Today is the day for 3rd game of Joryu Meijini-sen 3-win match between Joryu Meijin Yauchi Rieko vs Challenger Joryu Osho Shimizu Ichiyo. It started at 10:00am at Tokyo Shogi Kaikan of JSA, Tokyo, Japan. Shimizu is Sente in this game. The allotted thinking time per player is 3 hours and less than 60seconds per move after consuming it. You can watch and replay the game through the linked Kifu for Java board below;
Shimizu's Opening is a bit peculiar. She seemed to choose Ibisha(Static) rook since she took vanguard position on the 2nd file. But she also took vanguard position on the central file and transferred her Rook to the 8th file.
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