On December 4 & 5, the 5th game of the 21st Ryuo-sen 4-win match between Ryuo Watanabe Akira and Challenger Meijin Habu took place at in Wakayama Prefecture. Watanabe was Sente player. The opening strategy was Ai-yagura. The game ended with Watanabe's victory in 117 moves. The diagram below is when Habu resigned just after Watanabe dropped his Rook on 5b. Gote's King will be mated after that. The possible variations would be the followings;
K-4a S*3b(mate)
K-4c Lx3c+ Kx3c R-2b+ K-4c S*5b K-3d +Rx2c(mate, replayable by clicking the arrow in the right direction under the diagram)
K-4c Lx3c+ Kx3c R-2b+ K-2d +Rx2c(mate)
K-4c Lx3c+ Kx3c R-2b+ K-3d +Rx2c(mate)
Habu still leads the score in 3-2. The sixth game will be held on December 10 & 11.
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