From: Rei Hamakawa MMP CL NEC CO JP> Date: 19 nov 1993 Subject: Re: 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), Yesterday, I went to Shogi Kaikan to listen to Shima 7-dan's explanation (OO-Ban Kaisatsu) about the Ryu-O match No.4. This match was ai-Yagura sen (Sato: Boh-Gin, Habu: Suzume-Zashi), and Sato won a complete victory. Habu seemd to have made a mistake in the opening moves. (Actually, Habu strongly resisted in end game but Sato didn't make any mistake in 1-minute Shogi. According to Shima 7-dan, if Sato made a mistake slightly in the end game, Habu would come from behind and win. It is always very difficult to win against Habu.) >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..... I think the most important key for them is "Furigoma" of the seventh match..... Weekly Calendar: 11/22 Yonenaga Meijin - Gouda 5-dan (OhShou league) Habu Ryu-O - Moriuchi 6-dan (OhShou league) 11/25 Habu Ryu-O - Kato 9-dan (A-rank league) *********************************************************************** * _ * * \ \ Rei Hamakawa (e-mail: rei mmp cl nec co jp) * * |o| * * |o| C & C Research Laboratories * * |o| __ NEC Corporation * * O| || / 1-1, Miyazaki 4-Chome, TEL : +81-44-856-2271 * * O| || | Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki, FAX : +81-44-856-2232 * * O| \/ | Kanagawa 216 JAPAN * * \__/ * ***********************************************************************