| Quest of the lost systems |
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| Chapter Four: Aigakari |
| Section 2: Tsukata Special |
Tsukata Special (2)
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+--------------------------------------------+ White in hand:
| wL | wN | | | wK | | wS | wN | wL | a +------------------+
+--------------------------------------------+ | R,B,2Ps |
| | | | wG | | | wG | wB | | b | |
+--------------------------------------------+ +------------------+
| wP | | wP | | wP | wP | wP | wP | | c
+--------------------------------------------+
| | | | | | | | | bP | d
+--------------------------------------------+
| | | | | | | | | wP | e
+--------------------------------------------+
| | | bP | | | | | | | f
+--------------------------------------------+
| bP | | | bP | bP | bP | bP | | | g
+--------------------------------------------+ Black in hand:
| | bS | bG | | | | bS | | | h +------------------+
+--------------------------------------------+ | R,S,2Ps |
| bL | bN | | | bK | bG | | bN | bL | i | |
+--------------------------------------------+ +------------------+
Diagram 2. Sx8h
Moves after the diagram: (from white)
P-3d; R*8c, B*7b; R-8g+, P-7d; P*8c, N-7c;
P-8b+, B-5d; +P-8c, N-6e; K-4h, Lx1d; +P-7c, Gx7c;
+R-8b, G-7b; +Rx9a
It was another clever move on Tsukata's part to promote his R at 8g.
Nakahara tried to open his counter-attack by P-7d so that he could use his
right N, to which Tsukata dropped P at 8c, then promoted it. It was now
clear that Tsukata was leading the game. He maneuvered his pieces tactfully
for the rest of the game, and won impressively.
I remember Nakahara-sensei's pet phrase "Isn't it amazing?" was
peppered all through the postmortem. I thought I saw something totally new,
but I was wrong. Tsukata had just tried the same tactic against Koji Tosa
at the NHK tournament. To my further amazement, it was not even Tsukata
who first used it, but Osamu Nakamura, who tried a pilot scheme in the game
with Toshio Miyata in the Ten'oh-sen. I have to confess that I didn't know
all this until I wrote this chapter.
