From: Takako Noda JA2 SO-NET OR JP> Date: 14 feb 1997 Subject: "QUEST" Tsukata Special (2) Tsukata Special (2) 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 +--------------------------------------------+ 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. (TO BE CONTINUED)