Shogi News; YAUCHI won the 1st game .

Shogi News; The 35th Jo-ryu Meijin sen 5 games title match .

6:08 P.M. 25 January 2009 , after 196 moves YAUCHI won the 1st game . The 2nd game will start 9:00A.M. (in JST) 1 February 2009 at Noda city Chiba .


You can see the game record on the Net .
http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/contents/leisure/shogi/kifu/35meijin_1.htm
(Java version , written in Japanese language)

Sente; SHIMIZU Ichiyo (Jo-ryu Osho)
Gote; YAUCHI Rieko (Jo-ryu Meijin , Jo-oh)

(diagram 1)

1.P-2f P-3d
2.P-7f P-4d
3.S-4h S-4b
4.P-4f G-3b
5.S-4g P-5d
6.S-5f S-6b
7.R-4h S6b-5c
8.P-4e S-4c
(diagram 1)







SHIMIZU tried to select her favorite opening "Aigakari" with 1.P-2f , but YAUCHI declined it with 1...P-3d . SHIMIZU naturaly opened her Bishop line with 2. P-7f . YAUCHI closed her Bishop line with P-4d and she tried to select "Uso Yagura" opening . SHIMIZU accepted it with S-4h , but she made "Migi Shiken Bisha" attacking formation . "Migi Shiken Bisha" is also SHIMIZU's favorite opening .

(diagram 2)

9.Px4d Bx4d
10.K-6h N-3c
11.P*4e Bx8h+
12.Sx8h P-3e
13.K-7h S-3d
14.G4i-5h R-4b
15.N-7g P-6d
16.B*6c B*7b
17.B-8e+ G-6b
18.P-7e B-6c
19.+B-7f K-6a
20.P-8f P-2d
21.+B-6f R-4a
22.P-1f R-2a
23.R-2h K-7b
24.S-8g R-4a
25.R-4h R-2a
26.N-1g R-4a
27.R-4i Sx4e
(diagram 2)

After some moves , YAUCHI exchanged Bishops . Both players advanced their each camp . During adcancing a camp , YAUCHI allowed SHIMIZU to make a promoted Bishop and SHIMIZU got some advantage .

(diagram 3)

28.Sx4e Nx4e
29.+B-5f P*4d
30.G-4h G-4b
31.G-6h R-3a
32.+B-4g P-5e
33.P-8e B-5d
34.S*6f P-7d
35.Sx5e B-4c
36.P*4f Nx3g+
37.Gx3g Px7e
38.P-4e Px4e
39.+B-5f P-3f
40.+Bx4e S*6c
41.Gx3f P*4d
42.+B-4f Bx8g+
43.Kx8g S*4e
44.Gx4e R-3h+
45.R-6i Px4e
46.+B-5f +R-4h
47.B*4g K-6a
48.G-5h G*7f
49.K-7h +R-3g
50.S*8h P*5d
51.S-6f P-4f
52.B-3h G-7b
53.R-4i Gx6f
54.Px6f P-5e
55.G*4h +R-3e
56.P*3f +Rx3f
57.P*3g +R-3e
58.+B-6g S*4g
59.G5hx4g Px4g+
60.Bx4g P*4e
61.P-3f +R-4d
62.S-8g G-5b
63.P-2e P-4f
64.B-6i S-7d
65.G-5h G*7f
66.Sx7f Px7f
67.+Bx7f S*7e
68.+B-6g P*7f
69.K-7i Px7g+
70.+Bx7g P-6e
71.P*7h Px6f
72.S*3e +R-6d
73.Rx4f P*4c
74.N*7f +R-6e
75.P*4d N*5d
76.R-4e Px4d
77.Sx4d Sx4d
78.Rx4d P*4c
79.Rx2d Sx7f
80.R-2a+ N*5a
81.P*6b G7bx6b
82.S*8b K-7b
83.P*6c Kx6c
84.+Bx7f +Rx7f
85.G*7g +Rx7g
86.Px7g P*7f
87.S*7h Px7g+
88.Sx7g P*7f
89.S-8h S*7g
90.P*7h Sx8h=
91.Kx8h S*8f
92.K-7i P-7g+
93.Px7g Sx7g+
94.S*8h P-6g+
95.Gx6g +Sx6g
96.P*6h P*7h
97.K-8i G*7i
98.K-9h G*7g
99.resigns
(diagram 3)