From: Patrick Davin <patrick <at> LYRA <dot> VEGA <dot> OR <dot> JP>
Date: 30 may 1997
Subject: Meijin Match, Game 5

Habu stays alive by winning the fifth game.
The score is now Tanigawa 3 - Habu 2.

Tanigawa  1 0 1 1 0 . .  3
    Habu  0 1 0 0 1 . .  2


Tanigawa could have prevented 41... N3f by interposing 41 B5h
instead of 41 S5h, but would it have been enough?

  Sente: Challenger Koji Tanigawa
   Gote: Meijin Yoshiharu Habu
  Event: 55th Meijin Match, Game 5
   Date: 1997 May 29th & 30th
   Site: Hokkaido
Opening: Kakugawari Koshikakegin

 1 P7f  P8d   2 G7h  P8e   3 B7g  P3d   4 S6h  G3b   5 S3h  S7b
 6 P2f  B7g+  7 S7g  S4b   8 P1f  P1d   9 P9f  P9d  10 P4f  P6d
11 S4g  S6c  12 K6h  S5d  13 S5f  S3c  14 G5h  P6e  15 K7i  K4b
16 P2e  G5b  17 P3f  K3a  18 N3g  P4d  19 R4h  G54c 20 K8h  K2b
21 G56h G44b 22 L1h  G44c 23 G5h  G44b 24 G4g  G44c 25 R2h  G44b
26 P4e  P4e  27 N4e  S4e  28 S4e  P8f  29 P8f  P6f  30 P6f  P8e
31 P3e  B6i  32 B5f  N4d  33 B6e  P8f  34 P8c  R6b  35 P3d  R6e
36 P6e  B6g  37 G6g  P8g+ 38 K7i  B4g+ 39 B6i  +B6i 40 K6i  B4g
41 S5h  N3f  42 P3c+ G43c 43 S3f  B3f+ 44 P3d  G3d  45 N2f  Gd3c
46 P3d  Gc4c 47 P2d  G7h  48 K5i  +B3g 49 R*4h P4g  50 B6f  K3a
51 S4g  S3i     0-1


Game 6 will be on June 10/11 and Game 7 on June 18/19 (if necessary).