The first game of 58th Oza-sen started at 9:00am at Benkeibashi Shimizu Japanese restaurant of Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka in Tokyo. As a result of Furigoma, Ouza Habu became Sente. Gote is Challenger 9-dan Fujii. Fujii transferred his Rook to 4th file without blocking his Bishop diagonal line at the forth move. The allotted thinking time per player is five hours, so the game will end early evening today. You may watch and replay the game here. Since Ouza-sen is best of five match, the player who takes three games will be the next Oza holder.
The official site for the 58th Oza-sen is here. You can see the lots of photos regarding this match on the official blog.
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