From: "Howard Wachtel (312) 975-7970" <U13054 <at> UICVM <dot> BITNET>
Date: 8 mar 1993
Subject: Another game from Chicago club

   All right, Shogi fans--here is my first game of shogi which I bothered
to record.  I would really appreciate some feedback from the stronger
players on the list.  My opponent is our club president, Tony Salvaggione
who beats me regularly:
 
Black:  Wachtel  White:  Salvaggione (4-kyu)  Chicago Shogi club  2/28/93
 
1. P7f P8d 2. S6h P3d 3. P6f
 
   Unnecessarily passive, Tony said.  Another way of avoiding the Bishop
trade is 3. S7g.
 
3, ,,, S6b 4. G7h P8e 5. S7g P7d 6. G5h P5d 7. G(5)6g S4b 8. S4h S3c
9. P5f B3a 10. P2f K4b 11. B7i K3b 12. B4f P6d 13. P6e
 
   For some reason I thought I could make something out of this pin,
but in fact it accomplished very little.
 
13. ...S7c 14 Px6d Sx6d 15. P'6e S7c 16. G6f ?!
 
   Not good, says Tony, beacuse the Gold should stay back as part of
the King's castle.  For some reason I was worried about the possibilty
of the Pawn advance P7d-7e.
 
16. ...P4d 17. K6i P4e
 
  All right, so my early Bishop deployment was a bit too ambitious.
 
18. B6h G(6)5b 19. K7i S8d
 
  I didn't worry about the possiblity of this Silver coming into 9e,
beacuse I thought P9f would chase it back.  Instead I should have
played 20. P9f! right away.
 
20. P3f? S9e 21. P9f P8f! 22. Px8f Sx8f 23. Sx8f Bx8f 24. S'7g B4b
25. P'8g
 
   I still want to make my castle on that side!
 
25. ...K2b 26. N3g P'6d 27. Nx4e S4d
 
   Maybe I shouldn't be in such a hurry to grab pawns.
 
28. P4f G6c
 
   Now White is threatening to pile up on 6e with N8a-7c.  But after the
text I got into trouble on the 9a-1i diagonal.
 
29. Px6d Bx6d 30. P'6e B7c 31. R2i Sx4e! 32. Px4e S'3h
 
   AFter this my miserable Rook was passive for the rest of the game.
 
33. R6i
 
   If 33 R5i I feared a Knight drop on 4g.  White is attacking me without
even finishing his castle.
 
33. ...P'4g 34. S5g B3g+ 35. P4d G3b 36. P3e N7c 37. Px3d P4h+
 
   I overlooked my opponent's threat, but I probably had no defense
against it anyway.   Maybe I could have tried 38. S'6g +B3f.
 
38. K8h? +P5h
 
   Now a major piece falls, but Tony insists that the game is not
hopeless yet, beacuse the White King is not well defended.
 
39. R7i S4g+ 40. G(7)6g +Px6h 41. S(5)6h R4b!
 
    How can I prevent the invasion on the 4th file? 42. S'4c would
only delay it for a move or two.
 
42. S'3e +B3f 43. R3i P'3h
 
   Well that didn't work!
 
44. R4i +Bx3e 45. Rx4g S'4f 46. R4h S3g= 47. R4i N'4f 48. G5g Rx4d
49. P'4g P3i+ 50. Rx3i N3h+ 51. R7i +N4h 52. P4f
 
   Perhaps 52. P5e.
 
52. ...Sx4f 53. Gx4f +Bx4f 54. S'5g +B4g 55. P5e +N5h 56. S5f +Nx6h
57. Sx6h +Bx5f
 
   I didn't think that this sacrifice was necessary.
 
58. Gx5f R4g+ 59. G5g +R3h
 
   Tony criticized this move, but I though it was reasonable.  Now how
do I defend 6h--?
 
 
60. B'7g ??
 
   Hoping for a discovered check, but overlooking the obvious reply.
Now White finishes me off quickly.
 
60. ...Nx6e 61. B8f Nx5g+ 62. R7h B'6e 63. S'7g +Nx6h 64. Sx6e +Nx7h
65. K9g S'8h 66. K9h Sx8i 67. K9g S'8h Mate
 
 
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Howard K. Wachtel              University of Illinois at Chicago
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