From: Reijer Grimbergen yz yamagata-u ac jp> Date: 25 aug 2005 Subject: This week in Shukan Shogi (no. 1107, August 3rd 2005) Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Erase wrinkles without Botox! Nexiderm SP is clinically proven to=20 reduce wrinkles by 68% Click here to get your 30-day free supply. http://click.topica.com/= caadOvza2i6YsbnuqMaa/Nexiderm ------------------------------------------------------------------- In this report the final game of the Kisei match between Sato and Habu.=20 A slightly disappointing finish to an exciting match as Sato won a=20 rather one-sided game. Here is the game with comments: [Black "Habu Yoshiharu, Challenger"] [White "Sato Yasumitsu, Kisei"] [Event "76th Kisei-sen, Game 5"] [Date "July 26th 2005"] 1.P7g-7f 00:00:00 00:00:00 The furigoma in this final game gives Habu the black pieces. In general=20 this is considered an advantage, but in this match the player with the=20 black pieces and the player with the white pieces have each won twice.=20 Interesting detail: neither player seemed particularly interested in the= =20 pawn toss. Both players were in deep concentration and didn't look up=20 when the pawns were thrown. 2.P3c-3d 00:00:00 00:00:00 3.P2g-2f 00:01:00 00:00:00 4.G4a-3b 00:01:00 00:00:00 5.G6i-7h 00:02:00 00:00:00 6.P8c-8d 00:02:00 00:00:00 7.P2f-2e 00:02:00 00:00:00 8.B2bx8h+ 00:02:00 00:00:00 After game 1 and 2, the third time the Kakugawari with tempo loss is=20 being played. Black won both of these games. 9.S7ix8h 00:02:00 00:00:00 10.S3a-2b 00:02:00 00:00:00 11.S3i-3h 00:04:00 00:00:00 12.S2b-3c 00:04:00 00:00:00 13.K5i-6h 00:05:00 00:00:00 14.S7a-6b 00:05:00 00:01:00 15.S8h-7g 00:05:00 00:01:00 16.P6c-6d 00:05:00 00:01:00 17.S3h-2g 00:05:00 00:01:00 18.S6b-6c 00:05:00 00:05:00 19.S2g-2f 00:05:00 00:05:00 20.P1c-1d 00:05:00 00:12:00 21.P3g-3f 00:05:00 00:12:00 22.P4c-4d 00:05:00 00:18:00 23.P3f-3e 00:06:00 00:18:00 24.P7c-7d 00:06:00 00:20:00 25.K6h-7i 00:11:00 00:20:00 26.R8b-4b 00:11:00 00:24:00 27.P3ex3d 00:21:00 00:24:00 28.S3cx3d 00:21:00 00:24:00 29.S2f-3g 00:21:00 00:24:00 30.G3b-3c 00:21:00 00:25:00 31.G4i-5h 00:26:00 00:25:00 32.K5a-6b?! 00:26:00 00:25:00 The right side king is a powerful answer to a climbing silver attack,=20 but this gives Habu a chance. 33.P6g-6f? 00:28:00 00:25:00 Uncharacteristic. Habu misses the chance to get a small but important=20 advantage after 33.B*8b B*7c Bx7c+ Kx7c. The king should be on 6b in=20 this opening, in which case the general on 5b and 6c have good balance.=20 Not so with the king on 7c, so white will have to move it back (losing=20 two moves) or play with a liability. 34.G6a-5b 00:28:00 00:33:00 35.K7i-8h 00:40:00 00:33:00 36.N8a-7c 00:40:00 00:40:00 37.G5h-6g 01:02:00 00:40:00 38.P4d-4e 01:02:00 00:44:00 39.P5g-5f 01:22:00 00:44:00 40.S3d-3e 01:22:00 01:17:00 Like in most games they recently played, Sato starts the fighting. It=20 seems like he has committed himself to attacking early as a new way to=20 unsettle Habu, because Sato has been doing this with both the black and=20 the white pieces. Changing tactics is not a bad idea, since Habu has won= =20 10 of the 12 title matches they played. Also, it seems to be paying off. 41.S3g-2f? 01:38:00 01:17:00 Another slip by Habu. Better was 41.B*6h. For example, 42.P4f Sx4f S3f=20 P2d Px2d S3e leads to a difficult position, but gives black much more=20 attacking options than in the game. 42.S3ex2f 01:38:00 01:20:00 43.R2hx2f 01:38:00 01:20:00 44.B*5h 01:38:00 01:20:00 This forces black into action. 45.P6f-6e? 02:31:00 01:20:00 A third mistake and this time with serious consequences. The first move=20 Habu looked at was 45.S*3e and that was much better. It gives black the=20 options of both P2d and P*3d and Sato had a hard time to come up with a=20 decent reply in the post-mortem analysis. For example, both 46.Bx4g+ or=20 46.R4a are answered by P2d. The best option seems 46.P4f Px4f P*3d P2d=20 S*2e R2h B3f+ N3g with is unclear. Neither player had much confidence in= =20 his own position here. Actually, black can also try 45.P5e followed by=20 P5d or 45.G5g followed by R3f. Both seem better than 45.P6e. 46.P6dx6e 02:31:00 01:25:00 47.S*8b 02:33:00 01:25:00 48.S6c-6d! 02:33:00 01:59:00 It is unclear if Habu underestimated this move. He replied to it=20 instantly, which seems to indicate that he saw it coming, but white now=20 gets an overwhelming attack. He may have seen 48.S6d too late, because=20 it is not an easy move to play, weakening the king. 48.S*6d seems to be=20 the natural move, but then 49.P6f gives black a strong attack. Even=20 49.Sx9a=3D is good, because white has dropped the silver and therefore has= =20 no powerful attack. 49.S8bx9a=3D 02:33:00 01:59:00 An important point of 48.S6d is that black can no longer attack with=20 49.P6f because after 50.Px6f Sx6f P*6e S5e Sx5e Px5e S*6i the white=20 counter attack is too strong with the extra silver. 50.P7d-7e 02:33:00 01:59:00 51.P7fx7e 02:46:00 01:59:00 52.N7c-8e 02:46:00 02:01:00 This attack is very strong. The white silver on 9a and the rook on 2f=20 are completely out of play and will be on these squares in the final=20 position. 53.S7g-7f 02:46:00 02:01:00 54.S*6f 02:46:00 02:07:00 55.L*6h 02:51:00 02:07:00 56.S6dx7e 02:51:00 02:16:00 57.S7fx7e 02:51:00 02:16:00 58.S6fx7e 02:51:00 02:18:00 59.P*7f 02:52:00 02:18:00 Habu wants so desperately to get the rook in position that in the=20 post-mortem analysis he suggested 59.R2h here. But then 60.P*7g Rx5h=20 Px7h+ Kx7h P*7g is still bad for black. 60.P*7g 02:52:00 02:38:00 61.N8ix7g 02:52:00 02:38:00 62.N8ex7g+ 02:52:00 02:38:00 63.G7hx7g 02:53:00 02:38:00 64.N*8e 02:53:00 02:42:00 65.P7fx7e 02:54:00 02:42:00 66.B5h-6i+ 02:54:00 02:43:00 67.S*7i 03:06:00 02:43:00 68.N8ex7g+ 03:06:00 02:44:00 69.G6gx7g 03:06:00 02:44:00 70.P*7f 03:06:00 02:44:00 71.G7gx7f 03:06:00 02:44:00 72.P*7h 03:06:00 02:46:00 73.L6hx6e 03:10:00 02:46:00 With a little bit of Habu magic, he has managed to use a deeply buried=20 lance on 6h in attack, but it is too little, too late. 74.K6b-5a 03:10:00 02:46:00 75.S7ix7h 03:11:00 02:46:00 76.S*7i 03:11:00 02:50:00 77.K8h-7g 03:11:00 02:50:00 78.S7i-6h=3D 03:11:00 03:04:00 With the defensive of his Kisei title within reach, Sato suddenly=20 started thinking about strange things like winning the useless rook on=20 2f. Fortunately for him, he realized that 78.+B5i P*6h Sx6h=3D K8f +Bx2f= =20 the black king is suddenly much harder to catch. 79.K7g-6f 03:18:00 03:04:00 80.+B6ix7h 03:18:00 03:04:00 81.P7e-7d 03:18:00 03:04:00 82.+B7hx8g 03:18:00 03:16:00 83.P7d-7c+ 03:23:00 03:16:00 It looks like white has some problems after 83.S*9f, but Sato has seen=20 that 84.S5g=3D K7e S*6f Gx7f +Bx9f is winning (Px9f G*8e K6d G6c Kx6c S*7b= =20 and mate). 84.+B8gx7f 03:23:00 03:19:00 85.K6fx7f 03:23:00 03:19:00 86.G*8e 03:23:00 03:19:00 87.K7f-6g 03:23:00 03:19:00 88.G*5g 03:23:00 03:19:00 Resigns 03:23:00 03:19:00 Mate after 89.K6f S*7e K5e G*4d or no defense after 89.K7h G7f. A fine=20 performance by Sato in this decisive game gives him his fourth=20 consecutive Kisei title. A surprisingly flat performance by Habu, who=20 fails to win a title as challenger for the second time in a row, which=20 is a first for him. --=20 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/ Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Get $1000.00 Overnight! Fast and Easy! No Credit Checks! Many Lenders are 100% Paperless! 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