[Event "23rd Kio Match"]
[Round "1"]
[Date "1998 February 14th"]
[Site "Ishikawa"]
[Sente "Kio Yoshiharu Habu"]
[Gote "Challenger Masataka Goda"]
[Opening "Yagura"]
[Result "1-0"]

 1 P7f  P8d   2 S6h  P3d   3 P6f  S6b   4 P5f  P5d   5 S4h  S4b
 6 G45h G3b   7 G7h  K4a   8 K6i  P7d   9 G56g G5b  10 S7g  S3c
11 B7i  B3a  12 P3f  P4d  13 S3g  P8e  14 P3e  B6d  15 P3d  S3d
16 R1h  B7c  17 B5g  S5c  18 K7i  P6d  19 P1f  B8d  20 R3h  N7c
21 S3f  R6b  22 B4f  P4e  23 B2h  S4d  24 N3g  P3e  25 S4e  S34e
26 N4e  S4e  27 R3e  S*3d 28 R3h  N3e  29 B1g  R6c  30 K8h  N2g+
31 R3d  S3d  32 B7a+ P8f  33 P8f  P8g  34 K8g  R3i  35 K9h  P6e
36 Gg6h K3a  37 P3c  N3c  38 P3e  S4e  39 P2d  P2d  40 P2c  P8g
41 G8g  P8e  42 +B7b R4c  43 +B6a K4b  44 P2b+ G2b  45 S3a  K5c
46 +B7a K6d  47 S2b= S5f  48 S3c= P8f  49 G8f  P8e  50 G8g  R3c
51 +B4d R5c  52 N4h  S4g= 53 P6e  N6e  54 P6f  N7g+ 55 P6e  K7c
56 Gh7g S4h= 57 G6d  K8b  58 +B5c G5c  59 P8c  K8c  60 N7e  P7e
61 S7d  K9b  62 G5c  S7b  63 R7a  S*8a 64 G6c  1-0

[Event "23rd Kio Match"]
[Round "2"]
[Date "1998 February 24th"]
[Site "Sendai"]
[Sente "Challenger Masataka Goda"]
[Gote "Kio Yoshiharu Habu"]
[Opening "Yagura"]
[Result "Sennichite"]

 1 P7f  P8d   2 S6h  P3d   3 S7g  S6b   4 P2f  S4b   5 S4h  P5d
 6 P5f  G65b  7 G45h G3b   8 P6f  K4a   9 G6g  P7d  10 B7i  S3c
11 K6h  P6d  12 S5g  S6c  13 K7h  N7c  14 S4f  S4d  15 P2e  G54b
16 P2d  P2d  17 R2d  R5b  18 R2e  P2c  19 P3f  K3a  20 P9f  P5e
21 S5e  S5e  22 P5e  N8e  23 S5f  S4d  24 S6h  P7e  25 P8f  S5e
26 S5e  B5e  27 S4f  B4f  28 P4f  S5h  29 P5f  S6i= 30 K6i  G8g
31 S7h  G8f  32 P8g  G7f  33 B7c  G6g  34 S76g S7f  35 G7h  S6g=
36 S6g  S7f  37 S6h  S6g= 38 S6g  S7f  39 S6h  S6g= 40 S6g  S7f
41 S6h  *

[Event "23rd Kio Match"]
[Round "2, Sennichite Replay"]
[Date "1998 February 24th"]
[Site "Sendai"]
[Sente "Kio Yoshiharu Habu"]
[Gote "Challenger Masataka Goda"]
[Opening "Yagura"]
[Result "1-0"]

 1 P7f  P8d   2 S6h  P3d   3 P6f  S6b   4 P5f  P5d   5 S4h  S4b
 6 G45h G3b   7 G7h  K4a   8 K6i  P7d   9 G56g G5b  10 S7g  S3c
11 B7i  B3a  12 P3f  P4d  13 S3g  P8e  14 B6h  G54c 15 K7i  S7c
16 S4f  P9d  17 N3g  P7e  18 P7e  B7e  19 R5h  P4e  20 N4e  S4d
21 P3e  P3e  22 P3c  Gb4b 23 P5e  P5e  24 S3e  B9c  25 S4d  G4d
26 P4f  S4g  27 R5g  S3f+ 28 S5c  Gd4c 29 S4b+ K4b  30 S7f  +S4f
31 R5e  P5d  32 R8e  R8e  33 G3b  K5a  34 S8e  +S4e 35 R4a  K5b
36 P4d  +S4d 37 R8a+ P7a  38 N6e  N5e  39 N7c+ N6g+ 40 G6g  +S5e
41 +N6c K6c  42 +R8c 1-0

[Event "23rd Kio Match"]
[Round "3"]
[Date "1998 March 14th"]
[Site "Hiroshima"]
[Sente "Challenger Masataka Goda"]
[Gote "Kio Yoshiharu Habu"]
[Opening "Mukaibisha"]
[Result "1-0"]

 1 P7f  P3d   2 P2f  P4d   3 P2e  B3c   4 S4h  S3b   5 P5f  S4c
 6 K6h  R2b   7 K7h  K6b   8 G45h S7b   9 P9f  P9d  10 S6h  K7a
11 P3f  K8b  12 S65g P5d  13 P4f  G45b 14 S3g  L1b  15 G66h P1d
16 P4e  R4b  17 S34h P6d  18 N3g  G6c  19 P2d  B2d  20 P4d  S4d
21 P4c  R4c  22 R2d  P2d  23 B3b  R4b  24 B2a+ P4c  25 N4f  P5e
26 P5e  P3e  27 P4e  S5c  28 P5d  S6b  29 B3c+ R4a  30 +B23b R5a
31 P4d  P4d  32 +B4d P3f  33 N4e  P3g+ 34 S3g  R3i  35 +B33c P4b
36 +B4b P5b  37 S34h R1i+ 38 P4c  P4a  39 +B2d +R2i 40 +B23e P3h
41 +B3f P3i+ 42 +B4g +P3h 43 P3d  +R2g 44 P3c+ P7d  45 P3i  +P4h
46 S4h  P7e  47 P7e  P1e  48 P2c  P1f  49 P2b+ L7f  50 K6i  P1g+
51 +B6f S3f  52 +B45f +R2e 53 +B7f S4e 54 +B56f S4f 55 P4b+ P4b
56 +P4b P4g  57 S5i  P6e  58 +P5a P6f  59 +P6a S6a  60 R4a  P4h+
61 S4h  N5f  62 L6e  N6h+ 63 K6h  +R5e 64 R6a+ G7h  65 K7h  +R5h
66 G6h  B6i  67 K8h  +R6h 68 K9g  +R6g 69 +R6b G6b  70 N7d  1-0

[Event "23rd Kio Match"]
[Round "4"]
[Date "1998 March 20th"]
[Site "Niigata"]
[Sente "Kio Yoshiharu Habu"]
[Gote "Challenger Masataka Goda"]
[Opening "Yagura"]
[Result "1-0"]

 1 P7f  P8d   2 S6h  P3d   3 P6f  S6b   4 P5f  P5d   5 S4h  S4b
 6 G45h G3b   7 G7h  K4a   8 K6i  G5b   9 S7g  P4d  10 B7i  G54c
11 G56g S3c  12 P3f  B3a  13 S3g  S5c  14 B6h  B4b  15 K7i  K3a
16 K8h  S6d  17 P3e  P3e  18 B3e  P5e  19 P6e  S6e  20 P5e  P8e
21 B4f  P8f  22 S8f  P4e  23 B6h  B6d  24 P6f  B5e  25 P5f  B4d
26 S7g  S5d  27 S3f  B7a  28 R3h  S4d  29 P1f  P9d  30 P1e  P9e
31 N1g  P5h  32 N2e  P5i+ 33 B5i  P3e  34 P1d  P1d  35 P1b  L1b
36 P1c  L1c  37 N1c+ P3f  38 +N1b S3c  39 R1h  S2d  40 R1d  P1c
41 R1h  P4f  42 P4f  P5h  43 B2f  B2f  44 P2f  P5i+ 45 P2e  S3c
46 +N2a K2a  47 R1c+ S*2b 48 +R1b K3a  49 P3d  S3d  50 P3c  P1a
51 P3b+ K3b  52 B2a  K3c  53 +R1d 1-0

