Shogi News : SATO won the 4th game . (Kio sen)

Shogi News: The 34th Kio sen : 5 games title match

6:54 P.M. 18 March 2009 , after 142 moves , SATO won the 4th game of this match . The score of this match becomes "SATO 2 --- 2 KUBO" . Then the winner of next/last game will get the 34th Kio title .


You can see the game record on the Net .
http://live3.shogi.or.jp/kiou/kifu/kiou090318.html
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http://live3.shogi.or.jp/kiou/kifu/kiou090318-j.html
(Java version , written in Japanese language )

Sente : KUBO Toshiaki (8 dan)
Gote : SATO Yasumitsu (Kio)

(diagram 1)

1.P-7f P-3d
2.P-6f P-8d
3.R-6h S-6b
4.P-1f K-4b
5.S-7h K-3b
6.S-6g P-1d
7.S-3h G6a-5b
8.P-4f P-5d
9.G6i-5h P-8e
10.B-7g P-7d
(diagram 1)

(diagram 2)

11.K-4h S-4b
12.K-3i S-7c
13.K-2h S-8d
14.P-9f P-7e
15.R-7h R-7b
16.Px7e Sx7e
17.B-9e R-7d
18.P*7f Sx6f
19.Sx6f Bx6f
20.S*7e P-9d
21.B-7g Bx7g+
22.Nx7g R-7b
23.R-6h B*3c
(diagram 2)

(diagramm 3)

24.G-6g R-8b
25.B*7a R-7b
26.B-2f+ P*7d
27.S-6f R-8b
28.R-8h P-8f
29.Px8f P*8g
30.R-5h Rx8f
31.P*8i P-8h+
32.Px8h P*8g
33.P-5f Px8h+
34.P-5e +P-7h
35.Rx7h R-8i+
36.R-5h +Rx9i
37.+B-3f Px5e
38.+B-4g P*8f
39.P*8h P-7e
40.P*5c G5b-5a
41.Px7e P*7f
42.N-8e +Rx9f
43.P*9b P-8g+
44.Px8g +Rx8e
45.Px9a+ +Rx8g
46.P*6h S*5f
47.Gx5f +Rx4g
48.Sx4g Px5f
49.L*5e L*2d
50.S-3h P-5g+
51.Rx5g P*5d
52.+Px8a Px5e
53.N*4e P-5f
54.Nx3c+ Nx3c
55.Rx5f L*2e
56.S*3f N*4d
57.R-5g P*5f
58.R-6g P-7g+
59.Rx7g Nx3f
60.Px3f B*9i
61.R-7f S*4g
62.N*3i Bx6f+
63.Rx6f P-5g+
64.B*9b S*4h
65.Gx4h Sx4h=
66.S*1h N*4g
67.Nx4g S-3i=
68.K-1g Lx2g+
69.S3hx2g Lx2g+
70.Kx2g S*2f
71.Kx2f G*2e
72.resigns
(diagramm 3)