From: wolf_555 012 net il> Date: 25 aug 2004 Subject: Re: A month ago in Shukan Shogi (no. 1055, July 28th 2004) Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Need cash fast? Get a $500 CASH ADVANCE overnight! Let=20 YourCashCentral get you the cash you need. http://click.topica.com/= caacxyca2i6YsbnuqMaa/MyOnlinePayday ------------------------------------------------------------------- Khm... What about 97. K 2h-3i ? I think , that black go out from mate and have strong attack... In this report the opening game of the Oi match between Tanigawa and Habu. A very high level game where one overplay by Habu decided the outcome. Here is the game with comments: [Black "Habu Yoshiharu, Challenger"] [White "Tanigawa Koji, Oi"] [Event "45th Oi-sen, Game 1"] [Date "July 16th and 17th 2004"] 1.P7g-7f 00:00:00 00:00:00 2.P3c-3d 00:00:00 00:03:00 3.P7f-7e 00:01:00 00:03:00 The Quick Ishida Opening. Before the match Habu said that he wanted to try new moves and new ways of building positions and already on his second move he is true to his word. This opening is a rarity in title matches. 4.K5a-4b 00:01:00 00:43:00 After the game, Tanigawa denied that he was surprised by Habu's choice of opening. "One of the possibilities", he called it. Still, he took 40 minutes for 4.K4b. When asked if he used this time to decide whether or not to play Ai-Furibisha (Double Ranging Rook) he again responded negatively: "This shape has disadvantages, so I never considered it". 5.P6g-6f 00:12:00 00:43:00 6.S7a-6b 00:12:00 00:47:00 7.R2h-7h 00:14:00 00:47:00 8.K4b-3b 00:14:00 00:49:00 9.K5i-4h 00:19:00 00:49:00 10.P8c-8d 00:19:00 01:06:00 11.K4h-3h 00:46:00 01:06:00 12.P8d-8e 00:46:00 01:14:00 13.R7h-7f 00:47:00 01:14:00 14.P6c-6d 00:47:00 01:21:00 15.G6i-5h 02:19:00 01:21:00 16.S6b-6c 02:19:00 01:25:00 17.K3h-2h 02:19:00 01:25:00 18.P1c-1d 02:19:00 02:01:00 19.P1g-1f 02:23:00 02:01:00 20.G6a-5b 02:23:00 02:09:00 21.S3i-3h 02:29:00 02:09:00 22.R8b-7b!? 02:29:00 03:51:00 It is impossible to say if this move is good or bad, but commentator Fujii thought this showed Tanigawa's relaxed state of mind. 22.R7b is not an unusual move, but it is usually played after strengthening the castle with P2d-K2c-S3b. Playing it with only a boat formation is risky because of the thin defense around the white king. It is unlikely that Tanigawa prepared this move at home, so this shows that he is not afraid to choose risky opening strategies over the board. 23.P9g-9f 02:53:00 03:51:00 24.P9c-9d 02:53:00 03:53:00 25.B8h-7g 04:09:00 03:53:00 26.S3a-4b 04:09:00 04:18:00 27.S7i-6h 04:24:00 04:18:00 28.S4b-3c 04:24:00 04:41:00 29.P9f-9e 04:37:00 04:41:00 30.P9dx9e 04:37:00 04:59:00 31.L9ix9e 04:37:00 04:59:00 32.P*9c 04:37:00 05:00:00 33.R7f-9f 05:10:00 05:00:00 34.R7b-8b 05:10:00 05:03:00 35.S6h-6g 05:30:00 05:03:00 36.G5b-4b 05:30:00 05:08:00 37.B7g-6h 05:37:00 05:08:00 38.S3c-2d 05:37:00 05:22:00 39.N8i-7g 05:39:00 05:22:00 40.S6c-5d 05:39:00 05:33:00 An unusual formation of generals around the king, but again Fujii praised Tanigawa's shogi sense. Despite being unusual, this castle formation is quite hard to break down. This being said, black has developed his knight and lance on the left, getting a pawn in hand in the process. The general opinion here was that black was better. 41.P5g-5f 05:52:00 05:33:00 42.B2b-3c 05:52:00 05:49:00 43.P7e-7d? 06:18:00 05:49:00 An important overplay. This pawn exchange is going to be used against the black position, so this turns out to be a mistake. If black wants to attack here, he should have done it with the simple 43.Lx9c+. For example, 44.Lx9c P*9d Lx9d Rx9d L*9c Rx6d P*6c L*8d R5b Rx5d Px5d Lx8a+ L9g+ N6e and black has two pieces for the rook and developed his small pieces. White is in trouble, for example P6d Nx7c+ P6e N*4e is gives black a strong attack. Black can also strengthen his castle with 43.P2f, followed by S2g and G3h before attacking. 44.P7cx7d 06:18:00 05:50:00 45.L9ex9c+ 06:18:00 05:50:00 46.L9ax9c 06:18:00 05:53:00 47.P*9d 06:18:00 05:53:00 48.L9cx9d 06:18:00 05:53:00 49.R9fx9d 06:18:00 05:53:00 50.P*9c 06:18:00 05:53:00 51.R9d-9f 06:18:00 05:53:00 The problem. 51.Rx7d fails to 52.L*7c followed by P*7f. 52.P7d-7e 06:18:00 06:16:00 53.L*2f 06:31:00 06:16:00 54.L*7a! 06:31:00 06:39:00 There is a big difference between the effectiveness of the consecutive lance drops. Even though 53.L*2f attacks the silver, white can just ignore this. On the other hand, 54.L*7a strongly threatens P8f followed by P7f next. If white can get a promoted pawn on 7g, the black position will fall apart, so Habu has to rush into an attack that has not been fully prepared. White has taken the lead in this game. 55.B6h-4f 06:53:00 06:39:00 56.P8e-8f 06:53:00 06:57:00 57.B4fx6d 06:57:00 06:57:00 58.R8b-8d 06:57:00 06:57:00 59.B6d-9a+ 06:57:00 06:57:00 60.P7e-7f 06:57:00 07:01:00 61.P5f-5e 07:00:00 07:01:00 62.S5dx5e 07:00:00 07:06:00 63.N7g-6e 07:01:00 07:06:00 64.P7f-7g+ 07:01:00 07:06:00 65.L2fx2d 07:02:00 07:06:00 66.P2cx2d 07:02:00 07:06:00 67.P*5d 07:13:00 07:06:00 68.P5cx5d 07:13:00 07:07:00 69.S*5c 07:13:00 07:07:00 70.P1d-1e 07:13:00 07:13:00 71.P1fx1e 07:18:00 07:13:00 72.P*1g 07:18:00 07:13:00 73.L1ix1g 07:29:00 07:13:00 74.+P7gx6g 07:29:00 07:13:00 75.G5hx6g 07:29:00 07:13:00 76.P*6d! 07:29:00 07:15:00 At this stage of the game, taking the time to go for a knight is often bad, but in this position it shows the confidence Tanigawa has in his position. He wants to kill the black attack completely. Habu has to sacrifice more material to keep it going. 77.S5cx4b+ 07:34:00 07:15:00 78.G4ax4b 07:34:00 07:15:00 79.N6e-5c+ 07:34:00 07:15:00 80.G4bx5c 07:34:00 07:15:00 81.+B9ax8a 07:34:00 07:15:00 82.R8dx8a 07:34:00 07:16:00 83.R9fx9c+ 07:34:00 07:16:00 Threatens both +Rx6c and the fork +R9b, but this attack has no real power. White is winning. It looks like the black king is still well-protected, but from here on Tanigawa shows his famous "Lightning Speed Endgame Technique". 84.L*5b 07:34:00 07:32:00 85.N*4e 07:35:00 07:32:00 86.N*2e 07:35:00 07:33:00 87.G*1f 07:38:00 07:33:00 88.B3c-4d 07:38:00 07:34:00 89.N4ex5c+ 07:48:00 07:34:00 90.B4dx5c 07:48:00 07:34:00 91.+R9c-9b 07:48:00 07:34:00 92.S*7b 07:48:00 07:34:00 93.P*7c 07:48:00 07:34:00 94.L1ax1e 07:48:00 07:40:00 95.G1fx1e 07:48:00 07:40:00 96.N2ex1g+ 07:48:00 07:40:00 97.N2ix1g 07:48:00 07:40:00 98.L*1a 07:48:00 07:42:00 99.P*1d 07:54:00 07:42:00 100.L1ax1d 07:54:00 07:42:00 101.G1ex1d 07:54:00 07:42:00 102.N*1f 07:54:00 07:42:00 103.K2h-1h 07:57:00 07:42:00 103.K3i holds out longer, but after 104.Sx6f! Gx6f B*5g G4h Bx1g+ K4i Bx6f+ is a mating threat: N*5g Gx5g (K5i G*6i K5h S*6g; K5h S*6g K5i G*6h) +B3i Kx3i +Bx5g G*4h S*2h K4i G*3i K5i G*6h. There is no defense and his position is in complete disarray, so Habu opts to be mated instead.= 104.B5cx1g+ 07:57:00 07:43:00 105.K1hx1g 07:57:00 07:43:00 106.B*2h 07:57:00 07:43:00 Resigns 07:57:00 07:43:00 Mate after 107.Kx1f S*2e K1e Sx1d Kx1d N*2b or 107.K1h P*1g K2i S*1h. A very good start of this match by Tanigawa, who needed only one overplay by Habu to win with the white pieces. Habu drops the opening game of the Oi match for the third year in a row, which is not a good sign (after all, he lost the other two matches after that). There is already a lot of pressure on Habu to win the second game. -- Reijer Grimbergen Department of Informatics, Yamagata University Jonan 4-3-16, Yonezawa, 992-8510 Japan Tel: +81-(0)238-26-3740 FAX: +81-(0)238-26-3299 http://gamelab.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp/ This email was sent to: wolf_555 012 net il ###########################################################################= # ######### This Mail Was Scanned by 012.net Anti Virus Service - Powered by TrendMicro= Interscan Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsor a child today through Children International.=20=20 Give a desperately poor child hope for a brighter future. 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