From: Reijer Grimbergen ETL GO JP> Date: 10 jul 1997 Subject: This week in Shukan Shogi (no. 694, July 9th 1997) Another exciting game in the Kisei-sen. Mistakes by both players but fun to watch from start to finish. Here are the comments of Shukan Shogi: Black: Miura, Kisei White: Yashiki, Challenger 68th Kisei-sen, Game 3, July 3rd 1997 1.P2g-2f 1/1 0/0 2.P8c-8d 0/1 8/8 3.P2f-2e 1/2 0/8 4.P8d-8e 0/2 0/8 5.G6i-7h 0/2 0/8 6.G4a-3b 0/2 0/8 7.P2e-2d 0/2 0/8 8.P2cx2d 0/2 0/8 9.R2hx2d 0/2 0/8 10.P*2c 0/2 0/8 11.R2d-2h 0/2 0/8 Does not look very positive, but Miura has had considerable success with pulling back the rook to 2h instead of 2f. 12.P3c-3d 0/2 9/17 13.S3i-3h 1/3 0/17 14.S7a-7b 0/3 6/23 15.P9g-9f 0/3 0/23 16.P6c-6d 0/3 11/34 17.S3h-2g 9/12 0/34 18.P8e-8f 0/12 2/36 19.P8gx8f 0/12 0/36 20.R8bx8f 0/12 0/36 21.P*8g 0/12 0/36 22.R8f-8d 0/12 0/36 23.S2g-3f 0/12 0/36 24.P6d-6e 0/12 6/42 25.P7g-7f 0/12 0/42 26.K5a-4b 0/12 1/43 27.K5i-6h 3/15 0/43 28.S7b-6c 0/15 6/49 29.S3f-4e 2/17 0/49 30.G6a-5b 0/17 6/55 31.S4e-5f 5/22 0/55 Black has taken an extra move to put this silver on his natural spot 5f and has not pushed the pawn to 4f. Not an easy line to play, but Miura will have looked at it at home. 32.S6c-5d 0/22 9/64 33.G4i-5h 8/30 0/64 34.P7c-7d 0/30 4/68 35.P9f-9e 8/38 0/68 Black seems to lose another move, but white has no way to make use of it. 36.G5b-6c?! 0/38 16/84 This gold becomes a problem later. 37.P4g-4f 11/49 0/84 38.B2bx8h+ 0/49 23/107 39.S7ix8h 0/49 0/107 40.S3a-2b 0/49 0/107 41.S5f-4e! 31/80 0/107 This game is a good illustration of the difficulty of the Shogi opening. Black seems to have lost many moves developing his pieces, yet after 41.S4e (for the second time!) Miura takes the initiative. Black has the better chances. 42.S5dx4e 0/80 26/133 43.P4fx4e 2/82 0/133 44.S2b-3c 0/82 1/134 45.S8h-7g 4/86 0/134 46.P1c-1d 0/86 5/139 47.K6h-7i 18/104 0/139 48.N8a-7c 0/104 14/153 49.G5h-6h 3/107 0/153 50.P3d-3e 0/107 23/176 51.B*4f! 84/191 0/176 Another good move by Miura. White's P3e is aiming at B*6d and P3f, but Miura eliminates this by B*4f. 52.S*6d 0/191 5/181 53.P6g-6f 14/205 0/181 54.P7d-7e 0/205 29/210 55.P7fx7e 9/214 0/210 56.S6dx7e 0/214 3/213 57.P*7f 10/224 0/213 58.S7e-6d 0/224 4/217 59.S7g-8f! 11/235 0/217 This silver now becomes an attacking piece. White is in big trouble. 60.K4b-3a 0/235 12/229 61.P4e-4d? 4/239 0/229 Until now Miura has shown some great Shogi to get the upper hand, but this is overly subtle. The straightforward 61.Px6e Sx6e (Nx6e P*6f) P*6d G6b S7e R8b P6c+ Gx6c S6d Gx6d Bx6d S*6b S*7a! is very good for black. The main line, however, is also not bad for black. 62.S3cx4d 0/239 2/231 63.S*7e 2/241 0/231 64.S6dx7e 0/241 1/232 65.S8fx7e 0/241 0/232 66.R8d-5d 0/241 0/232 67.S*6d 6/247 0/232 68.G6cx6d 0/247 4/236 69.S7ex6d 1/248 0/236 70.S*4e 0/248 5/241 71.S6d-6c= 0/248 0/241 72.S4ex4f 0/248 0/241 73.S6cx5d+ 0/248 0/241 74.P5cx5d 0/248 0/241 75.R*7a? 2/250 0/241 Better is 75.R*7b. If white plays again 76.B*3d then 77.P*2d Px2d Rx2d S*2c Rx2c+ Bx2c P*2d is better for black. 76.K3a-2b 0/250 0/241 77.R7ax9a+ 1/251 0/241 78.B*3d 0/251 9/250 79.G*2e 10/261 0/250 80.B3dx2e 0/261 3/253 81.R2hx2e 0/261 0/253 82.B*3d 0/261 0/253 83.R2e-2h 1/262 0/253 84.P*8f 0/262 9/262 85.B*6d?! 10/272 0/262 Tomioka, who commented the game for Shukan Shogi, labels this as a questionable move that turns the game in white's favour. 86.P8fx8g+ 0/272 12/274 87.G7hx8g 0/272 0/274 88.S*3i 0/272 7/281 89.R2h-3h 7/279 0/281 90.P*8f 0/279 2/283 91.G8gx8f 0/279 0/283 92.P*8e 0/279 1/284 93.G8f-8g 0/279 0/284 94.P6ex6f 0/279 4/288 95.L*5f 0/279 0/288 96.P5d-5e 0/279 5/293 97.R3hx3i 0/279 0/293 98.P5ex5f 0/279 2/295 99.S*4a 0/279 0/295 100.S*5c 0/279 3/298 101.+R9a-8b 5/284 0/298 102.L*6b? 0/284 0/298 Bad move. This allows black to make an entering king. Much better is 102.P*7b +Rx7b G*6b and white wins. 103.B6dx7c+ 2/286 0/298 104.P5fx5g+ 0/286 0/298 105.G6h-6i 0/286 0/298 106.P6f-6g+ 0/286 0/298 107.K7i-8h 0/286 0/298 108.G3b-3a 0/286 0/298 109.P*5d 1/287 0/298 110.G3ax4a 0/287 0/298 111.P5dx5c+ 0/287 0/298 112.S4dx5c 0/287 0/298 113.K8h-9g? 2/289 0/298 Too quick. After 113.+Bx4f S*7g Nx7g +Px7g Gx7g +P6g +Rx8e +Px7g Kx7g black is safe. 114.+P6g-6f 0/289 0/298 115.K9g-9f? 2/291 0/298 Throws away the last chance. After 115.+Rx8e the situation is still not clear. 116.B3dx8i+ 0/291 0/298 117.P*5d 0/291 0/298 118.+P6fx7f 0/291 0/298 119.K9fx8e 0/291 0/298 120.+P7f-7e 0/291 0/298 121.K8e-8d 0/291 0/298 122.G*7d 0/291 0/298 123.+B7cx7d 1/292 0/298 124.+P7ex7d 0/292 0/298 125.K8dx9c 0/292 0/298 126.B*5e 0/292 0/298 127.P5dx5c+ 2/294 0/298 128.B5ex8b 0/294 0/298 129.K9cx8b 0/294 0/298 130.R*8d 0/294 0/298 Resigns 0/294 0/298 Time: 04:54:00 04:58:00 Black has succeeded in making an entering king, but that is not enough to make the king safe. After any drop on 8c, 132.Rx8g+ is a mating threat. Also, after 131.K7a S*8b and Rx8g+ black loses. In other Shogi news: a) Not yet in Shukan Shogi, but Habu has won the first game of the Oi-sen against Sato Yasumitsu. I have not seen the game yet, but a good start for Habu is just what the doctor ordered for his shaken confidence. b) More good Habu news: he managed to win the first game of the A-class Junisen against his boyhood rival Moriuchi. It was far from easy because Moriuchi dictated the game early on. This makes the loss double painful for Moriuchi, who is still looking for his first major title. c) Fukuzaki is the first one to reach the final sixteen of the Kio tournament. He beat Inoue, who made a terrible calculation mistake and lost a won position by "tonshi" (suddenly being mated). More next week, Reijer -- Reijer Grimbergen Electrotechnical Laboratory Palcious Tsukuba 302 1-1-4 Umezono 1-24-8 Ninomiya Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki-ken Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki-ken 305 JAPAN 305 JAPAN E-mail: grimberg etl go jp Tel: 0298-59-1606 WWW: http://www.etl.go.jp:8080/etl/suiron/~grimberg Tel: +81-(0)298-54-5080 extension: 67431 Fax: +81-(0)298-54-5918