Goda won the game in 137 moves. The score after the game is 3-2 led by Goda. He needs one more win to take Meijin-title. You can replay the game here.(Sente = Goda).
Here is the duplication of my twitter entries about each move of the Day 2.
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2. 137. P*3d, Threatening to capture the Knight. After this move, Habu resigned the game.42 minutes ago from web
3. 136. Px4d, Gote took the pawn on 4d.43 minutes ago from web
4. 135. +B-4g, Connecting the kNight on 3g. If Gote took the kNgiht on 3g, +Bx3g would kill the Silver on 2g. Gote still had no effective move.43 minutes ago from web
5. 134. S*5d, Almost compulsory.44 minutes ago from web
6. 133. P-4d, Gote could not take it by Px4d since the Gold on 3b was on the diagonal line of the promoted Bishop on 6e to be captured.about 1 hour ago from web
7. 132. P*3f, Dropping a pawn to take the kNight on 3g.about 1 hour ago from web
8. 131. +Bx3e, Sente took back the Rook. Sente made a good trade.about 1 hour ago from web
9. 130. Rx3e, Gote took the silver by the Rook.about 1 hour ago from web
10. *on 3d should read on 3e.about 1 hour ago from web
11. 129. +B-4f, Escaping from the Silver on 2g keeping the connection with Silver on 3d.about 1 hour ago from web
12. 128. S*2g,(!) Silver sacrifice.about 1 hour ago from web
13. 127. S*3e, Threatening to take the Rook on 3d. If the Rook went away somewhere, then P*3d would be a winning move.about 1 hour ago from web
14. 124. Sx3d 125. Sx3d 126.Rx3d, Natural Silver trade was done.about 1 hour ago from web
15. 123. P*3d, Threatening to take the kNight on 3c.about 1 hour ago from web
16. 122. R-8d, Escaping from the Silver on 3e.about 1 hour ago from web
17. 121. S-3e, Threatening to take the Rook on 3d.about 1 hour ago from web
18. 120. Rx3d, Gote took it by the Rook.about 1 hour ago from web
19. 119. P-3d, Pawn sacrifice to capture the kNight on 3c.about 1 hour ago from web
20. 118. R-2d, Escaping from the promoted Bishop on 6e.about 1 hour ago from web
21. 117. G-5h, But Sente did not take the Rook.about 1 hour ago from web
22. 116. P*2e, Gote did not let the Rook away from the promoted Bishop.about 1 hour ago from web
23. 115. +B-6e, Threatening to take the Rook on 5d.about 1 hour ago from web
24. 114. G-3b, Made the Gold closer to his King.about 1 hour ago from web
25. 113. S-4f, Giving pressure to the Rook on 5d.about 1 hour ago from web
26. 112. R-5d. Escaping from the pawn on 4e.about 1 hour ago from web
27. 111. P-4e, Threatening to take the Rook on 4d.about 1 hour ago from web
28. 110. +R-5a, Gote had no effective move.about 1 hour ago from web
29. 109. S-4g, Silver advancement. Sente's formation was getting better and better.about 1 hour ago from web
30. 108. R-4d, Escaping from the promoted Bishop on 7e.about 1 hour ago from web
31. 107. +B-7e, Threatening to take the Rook on 6d.about 1 hour ago from web
32. 106. P-9d, Gote did not resign the game yet.about 1 hour ago from web
33. 105. P-4f, Giving the pressure on the Rook.about 1 hour ago from web
34. 104. R-6d, Escaping from the promoted Bishop on 6f.about 1 hour ago from web
35. 103. +B-6f, Threatening to take the Rook on 8d.about 1 hour ago from web
36. 102. +R-5b, Transferring the Rook to the central file to advance the pawn to 5d.about 1 hour ago from web
37. 101. K-6h, I did not understand what this meant.about 1 hour ago from web
38. 100. K-7b, Habu made a castle anyway. But the position seemed hopeless.about 1 hour ago from web
39. 99. P-9f, Giving the pressure to the Rook on 8d. Sente did not need to be in a hurry.about 1 hour ago from web
40. 98. P-5c, Pawn advancement to make the promoted Rook transfer to the central file.about 1 hour ago from web
41. 97. S-8g, Silver advancement to give pressure to the Rook on 8d.. Sente's plan was to mate the Rook first.about 1 hour ago from web
42. 96. G-6b, Connecting with the pawn on 6c.about 1 hour ago from web
43. 95. +B-3f, Threatening to take the pawn on 6c.about 1 hour ago from web
44. 94. P-6c, Pawn advancement to activate the Gold on 6a.about 1 hour ago from web
45. 93. +Bx2f, Getting rid of a pawn on 2f. Sente had no menace from Gote.about 1 hour ago from web
46. 92. K-6a, Gote had no proper move to make. It intended to make a castle anyway.about 1 hour ago from web
47. 91. +B-3f, Threatening to take the Pawn on 2f. I was at a loss what's Gote's next move. It seemd no effective one I could think of.about 2 hours ago from web
48. 90. S-2c, This was compulsory.about 2 hours ago from web
49. 89. P-3e, Good pawn advancement to take the Silver on 3d.about 2 hours ago from web
50. 88. S-3d, Almost compulsory.about 2 hours ago from web
51. 87. N-3g, This was a very good activation of the kNight threatening to take the Silver on 2e. Goda clearly led the position.about 2 hours ago from web
52. 86. R-8d, Escaping from the promoted Bishop on 4f.about 2 hours ago from web
53. 85. +B3g-4f, Threatening to take the Rook on 2d and make it possible to jump the kNight to 3g.about 2 hours ago from web
54. 84. Rx2d, Taking the pawn on 2d.about 2 hours ago from web
55. 83. S-3h, It's protecting the square of 2g to enable +B-4f soon later.about 2 hours ago from web
56. 82. P*2f, It could get promoted such as P-2g+ if Sente played +B-4f instantly.about 2 hours ago from web
57. 81. +B-3g, Goda seemed to think that the position followed him. He avoided the course of repetition.about 2 hours ago from web
58. 80. S-2e, Threatening to take the promoted Bishop on 2f. If Sente responded with +B-3e, repetition would be likely to occur.about 2 hours ago from web
59. 79. +B-2f, Then Sente pulled back the promoted bishop to the other side.about 2 hours ago from web
60. 78. S-3d, Sente's plan here was repetition.about 2 hours ago from web
61. 77. +B-3e, Escaping from the Silver on 4e.about 2 hours ago from web
62. 76. S-4e, Threatening to take the promoted Bishop on 4f.about 2 hours ago from web
63. 75. +B3e-4f, Escaping from the Silver on 3d.about 2 hours ago from web
64. 74. +R-3b, Almost compulsory. The silver on 3d was still connected by the Rook on 9d.about 2 hours ago from web
65. 73. P*2d, Letting the promoted Rook away from the 2nd file before the promoted Bishop escaped from the Silver on 3d.about 2 hours ago from web
66. 72. S-3d, Threatening to take the promoted Bishop on 3e and the kNight on 2i.about 2 hours ago from web
67. 71. +B-3e, Escaping from the Silver on 2e.about 2 hours ago from web
68. 70. Sx2e, Taking a pawn on 2e threatening to take the promoted Bishop on 2f.about 2 hours ago from web
69. 69. +B-2f, Almost compulsory.about 2 hours ago from web
70. 68. P*4c, Pawn drop to take the promoted Bishop on 4d supported by the Silver on 3d.about 2 hours ago from web
71. 67. +B4c-4d, Escaping from the Silver on 3d.about 2 hours ago from web
72. 66. S-3d, Threatening to take the promoted Bishop on 4c.about 2 hours ago from web
73. 65. +B-5e, Since the vertical line of the promoted Rook was blocked by 63.P*2e, Sente moved the promoted Bishop on the centeral area.about 2 hours ago from web
74. 64. +R-1c That's why Gote pulled the promoted Rook back to 2c, instead of taking it.about 2 hours ago from web
75. 63. P*2e, Gote could not take it by Nx2e, since it would be killed by the next P*2f.about 2 hours ago from web
76. 62. S-4e, This was to prevent Sente from playing +B-4f after dropping a pawn on 2e.about 2 hours ago from web
77. 61. +B-2h, Sente would like to activate the right promoted Bishop from the edge.about 2 hours ago from web
78. 60. S-4d, Habu pulled the Silver back to 4d. If he played S-2f, then I thought P*2e Nx2e P*2g S-1e P-1f Sx1f P-2f would be.about 2 hours ago from web
79. 59. P-3f, Threatening to take the Silver on 3e activating the diagonal line of the promoted Bishop on 1h to jump the kNight to 3g later.about 2 hours ago from web
80. 58. +R-2d, This made the promoted Rook more workable both vertically and horizontally.about 2 hours ago from web
81. 57. +Bx4c, Sente at last took the pawn on 4c only after the possibility to kill the Silver on 8b disappeared.about 2 hours ago from web
82. 56. P*8c, Preventing Sente from killing the Silver on 8b by dropping a pawn there from Sente's side.about 2 hours ago from web
83. 55. +B-1h, Escaping from the Silver on 3e, He still had a chance to kill the Silver on 8b by dropping a pawn on 8c.about 2 hours ago from web
84. 54. S-3e, Threatening to take the promoted Bishop on 3f.about 2 hours ago from web
85. 53. N-7g, Keeping Gote from taking the promoted Bishop on 6e.about 2 hours ago from web
86. 52. +R-1e, Habu could not allow to trade the promoted Rook for the promoted Bihsop. So it went away to 1e threatening to take horse on 6e.about 2 hours ago from web
87. 51. +B-3f, Goda pull his promoted Bishop away to 3f threatening to take the Promoted Rook to keep initiative.about 2 hours ago from web
88. 50. P*6b Gote would like to pull away the promoted Bishop near his King.about 2 hours ago from web
89. 49. +B-6e, This had two aims. One was to kill the Silver to drop a pawn on 8c, the other was to take the pawn on 4c with threatmate.about 2 hours ago from web
90. 48. Rx2f, Almost compulsory.about 3 hours ago from web
91. 47. P*2f, As a effect of sacrificing pawn with promotion like 45.Px2b, Sente could make this pawn drop legally.about 3 hours ago from web
92. 46. Gx2b, Gote had to take it.about 3 hours ago from web
93. 45. P-2b+ Pawn sacrifice with promotion. Sente had to take it. This made the pawn on 4c floating.about 3 hours ago from web
94. 44. R-9d, Getting away from the promoted Bishop on 6f.about 3 hours ago from web
95. 43. +B-6f Threatening to take the Rook on 4d.about 3 hours ago from web
96. 42. G-7a Gote could not allow the kNight to be captured since the Silver on 8b was floating as a effect of sacrificing 37.P*8b.about 3 hours ago from web
97. 41. Bx6c+ Taking a pawn on 6c with Bishop promotion to threaten to take the kNight 8a.about 3 hours ago from web
98. 40. Rx2e+ Gote could not allow the Rook to be captured for nothing. This was almost compulsory.about 3 hours ago from web
99. 39. B*1h, Protecting the kNight on 2i to threaten to take the Rook on 2g.about 3 hours ago from web
100. 38. Sx8b, Gote had to take it. He could not allow Sente to make Tokin(promoted Pawn).about 3 hours ago from web
101. 37. P*8b Good pawn sacrifice to make Gote's silver isolated.about 3 hours ago from web
102. 36. R-4d, If Gote let the Rook away to 5d or 3d, then fork drop such as B*3f or B*1f was waining. That's why R-4d was almost compulsory.about 3 hours ago from web
103. 35. B-7e, Going away from the Pawn on 5b, it was threatening to take the Rook on 8d to keep initiative.about 3 hours ago from web
104. 34. P*5b, This was the sealed move. Habu dropped a pawn to pull away the promoted Bishop.about 3 hours ago from web
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Posted by: Tania | June 04, 2009 at 06:55 PM