From: Reijer Grimbergen yz yamagata-u ac jp> Date: 12 mar 2005 Subject: This week in Shukan Shogi (no. 1085, March 2nd 2005), part 1 Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Get a FREE* 5 Megapixel Digital Camera - yours to keep! http://click.topica.com/= caadeMoa2i6YsbnuqMaa/5 Megapixel Digital Camera Promotion ------------------------------------------------------------------- In this Shukan Shogi there were two commented games: the second and=20 third games of the Kio title match between Tanigawa and Habu. Here is=20 the second game with comments: [Black "Habu Yoshiharu, Challenger"] [White "Tanigawa Koji, Kio"] [Event "30th Kio-sen, Game 2"] [Date "February 19th 2005"] 1.P7g-7f 00:00:00 00:00:00 2.P3c-3d 00:00:00 00:01:00 3.P2g-2f 00:02:00 00:01:00 4.P5c-5d 00:02:00 00:02:00 5.K5i-6h 00:04:00 00:02:00 Here 5.S4h is played more often, but then white can go for the=20 Mukaibisha with 6.B3c. This looks bad for white after 7.Bx3c+ Nx3c B*5c=20 and black can make a promoted bishop, but white can counter by B*5e and=20 there is no way to defend the white bishop promotion. With the king on=20 6h, black can defend with N*7g after B*5e. 6.P4c-4d 00:04:00 00:10:00 After seeing 5.K6h, Tanigawa decides to give up his plans to play a=20 Furibisha opening and plays Yagura instead. 7.P2f-2e 00:07:00 00:10:00 8.B2b-3c 00:07:00 00:10:00 9.S3i-4h 00:07:00 00:10:00 Without the king on 6h, black can exchange bishops on 2d before white=20 can complete his Yagura. However, in this position black can not develop= =20 the bishop in time, so white can safely move into the Yagura castle. 10.G6a-5b 00:07:00 00:11:00 11.P5g-5f 00:09:00 00:11:00 12.G5b-4c 00:09:00 00:12:00 13.G4i-5h 00:10:00 00:12:00 14.G4a-3b 00:10:00 00:14:00 15.S7i-7h 00:13:00 00:14:00 16.S3a-2b 00:13:00 00:18:00 17.P6g-6f 00:17:00 00:18:00 18.K5a-4a 00:17:00 00:22:00 19.B8h-7i 00:17:00 00:22:00 20.B3c-4b 00:17:00 00:31:00 21.K6h-7g 00:18:00 00:31:00 22.S2b-3c 00:18:00 00:32:00 23.G5h-6g 00:18:00 00:32:00 24.P8c-8d 00:18:00 00:50:00 25.K7g-8h 00:39:00 00:50:00 26.P8d-8e 00:39:00 00:50:00 27.G6g-7g!? 00:39:00 00:50:00 Highly unusual castle. The normal development is 27.S7g followed by G7h.= =20 The idea behind 27.G7g is that black can start the fight immediately=20 because there are no loose pieces in his castle. 28.S7a-7b 00:39:00 00:59:00 29.S4h-5g 00:47:00 00:59:00 30.P7c-7d 00:47:00 01:22:00 31.S5g-4f 00:52:00 01:22:00 32.S7b-7c 00:52:00 01:22:00 After the game, 32.P6d, followed by S6c and N7c was analyzed. This seems= =20 to be the more natural attack against the black castle with the gold on=20 7g. A later P6e Px6e Nx6e attacks this gold. 33.P3g-3f 00:53:00 01:22:00 34.S7c-6d 00:53:00 01:28:00 35.P3f-3e 01:21:00 01:28:00 36.P7d-7e 01:21:00 01:35:00 37.S7h-6g!? 01:23:00 01:35:00 A small surprise. Habu has a made a position that is ready to fight and=20 combined with 35.P3e a high pace game was expected. Instead, Habu=20 switches to defense here. He has played Tanigawa so often, that he knows= =20 more than anyone else how strong Tanigawa is in mutual attacking games.=20 This is probably the reason why he tries to vary the pace of the game a=20 little in an attempt to throw Tanigawa off balance. 38.P7ex7f 01:23:00 01:52:00 39.S6gx7f 01:23:00 01:52:00 40.P8e-8f 01:23:00 01:52:00 41.P8gx8f 01:23:00 01:52:00 42.S6d-7e 01:23:00 01:52:00 43.S7fx7e 01:24:00 01:52:00 44.B4bx7e 01:24:00 01:52:00 45.G6i-7h 01:27:00 01:52:00 46.P3dx3e 01:27:00 02:13:00 It seems white has done well. Even beginning players are told that=20 exchanging an attacking silver for a defending silver is good. However,=20 Tanigawa admitted after the game that he had no idea how to continue=20 from here, so the shape with P6d, S6c and N7c might have been better. 47.P*7f 01:40:00 02:13:00 48.B7e-4b 01:40:00 02:44:00 49.S4fx3e 01:42:00 02:44:00 50.P*8e 01:42:00 02:47:00 51.B7i-4f! 01:50:00 02:47:00 Well-timed counter. 51.Px8e P*8f is bad for black, but 51.B4f forces=20 white to drop the silver he just exchanged. 52.P5d-5e 01:50:00 02:52:00 53.B4fx5e 01:56:00 02:52:00 54.S*6d 01:56:00 02:52:00 White wants to play 54.P6d, but then 55.P2d Px2d P*2b is good for black.= =20 Gx2b is awful shape, Sx2b fails to Sx4d and Px8f is simply answered by=20 Px2a+. 55.B5e-4f 02:13:00 02:52:00 56.P8ex8f 02:13:00 02:52:00 57.P*8c 02:14:00 02:52:00 58.R8bx8c 02:14:00 02:54:00 59.P*8g 02:14:00 02:54:00 The point. Black can fight at the head of the king and this gets the=20 white rook in trouble. Still, Habu was far from confident in this=20 position. The reason is that his silver on the right soon becomes an=20 idle piece on 2f. 60.P8fx8g+ 02:14:00 02:56:00 61.G7hx8g 02:14:00 02:56:00 62.P4d-4e 02:14:00 02:56:00 63.B4f-3g 02:37:00 02:56:00 64.P*3d 02:37:00 02:56:00 65.P2e-2d 02:37:00 02:56:00 66.P2cx2d 02:37:00 02:56:00 67.S3e-2f 02:37:00 02:56:00 68.P*5e 02:37:00 02:56:00 69.S*7d 02:39:00 02:56:00 70.R8c-8d 02:39:00 03:06:00 71.S7dx6c+ 02:39:00 03:06:00 72.R8d-8c 02:39:00 03:06:00 73.+S6cx6d 02:47:00 03:06:00 74.B4bx6d 02:47:00 03:06:00 75.B3gx5e 02:47:00 03:06:00 76.B6dx5e 02:47:00 03:08:00 77.P5fx5e 02:47:00 03:08:00 78.P*5b 02:47:00 03:08:00 79.B*7b 02:58:00 03:08:00 80.R8c-8e 02:58:00 03:10:00 81.S*7e 03:01:00 03:10:00 82.P*7d 03:01:00 03:17:00 83.B7b-6c+ 03:02:00 03:17:00 84.B*5f 03:02:00 03:17:00 85.P6f-6e! 03:29:00 03:17:00 Great play by Habu. The silver on 2f may be in an awful spot, the white=20 rook is in much more trouble. 86.Bx6e fails to Sx7d. 86.G4c-5c? 03:29:00 03:19:00 The losing move. This just helps black, who wanted to play +Bx7d anyway.= =20 The only fighting chance was 86.Bx4g+ and after 87.Sx7d R8d things are=20 not so easy with white having a strong promoted bishop. 87.+B6cx7d 03:31:00 03:19:00 88.R8e-8b 03:31:00 03:19:00 89.P5e-5d 03:31:00 03:19:00 90.G5cx5d 03:31:00 03:20:00 91.P*8d 03:31:00 03:20:00 92.K4a-3a 03:31:00 03:34:00 93.P8d-8c+ 03:31:00 03:34:00 94.R8b-6b 03:31:00 03:34:00 95.P*2c 03:31:00 03:34:00 96.G3bx2c 03:31:00 03:40:00 97.R2h-5h 03:34:00 03:40:00 Resigns 03:34:00 03:41:00 White can not avoid the loss of major material without compensation:=20 98.G5e is the only move, but then 99.+P7c is very severe. 100.Nx7c=20 +Bx7c, 100.R6a +P7b and 100.R9b +B6d are all winning for black. Another=20 convincing win for Habu, who is already very close to taking the Kio=20 title from Tanigawa. --=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: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Is your computer freezing up or slowing down? 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