From: Manabu Terao mx3 ttcn ne jp> Date: 31 jul 2004 Subject: SC24 Tatsujin-sen gamerecords and comments Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Save up to 67% on Omaha Steaks + Get 6 FREE Burgers and a=20 FREE Cutlery Set + Cutting Board! http://click.topica.com/= caacpgja2i6YsbnuqMaa/OmahaSteaks ------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello Shogi fans, If you use java-enabling browser, then you can replay the SC24 Tatsujin sen through the following pages; 1st game http://internet8.shogidojo.net/showbook/tat040708.htm 2nd game http://internet8.shogidojo.net/showbook/tat040729.htm Click the square button in the middle of the pages, then you=20 will have another small window of the shogi board where you can replay the game. Here are my rough(:-)) translation of the comment of the each=20 game in those pages. I will be happy if this help you enjoy=20 the games among SC24 topplayers. July 8, 2004 Black : SC24-Ryuoh gerard(win)=20=20=20 White : SC24-Meijin & Tatsujin syunaidar It was a fierce battle from the beginning. In the move 39, gerard entered into hostilities by 19:P-3e. White=20 counter-responded by 20:B-6d in order to prevent the smooth pawn exchange on 3e. However, 20:P-8f instead of B-6d would have been alternatively worth= y of thinking. After 20:P-8f, the possible line would be P-8f Px8f P*8h P-2d Px2d Px3d. This could have been kept in good balance as well. Bishop exchange after 20:B-6d was a natural move with momentum. Black made = a Horse (promoted Bishop) by dropping the Bishop on 4c. This horse has dominated th= e game more than everybody expects. And the White's dropped unpromoted Bishop= became a burden for Whites up to the endgame. Then both players came back t= o prepare their own formation again. 49:P-1f was a good move while it seemed= =20 natural. The next P-1e squeezed the White Bishop entirely. Black still cont= inued to prepare his formation. And after Black felt satisfactory enough to prepa= re his own formation, then he started his attack again by 69:P-3f. 72:P*3e was a better move for White, since this lost the White's material= =20 advantage of a pawn and there remained the difference between Black's horse= =20 and White's unpromoted Bishop on board. It should have ended quicker if Black chose 83:P*2d instead of P-4e. White'= s 84:S*2d made the difference smaller, but Black still led the game. Black had a good tempo such as sealing White's Rook by 97:S*8d and 99:S8c= =3D. And Black did not loose until the end. White had no chance since the=20 difference between Black's horse and its own unpromoted Bishop in the openi= ng was unexpectedly big. July 29, 2004 Black : SC24-Meijin & Tatsujin syunaidar(Win)=20=20=20 White : SC24-Ryuoh gerard It was a double yagura(fortress)game. Black entered into the hostility by 39:P-5e. Black's kNight sacrifice in th= e edge file and the following P-2e advancement was a typical attacking patter= n in Yagura strategy. White made his King apart from the edge by K-3a. After bishop exchange, 59:P*5d seemed a good move. It was difficult for Whi= te to respond, but 60:Gx5d seems the best move.=20 White seemed to lead the game at the move 80:S3c since he had material adva= ntage. So, Black chose a drastic moves. The aim of G6g-6h was to capture the Bisho= p to drop at 5c which forked on White's King and Rook. Black played R4i to th= reaten to take White's horse on 4g and escaped his Bishop to 6g only after White's= +Bx3f. But the followed White's G5d was a good move so the White was still in adva= ntageous position.=20=20 Black's 93:P3d was a light move. If White took it by Sx3d, then N*4f was wa= iting. Black recovered the position very much by dropping N*3c supported by P3d. B= ut=20 at this stage, White still led the game. 107:S*3a was much better than S*3c which would be followed by the clearance= and Black's attack would have been running out. syunaidar was very=20 good at keeping a thin attack like this.=20 White's regretted about the move 114:S*6e after the game. This led exchangi= ng a=20 Bishop for a Bishop and a Gold which turned around the position.=20 121:P7g was a offensive move rather than a defensive move. Since White's Ki= ng=20 would have been mated if Black had a Gold in hand.=20 Neglecting White's kNight drop on 8d, 137:S5c was the decisive move. It loo= ked no good since Black lost material so much, but after the move 143:P5e, Blac= k's attacking pieces were fully swinging and White had no defense. (We should l= earn the move 141:Sx4b+ which took the White horse rather than White floating Ro= ok=20 on 6b). At the point of the move 149:Rx6c+, White could not make an effective threa= tmate to Black's King. For example, White's S*6i was useless. since +R6a - S*4b a= nd=20 catch the S6i by +Rx6i would have enabled Black to mate White's King.=20 It was a very spectacular game.=20 Manabu Terao Email: manabu.terao mx3 ttcn ne jp TEL&FAX: 81-3-3708-5603 Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Buy Stocks and Index Funds for just $4 No Account or=20 Investment Minimums and No Inactivity Fees Automatically=20 invest weekly or monthly and build your future. http://click.topica.com/= caacpgIa2i6YsbnuqMaf/Sharebuilder ------------------------------------------------------------------- --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: = shogi-l shogi net EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a2i6Ys.= bnuqMa.= c2hvZ2kt Or send an email to: shogi-unsubscribe topica com For Topica's complete suite of email marketing solutions visit: http://www.topica.com/?p=3DTEXFOOTER --^----------------------------------------------------------------