From: Reijer Grimbergen yz yamagata-u ac jp> Date: 13 mar 2005 Subject: This week in Shukan Shogi (no. 1085, March 2nd 2005) part 2 Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor: ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-Day Tax Refund Loans TaxBrain Online Tax Service Get Started=20 Now! http://click.topica.com/= caadeMna2i6YsbnuqMaa/TaxBrain ------------------------------------------------------------------- And here is the third and final game of the Kio match between Tanigawa=20 and Habu with comments: [Black "Tanigawa Koji, Kio"] [White "Habu Yoshiharu, Challenger"] [Event "30th Kio-sen, Game 3"] [Date "February 25th 2005"] 1.P2g-2f 00:00:00 00:00:00 2.P8c-8d 00:00:00 00:01:00 3.P2f-2e 00:00:00 00:01:00 4.P8d-8e 00:00:00 00:02:00 5.G6i-7h 00:00:00 00:02:00 6.G4a-3b 00:00:00 00:03:00 7.P2e-2d 00:00:00 00:03:00 8.P2cx2d 00:00:00 00:04:00 9.R2hx2d 00:00:00 00:04:00 10.P*2c 00:00:00 00:05:00 11.R2d-2h 00:00:00 00:05:00 This opening was no surprise. It has been a popular opening among=20 professionals and Tanigawa played it three months earlier against Habu=20 in the A class of the Junisen. He won that game, so that must have given= =20 him confidence to try this opening again in a game that he must win to=20 keep this match alive. 12.P3c-3d 00:00:00 00:07:00 13.S3i-3h 00:01:00 00:07:00 14.P8e-8f 00:01:00 00:09:00 15.P8gx8f 00:01:00 00:09:00 16.R8bx8f 00:01:00 00:09:00 17.P*8g 00:01:00 00:09:00 18.R8f-8d 00:01:00 00:09:00 19.S3h-2g 00:02:00 00:09:00 20.P9c-9d 00:02:00 00:09:00 21.P9g-9f 00:04:00 00:09:00 22.K5a-4a 00:04:00 00:12:00 23.S2g-3f 00:05:00 00:12:00 24.B2b-3c 00:05:00 00:13:00 25.K5i-6i 00:07:00 00:13:00 26.S7a-6b 00:07:00 00:14:00 27.P7g-7f 00:08:00 00:14:00 28.S3a-2b 00:08:00 00:15:00 29.P1g-1f 00:10:00 00:15:00 30.G6a-5b 00:10:00 00:16:00 31.P1f-1e 00:20:00 00:16:00 32.P5c-5d 00:20:00 00:23:00 33.B8hx3c+ 00:28:00 00:23:00 34.N2ax3c 00:28:00 00:23:00 35.S7i-8h 00:28:00 00:23:00 Black is aiming for a slow game in this position. The extended pawn on=20 the edge is only important when both black and white play a strong=20 castle and slowly build-up their attacks. The important next step is to=20 play S7g. If black can do this without opposition the position is going=20 to be good for him. 36.P7c-7d 00:28:00 00:36:00 That is why Habu doesn't allow S7g. With the knight on 7c, the attack=20 N8e or N6e is always a worry for black, so it is not easy to move up the= =20 silver. 37.P4g-4f 00:37:00 00:36:00 38.N8a-7c 00:37:00 01:13:00 39.S3f-4g 00:43:00 01:13:00 40.P5d-5e 00:43:00 01:18:00 41.P3g-3f 01:02:00 01:18:00 42.P2c-2d 01:02:00 01:19:00 43.G4i-5h 01:10:00 01:19:00 44.S2b-2c 01:10:00 01:19:00 45.N2i-3g 01:10:00 01:19:00 46.P6c-6d 01:10:00 01:28:00 47.P*2e 01:52:00 01:28:00 48.P2dx2e 01:52:00 01:32:00 49.N3gx2e 01:52:00 01:32:00 50.N3cx2e 01:52:00 01:32:00 51.R2hx2e 01:52:00 01:32:00 52.P*2d 01:52:00 01:32:00 53.R2e-2i 01:52:00 01:32:00 54.S6b-6c 01:52:00 01:35:00 55.P4f-4e! 01:55:00 01:35:00 Tanigawa may not get the slow game he was aiming for, his attacking=20 skills are unparalleled and he finds another way to play this position.=20 Exchanging the knight followed by P4e aims at the attack P4d Px4d P*4e. 56.R8d-8a 01:55:00 01:40:00 Habu admitted after the game that he could not find any good defense=20 against the black attack and decided to weather the storm. 57.P4e-4d 01:59:00 01:40:00 58.P4cx4d 01:59:00 02:09:00 59.P*4e 01:59:00 02:09:00 60.P7d-7e 01:59:00 02:14:00 The only way to continue. Habu also considered 60.K5a Px4d K6b, but with= =20 the king on 6b, the knight on 7c is difficult to use for attack, so=20 black can safely play S7g, giving him the better position. Leaving a=20 pawn on an open file to the king is dangerous, but Habu judged that=20 there was no way this could be helped. 61.P4ex4d 02:00:00 02:14:00 62.B*6e! 02:00:00 02:27:00 Good bishop drop. 62.Px7f is the first move one thinks of, but then=20 black drops the bishop first with 63.B*4e and white is in trouble. 63.R2i-2h 02:31:00 02:27:00 64.P7ex7f 02:31:00 02:27:00 65.P6g-6f 02:48:00 02:27:00 66.B6e-5d 02:48:00 02:49:00 67.P*2e 02:49:00 02:49:00 68.N7c-8e? 02:49:00 02:50:00 After the game, Habu explained that he deeply regretted this move. If=20 white could pass one move, black is almost forced to play Px2d, and=20 after the reply S1b, white suddenly gets all kinds of attacking=20 possibilities on the second file, like P*2g Rx2g N*3e. How to force a=20 pass in this position? As Habu pointed out, white can do this by 68.N*7g= =20 Nx7g Px7g+ Sx7g N8e S8f P*7f and now black is almost forced to play Px2d. 69.K6i-5i! 03:01:00 02:50:00 The problem. This king is now much further away from the white attack,=20 making 68.N8e a bad attack. 70.P2dx2e 03:01:00 03:06:00 71.R2hx2e 03:01:00 03:06:00 72.P3d-3e! 03:01:00 03:06:00 Despite Habu's reservations about his own position, Shima was full of=20 praise about white's play around this position. Objectively, the game=20 might have turned in black's favor, but white is still controlling the=20 pace. 73.R2ex3e 03:10:00 03:06:00 74.P*4f?! 03:10:00 03:13:00 Again, 74.P*4e might have been the better move, but again Habu is not=20 giving Tanigawa a chance to settle himself. 75.S4gx4f 03:10:00 03:13:00 76.S2c-2d 03:10:00 03:13:00 77.R3ex5e 03:10:00 03:13:00 78.B5dx3f 03:10:00 03:13:00 79.N*7e? 03:38:00 03:13:00 Finally, Tanigawa gets the chance to cash in on Habu's subtle mistakes,=20 but he misses his chance. Habu was worried about 79.N*1f and then 80.S3c= =20 R3e B2g+ R2e +B3f R2a+ G3a +Rx1a +Bx4f P*2c +B4e B*6g P*5f P4c+ Gx4c=20 L*4i leads to a big advantage for black. A long variation, but most of=20 the moves in it are forced, so Habu did not see a good way to vary from=20 it. This variation was the main reason why he regretted 68.N8e so much. 80.S6c-5d 03:38:00 03:24:00 81.R5e-5f 03:38:00 03:24:00 82.P*5c! 03:38:00 03:24:00 Most people expected 82.P*5e, but this is much stronger. The white=20 position is suddenly much stronger than before and the silver on 8h is=20 still bad shape, which white can exploit quickly. 83.S4f-5e 03:41:00 03:24:00 84.P*4f 03:41:00 03:26:00 The winning move. The black position quickly collapses. 85.P4d-4c+ 03:47:00 03:26:00 86.G5bx4c 03:47:00 03:30:00 87.R5fx4f 03:53:00 03:30:00 88.B3fx5h+ 03:53:00 03:36:00 89.K5ix5h 03:53:00 03:36:00 90.S5dx5e 03:53:00 03:36:00 91.R4fx4c+ 03:53:00 03:36:00 92.G3bx4c 03:53:00 03:36:00 93.B*6c 03:53:00 03:36:00 94.K4a-3b 03:53:00 03:38:00 95.B6cx8a+ 03:53:00 03:38:00 96.N*4f 03:53:00 03:39:00 97.K5h-6g 03:53:00 03:39:00 98.G*6e 03:53:00 03:39:00 Resigns 03:53:00 03:39:00 Mate after 99.Px6e R*6f and black has no defense against the mating=20 threats on both sides of the king. Tanigawa may have missed a good=20 chance in this game, the story was again about how Habu controlled the=20 game. In this match, losing the first game from a very good position=20 might have made a big dent in Tanigawa's fighting spirit and in the end=20 Habu took the Kio title from him in straight games. --=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 both the MiFi XM Satellite Radio and an Apple iPod for Free!=20 http://click.topica.com/= caadeMla2i6YsbnuqMaf/ProductTestPanel=20 ------------------------------------------------------------------- --^---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --^----------------------------------------------------------------