This is my twitter entries about the 1st game of 67th Meijin-sen between Meijin Habu Yoshiharu and Goda Masataka(9 dan). Habu won the game in 158 moves.
1. 158. K-2c, After this move, Goda resigned the game. Habu won the 1st game.about 2 hours ago from web
2. 155. S*5c 156 K-3c 157.+R-3a hmmn, How long Sente's checking moves continue?about 2 hours ago from web
3. 151. S*4c 152. Sx4c 153.Nx4c+ 154.Bx4c Goda still continues checking the Gote's King.about 2 hours ago from web
4. 148. Kx4c 149.N*3e 150.K-4b Goda still continues checking the Gote's King.about 2 hours ago from web
5. 147. L*4c Goda continues checking.about 2 hours ago from web
6. 143. Bx4b+ 144. Gx4b 145. Sx4b= 146.Kx4b Sente's final rash, but...about 3 hours ago from web
7. 142. R-6i+ Threatmate with no defense(hisshi).about 3 hours ago from web
8. 140. L*9f making a check. 141. P*9g Compulsory.about 3 hours ago from web
9. 139. K-9h, Almost compulsory.about 3 hours ago from web
10. 138. N*7f Check. Gote can add his pieces in hand to taking Gold on 4f or Silver on 1f.about 3 hours ago from web
11. 137. Gx4f Taking a Silver. Looks like Habu is in the winning position.about 3 hours ago from web
12. 136. P*7b Pawn sacrifice. If Sente does not take it, N*7f is waiting.about 3 hours ago from web
13. 135. G-5f Threatening to take the Silver on 4f.about 3 hours ago from web
14. 131. Gx3b 132.Sx3b 133.S*3a 134.K-3c, K-3c instead of K-2c means to protect the kNight on 4b.about 3 hours ago from web
15. 130. S*3b Silver drop to protect the kNight on 2a.about 3 hours ago from web
16. 129. G*3a the aim of this move is to take the kNight on 2a.about 3 hours ago from web
17. 128. N*4b Keeping Sente from mating the King to begin with +R-3a.about 3 hours ago from web
18. 127. R-7a+ It's a threatmate(+R-3a K-1b G*2b).about 3 hours ago from web
19. 126. R*4i, Connecting with Silver on 4f and N*9f would be Gote's plan.about 3 hours ago from web
20. 125.B*6d threatening to take the Silver on 4f. It seems to be a pity.about 3 hours ago from web
21. 124. Sx4f taking the Lance on4f.about 3 hours ago from web
22. 123. P*4e, Blocking the Bishop's diagonal line to Gold on 7h.about 3 hours ago from web
23. 122. B*3d protecting the Gold on 4c and aiming at Bx7h+ in the future. It's both defensive and offensive move.about 3 hours ago from web
24. 121. R*7c, threatening to take the Gold on 4c.about 3 hours ago from web
25. 120. Gx4c It's almost compulsory.about 4 hours ago from web
26. 119. Nx4c+ Taking a Gold. It's a natural move.about 4 hours ago from web
27. 118. Px6b taking back the Bishop for a Rook.about 4 hours ago from web
28. 117. Nx7g it's a natural move.about 4 hours ago from web
29. 116. Lx7g+ It's important to take the Silver with check prior to taking back the Bishop on 6b.about 4 hours ago from web
30. 115. +Bx6b taking the Rook on 6b.about 4 hours ago from web
31. 114. L*7a Good lance drop to take Promoted Bishop on 7c or Silver on 7g.about 4 hours ago from web
32. 113. N*5e, Threatening to take the Gold on 4c. In the endgame, reducing the Gold generals near the King is one of the basic Tesuji(tactics).about 4 hours ago from web
33. 112. +Px3g It's a natural move.about 4 hours ago from web
34. 111. Rx3g trading the Rook for a Bishop.about 4 hours ago from web
35. 110. P*6a, Gote didn't put the Rook away.about 4 hours ago from web
36. 109. R-3i, Escaping from the promoted Bishop on 3g and preparing to trade it for the Promoted Bishop on 3g.about 4 hours ago from web
37. 108.+B-3g natural move of escaping from Rook on 5i and threatening to take the Roon 5i.about 4 hours ago from web
38. 107. R-5i, Escaping from the Promoted Pawn on 4g and threatening to take the promoted Bishop on 1i.about 4 hours ago from web
39. 106. +Px4g Taking a pawn with threatening to take the Rook on 5h.about 4 hours ago from web
40. 105. +Bx7c, Taking the kNight with threatening to take the Rook on 6b.about 4 hours ago from web
41. 104.P-3g+, Gote suceeded in making promoted Pawn.about 4 hours ago from web
42. 103. Threatening to take the Knight on 7c with taking a pawn on 8d.about 4 hours ago from web
43. 101.Px7c+ 102.Kx7c Natural moves.about 4 hours ago from web
44. 100. P*4d blocking the Lance.about 4 hours ago from web
45. 99. L*4f Blocking the promoted Bishop's diagonal line and threatening to take the Gold on 4c at the same time.about 4 hours ago from web
46. 98.+Bx1i taking the Lance. Material balance is Gote for now due to gaining kNight.about 4 hours ago from web
47. 97.P-7d, If Gote takes it, then Bx8d will not only taking a pawn but also threatening to take Rook on 6b.about 4 hours ago from web
48. 96. P*5b protecting the possible P-5c+about 4 hours ago from web
49. 95. R-5h, Escaping from the promoted Bishop on 2i and threatening to move P-5c+about 4 hours ago from web
50. 94. +Bx2i Gote took the kNight to recover material loss before.about 4 hours ago from web
51. *92 should read 93.about 4 hours ago from web
52. 92. S-1f Escaping from the Pawn drop on 2f.about 4 hours ago from web
53. 92. P*2d To pull away the Silver on 2e.about 4 hours ago from web
54. 91.Px5d taking the Pawn on 5d.about 4 hours ago from web
55. 90. +B-3i, threatening to take the kNight on 2i and escaping from possible L*5i in advance.about 5 hours ago from web
56. 89. P-5e, this seems natural since the Gote's protection of the center became weaker due to last move of Sx3e.about 5 hours ago from web
57. 88.Sx3e, taking a pawn by the Silver. I feel Habu judged that activating the Silver would be better than taking it by promoted Bishop.about 5 hours ago from web
58. 87.Sx2e Taking the pawn on 2e. Since the Bishop switched from 4f to 5g, Gote would not be able to make promoted pawn alive on 3g.about 5 hours ago from web
59. 86. +B-5g Gote did not take the pawn on 4g since L*4i is waiting.about 5 hours ago from web
60. 85. P*4g, Pawn sacrifice in return to pawn sacrifice. If Gote takes it, L*4i is waiting.about 5 hours ago from web
61. 88.P-2e, Pawn sacrificing advancement. if Sente takes it, then P-3g+ is Gote's plan.about 5 hours ago from web
62. 87. R-1h, Rook escaped to the edge protecting the Lance on 1i.about 5 hours ago from web
63. 86. +B-4f, threatening to take Rook on 2h and making it possible to drop a pawn on 4g against possible L*4i.about 5 hours ago from web
64. Both players are having supper break for 30 minutes now.about 6 hours ago from web
65. 81.S-2f, Many predicted 81.L*4i instead of this move.about 6 hours ago from web
66. 80.P*3f Pawn drop with threatening to take the Silver on 3g.about 6 hours ago from web
67. 79. Bx9d+ Taking a Lance with bishop promotion. Material balance is for Sente.now.about 6 hours ago from web
68. 78. S-2c, This seemed strange but Gote's plan is to drop a pawn on 3f.about 6 hours ago from web
69. 77.Px3e, This is a natural move.about 6 hours ago from web
70. 76.P*3e, Instead of this, 76.B-5g+ would be better according to NHK BS TV.about 6 hours ago from web
71. 75. P*3f, Keeping Sente from dropping a pawn on 3f.about 6 hours ago from web
72. 74.+B-4g The aim of this move is to drop a pawn on 3f.about 6 hours ago from web
73. 73. S-3g, Protecting the Silver threatening to take the promoted Bishop.about 6 hours ago from web
74. 72.B-3f+ Taking a pawn with Bishop promotion.about 7 hours ago from web
75. 71.R-2h Protecting the kNight on 2i.about 7 hours ago from web
76. 69.Sx4f 70.B*4g The bishop drop was enabled due to Pawn sacrifice on 3h before.about 7 hours ago from web
77. 68.P-4f, Pawn sacrificing advancement to invite the Silver to 4f which is floating.about 7 hours ago from web
78. 67.Rx3h Goda took the Pawn.about 7 hours ago from web
79. 66.P*3h Habu dropped a pawn on 3h.about 8 hours ago from web
80. 62.Px9e 63.P*9d 64.Px9d 65.B*8c, Gote's lance cannot be saved. Gote will have to start counter-attacking now.about 8 hours ago from web
81. Sente has a hole for Gote to drop a Bishop or a Silver on 5g forking G and R.about 8 hours ago from web
82. My prediction after 61.P-9e is like this. Px9e P*9d Lx9d B*8c N-9c Bx9d+ N-8e. Gote lost a Lance but the kNight worked well.about 8 hours ago from web
83. 61.P-9e, This means P*9d Px9e B*8c if Gote takes it with 62.Px9e. Goda has a Bishop and a Pawn in hand now.about 8 hours ago from web
84. 59.Bx2d 60.Px2d Bishops were traded.about 8 hours ago from web
85. One variation after 58.B-2d is like this. Bx2d Px2d B*5a R-5b Bx2d+ P*3e. Sente could making promoted Bishop but it would be hard to use.about 10 hours ago from web
86. 58. B-2d, Habu offers Bishop exchange.about 10 hours ago from web
87. The board seems to be all right again. http://tinyurl.com/cve9gnabout 10 hours ago from web
88. Looks like something is wrong with the Board at http://tinyurl.com/cve9gn The 55th P*6e is missing now.about 10 hours ago from web
89. 55. P*6e, 56. B-4b 57.P-7eabout 10 hours ago from web
90. 54.R-6b, Transferring the Rook to the 6th file. It's one of basic Shogi Tesuji to transfer a Rook to the file where a battle started.about 10 hours ago from web
91. Attacking the head of a Bishop is one of the basic Tesuji(standard tactics) in shogi which is applicable in almost all games.about 12 hours ago from web
92. 53. G-6f, Giving a pressure to the head of the Bishop on 6d. The head of the Bishop is a weak point.about 12 hours ago from web
93. 52. Bx6d It's a natural move, too, taking back the pawn.about 12 hours ago from web
94. 51. Px6d, It's a natural move.about 12 hours ago from web
95. 50. P-6d, Gote counterattacked from the 6th file.about 12 hours ago from web
96. 49. S-3g, I cannot understand why Goda did not offer Silver trade with S-3e. It's a mysterious pulling back.about 12 hours ago from web
97. 48. P*4e It's a natural move.about 12 hours ago from web
98. 47. Sx4f It's a natural move.about 12 hours ago from web
99. 46. Px4f, But Hobu took the pawn in this timing.about 12 hours ago from web
100. Both sides want their opponents to take the pawn on the 4th file.about 13 hours ago from web
101. 45. P-6e, Sente advanced vanguard pawn on 6th file. From which side will take the pawn on 4th file is a focal point.about 13 hours ago from web
102. 44. L-9c Habu meijin advanced the Lance to 9c instead of kNight.about 13 hours ago from web
103. 43.P-9e Sente would like Gote to take the pawn on 4f from Gote's side since he want his Right silver to advance.about 14 hours ago from web
104. After 42.P-9d, Sente has a measure to activate his right kNight such as N-9c and N-8e to threaten to take the Silver on 7g.about 14 hours ago from web
105. 42.P-9d Gote would not like to let Sente's Silver on 3g work well. That's why he did not take the Pawn on 4f.about 14 hours ago from web
106. 38 should read 41.about 14 hours ago from web
107. Gote's inteintion should read Sente's intention.about 14 hours ago from web
108. 38. P-4f Gote's intention is to activate the Silver on 3g trading the pawns on 4th file. The middlegame started.about 14 hours ago from web
109. 37. G5h-6g 38.K-3a 39.K-7h 40.K-2b Both Kings entered into Yagura Castle.about 14 hours ago from web
110. 36. B-5c, The sealed move was revealed. It adds the protection to the possible contact point of 3e.about 14 hours ago from web
111. The day2 of 1st shogi game of 67th Meijin-sen started. http://tinyurl.com/cve9gnabout 14 hours ago from web
112. @sorik Is it far from Caffe Nero where London Shogi Club meeting will be held on 25th April? http://www.kittywompus.com/...11:09 PM Apr 9th from web in reply to sorik
113. The Day 2 will start at 9:00am tomorrow.6:06 PM Apr 9th from web
114. The Day 1 seems to be ending. Habu is making a sealed move.6:06 PM Apr 9th from web
115. 35.P*3f, This kept Gote from dropping a vanguard pawn on 3e. And trading pawns on 4f by Silver to offer Silver trade with S-3e is his plan.5:46 PM Apr 9th from web
116. 34.S-3d Adding another piece to secure the vanguard pawn on 4e.5:43 PM Apr 9th from web
117. 33.P-4h This is the preparation for counter-attack against the vanguard pawn.5:35 PM Apr 9th from web
118. 32. G5b-3c, This seems a natural move.5:33 PM Apr 9th from web
119. 31. K-7i Goda made his King safer.5:33 PM Apr 9th from web
120. 30. S5c-4d, securing the vanguard pawn with his right Silver.5:32 PM Apr 9th from web
121. 29. S-3g Goda advanced his right Silver to 3g. This is a natural move.5:31 PM Apr 9th from web
122. 28. P-4e, Gote advanced vanguard pawn on the 4th file.5:31 PM Apr 9th from web
123. 27. B-6h Gota made this move after thinking about for more than 2 hours.5:30 PM Apr 9th from web
124. Goda seems still thinking about the next 26th move for more than 2hours!2:51 PM Apr 9th from web
125. 25. S-5c This intent to use Gote's right silver to his left side. I think Gote will advance his pawn on 4th file to 4e.11:52 AM Apr 9th from web
126. 24.Px3e 15.Bx3e These were natural moves after 23.P-3e. Pawns were traded on the 3rd file.11:50 AM Apr 9th from web
127. 23. P-3e(!) Wow, Goda tried to trade the pawns on 3rd file early by his Bishop.11:49 AM Apr 9th from web
128. 21.P-3f 22. P-4d Seems natural moves.11:48 AM Apr 9th from web
129. 19.B-7i 20.B-3a, In Yagura opening, you must be at home with how to develop your Bishop effectively. This is the first step to use them.11:46 AM Apr 9th from web
130. 16 G-5b 17.S-7g 18.S-3c These were natural development in Yagura opening.11:45 AM Apr 9th from web
131. One important thing in Yagura opening is not to locate your Golds on your Bishop's path in order to develop your Bishop freely later.11:43 AM Apr 9th from web
132. 11. G4i-5h, 12.G-3b, 13.G-7h, 14. K-4a 15. K-6i, These are standard sequence.11:42 AM Apr 9th from web
133. 10. S-4b, This is a natural move in Yagura Opening.11:40 AM Apr 9th from web
134. 9.S-4h, Goda showed his intention to choose Yagura opening.11:39 AM Apr 9th from web
135. 8 P-5d, Habu advanced the central pawn.11:39 AM Apr 9th from web
136. 7. P-5f, Goda did not show whether he would choose Yagura or Furibisha yet.11:38 AM Apr 9th from web
137. 6. S-6b, Habu advanced his right Silver.11:37 AM Apr 9th from web
138. 5. P-6f, Goda blocked his Bishop's diagonal line by his own pawn. It's the start of Yagura or Furibisha opening.11:37 AM Apr 9th from web
139. 4.P-3d, Habu opened his Bishop's diagonal line, too.11:36 AM Apr 9th from web
140. 3. S-6h Goda did not advanced Rooked pawn at the 3rd move. No possibility to go to Kakugawari(Bishop exchange) openings.11:35 AM Apr 9th from web
141. 2. P-8d, Habu showed his intention to choose Ibisha(static Rook).11:34 AM Apr 9th from web
142. 1. P-7f, Goda opened his Bishop's diagonal line.11:30 AM Apr 9th from web
Why did Gouda resign the game? P9f taking the lance is threatmate removing threatmate isn't it? So Gote cannot reply with P9f but must defend so Sente can play P9e and it does not look like a mate to me.
Posted by: Nat | April 11, 2009 at 04:28 AM
white's attack is faster
1. P9f +Rx7h
2. K9g B'8h
3. K8f Bx7g
4. K7e (or 8e) S'7d
5. Kx7d G'7c
and the rest are checkmate moves.
Posted by: Ryou Takehito | April 11, 2009 at 05:45 AM
oops. for move 3 it's suppose to be Bx7g+
Regards,
Ryou Takehito
Posted by: Ryou Takehito | April 11, 2009 at 05:46 AM
Oops. too many typo mistakes. The correct moves are:
1. P9f +Rx7h
2. K9g B'8h
3. K8f Bx7g+
4. K7e (or 8e) G'7d
5. Kx7d S'7c
and the rest are easy mate moves.
I apologise for the typo.
Regards,
Ryou Takehito
Posted by: Ryou Takehito | April 11, 2009 at 05:50 AM
The last variation shouldn't have K8e. If it's K8e...
1. P9f +Rx7h
2. K9g B'8h
3. K8f Bx7g+
4. K8e +Rx8g
5. K7e S'7d
and the rest are checkmate moves again. If it's K9d instead of K7e then G'8c
Regards,
Ryou Takehito
Posted by: Ryou Takehito | April 11, 2009 at 06:00 AM
> Nat,
After 159. Px9f, There would be a forced mate for Sente's King such as +Rx7h K-9g B*7e P-8f +R-8h.
Posted by: takodori | April 11, 2009 at 12:02 PM