Today is the day for the first game of the 83rd Kisei-sen best of five match between Kisei Habu Yoshiharu and twenty-four years old 6-dan Nakamura Taichi. As a result of Furigoma, Habu becomes Sente for this game and the third game. Nakamura will play first in the second and the fourth game if this series does not end in a straight score. Nakamura has become a professional player since 2007 at the age of seventeen. This is the first time for him to challenge one of the major seven title holders. He used to be a ranging-rook player when he became 4-dan but now he play static rook openings a lot. The venue of the game is Hotel New Awaji in Awaji Island on Seto Inland Sea, Hyogo prefecture. The game started at 9:00am(JST). Since the allotted thinking time per player is four hours, I think it will end at around 6:00pm(JST). You can watch and replay the game through the link below;
Here is the official site and the official blog of the 83rd Kisei-sen. You can also watch it with a chat window at 81dojo.
Also, Nico Nico Live covers this game. It is available to watch at
- itmedia(No user registration nor login required)
- Nico Nico Live(User registration and login required)
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