
Kifu for Flash | Kifu for Java | Press Room live(Experimental, the same as below)
The thinking time per player is 5 hours and less than 60 seconds per move after consuming it. The game is expected to end in the evening today in Japan. The toppage of Ryuo-sen is linked below. You can see the photo of the players.The left player is Habu. And Ryuo-sen plus is the official blog of Ryuo-sen which uploads timely reports including many photos although it's written in Japanese.
The winner of this 2-win match will be the challenger against Ryuo Watanabe Akira.
The schedule of the 2-win match is as below;
- 1st gameKifu for Flash | Kifu for Java - Habu won the game. August 29, at Sendagaya(Tokyo Shogi Hall of JSA)
- 2nd game Kifu for Flash | Kifu for Java - Kimura won the game. September 3, at Sendagaya(Tokyo Shogi Hall of JSA)
- 3rd game - Today, at Sendagaya(Tokyo Shogi Hall of JSA)
takodori, thanks for this wonderful reports on professional shogi.
Habu won in 180 moves and will challenge Watanabe in Ryuo-sen.
regards
marcchan
Posted by: marcchan | September 13, 2008 at 05:18 AM
> marcchan,
Yes, you're right. The winner of the 21st Ryuo-sen will be entitled to be Eisei(permanent) Ryuo. It will be a big match.
Posted by: takodori | September 13, 2008 at 09:09 PM