[Sente "Challenger Koji Tanigawa"]
[Gote "Ryuo Yoshiharu Habu"]
[Event "9th Ryuo Match"]
[Round "1"]
[Date "1996 October 17th and 18th"]
[Site "Los Angeles, USA"]
[Opening "Shikenbisha"]

 1 P7f  P3d   2 P2f  P4d   3 P2e  B3c   4 S4h  R4b   5 K6h  K6b
 6 K7h  S7b   7 P5f  G45b  8 G45h K7a   9 S5g  S3b  10 B7g  P9d
11 K8h  P9e  12 L9h  P4e  13 P6f  P3e  14 R3h  S4c  15 G7h  R3b
16 R2h  L1b  17 G56g B5a  18 R2f  B1e  19 R1f  P1d  20 P6e  R3d
21 P5e  N3c  22 R5f  N2e  23 P1f  B4b  24 R2f  P2d  25 S5f  R3a
26 B5i  P3f  27 P3f  B3c  28 B6h  P5d  29 P3e  P5e  30 S4e  P5f
31 G67g B5e  32 P2h  B7g+ 33 N7g  G5g  34 P5c  G55a 35 S5f  G6h
36 G6h  R3e  37 R4f  P4e  38 B2f  P4f  39 B3e  K8b  40 R3c  R3d
41 R3d+ S3d  42 B2d  P4g+ 43 R3a  R3i  44 G8i  P3c  45 S4g  S4e
46 B3c+ P4f  47 S5h  S5f  48 P4h  P4g+ 49 P4g  B1c  50 R5a+ R3c+
51 +R2a P5g  52 S6i  +R5c 53 +R1b B4e  54 P5d  +R3c 55 +R1c +R1c
56 G4f  B1b  57 P3d  B3d  58 B3e  +R3c 59 P5c+ P4d  60 +P5d S6g+
61 +P4d +S6h 62 +P3d +S6i 63 +P3c R3h  64 K9i  S6g  65 R4a  +S7i
66 B*7a K9b  67 L9d  S9c     0-1

[Sente "Ryuo Yoshiharu Habu"]
[Gote "Challenger Koji Tanigawa"]
[Event "9th Ryuo Match"]
[Round "2"]
[Date "1996 October 29th and 30th"]
[Site "Kurashiki"]
[Opening "Kakugawari"]

 1 P7f  P8d   2 P2f  G3b   3 G7h  P8e   4 B7g  P3d   5 S8h  B7g+
 6 S7g  S4b   7 S3h  S7b   8 P1f  P1d   9 P4f  S8c  10 S4g  S8d
11 P9f  S3c  12 P6f  K4b  13 P6e  P7d  14 R6h  S7c  15 P3f  G5b
16 G3h  K3a  17 S5f  P4d  18 G4g  G54c 19 N3g  P5d  20 K6i  R5b
21 K7i  P5e  22 S6g  K2b  23 K8h  P9d  24 S66f L9c  25 B6a  R6b
26 B8c+ B9b  27 +B9b R9b  28 N2e  S4b  29 P4e  P4e  30 S5e  P2d
31 P6d  P6d  32 G5f  P2e  33 S6d  P5e  34 S5e  P7e  35 P4d  G43c
36 B5d  P7f  37 S7f  P7e  38 B8a+ R6b  39 +B6c B5i  40 R6i  N7g
41 R5i  R6c  42 B5d  B6h  43 R5h  N8i+ 44 K8i  P7f  45 R6h  R6h+
46 G6h  S7g  47 R6c  R8h  48 K7i  R6h+ 49 R6h+ S6h= 50 K6h  R3h
51 K6g  G7g  52 K6f  R6h+ 53 K7e  N6c     0-1

[Sente "Challenger Koji Tanigawa"]
[Gote "Ryuo Yoshiharu Habu"]
[Event "9th Ryuo Match"]
[Round "3"]
[Date "1996 November 7th and 8th"]
[Site "Hokkaido"]
[Opening "Yokofudori"]

 1 P7f  P3d   2 P2f  P8d   3 P2e  P8e   4 G7h  G3b   5 P2d  P2d
 6 R2d  P8f   7 P8f  R8f   8 R3d  B3c   9 R3f  R8d  10 R2f  S2b
11 P8g  K5b  12 K5h  G7b  13 G3h  S6b  14 S4h  R7d  15 P1f  P1d
16 P9f  P9d  17 B7g  B7g+ 18 N7g  N3c  19 S6h  P2e  20 R6f  R2d
21 P2g  R8d  22 R5f  P7d  23 P3f  P7e  24 P3e  N7c  25 P7e  B4e
26 R4f  B5d  27 P7d  R7d  28 P3d  N4e  29 N3g  N3g+ 30 S3g  P7f
31 N6f  P7g+ 32 S7g  R6d  33 N5d  R5d  34 S6f  N7d  35 S7e  N6e
36 G6h  N7g+ 37 G7g  N6e  38 B2a  G4b  39 N3e  N5a  40 K4i  N7g+
41 S7d  R7d  42 B6e  R5d  43 N5e  K6a  44 N34c+ R5e 45 +N4b N4e
46 +N5a S5a  47 N8d  G8b  48 P3c+ G2i  49 B24c+ K6b 50 R4e  R4e
51 G7b  1-0

[Sente "Ryuo Yoshiharu Habu"]
[Gote "Challenger Koji Tanigawa"]
[Event "9th Ryuo Match"]
[Round "4"]
[Date "1996 November 19th and 20th"]
[Site "Mie"]
[Opening "Hineribisha"]

 1 P2f  P8d   2 P2e  P8e   3 G7h  G3b   4 P2d  P2d   5 R2d  P2c
 6 R2f  S7b   7 P9f  P1d   8 P7f  P8f   9 P8f  R8f  10 S3h  P6d
11 N7g  S4b  12 K4h  K4a  13 P1f  R8b  14 P7e  P3d  15 R7f  S6c
16 S6h  K3a  17 P8e  P4d  18 P6f  G7b  19 B9g  B3c  20 K3i  K2b
21 P5f  P4e  22 S5g  S5d  23 G6h  G6c  24 K2h  P9d  25 R8f  P8c
26 G65h S44c 27 P4f  P4f  28 S4f  P4e  29 S5e  P3e  30 P6e  S5e
31 P5e  B5e  32 B8h  G5d  33 S5f  B3c  34 P5e  G5e  35 S5e  B5e
36 G5f  B3c  37 P6d  R6b  38 P4d  S4d  39 P8d  R6d  40 G6e  R6a
41 P8c+ P8e  42 R8e  P3f  43 +P7b P3g+ 44 S3g  S3e  45 P3f  N9c
46 R8b+ R6e  47 N6e  B8h+ 48 +R8h B5e  49 B7g  P6f  50 G3h  S*2f
51 G54h S3f  52 K3i  S33g 53 G43g S3g+ 54 N3g  P3f  55 S4a  G*3a
56 S3b+ G3b  57 S4a  G*3a 58 S3b+ G3b  59 N2e  S3g     0-1

[Sente "Challenger Koji Tanigawa"]
[Gote "Ryuo Yoshiharu Habu"]
[Event "9th Ryuo Match"]
[Round "5"]
[Date "1996 November 28th and 29th"]
[Site "Fukuoka"]
[Opening "Shikenbisha"]

 1 P7f  P3d   2 P2f  P4d   3 P2e  B3c   4 S4h  R4b   5 K6h  S3b
 6 K7h  S7b   7 P5f  P9d   8 G45h P9e   9 S5g  K6b  10 P3f  K7a
11 P3e  P3e  12 S4f  P3f  13 P2d  B2d  14 R2f  S4c  15 R3f  R3b
16 P3d  R3d  17 R3d  S3d  18 B4d  P4e  19 S3g  P3f  20 S4h  R2g
21 R2f  R2f+ 22 B5c+ K8b  23 +B2f P4f  24 P4f  R2h  25 R2g  B4f
26 R2h  B2h+ 27 R4d  P4b  28 R3d  +B2i 29 R3f  +B1i 30 P2b  R2i
31 P2a+ L8d  32 S8h  N2d  33 R3i  R2f+ 34 R1i  N3f  35 S5g  P3g
36 P9f  P9f  37 P9c  L9c  38 P9d  L9d  39 P9e  L9e  40 N9d  K9b
41 +P1a B7a  42 L*9h P3h+ 43 L9f  L9f  44 P9c  N9c  45 L9f  +R2h
46 B5e  P3g  47 L9i  +R1i 48 S8b  +P4h 49 G56h L*8e 50 S7c+ S7c
51 B7c+ G7b  52 +B7b +R6i 53 G6i  P7g  54 N7g  L8g+ 55 S8g  L8g+
56 K8g  R8i  57 P8h  S8f  58 K8f  B5c  59 L7e  R8h+ 60 G8g  1-0

