Today is the day for the 3rd game of 20th Joryu Oui-sen best of five match between Joryu Oui Ishibashi Sachio and Challenger Joryu Meijin & Osho Shimizu Ichiyo. The score is tied in 1-1 before the game. It draws people's attention if Ishibashi recovers from the loss of the second game due to her illegal move of Bishop which was the first time in the history of shogi title matches. The game started at 9:00am at Coal Mining Millionaire Ito Denemon's house in Fukuoka Prefecture which is famous for coal mining ealy in the 20th century. Shimizu is Sente player for this game. You can watch and replay the game through the links below;
And frequently updating photos(almost a live) are available to look at.
Joryu Oui Ishibashi, Defender
Joryu Meijin & Osho Shimizu, Challenger
Board from the ceiling
The allotted thinking time per player is 4 hours and less than 60 seconds per move after consuming it.
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