From: Reijer Grimbergen <grimbergen <at> FU <dot> IS <dot> SAGA-U <dot> AC <dot> JP>
Date: 2 jul 2003
Subject: Kisei match game 3

Sato has successfully defended his Kisei title by winning game 3 of the
best-of-five match against Maruyama, winning the match with an
unexpected 3-0 score. The game was a difficult R8e-Yokofudori game that
followed the final game of the 2001 Meijin match between Tanigawa and
Maruyama for a long time. Maruyama won that game to defend the Meijin
title, but couldn't convert this extra experience. Sato had prepared a
new move that looked rather slow (47.P3e) but which surprised Maruyama
enough to win the game. More on this game in next week's Shukan Shogi
report.

Reijer

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Reijer Grimbergen
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