| Quest of the lost systems |
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| Chapter Two: Furibisha |
| Section 5: Masuda-shiki Ishida-ryu |
Masuda's Ishida-ryu (9)
The diagram is from a C2 Jun-i Sen in '95 played by Hiroshi Okazaki(4 dan)
and Takeshi Kawakami(4 dan), on August 29.
9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
+--------------------------------------------+ White in hand:
| wL | wN | | wG | | | | | wL | a +------------------+
+--------------------------------------------+ | B |
| | wK | wS | | | | wG | | | b | |
+--------------------------------------------+ +------------------+
| | wP | wP | wP | wP | wS | wN | wP | wP | c
+--------------------------------------------+
| wP | | | | | | wR | | | d
+--------------------------------------------+
| | | | bP | | wP | wP | bP | | e
+--------------------------------------------+
| bP | | bP | | bP | | | bR | | f
+--------------------------------------------+
| | bP | bN | bS | bS | bP | bP | | bP | g
+--------------------------------------------+ Black in hand:
| | bK | bG | | | | | | | h +------------------+
+--------------------------------------------+ | B |
| bL | | | | | bG | | bN | bL | i | |
+--------------------------------------------+ +------------------+
Diagram: (b)Okazaki vs (w)Kawakami, up to (b)R-2f
From the Diagram: (from white)
S-5b; P-1f, P-5d; P-1e, P-8d; S5g-6f, P-1d;
Px1d, Lx1d; P*1e, Lx1e; Lx1e, P*1d; P-5e, Px1e;
Px5d, P*5c; Px5c+, Sx5c; B*2a
Tateishi-ryu was a darling system for those who were fed up with the
Ibisha Anaguma, as if it were elixir of shogi, for a limited time. But not
anymore. Why? The answer is the right Gold of the Ibisha, which just stays
there, as in the Diagram above. In response to White's P-3f, Black can safely
answer with Px3f. Even if White then drops B at 4d so that his R can proceed
to 3f, there will be no space for its promotion. With nothing to worry about
in his territory, Black can then apply pressure toward the White's King-head.
Fearing that he might be suffocated into a slow death, Kawakami made rather
desperate moves along the first file, which only handed Okazaki an opportunity
to lead the game in his favor and eventually to a victory.
