On October 22, the 3rd game of 19th Joryu oui-sen between Joryu Oui Ishibashi and Challenger Joryu 2 crowns Shimizu took place at Ito Iemon's mansion in Fukuoka prefecture. Ishibashi was Sente player and Shimizu beat Shimizu Ishibashi in 142 moves. They say Shimizu made a reversal in the endgame. The score after this game is 2-1 led by Ishibashi. Since this is 3-win match, Ishibashi needs one more
victory to defend the title. The diagram below is the resignation one.
After the diagram, the possible variations would be as followings;.
Gx8d G-8h(!) K-8g G*8g(mate)
Gx8d G-8h(!) Kx8h +Rx6h G*7h B*7i K-8g G*8h Gx8h Bx8h+ (mate, replayable by clicking the arrow in the right direction)
Gx8d G-8h(!) Kx8h +Rx6h K-9g B*7i K-8g B-8h+(mate)
Gx8d G-8h(!) Kx8h +Rx6hK-8g B*6i K-9g G*8g(mate)
There might be more variations, but Sente was hopeless anyway. The 4th game will be held on October 29, 2008.
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