From: Reijer Grimbergen <grimbergen <at> NICI <dot> KUN <dot> NL>
Date: 18 nov 1993
Subject: Ryu-O match tied again: 2-2

It seems like Shogi is slowly beginning to look like chess in the sense
that there is an advantage for the player making the first move. After four
games in the Ryu-O match and four wins by black, the match is again tied.
Titleholder Habu won the third game in 111 moves, after a small mistake by
Sato in the endgame in a slightly inferior position. I don't know the
details about the fourth game yet, since that only finished yesterday
(thanks to Toshiaki Tanigawa for sending me the result), but Sato managed
to fight back again and after four games it has now become a best-of-three
match. The next game is of course very important, since the winner will be
one point from victory. Habu will have black in that game.....


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