Shogi News : KATAGAMI won with MORISHITA system . (Ryuo sen)

Shogi News : The 22nd Ryuo sen : challenger deciding tournament :

10:57 P.M. 9 July 2009 , after 141 moves , KATAGAMI won the game of Ryuo sen tournament between MORISHITA and KATAGAMI . The winner KATAGAMI will have next game of this tournament with HABU 21 July 2009 at Shogi Kaikan Tokyo .


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Sente : KATAGAMI Daisuke (6 dan)
Gote : MORISHITA Taku (9 dan)

(diagram 1)

1.P-7f P-8d
2.S-6h P-3d
3.P-6f S-6b
4.P-5f P-5d
5.S-4h S-4b
6.G4i-5h G-3b
7.G-7h K-4a
8.K-6i G-5b
9.G5h-6g S-3c
10.S-7g B-3a
11.P-3f P-4d
12.B-7i P-7d
13.B-6h G5b-4c
14.K-7i P-9d
15.K-8h P-9e
(diagram 1)

KATAGAMI selected Yagura as the opening of this game , and MORISHITA accepted it . The game advanced the most common quiet line . KATAGAMI moved 13.B-6h , and he selected MORISHITA system , named after his opponent . The diagram 1 is one of the most common lines of today's MORISHITA system games .

(diagram 2)

16.R-3h S-7c
17.P-1f P-7e
18.Px7e Bx7e
19.P-6e K-3a
20.B-4f R-9b
21.S-5g K-2b
22.S5g-6f B-4b
23.P-1e P-6d
24.Px6d Sx6d
25.P*6e S-7c
26.P*7e P-8e
27.S-7f S-8d
28.G6g-7g P*6c
29.R-5h L-1b
30.P-5e Px5e
31.Sx5e P-9f
32.Px9f Sx7e
33.Sx7e Bx7e
(diagram 2)

KATAGAMI's Rook moved to 3h and MORISHITA moved up his right Silver with S-7c . MORISHITA exchanged the 7th file Pawn and KATAGAMI started developping his Yagura gakoi higher with P-6e . KATAGAMI's Kin Yagura developped to Gintachi Yagura .

MORISHITA tried to develop his Yagura to Anaguma gakoi with L-1b . Replying the L-1b , KATAGAMI exchanged the 5th file Pawn with the 6f-Silver . Because the 6f-Silver moved to the 5th file and couldn't defend the 7th file , MORISHITA excnaged the Silver in the 7th file with 32...Sx7e .

(diagram 3)

34.S-6f B-4b
35.S*8c P*9h
36.Sx9b+ Px9i+
37.Bx9a+ P*9g
38.Nx9g S*6i
39.R-1h Sx7h+
40.Kx7h Bx9g+
41.K-6g N*5d
42.R*7a Nx6f
43.Gx6f +Bx8g
44.L*2f S-4b
45.N*5e L*5c
46.S*4a G-3a
47.S-5b+ P*5a
48.+Sx4b G4cx4b
49.P*5d Lx5d
50.Rx5a+ G4b-3b
51.+Rx5d S*4e
52.+Rx6c P*5f
53.Gx5f S*5d
54.+R-6b Sx5f
55.Kx5f G*4e
56.K-5g Sx5e
57.+Bx8a S-5f
58.K-4h +Bx6e
59.K-3i N*2d
60.P-1d Px1d
61.P*1c Lx1c
62.N*2e P*5b
63.Nx1c+ Nx1c
64.Rx1d P*1b
65.+Rx5b K-1a
66.Rx1c+ Px1c
67.Lx1c= P*1b
68.Lx1b+ Kx1b
69.L*1e P*1c
70.Lx1c+ Kx1c
71.L*1e resign
(diagram 3)

After 141 moves , KATAGAMI won the game .