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My twitter entries about the moves of 2nd game of 80th Kisei-sen best of five match

Kimura won the 2nd game. The socre after it is tied in 1-1.

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Here is the duplication of my twitter entries about the moves of the game.

1. It was unavoidable to resign it.about 2 hours ago from web
     
2. On the other hand, Gote had no defense. And if he dropped a Silver for offense, then Sente's king would be mated like R*7i K-4h G*4i.about 2 hours ago from web
3. Habu resigned the game after 98. K-4a. There was no mate for Gote's King.about 2 hours ago from web
4. 98. K-4a, Escaping from the promoted Rook.about 2 hours ago from web
5. 97. +R-6b Check.about 2 hours ago from web
6. 96. K-4b, Gote's King escaped to 4b again.about 3 hours ago from web
7. 95. R-6a+ Check again with Rook promotion.about 3 hours ago from web
8. I thought Gote was in the winning position.about 3 hours ago from web
9. 94. K-3a, Sente's King escaped from the Rook on 6b.about 3 hours ago from web
10. 93. R*6b, Check.about 3 hours ago from web
11. 92. Bx3f+ Taking back the Rook on 3f with Bishop promotion threatening to take the Gold on 7b.about 3 hours ago from web
12. 91. Gx7b Taking the Rook on 7b.about 3 hours ago from web
13. 90. B*2g, Kimura seemed to be sure to win this game with this Bishop drop.about 3 hours ago from web
14. 89. G*6c, Dropping a Gold on 6c to threaten to take the Rook on 7b.about 3 hours ago from web
15. 88. Rx7b, Natural move to get back the bishop. At this moment, Gote gain a Silver. Material balance was clearly for Gote.about 3 hours ago from web
16. 87. +Bx7b, Sente traded the Bishop for a Gold.about 3 hours ago from web
17. 86. G-7b, Threatening to take the promote Bishop on 8c.about 3 hours ago from web
18. 85. B-7e, The Bishop escaped from the Pawn on 6e. But due to 84. P*6e, the promoted bishop became unable to go back to 4g.about 3 hours ago from web
19. 84. P*6e, Gote dropped a pawn on 6e to threaten to take the Bishop. The Bishop had to go away somewhere.about 3 hours ago from web
20. And P-4f made the space for the promoted Bishop to go back to 4g.about 3 hours ago from web
21. 83. P-4f, Pawn advancement on the 4th file. This meant to sacrifice it by P-4e and made him possible to drop a pawn on 4th file.about 3 hours ago from web
22. 82. K-4b, Gote did King's early escape back.about 3 hours ago from web
23. 81. K-5i, King's early escape. But I did not understand it was really necessary here.about 3 hours ago from web
24. 80. Gx2b, Gote took it by the Gold.about 3 hours ago from web
25. 79. P*2b, Sente dropped a sacrificing pawn on 2b to invite Gote's left Gold to 2b again.about 3 hours ago from web
26. 78. R-6b, I did not understand what this meant.about 3 hours ago from web
27. 77. B-6f, Sente's Bishop escaped from the promoted Silver on 8g. But Gote could take it by Rx6f whenever he wanted..about 3 hours ago from web
28. 75. Gx8g, 76, Sx8g+ Natural moves.about 3 hours ago from web
29. 74. S*8g Gote dropped a Silver on the head of the Bishop forking the Bishop on 8h and Gold on 7h.about 3 hours ago from web
30. 73. B-8c+ Natural response.about 3 hours ago from web
31. 72. R-6d, Threatening to take the Bishop on 6e.about 3 hours ago from web
32. 71. Rx3f, Sente took the Pawn on 3f since it would not be possible to sacrificing Rook after Gote dropped a Silver on 3c for defense.about 3 hours ago from web
33. 70. S*3c, Gote dropped a Silver on 3c. His offensive power was reduced due to this Silver drop.about 3 hours ago from web
34. Correction. 69. Rx3d.about 3 hours ago from web
35. 68. Rx3d, Sente would like to use the Rook for offense only. That's why it took the pawn on 3d.about 3 hours ago from web
36. 67. Rx2d, 68. P*2c, Natural response.about 3 hours ago from web
37. 66. Px2d, Natural response.about 3 hours ago from web
38. 65. P*2d, Sente tried to make the Rook work for attacking. It's no use for defense due to its horizontal line was blocked by the Pawn on 3h.about 3 hours ago from web
39. 64. G-3b, Gote made his left Gold closer to his King.about 3 hours ago from web
40. 63. K-6i, Wow! King's early escape in this moment. This meant no threatmate after S*8g Gx8g Sx8g+. If the King was on 7i, too dangerous.about 3 hours ago from web
41. 62. R-5d, Noone predicted this move. Blocking the diagonal line of the Bishop on 6e by the Rook. Wow!about 3 hours ago from web
42. 61. Bx8h, Almost compulsory. The bishop escaping from the Silver on 8f.about 3 hours ago from web
43. 60. Px8h+, Gote took the Silver on 8h in this moment.about 3 hours ago from web
44. 59. P*8e, Sente dropped a sacrificing pawn on the head of the Rook.about 3 hours ago from web
45. 58. R-8d, Gote's Rook escaped from the Bishop on 6e to connect with the Silver on 4d.about 3 hours ago from web
46. 57. Bx6e, Sente took the pawn on 6e which forked the Rook on 8c and the pawn on 4c which supported the Silver on 4d.about 3 hours ago from web
47. 56. P*8g, Gote killed Sente's Silver on 8h with this pawn drop.about 3 hours ago from web
48. 55. B*5f(!), Sente dropped a Bishop on 5f. This was to take the pawn on 2c to promote Sente's Rook and to take the pawn on 6e.about 3 hours ago from web
49. 54. Sxd, Gote took back the Silver.about 3 hours ago from web
50. 53. Sx4d, Sente took the Bishop on 4d.about 3 hours ago from web
51. 52. S*8f(!), Gote neglected Sente's Silver drop and dropped back a silver to threaten to take the Bishop on 7g.about 3 hours ago from web
52. 51. S*4e, Dropping a Silver on 4e to threaten to take the Bishop on 4d.about 3 hours ago from web
53. 50. Sx5e, If Gote took it by Bx5e, then I thought it would be going like this, Bx5e, Sx5e, B*3a B*4d Bx2b+(!), Bx2b Rx2c+about 3 hours ago from web
54. 49. Sx5e, Sente succeeded in weakening Gote's thickness of the Silvers on the center.about 4 hours ago from web
55. 48. B*4d, Defending two pieces such as Silver on 5e and pawn on 5c.about 4 hours ago from web
56. 47. S*6d(!). Sente dropped a sacrificing Silver on 6d. But Gote could not take it since Bx2b+ would be waiting.about 4 hours ago from web
57. 46.Gx2b, Natural response.about 4 hours ago from web
58. 45. P*2b, Sente dropped a sacrificing pawn again on 2b this time.about 4 hours ago from web
59. 44. Rx8c Natural response.about 4 hours ago from web
60. 43. P*8c, Sente dropped a sacrificing pawn on the head of the Rook.about 4 hours ago from web
61. 42. P-6e, Giving a pressure by advancing vanguard pawn on the 6th file utilizing the thickness of the two silver pieces on 5th file.about 4 hours ago from web
62. 41. P*3h, Surprising pawn drop to protect the P-3g+ Nx3g P*3f. Sente's Rook would not work horizontallhy with this move.about 4 hours ago from web
63. Correction. The second P*3f in my previous entry is not to kill the knight on 3g but to make Tokin(promoted Pawn)about 8 hours ago from web
64. 40. P*3f, The aim of this pawn drop is to sacrifice it with promotion on 3g to invite the kNight to 3g to drop a pawn on 3f to kill it.about 9 hours ago from web
65. 39. G-5h, Sente made his right Gold closer to the King.about 9 hours ago from web
66. Many professional players felt surprised at Kimura's S*5e according to the official site.about 9 hours ago from web
67. 38. S*5e, Gote invested a Silver in hand do be dropped on 5e to prevent Sente from taking the Lance on 1s by his Bishop.about 9 hours ago from web
68. 37. Sente pulled back his Rook to the original square to utilize the horizontal line for defense. He kept initiative to take Lance on 1a.about 9 hours ago from web
69. 36. P*2c, Gote dropped a pawn on 2c to prevent the capture of the kNight on 2a by Sente's Rook with promotion.about 9 hours ago from web
70. 35. Rx2d, Sente chose Rx2d, taking a Silver back.about 9 hours ago from web
71. 34. Sx2d, Natural response. Which is better for Sente in the next move, Rx2d or Bx1a+?about 9 hours ago from web
72. 33. Sx2d, Sente developed his Silver to 2d taking a pawn.about 9 hours ago from web
73. That was one of the reasons Sente still kept his right Gold on the original square.about 9 hours ago from web
74. If Sente played 25.G-5h instead of 25.K-7i, taking a pawn by Rx7f might work since the next R-3f would be a good move aiming at R-3i+about 9 hours ago from web
75. 32. R-8b, Instead of R-8b, If Gote took the pawn on 7f, P*8b would be waiting and he would lose a right kNight.about 9 hours ago from web
76. 31.B*7g, Sente dropped a Bishop on 7g in this moment.about 9 hours ago from web
77. 30. Px2d, Natural move. Gote did not allow Px2c+.about 9 hours ago from web
78. 29. P-2d, Sente did not drop a pawn on 8g since there might be a chance to drop a Bishop on 7g which would fork the Rook and Lance on 1a.about 9 hours ago from web
79. 28. Rx8f, Gote suceeded in trading Rook pawn. Both had a Bishop and two pawns in hand at this position.about 9 hours ago from web
80. 27. Px8f, It's a natural move.about 9 hours ago from web
81. 26. P-8f, Gote tried to trade the Rook pawn.about 9 hours ago from web
82. 25. K-7i, Sente made his King to the left by one file.about 9 hours ago from web
83. 24. P-8e, Gote advanced Rook pawn to 8e.about 9 hours ago from web
84. 23. Sx3e, It's almost mandatory to take a pawn back to develop the Silver to 3e.about 9 hours ago from web
85. 22. Px3e, Gote responded naturally to take the pawn on 3e.about 9 hours ago from web
86. 21. P-3e, Sente entered into hostilities to try to trade pawns on 3e by his right Silver.about 9 hours ago from web
87. 20. S-5d, Gote moved up his right Silver to 5d. The shape of P-6d, P-5c and S-5d is called Koshikake-Gin(Reclining Silver).about 9 hours ago from web
88. 19. S-4f, Sente moved up his Silver to 4f instead of 2f.about 9 hours ago from web
89. 18. S-6c, Natural Silver development following to the previous P-6d.about 9 hours ago from web
90. 17. S-3g, Sente developed his right Silver to 3g. I could forward both to 2f or 4f.about 9 hours ago from web
91. 16. P-6d, Advancing pawn to develop his right Silver to 6c later.about 9 hours ago from web
92. 15. P-3f, Sente advanced the Pawn on the 3rd file to 3f. It made him to develop his Silver or kNight to 3g.about 9 hours ago from web
93. 14. S-6b, Gote moved up his right Silver to 6b. This meant he would not choose Bogin. If he would like to, it should have moved up to 7b.about 9 hours ago from web
94. 13. K-6h, Sente moved his King to 6th file to 5th file. His plan seemed to start a battle on the right side of the board.about 9 hours ago from web
95. 12. S-3c, Natural Silver development to prevent Sente's Pawn trade by Rook on 2d.about 9 hours ago from web
96. 11. S-3h, That's why Sente did not trade Rook pawn and moved up his right Silver to 3h. His intention to use his right Silver for attacking.about 9 hours ago from web
97. 10. S-2b, Gote moved up his left Silver to 2b. This was an important move since B*3e would be a good move if Sente traded Rook pawn on 2d.about 9 hours ago from web
98. 9. Sx8h, It's a natural move. To move a Gold to the 8th file is considered a bad shape in shogi.about 9 hours ago from web
99. 8. Bx8h+, Gote's answer was to choose Itteson Kakugawari(Bishop exchange with losing a tempo).about 9 hours ago from web
100. 7. P-2e, This was a move to ask Gote whether he would choose, Yokofutori or Itteson Kakugawari(Bishop exchange with losing a tempo)about 9 hours ago from web
101. 6. P-8d, Gote showed his intention to choose Ibisha(Static Rook), too.about 9 hours ago from web
102. 5. G-7h, Sente moved up his left Gold to 7h. It's not necessary, but he reserved to advance the Rook pawn to 2e.about 9 hours ago from web
103. Furibisha is ranging Rook. It's an opening strategy to transfer one's Rook to his left side of the board early in the opening.about 9 hours ago from web
104. 4. G-3b, Gote moved up his left Gold to 3b to protect the head of the Bishop. This reduced the possibility for Gote to choose Furibisha.about 9 hours ago from web
105. 3. P-2f, Sente showed his intention to choose Ibisha(Statici Rook) strategy with this pawn advancement.about 9 hours ago from web
106. 2. P-3d, Gote(8-dan Kimura) opened the diagonal line of his Bishop, too.about 9 hours ago from web
107. 1. P-7f, Sente(Kisei Hab) opened the diagonal line of his Bishop.about 9 hours ago from web
108. I'm commenting on the moves of the 2nd game of 80th Kisei-sen in the morning. http://bit.ly/13Mr5Labout 9 hours ago from web
109. [Shogi] YouTube - Famous Shogi Games: WATANABE vs HABU (Oct. 18th&19th, 2008) http://cli.gs/WDXs91about 10 hours ago from twitterfeed
110. Sente is Kisei Habu Yoshiharu while Gote is Kimura Kazuki.about 11 hours ago from web
111. 2nd game of 80th Kisei-sen best of five match started one hour ago.http://bit.ly/13Mr5Labout 11 hours ago from web

Boardlive now - 2nd game of 80th Kisei-sen best of five match

Here is the link. The score before the game is 1-0 led by Kisei Habu.

Sente:Kisei Habu Yoshiharu vs Challenger 8-dan Kimura Kazuki

The allotted thinking time per player is 4 hours and less than 60 seconds per move after consuming it. The venue is at Hotel New Awaji in Aawajishima, Hyogo prefecture.

The toppage of the 80th Kisei-sen broadcasting site is here (in Japanese).

My twitter entries about the moves of 1st game of 2nd Mynavi joshi open best of five match

Yauchi beat Iwane in the 1st game. The score after it is 1-0 led by Yauchi.

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Here is the duplication of my twitter entries about the moves of the 1st game.

1. Yauchi leads the score in 1-0.21 minutes ago from web
     
2. Yauchi's 98. G4c-3c(Activation of the idling Gold) and 104. k-2a(Early King escape) were very impressive in this game.21 minutes ago from web
3. After that. Sente's King would be mated like K-2h L*2g K-1i P*1h Kx1h P*1g K-1i Lx2i+ Kx2i R*3i K-2h G-3h(mate)23 minutes ago from web
4. 154. G*5h 155. K-3i 156. G*4h then, Iwane resigned the game.25 minutes ago from web
5. 152. Sx4h+ 153. Kx4h, Mate or not?32 minutes ago from web
6. 148. S*5i 149. K-3i 150. S*4h 151. Gx4h mandatory moves.33 minutes ago from web
7. 144. +Rx5h 145. Kx5h 146. S*6g 147. K-4h, Mate or not?35 minutes ago from web
8. 143. Px2c+ Mandatory.37 minutes ago from web
9. 142. Gx2c, Wow, taking a Silver in hand here!!37 minutes ago from web
10. 140. S*5h(!) 141. Gx5h, Mate or not?38 minutes ago from web
11. 139. +Bx4f, Taking the Pawn by promoted Bishop.38 minutes ago from web
12. 138. Px4f, Mandatory.39 minutes ago from web
13. 137. Sx4f, Almost mantatory.39 minutes ago from web
14. 136. L*4f, I thought this was a questionable.39 minutes ago from web
15. 134.G-3c 135. S*2c Gote let the Gold escapted and Sente dropped a Silver on 2c to aim at the next G*2b(mate).about 1 hour ago from web
16. 133. P*2d Dropping a pawn on 2d supported by the kNight on 1f.about 1 hour ago from web
17. 132. Gx2c, Gote took the promoted pawn on 2c escaping from the threatmate.about 1 hour ago from web
18. 131. Sente pulled the King back to 4g.about 1 hour ago from web
19. 130. P*4e Dropping a pawn to invite the King to 4e.about 1 hour ago from web
20. 129. Px2c+ Taking the Silver back. This is mandatory.about 1 hour ago from web
21. 128. Sx2c, Taking the Silver on 2b escaping from the threatmate.about 1 hour ago from web
22. 127. Kx4f, Almost mandatory.about 1 hour ago from web
23. 126. N*2e, Check.about 1 hour ago from web
24. 125. S*2c, Dropping a Silver on 2c to make a threatmate such as G*2b.about 1 hour ago from web
25. 124. G-3c, Gote's Gold escaped.about 1 hour ago from web
26. 123. K-3g, Sente slided the King to 3g.about 1 hour ago from web
27. 122. Px2f, Taking the Silver on 2f with check.about 1 hour ago from web
28. 121. P*2d, Dropping a pawn supported by the kNight on 1f.about 1 hour ago from web
29. 120. Gx2c, Taking it back.about 1 hour ago from web
30. 119. Lx2c= Taking the Gold with chck.about 1 hour ago from web
31. 118. P*2e, Dropping an attacking pawn on the head of the Silver on 2f neglecting the dropped lance on 2dabout 1 hour ago from web
32. 117. L*2d, Dropping a Lance to pin the Gold and the King supported by the kNight on 1f.about 1 hour ago from web
33. Live video is here.(Left = Yauchi) http://mynavi-open.jp/09061...about 1 hour ago from web
34. 116. G-2c, The Gold escaped from the dropped kNight on 1f.about 1 hour ago from web
35. 115. N+1f, Dropping a Knaight to threaten to take the floating Gold on 2d as a effect of pawn sacrifice on 1d.about 1 hour ago from web
36. Another reason why I think Gote leads the position is Gote can take the Silver on 5e whenever she wants.about 1 hour ago from web
37. 114. After inviting Sente's King to 2g, Gote took the pawn on 1d by the Silver.about 1 hour ago from web
38. 113. Kx2g, Sente took it by the King. If he took it by the Gold like G3hx2g, then +Rx4h would be a decisive move.about 1 hour ago from web
39. 112. P*2g, Gote neglected 111.P*1d and drop a sacrificing pawn on 2g with check.about 1 hour ago from web
40. 112. I think Gote leads the position now comparing with both Rooks.about 1 hour ago from web
41. 111. P*1d, dropping a sacrificing pawn on the head of the Silver. Iwane seemed to consume all her allotted thinking time.about 1 hour ago from web
42. 110. Sx1c, Mandatory to take back the promoted kNight.about 1 hour ago from web
43. 109. Nx1c+ Taking the Lance on 1c which gave menace to Sente's King.about 1 hour ago from web
44. 108. Gx2d, Gote's Gold took the pawn on 2d escaping from the knight on 2e.about 1 hour ago from web
45. 107. N-2e, Sente jumped the Knight to 2e to make a room for the King to escape to 3g.about 1 hour ago from web
46. 106. Lx1c, Gote took it by the Lance. The Lance was giving menace to Sente's King.about 1 hour ago from web
47. 105. Lx1c+ Sente took the kNight on 1c.about 1 hour ago from web
48. 104. K-2a, It seemed a very good early King's escape from the dangerous zone.about 1 hour ago from web
49. 103. Lx1d, Taking the pawn on 1d by the Lance. It enabled Sente to transfer her Rook to 1i which seemed a good Sabaki.about 1 hour ago from web
50. 102. Nx1c, Gote took it by the kNight. Which was better to take it by the Silver?about 1 hour ago from web
51. 101. P*1c, Dropping a sacrificing pawn on the head of the King with check.about 1 hour ago from web
52. 100. Px1d, Almost mandatory.about 1 hour ago from web
53. 99. P-1d, Sente sacrificed edge pawn on the head of Gote's King.about 1 hour ago from web
54. 98. G4c-3c, Gote let the idling right Gold take part in the battle on the 2nd file.about 1 hour ago from web
55. 97. G5h-4h, Sente did not allow Gote to take the Gold for nothing.about 1 hour ago from web
56. 96. R-8h+ Rook promotion threatening to take the Gold on 5h.about 1 hour ago from web
57. 95. G-5h, Sente took the promoted Pawn on 5h after Gote's G-3b.about 1 hour ago from web
58. 94. G-3b, Gote increased the protection on the square of 2c without taking the Gold on 4h.about 1 hour ago from web
59. 93. Px2d(!!) Sente neglected the promoted pawn sacrifice threatening to take the Gold on 4h!about 2 hours ago from web
60. 92. P-5h(!), Gote sacrificed promoted pawn.about 2 hours ago from web
61. 91. P*2e, Sente dropped a pawn to 2e to advance the pieces on the 2nd file.about 2 hours ago from web
62. 90. Px2d Mandatory to take back the kNight.about 2 hours ago from web
63. 89. Nx2d, Taking the Silver with check.about 2 hours ago from web
64. 88. +P-6h, Gote made the promoted Pawn closer to Sente's Castle.about 2 hours ago from web
65. 87. N*1f, Dropping a kNight to threaten to take the Silver on 2d.about 2 hours ago from web
66. 86. P*2c, Then Gote dropped a defensive pawn on 2c to support the battle on the 2nd file.about 2 hours ago from web
67. 85. Sx2f. Good Silver development. Sente had numerical advantage on the square of 2e.about 2 hours ago from web
68. 84. Px2f, Almost mandatory.about 2 hours ago from web
69. 83. P*2f, Since Sente tried to make numerical advantage on the square of 2e by advancing the Silver on 2g to 2f.about 2 hours ago from web
70. 82. Sx2d, Taking the dropped pawn on 2d. The Silver became a floating piece.about 2 hours ago from web
71. 81. P*2d, Dropping a a sacrificing pawn to invite the Silver on 2c to 2d.about 2 hours ago from web
72. 80. Px2e, Taking the pawn on 2e.about 2 hours ago from web
73. 79. R-2i, Sente's Rook escaped to the 2nd file. She seemed to use it vertically later.about 2 hours ago from web
74. 78.+P-7h, Gote threatened to take the Rook by promoted Pawn to enable Rook promotion.about 2 hours ago from web
75. 77. P-2e, Sente strated attacking the head of the Silver on 2c which was a vital point of the castle.about 2 hours ago from web
76. At the position of 76.Bx7g+, which was better would be a tough question.about 2 hours ago from web
77. Gote had no pawn in hand. Gote's Rook was likely to get promoted soon while Sente's Rook could not. Turn to play is for Sente.about 2 hours ago from web
78. Bx7g+ Taking the kNight with promotion. Both has a knight in Hand and made promoted Bishop. Only Sente has three pawns in hand.about 2 hours ago from web
79. 75. Sx5e, Almost mandatory.about 2 hours ago from web
80. 74. P-5e, This was intend to prevent Sente's Bishop from taking the Pawn on 4f which would be a good location.about 2 hours ago from web
81. 73. Then, Sente's Rook escaped from the promoted pawn(Tokin), too.about 2 hours ago from web
82. 72. P-8f, Gote's Rook escaped from the promoted Bishop.about 2 hours ago from web
83. 71. Bx7c+, Sente took the kNight with Bishop promotion to threaten to take the Rook on 8b.about 2 hours ago from web
84. 70. P-8g+ Gote got the pawn promoted to threaten to take the Rook and kNight.about 2 hours ago from web
85. 69. B*5a, Sente dropped a Bishop on 5a to threaten to take the kNight on 7c.about 2 hours ago from web
86. 68. P-8f, Natural Rook pawn advancement. Sente should be in a furry to make a effective counterattack.about 2 hours ago from web
87. 67. G-4h, Then, Sente pulled the Gold back to 4h. Due to Gote's previous P*4f, Sente could not drop a Bishop on 4f to take kNight on 7c.about 2 hours ago from web
88. 66. P*4f, Dropping a pawn on the head of the Gold. If Sente took it, Bx5g+ would be waiting.about 2 hours ago from web
89. 65. R-7h, After inviting the Gold to 4c, Gote protected the kNight on 7g.about 2 hours ago from web
90. 64. Gx4c, Gote took it by the Gold.about 2 hours ago from web
91. 63. P-4c+, Taking a pawn on 4c with pawn promotion. Sente tried to detach a Gold from the castle.about 2 hours ago from web
92. 62. B*6f, Dropping a Bishop to threaten to take the kNight on 7g.about 2 hours ago from web
93. 61. Nx7g Mandatory to take it back.about 2 hours ago from web
94. 60. Bx7g+ Trading Bishops.about 2 hours ago from web
95. 59. P-4d, Sente tried to trade pawns on 4d to develop the Bishop.about 2 hours ago from web
96. 58. P*8e, dropping a pawn to support the Bishop on 8f.about 2 hours ago from web
97. 57. R-8h, This was Sente's planned counte-attack of pinning the Bishop and Rook.about 2 hours ago from web
98. 56. Bx8f, Gote seemed to succeed in trading Rook pawn...,about 2 hours ago from web
99. 55. Px8f, Mandatory.about 2 hours ago from web
100. 54. P-8f, Gote entered into hostilities.about 2 hours ago from web
101. 53. R-7h, Inviting Gote's attack.about 2 hours ago from web
102. 52, N-7c, Gote jumped her right kNight to 7c.about 2 hours ago from web
103. 51. P-9f, Sente responded on the edge.about 2 hours ago from web
104. 50. P-9d, Gote advanced her right edge pawn.about 2 hours ago from web
105. 49. L-9h, Sente would not like to move any pieces than this move. The formation seemed ideal now.about 2 hours ago from web
106. 48. B-5c, Gote moved up the Bishop to 5c to defend pawn trade on 4d.about 2 hours ago from web
107. 47. P-4e, Advancing vanguard pawn to 4e.about 2 hours ago from web
108. 46. P-7d, Gote advanced the Pawn on 7th file to give pressure on the head of the Bishop on 7g and to jump the kNight to 7c.about 2 hours ago from web
109. Those are my feelings and comments on the moves in the morning.about 5 hours ago from web
110. 45. K-2h, Sente moved her King to the 2nd file. Completing her Castling.about 5 hours ago from web
111. 44. S-2b, Gote moved the Silver to 2b, not the Gold. It made Gote possible to offer Bishop trade by B-3c.about 5 hours ago from web
112. 43. R-8h, Keeping Gote from trading pawn on 8f after inviting the Silver to 5e by P-5e.about 5 hours ago from web
113. 42. G4a-3a, Gote would like to move this Gold to 2b.about 5 hours ago from web
114. 41. G-3h, Sente made Silver Crown as well. No possibility to transfer the Rook to the 1st file with this move.about 5 hours ago from web
115. 40. G-4a, Gote still kept making Golds closer to the King.about 5 hours ago from web
116. 39. S-2g, At the moment, Sente's Rook could go to the 1st file.about 5 hours ago from web
117. 38. S-2c, Gote made a Gin-Kanmuri(Silver Crwon) with this Silver. The shape of S-2c and G-3b is called Gin-Kanmuri.about 5 hours ago from web
118. 37. G-4g, Sente protected the head of the kNight on 3f with this Gold.about 5 hours ago from web
119. 36. G-3b, Gote made the Gold closer to the King.about 5 hours ago from web
120. 35. P-2f, Sente prepared to possible attack to begin with P-2e to activate the kNight on 3g to attack the head of the King.about 5 hours ago from web
121. 34. P-2d, Gote prevented Sente from jumping the kNight to 2e.about 5 hours ago from web
122. 33. N--2e, Sente aim at the edge attack on the head of Gote's King. The kNight would be able to jump to 2e later.about 5 hours ago from web
123. 32. G6a-5a, Gote was making the Gold generals closer to the King.about 5 hours ago from web
124. 31. P-3f, Advancing the pawn on 3rd file. It made Sente possible to play N-3g or S-3g.about 5 hours ago from web
125. 30. S-3c, Gote pulled back the Silver to 3c before possible S-4e.about 5 hours ago from web
126. 29. S-5f, Silver advancement. With this move, the Rook got to work better vertically. And it gave her option to S-4e or P-4e later.about 5 hours ago from web
127. 28. S-2b, Gote was building her Castle.about 5 hours ago from web
128. 27. K-3i, Sente moved the King to the 3rd file.about 5 hours ago from web
129. 26. K-1b, Gote gave up building Anaguma. This move was to let the King escape from Bishop's diagonal line.about 5 hours ago from web
130. 25. P-6e, Advancing a vanguard pawn on 6th file to open the Bishop's diagonal line again. It indirectly reached Gote's King.about 5 hours ago from web
131. 24.K-2b, Gote transfered her King to 2nd file. Anaguma or not?about 5 hours ago from web
132. Otherwise, Bx7g would be check and Sente would lose a Rook for nothing. such as R-8h, Bx7g+(check) Nx7g, Rx8h+. That's why 23.K-4h needed.about 5 hours ago from web
133. Correction, 23. K-4h, If Gote trade pawn on 8f such as P-8f, Px8f Bx8f, then Sente could transfer the Rook to 8h with this move.about 5 hours ago from web
134. 23. R-8h, Sente did not allow it on 8f.about 6 hours ago from web
135. 22. B-4b, It's aim at pawn exchange on 8f.about 6 hours ago from web
136. 39. S-2g, At the moment, Sente's Rook could go to the 1st file.about 5 hours ago from web
137. 38. S-2c, Gote made a Gin-Kanmuri(Silver Crwon) with this Silver. The shape of S-2c and G-3b is called Gin-Kanmuri.about 5 hours ago from web
138. 37. G-4g, Sente protected the head of the kNight on 3f with this Gold.about 5 hours ago from web
139. 36. G-3b, Gote made the Gold closer to the King.about 5 hours ago from web
140. 35. P-2f, Sente prepared to possible attack to begin with P-2e to activate the kNight on 3g to attack the head of the King.about 5 hours ago from web
141. 34. P-2d, Gote prevented Sente from jumping the kNight to 2e.about 5 hours ago from web
142. 33. N--2e, Sente aim at the edge attack on the head of Gote's King. The kNight would be able to jump to 2e later.about 5 hours ago from web
143. 32. G6a-5a, Gote was making the Gold generals closer to the King.about 5 hours ago from web
144. 31. P-3f, Advancing the pawn on 3rd file. It made Sente possible to play N-3g or S-3g.about 5 hours ago from web
145. 30. S-3c, Gote pulled back the Silver to 3c before possible S-4e.about 5 hours ago from web
146. 29. S-5f, Silver advancement. With this move, the Rook got to work better vertically. And it gave her option to S-4e or P-4e later.about 5 hours ago from web
147. 28. S-2b, Gote was building her Castle.about 5 hours ago from web
148. 27. K-3i, Sente moved the King to the 3rd file.about 5 hours ago from web
149. 26. K-1b, Gote gave up building Anaguma. This move was to let the King escape from Bishop's diagonal line.about 5 hours ago from web
150. 25. P-6e, Advancing a vanguard pawn on 6th file to open the Bishop's diagonal line again. It indirectly reached Gote's King.about 5 hours ago from web
151. 24.K-2b, Gote transfered her King to 2nd file. Anaguma or not?about 5 hours ago from web
152. Otherwise, Bx7g would be check and Sente would lose a Rook for nothing. such as R-8h, Bx7g+(check) Nx7g, Rx8h+. That's why 23.K-4h needed.about 5 hours ago from web
153. Correction, 23. K-4h, If Gote trade pawn on 8f such as P-8f, Px8f Bx8f, then Sente could transfer the Rook to 8h with this move.about 5 hours ago from web
154. 23. R-8h, Sente did not allow it on 8f.about 6 hours ago from web
155. 22. B-4b, It's aim at pawn exchange on 8f.about 6 hours ago from web
156. 21. S-6g, It's almost mandatory to make a room to transfer the Rook to 8th file for possible B-4b later.about 6 hours ago from web
157. 20. S-4d, Gote's intention was still to trade Rook pawn on 8f with the support of the nest B-4b.about 6 hours ago from web
158. 19. B-7g, Sente did not allow Rook pawn trade on 8f with this Bishop's move. It's almost mandatory.about 6 hours ago from web
159. 18. P-8e, Gote advanced Rook pawn to 8e to trade pawn on 8f.about 6 hours ago from web
160. 17. P-4f, Sente was following Fujii System standard sequence against Ibisha Anaguma.about 6 hours ago from web
161. 16. B-3c, The possibility for Sente to conduct Rapid Attack were reduced with this move since it's not necessary to do it.about 6 hours ago from web
162. 15. G6i-5h, Sente still did not move her King yet.about 6 hours ago from web
163. 14. S-5c, Silver advancement to 5c before B-3c. She still keep option to make a rapid attack utilizing the Silver to be developped to 6d.about 6 hours ago from web
164. 13. P-1e, Advancing vanguard pawn on the right edge. Sente was wary of Gote's building Anaguma castle.about 6 hours ago from web
165. 12. P-5d, Gote at last advanced the central pawn. With this move, she showed no intention to choose Migi(Right)-Shikenbisha(4th File Rook).about 6 hours ago from web
166. 11. S-3h, Sente moved up the Silver to 3h, With this move, the kNight on 2i became connected with it. After 5.R-6h, it used to be floating.about 6 hours ago from web
167. 10. K-3b, Gote moved his King to the 3rd file reserving to advance a pawn on 5th or 6th file.about 6 hours ago from web
168. 9. P-1f, Advancing edge pawn on the right.about 6 hours ago from web
169. 8. K-2b, Yauchi prioritized the King transfer to advancing pawn on 5th or 6th file.about 6 hours ago from web
170. 7. S-7h, Sente moved her left Silver up to 7h. At the moment, Sente's Bishop's became floating with this Silver's move.about 6 hours ago from web
171. S-6b, Yauchi moved up her right Silver to 6b. This gave her wider choice than moving it up to 7b.about 6 hours ago from web
172. 5. R-6h, Sente transferred her Rook to the 6th File which called Shikenbisha(4th File Rook). It should count from the left end.about 6 hours ago from web
173. 4. P-3d, Gote opened her Bishop's diagonal line.about 6 hours ago from web
174. 3. P-6f, Blocking the Bishop's line by herself. I felt it's a bit early.about 6 hours ago from web
175. 2. P-8d, Advancing Rook pawn. Yauchi showed her intention to choose Ibisha(Static Rook) strategy.about 6 hours ago from web
176. 1. P-7f, Opening Bishop's diagonal line.about 6 hours ago from web
177. You can replay the game here. http://mynavi-open.jp/09061...about 6 hours ago from web
178. 45 moves were played in the morning.about 6 hours ago from web
179. I'm writing my feelings and comments on the moves in the morning of Iwane vs Yauchi.about 6 hours ago from web

mugen9x9 is the winner - PlayOK Shogi Tornament #3401417

Mugen9x9 is the winner of the captioned on-line shogi tournament held on June 13, 2009. Here is the link to the result.

 PlayOK.com - tournament #3401417 (shogi)

You can replay the games by clicking each point in the table on the linked page. Since the page will disappear in 6 months from the tournament date, I'm uploading the screenshot of the tournament table below;

Boardlive today - 1st game of 2nd mynavi Open best of five match

Today is the day for the 1st game of the 2nd Mynavi Open best of five match between Jyooh Yauchi Rieko and Joryu 2-dan Iwane Shinobu. It started at 10:00am. As a result of Furigoma, Iwane became Sente player. The venue of the play is at Tokyo Shogi Hall of JSA at Sendagaya, Tokyo. You can replay and watch the game through either of the links below;

Kifu for Flash
Kifu for Java

And frequetly-updated webcamera lives are available to watch here.

webcamera for both players

The allotted thinking time per player is 3 hours and less than 60 seconds per move after consuming it. It will end around 17:00(Japan time).

My twitter entries about the moves after the supper break of 6th game of 67th Meijin-sen

Habu bead Goda in 131 moves in the 6th game of 67th Meijin-sen. The score is 3-3 after the game.

Here is the duplication of my twitter entries about the moves after the supper break.

1. What a beautiful mate Habu showed with lots of sacrifices in a Meijin-sen game he would lose the title if he lost it.about 3 hours ago from web
     
2. 131. +R-8a, Check. After this move, Goda resigned the game. After that, mate exists such as G-8b S*7b K-9d P-9e K-8e N-7g K-8d +Rx8babout 3 hours ago from web
3. 130. G6ax7b, Almost mandatory.about 3 hours ago from web
4. 129. S*7b(!) Sacrifice again! How brilliantly Sente approached Gote's King.about 3 hours ago from web
5. 128. G*7c, Dropping a Gold on 7c to block the horizontal line of the promoted Rook on 6c.about 3 hours ago from web
6. 127. Rx6c+ Check with Rook promotion and taking a Silver in hand.about 3 hours ago from web
7. 126. Kx8c Almost mandatory.about 3 hours ago from web
8. 125. +N-8c, Sacrificing the promoted kNight.about 3 hours ago from web
9. 124. K-8d, Almost mandatory.about 3 hours ago from web
10. 123. P-9f, Check.about 3 hours ago from web
11. 122. S*7e, Blocking the Rook's horizontal line.about 3 hours ago from web
12. 121. Nx7c+, Check by using of the horizontal line of the Rook on 6e with taking the Silver on 7c.about 3 hours ago from web
13. 120. Kx9e, almost mandatory.about 3 hours ago from web
14. 119. G*9e, Another sacrifice. Sente made a set of sacrifice of Gold following to Bishop. Wow!!about 3 hours ago from web
15. 118. Sx7c, Mandatory.about 3 hours ago from web
16. 117. B*7c(!!), Sacrificing Bishop Drop.about 3 hours ago from web
17. 116. Kx8d mandatory. Would Sente be able to mate Gote's King?about 3 hours ago from web
18. 115. Sx8d, taking the promoted Bishop with check.about 3 hours ago from web
19. 114. +Bx8d, Taking the pawn by the promoted Bishop from 4h.about 3 hours ago from web
20. 113. P*8d, Check.about 3 hours ago from web
21. 112. K-8c I thought K-8b would be better.about 3 hours ago from web
22. 111. N*8e, Check.about 3 hours ago from web
23. 110. Kx7c, Taking it by the King. If he took it by S6dx7c, then mate would exist such as +Rx6a Kx6a Rx6c+ P*6b G*7b K-5a P-5b+(mate)about 3 hours ago from web
24. 109. Nx7c+ Taking the Gold by kNght with check.about 3 hours ago from web
25. 108. Gx7c Gote tooked the dropped Silver by the Gold to keep threatening to take the Rook on 6e.about 3 hours ago from web
26. 107. S*7c(!), Amazing, Sente neglect 106.Nx8f, too.about 3 hours ago from web
27. 106. Nx8f, Gote neglected 105.Rx6e and taking the pawn on 8f by the kNight which was a threatmating jump such as Bx7h+about 3 hours ago from web
28. 105. Rx6e(!!), Sente offered trading his Rook for a kNight. Did he find a winning way by using the kNight he took just now?about 3 hours ago from web
29. 104. K-7b, Almost compulsory.about 3 hours ago from web
30. 103. N*8e, check.about 3 hours ago from web
31. 102. B*6i, Dropped a Bishop to take the Gold on 7h in need. Gote was aiming at sudden death of Sente's King after taking enough materials.about 3 hours ago from web
32. 101. Rx2a+ Taking the kNight on 2a with Rook promotion. It aimed at N*8e later.about 3 hours ago from web
33. 100. +B-4h, Threatening to take the Rook on 6f.about 3 hours ago from web
34. 99. Px8f, Taking a pawn on the head of the King. after Bishop trade for a Silver.about 3 hours ago from web
35. 98. Kx7c, Due to the horizontal line of the Rook on 2b, Gote took it by the King. If he took it by S6dx7c, he would lose the kNight on 6e.about 3 hours ago from web
36. 97. Bx7c+ Trading a Bishop for a Silver. Did Sente find a good way to approach Gote's King?about 3 hours ago from web
37. 96. P-8f, Dropping a pawn on the vacant square due to Sente's previous S8f-9e.about 3 hours ago from web
38. 95. S-9e, But Sente did not move it away. Instead, he increased pressure on the head of the King by advancing the Silver from 8f to 9e.about 3 hours ago from web
39. 94. S*7c, Dropping a Silver to let the Bishop go away .about 4 hours ago from web
40. 93. R-6f, This is a calm move.about 4 hours ago from web
41. 92. P*5e, Blocking the vertical line of the Rook on 5f.about 4 hours ago from web
42. 91. B-8d, Developing the Bishop to the vital square.about 4 hours ago from web
43. 90. G-6b, Mandatory.about 4 hours ago from web
44. 89. P*5c, Dropping a pawn as the base of approaching Gote's King. Gote could not take it due to horizontal line of the Rook on 2b.about 4 hours ago from web
45. 88. S*6d, This would prevented the possible Sente's strong attack such as R5f-5b+ Gx5b P*5c G-6b G*5b.about 4 hours ago from web
46. 87. P*4f, Blocking the promoted Bishop's diagonal line to protect Gote's King.about 4 hours ago from web
47. 86. N*9d, Dropping a kNight on 9d threatening to take the Silver on 8f. Many 2chan users who follow this game suspected it.about 4 hours ago from web
48. 85. Sx8f, Sente took it by the Silver. The Silver escaped from the kNight on 6e.about 4 hours ago from web
49. 84. P*8f, Gote dropped a sacrificing pawn on 8f. I did not know if this was a good move.about 4 hours ago from web
50. After the supper break of 6th game of 67th Meijin-sen between Meijin Habu and 9-dan Goda.about 4 hours ago from web

My twitter entries about the moves of Day 2 of 67th Meijin-sen before supper break

It went from 35th move to 83th move before the supper break. Here is the duplication of my twitter entries about them. Sent is Meijin Habu while Gote is 9-dan Goda. They say Habu led the position in the morning but it's goint to be a close game now. The venu of the game is Higashi Honganji.

1. 83. R*2b, Sente dropped a Rook threatening to take the kNight on 2a.. Gote's king was located on the horizontal line of it.about 1 hour ago from web
2. 82. Px4d, It's a natural move to take the Silver on 4d. Trading a Rook for a Silver and kNight occured. Which would be better?about 1 hour ago from web
3. 81. Sx4d It's a natural move to take the Rook on 4d.about 1 hour ago from web
4. 80. Bx3g+ It's a natural move to take the kNight.about 1 hour ago from web
5. 79. Rx5f, Taking the Pawn on 5f with going away from the Bishop's diagonal line.about 1 hour ago from web
6. 78. P-5f Pawn advancement to opening Bishop's diagonal line to threaten to take the Rook on 4f.about 1 hour ago from web
7. 77. S*4e, Sente rejected Rook trade to drop a Silver on 4e to kill the Rook. But there would be a good counter attack for Gote. Let's see itabout 2 hours ago from web
8. 76. Rx4d, Gote offered Rook trade.about 2 hours ago from web
9. 75. P-4d, Sente tried to block Gote's Rook's horizontal line by this sacrificing pawn.about 2 hours ago from web
10. 74. R-3d, Gote pulled back the Rook to 3d to utilize the Rook's horizontal line.about 2 hours ago from web
11. 73. P*3f, It's a natural move to let Gote's Rook go away.about 2 hours ago from web
12. 72. Rx3e, it's a natural move taking back the Silver.about 2 hours ago from web
13. 71. Sx3e, It's a mandatory move.about 2 hours ago from web
14. 70. Sx3e, Gote offered Silver trade.about 2 hours ago from web
15. 69. P*4e, Dropping a pawn to take the Silver on 4d.about 2 hours ago from web
16. 68. P*4c, Dropping a pawn which supports the floating silver on 4d.about 2 hours ago from web
17. 67. Rx4f, Taking a pawn with threatening to take the Silver on 4d.about 2 hours ago from web
18. 66. P-5e, Blocking the Bishop diagonal line to protect the Silver on 4d.about 2 hours ago from web
19. 65. B-6f, Sente let the Bishop away from the kNight on 6e and at the same time it threatened to take the Silver on 4d.about 2 hours ago from web
20. 64. Nx6e, Forking the Bishop on 5g and Silver on 7g. Gote would be able to take either of them.about 2 hours ago from web
21. 63. Px6e, Sente judged trading a Silver for a kNight would be okay.about 2 hours ago from web
22. 62. R-3b, Gote aimed at Sx3e since Sente's Rook was transferred from the 2nd file.about 2 hours ago from web
23. 61. R-4h, Mandatory. It would keep Gote from playing P-4g+ Sx4g Bx3g+ and aim at counter attack from the 4th file.about 2 hours ago from web
24. 60. Px4f, It's a natural move to take the pawn supported by the Bishop on 4f.about 2 hours ago from web
25. 59. P*6f, Sente's plan seemed to make the battle happened on the head of both Kings.about 2 hours ago from web
26. 58. B-6d, Good bishop development.about 2 hours ago from web
27. 57. P*4f, Dropping a pawn on 4f. It's a preparation for R-4h later.about 2 hours ago from web
28. 56. R-2b, It's preparation for B-6d to protect the pawn on 2d.about 2 hours ago from web
29. 55. B-5g, Sente increased the protection of the square of 3e to prevent Gote from playing Sx3e.about 2 hours ago from web
30. 54. Px2d, Gote took it by the Pawn to leave a room to move his Bishop to 6d.about 2 hours ago from web
31. 53. P-2d, Sente sacrificed the Rook pawn.about 2 hours ago from web
32. 52. R-3b, Gote aimed at Sx3e to make Sabaki of the Rook.about 2 hours ago from web
33. 51. S-3f, Silver advancement to protect the pawn on 3e. Sente had 4 pawns in hand while Gote had nothing. It appeared Sente led the positionabout 5 hours ago from web
34. 50. B-4b, This meant that Gote would like to develop the Bishop to the 6d to threaten to take the floating kNight on 3g.about 5 hours ago from web
35. 49. Px3e, It's a natural move to take the pawn on 3e.about 5 hours ago from web
36. 48. P-3e, Gote seeked for another battle field on the 3rd file. But it seemed Gote already failed something up to this position.about 5 hours ago from web
37. 47. Bx8d, Sente took the floating pawn on 8d by Bishop. The material balance was Sente's gain by a pawn.about 5 hours ago from web
38. 46. P*6e, Dropping a vanguard pawn on 6e.about 5 hours ago from web
39. 45.Bx6f, Sente took it by Bishop. It threatened to take the Pawn on 8d which was floating.about 5 hours ago from web
40. 44.Px6f, Taking a pawn on 6f.about 5 hours ago from web
41. 43. S-4g, The recent pawn trade by Bishop on the 4th file enabled this Silver advancement. Sente's rook became better workable horizontally.about 5 hours ago from web
42. 42. P-6e, Gote entered into hostilities with this pawn advancement. If Sent took it, Nx6e would fork the Silver on 7g and Bishop on 5g.about 5 hours ago from web
43. 41. B-5g, Sente pulled back the bishop to the same square before pawn trade on the 4th file.about 5 hours ago from web
44. 40. P*4e, Dropping a vanguard pawn on the 4th file to let the Bishop go away. Gote did not allow Sente to drop a pawn on 4e.about 5 hours ago from web
45. 39. Bx4f, It's a natural move to taking back a pawn.about 5 hours ago from web
46. 38. Px4f, Almost mandatory since Gote could not allow the pawn on 4e to be captured by Px4e supported by the kNight on 3g.about 5 hours ago from web
47. 37. P-4f, Sente tried to trade pawns on the 4th file using the Bishop.about 5 hours ago from web
48. 36. S-4d, Gote protected the vanguard pawn on 4e. But he blocked the Bishop's diagonal line by himeself with this move.about 5 hours ago from web
49. 35. N-3g, Sente jumped his right kNight to threaten to take the vanguard pawn on 4e. He would like to invite Gote's left Silver to 4d.about 5 hours ago from web
50. In the morning of Day 2 of 6th game of 67th Meijin-sen between Meijin Habu and 9 dan Goda.about 5 hours ago from web

My twitter entries about the Day1 of 6th game of 67th Meijin-sen

Here is the duplication of my twitter entries about the day 1 of the 6th game of 67th Meijin-sen best of seven match between Meijin Habu Yoshiharu and 9 dan Goda Masataka. In this game, Habu is the Sente player. 34 moves were played yesterday. Goda played P-8d at the 2nd move, but it turned out to be a fake. He chose faint ranging Rook. Goda leads the score in 3-2 before the game.

1. Sente's King was located on the diagonal line of Gote's Bishop on 3c which was dangerous.about 12 hours ago from web
     
2. Gote's plan seemed to let Sente's silver go somewhere by N-8e and advance pawn to 6e utilizing the Bishop diagonal line on 3c.about 12 hours ago from web
3. After 34. P-5d, Habu made a sealed move. The Day 1 finished.about 13 hours ago from web
4. 34.P-5d's gave the possibility for Gote to trade pawns on 5e by the Bishop on 3c as well.about 13 hours ago from web
5. 34. P-5d, Gote reserved the attack with N-8e and advanced the pawn to 5d to give a pressure on the head of the Bishop on 5g.about 13 hours ago from web
6. 33. K-8h, It's an amazing. This move said, "Please start attacking with N-8e".about 13 hours ago from web
7. 32. G4a-5b, Gote made his left Gold closer to his King.about 13 hours ago from web
8. 31. K-7i, Sente moved his King to the 7th file.about 13 hours ago from web
9. 30. N-7c, Gote seemed to attack first with the Bishop on 3c and this jumped kNight.about 13 hours ago from web
10. 29. B-5g Sente moved his Bishop to 5g to make it possible for his King to move to 8h by way of 7i.about 13 hours ago from web
11. 28. K-7b, Gote moved his King to safer place.about 13 hours ago from web
12. 27. P-3f, Giving a pressure on the head of Gote's Bishop on 3c and making it possible for Sente's knight or Silver to move to 3g.about 13 hours ago from web
13. Gote's plan looked to use his Bishop as a major player of attacking rather than his Rook,about 13 hours ago from web
14. 26. P-4e, Gote advanced the vanguard pawn on the 4th file to open his Bishop diagonal line.about 13 hours ago from web
15. 25. G5h-6g, Sente made the outer wall of Yagura castle by this Gold move.about 13 hours ago from web
16. 24. P-7d, Gote advanced a pawn on 7th file to make it possible for his right kNight to jump to 7c.about 13 hours ago from web
17. 23. G-5h, Sente moved his right Gold to 5h to build a castle.about 13 hours ago from web
18. 22. K-6b Gote did the same.about 13 hours ago from web
19. 21. K-6i, Sente started to move his King to safer place.about 13 hours ago from web
20. 20. R-2b.about 13 hours ago from web
21. 20. Gote did not allow Sente's Rook's pawn trade on 2d.about 13 hours ago from web
22. 19. B-7i, If Gote did nothing, he would trade Rook's pawn on 2d.about 13 hours ago from web
23. 18. S-4c, This was almost mandatory. It made Gote to transfer his Rook to 2nd file to keep Sente from trading Rook pawn on 2d.about 13 hours ago from web
24. 17. S-7g, The aim of this move was Rook pawn trade on 2d after B-7i. Nothing would block the Bishop's line after that.about 13 hours ago from web
25. 16. B-3c, Gote prevented Sente from trading Rook pawn on 3d by his Bihsop. This suggested Gote would be likely to transfer his Rook.about 13 hours ago from web
26. 15. P-2e, Sente advanced his Rook pawn to 2e to try to trade Rook pawn on 2d and to see how Gote would defend it, by Bishop or Silver.about 13 hours ago from web
27. 14. P-4d, Gote blocked his Bishop's diagonal line by himseld.about 13 hours ago from web
28. 13. P-2f, Sente advanced his Rook pawn to 2f. In normal Yagura opening, it's considered too early.about 13 hours ago from web
29. 12. S-4b, Instead of 2.P-8d, Gote did not seem to fix the location of his Rook in the opening.about 13 hours ago from web
30. 11. S-4h, Sente moved his right Silver to 4h. It could go to 5g to support the square of 6f if Gote transferred his Rook to the 6th file.about 13 hours ago from web
31. 10. S-6c, Gote advanced his right Silver to 6c following to the previous P-6d.about 13 hours ago from web
32. 9. G-7h, This was almost compulsory to take the pawn on 6e if he would start attacking in the next move to connect with the Bishop on 8f.about 13 hours ago from web
33. 8. P-6d, Gote showed he would not choose normal Yagura Opening. Would he try to choose Migi-Shikenbisha(Right 4th file Rook) in this game?about 13 hours ago from web
34. 7. P-5f, Sente advanced the Center pawn to 5f. His strategy would be Yagura or Central Rook.about 13 hours ago from web
35. 6. S-6b, Gote moved his right Silver up to 6b. It looked it's going to Yagura Opening.about 13 hours ago from web
36. [Shogi] Welcome to Stockholm! - SHOGI-L | Google Groupshttp://bit.ly/dkXZ6about 13 hours ago from twitterfeed
37. 5. P-6f, Sente blocked his BIshop's diagonal line by himself.about 13 hours ago from web
38. 4. P-3d Gote opened his Bishop's diagonal line. Now both Bishops faced each other.about 13 hours ago from web
39. 3. S-6h, Sente moved up his left Silver to 6h. He could choose Yagura or Furibisha(Ranging Rook) from here.about 13 hours ago from web
40. 2. P-8d, Goda showed he would choose Ibisha(statci Rook) by advancing this Rook pawn.about 13 hours ago from web
41. 1.P-7f Habu made a first move. He opened Bishop diagonal line.about 13 hours ago from web
42. Day 1 of 6th game of best of seven match of 67th Meijin-sen was over. They made 34 moves and Habu made the sealed move.about 13 hours ago from web

Premiere of Shogi Documentary Film in Sarzburg, Austria

Premiere of Shogi Documentary Film will be held on June 21 in Sarzburug, Austria. For more information, please visit the page below;

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