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Japanese shogi champ Habu wins 5th straight Osho title - The Mainichi Daily News
Japanese shogi champion Yoshiharu Habu defeated Koichi Fukaura in game seven of the 58th Osho match on Thursday to win his fifth straight Osho title.
The final game of the best-of-seven match started on Wednesday in Tendo, Yamagata Prefecture. Habu, 38, defeated the 37-year-old Fukaura in 110 moves, finishing the game at 6:51 p.m. on Thursday. Habu had 10 minutes remaining, while Fukaura had thee minutes on the clock.
"Fukaura got the lead over me, and it turned out to be a tough game," Habu said. "It was pretty difficult shogi in the sixth and seventh games. It still hasn't sunk in that I've defended the title, but I want to use this as encouragement to play better."
Fukaura said he wanted to take his loss positively.
"After my third win I had thought there was still a long way to go (to the title). I benefited from being able to take on strategies that I don't normally use. I want to take my loss positively," he said.
With the title under his belt, Habu increased the number of his Osho match wins to 12. He is the defending champion of the Meijin, Kisei, Oza and Osho titles. His overall number of title wins stands at 72, close to the record 80 won by Yasuharu Oyama.
Fukaura, who holds the Oi title, had been gunning for his first Osho crown.
The Osho match was sponsored by the Mainichi Newspapers and Sports Nippon Newspapers.
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