Goda tied the score in 1-1 - 2nd game of 67th Meijin-sen

Yesterday Goda beat Habu in 152 moves in the 2nd game of 67th Meijin-sen. It's my y-t-d top game to recommend to replay. You can replay the game here.

Here are my twitter entries of my comments on the moves for Day 2.

1. It's very exciting. My Y-T-D top game.34 minutes ago from web
     
2. On the other hand, Sente's King has no defense.36 minutes ago from web
3. 150. Kx4g 151. L*4i 152. K-5g Habu resigned the game after the 152nd move. It's clear that no mate for Gote's King.36 minutes ago from web
4. 149. S*2g check.39 minutes ago from web
5. 148. Kx3f Gote took the Pawn on 3f by King.40 minutes ago from web
6. 147. P*3f check again.40 minutes ago from web
7. 146. Kx3e, This was enabled since Gote dropped a pawn on 3g at the 108th move. If the Rook was on 3h, Gote's King should have been mated.41 minutes ago from web
8. 145. N*5f Another check.43 minutes ago from web
9. 144. Kx4d Compulsory.43 minutes ago from web
10. 143. B*3b check again.about 1 hour ago from web
11. 142. K-4c, Compulsory. If Gote's King escaped to other squares such as 2a,3a,4a or 3c, there would be mate.about 1 hour ago from web
12. 141. N*4d, check.about 1 hour ago from web
13. 140. +Sx7g, It's a natural move. Whether Gote's King woud be mated or not, That's the question here.about 1 hour ago from web
14. 139. Bx7g Compulsory. If Sente move the King to 7i instead, mate existed such as G*6iabout 1 hour ago from web
15. 138. N*7f, Check. Instead, +Sx8f would be a losing move since Gote's king was dangerous, too.about 1 hour ago from web
16. 137. K-8i Compulsory.about 1 hour ago from web
17. 136. S-8g+ Check supported by the kNight on 9e dropped on the 130th move.about 1 hour ago from web
18. 135. Bx8f Compulsory.about 1 hour ago from web
19. 135. Compulsory.about 1 hour ago from web
20. 134. Lx8f, threatmate such as S*8g K-8i G*8h Rx8h +Sx8habout 1 hour ago from web
21. 133. Gx8f almost compulsory.about 1 hour ago from web
22. 132. S-8f, Good silver advancement. The lance dropped on the 8th file at the 94th move worked well.about 1 hour ago from web
23. 131. G-7g Almost compulsory.about 1 hour ago from web
24. 130. N*9e, Gote would not like to Sente's King to escape to his right side. So he did not take the Gold by Sx8g+about 1 hour ago from web
25. 126. P-8g+ 127 Px8g 128 Nx8g 129 Gx8g. Gote continued attacking. Sente had to respond it.about 1 hour ago from web
26. 125. K-9h, Compulsory.about 1 hour ago from web
27. 124. S*9f Good Silver drop. There is a shogi proverb. "Drive the king to the back rank"about 1 hour ago from web
28. P*8h instead of P-8h.about 1 hour ago from web
29. 123. P-8h, Sente had to protect it.about 1 hour ago from web
30. 122. P*8f Aiming at P-8g supported by the kNight on 9e to trade it for the Gold on 7h.about 1 hour ago from web
31. 121. B-5i, Sente had to let his Bishop escape. Gote's King got safer since no menace from Sente's Bishop.about 1 hour ago from web
32. 120. Sx8e, Taking the kNight on 8e and threaten to take the vital Bishop on 8f.about 1 hour ago from web
33. 119. K-9g King's early escape.about 1 hour ago from web
34. 118. Kx3b Compulsory.about 1 hour ago from web
35. 117. Nx3b+ Taking the Gold on 3b with check. There were no generals which was guarding Gote's King.about 1 hour ago from web
36. 116. Lx8c Taking the Pawn on 8c.about 1 hour ago from web
37. 115. P*8c Blocking the Lance on 8a to loosen the pressure on the head of Sente's King.about 1 hour ago from web
38. 114. S*8d Gote still neglected R-2h which was threaten to take the Silver on 2d and gave a pressure on the head of Sente's King.about 1 hour ago from web
39. 113. Gx6f, Sente had to take it.about 1 hour ago from web
40. 112. Bx6f !! Bishop sacrifice!. Gote neglected R-2h and taking the Silver on 6f for a Bishop.about 1 hour ago from web
41. 111. R-2h, Threaten to take the Silver on 2e. Sente would like to keep initiative.about 1 hour ago from web
42. 110. Sx6c, Gote had to take it by the Silver since his King was pinned by the Bishop on 8f.about 1 hour ago from web
43. 109. P-6c+ Sacrificing a pawn with promotion to make the vital diagonal line of Bishop on 8f more workable.about 1 hour ago from web
44. 108. P*3g Droppinag a pawn on the head of the Rook. Gote would like Sente's move away from 3h.about 1 hour ago from web
45. 107. Px6d, Sente responded naturally.about 1 hour ago from web
46. 106. P-6d, Blocking the vital diagonal line of Bishop on 8f.about 1 hour ago from web
47. 105. N*4d, As an effect of pawn sacrifice on 5d, this kNight drop was enabled. If Gote's silver was located on 4c, Sente could not drop it.about 1 hour ago from web
48. 104. Sx5d, Gote had to take it by the Silver.about 1 hour ago from web
49. 103. P-5d, Pawn sacrifice to invite Gote's Silver to 5d. Gote could not take it by Gold since his King was pinned by the Bishop on 8f.about 1 hour ago from web
50. 102. P*5b, Supporting the Gold on 5c.about 1 hour ago from web
51. 101. B-8f Threaten to take the Gold on 5c.about 1 hour ago from web
52. 100. It's a natural move.about 1 hour ago from web
53. 99. P*9d It's a difficult move to guess why. Maybe this prevented Gote from dropping a Silver on 9d.about 1 hour ago from web
54. 98. Bx8d, Then, taking the Pawn on 8d by the Bishop escaping from the kNight on 8e.about 1 hour ago from web
55. 97. Nx8e But this was threaten to take the Bishop on 7c.about 1 hour ago from web
56. 96. P*8e Dropping a Sacrificing pawn to invite Sente's kNight to 8e to prevent Sente from dropping a Pawn on 8e after Lx8d.about 1 hour ago from web
57. 95. Px8d Taking the Pawn on 8d.about 1 hour ago from web
58. 94. L*8a Seems a good lance drop.about 1 hour ago from web
59. 93. P-8e, Since Sente's bishop could not develop on the right side due to his pawn on 3e, he tried to activate it on the left side.about 2 hours ago from web
60. 92. K-3a, Gote did not take the kNight on 3d since he would not like Sente's pawn to advance to 3d which is near his King.about 2 hours ago from web
61. 91. Nx3d, Taking the Pawn on 3d with check.about 2 hours ago from web
62. P-4e, Threaten to take the kNight on 4f.about 2 hours ago from web
63. 89. P-5e, Blocking Gote's Bishop diagonal line and aiming at another pawn advancement to 5d supported by the kNight on 4f.about 2 hours ago from web
64. 88. G-5c, The Gold escaped from the kNight on 4f.about 2 hours ago from web
65. 87. P-3e, This planned to activate the Rook on 3h or Bishop on 6h.about 2 hours ago from web
66. 86. Px9c It's a natural move.about 2 hours ago from web
67. 85. Px9c+ Taking the kNight.about 2 hours ago from web
68. 84. Sx2e Gote took it since he had no pawn in hand at the 83rd move.about 2 hours ago from web
69. 83. P-2e Pawn sacrifice to try to make Sente possible to drop a pawn on 2nd file to appoarch Gote's King later.about 2 hours ago from web
70. 82. S-4c, protecting both Gold on 5d and Pawn on 3d.about 2 hours ago from web
71. 81. N*4f Threaten to take the Gold on 5d. If Gote's Gold escaped, then Nx3d would be a nice forking jump.about 2 hours ago from web
72. 80. Gote responded to 79.Sx5d naturally.about 2 hours ago from web
73. 79. Sx5d, Sente sacrificed the Silver for a pawn. His plan was Gx5d N*4f after that.about 2 hours ago from web
74. 78. P*4d, Killing the Silver on 4e.about 2 hours ago from web
75. 77. Sx4e Taking this kNight since Gote already dropped his kNight.about 2 hours ago from web
76. 76. Nx9e It's a natural move.about 2 hours ago from web
77. 75. K-9f, Connecting with the Lance on 9e. But Sente's king went apart from yagura Castle of generals.about 2 hours ago from web
78. 74. N*8c Threaten to take the Lance on 9e.about 2 hours ago from web
79. 73. P*9d Killing the kNight on 9c.about 2 hours ago from web
80. 72. P*9b Supporting the kNight on 9c.about 2 hours ago from web
81. 71. Lx9e, As an effect of pawn sacrifice on 9c, Gote could not respond it by N*8c since Sente could take the kNight on 9c then.about 2 hours ago from web
82. 70. Nx9c, Gote could not allow +P-8c forking Bishop and Rook.about 2 hours ago from web
83. 69. P-9c+ Sente was trying to sacrifice the pawn before taking the pawn on 9e.about 2 hours ago from web
84. 68. P*9e I guess Gote's plan was Px9e N*8c after this move.about 2 hours ago from web
85. 67. P*9d, Sente did not take the kNight on 4e back since he gained a lance before. This was planning to make promoted pawn on the edge file.about 2 hours ago from web
86. 66. Nx4e, Taking the kNight.about 2 hours ago from web
87. 65. Nx4e, Sente accepted Gote's challenge on the 4th file.about 2 hours ago from web
88. 64. P-4e, Threaten to take the Silver. Gote extended the battlefield.about 2 hours ago from web
89. 63. K-8g, Preventing Gote from killing the kNight on 8g such as P*9e Lx9e P*9fabout 2 hours ago from web
90. 62. R-7b Early Rook's escape from Sente's possible Lance promotion on the edge file.about 2 hours ago from web
91. 61. L*9f Preventing Gote from dropping a pawn on 9f to kill the kNight on 9g and moving his Rook to the edge file.about 2 hours ago from web
92. 60. P*8d Gote's was planning to kill the kNight to drop a pawn on 9f in the next move preventing Sente from jumping it to 8e.about 2 hours ago from web
93. 58. Lx9g+ 59.Nx9g Taking the Lance by kNight was Sente's plan. If he took it by Lance(Lx9g), then P*9f Lx9f PX9e would occur.about 2 hours ago from web
94. 55. P*9f 56.Lx9f 57.P*9g Sente was trying to avoid Lance trade and to take it for 2 pawns.about 2 hours ago from web
95. 54. Lx9e, Another natural move.about 2 hours ago from web
96. 53. Px9e, It's a natural move.about 2 hours ago from web
97. 52. P-9e After Sente's bihop'r diagonal line to 9e was blocked, Gote tried to trade pawns and lances on the edge.about 2 hours ago from web
98. 51. Px8f, Sente took Gote's pawn by the Pawn, not the Bishop. I guess if he took it by Bishop, then Rx8f Px8f B*2g R-6h Bx3f+ would be.about 2 hours ago from web
99. You can replay the shogi game here. http://tinyurl.com/d8pfnfabout 2 hours ago from web
100. The result is Goda beat Habu. The score after the game is 1-1.about 2 hours ago from web
101. I had to be off the Net yesterday afternoon and evening. So just starting to follow the Day2 of 2nd game of Meijin-sen.about 2 hours ago from web
102. 50, P-8f, According to Asahi Shimbun, Goda took 118 minutes to make this move. It was a new move reportedly.about 24 hours ago from web
103. Oops, let me cancel the previous entry. Goda did not make 50th move. The candidates are P-4e and K-2a.12:19 PM Apr 22nd from web
104. 50 P-4e, Gote offered kNight trade by advancing this pawn. The possible variation after it is; Nx4e Nx4e Sx4e N*5c(N*3c) to kill the Silver.12:12 PM Apr 22nd from web
105. 49. S-6f, Securing the vanguard pawn on the 6th file and aiming at attacking the head of the Bishop on 7c to begin with P-7e.12:10 PM Apr 22nd from web
106. 48. B-7c It's a natural move to control Sente's attacking pieces utilizing the Bishop's diagonal line.12:09 PM Apr 22nd from web
107. Let me make a correction. the 46th move of N-3c was not offering kNight trade. But it's preparation for that.9:39 AM Apr 22nd from web
108. No, it says no more update till the game ends.9:26 AM Apr 22nd from web
109. It seems this page have restarted to upload the moves.http://tinyurl.com/d8pfnf9:25 AM Apr 22nd from web
110. 47. P-6e, This was Habu's sealed move. It aimed for Gote's Bishop on 6d to go to somewhere since its location of 6d was very good.9:11 AM Apr 22nd from web