KAI won her 2nd title "Jo-ryu Oi" !

Shogi News ; The 21st Jo-ryu Oi sen ; 5 games title match


6:17 P.M. (JST) , 17 June 2010 , after 92 moves , KAI won the 4th game of this match .
The score of this match becomes "SHIMIZU 1 --- 3 KAI" , and KAI got her 2nd title , the 21st Jo-ryu Oi .


You can see the original game record on the Net .
http://live.shogi.or.jp/joryu-oui/kifu/jo_oui100617.html
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Sente ; SHIMIZU Ichiyo (Jo-ryu Osho , Jo-ryu Oi)
Gote : KAI Tomomi (Jo-o)

(diagram 1)

1.P-7f P-5d
2.S-4h R-5b
3.P-5f P-3d
4.K-6h K-6b
5.K-7h K-7b
6.S-5g P-5e
7.Px5e Bx5e
8.S-6f B-3c
9.P*5e S-4b
10.R-5h K-8b
(diagram 1)




KAI selected Gokigen Nakabisha as the opening of this game . SHIMIZU was making her Kakoi without advancing her Rook Pawn .

KAI exchanged the 5th file Pawns , SHIMIZU advanced her 5g-Silver with 8.S-6f to counter-attack . KAI continued making Kata mino gakoi .

(diagram 2)

11.P-3f S-7b
12.N-3g P-4d
13.P-5d P*5c
14.S-5e Px5d
15.Sx5d P-6d
16.P*5c R-5a
17.B-5e Sx5c
18.Sx5c+ Rx5c
19.Bx6d Rx5h+
20.G4ix5h R*3h
21.S-6h P-4e
22.S*7g P*6c
23.Nx4e Px6d
24.Nx3c= Nx3c
25.P*5g P*5f
26.Px5f N-4e
(diagram 2)

SHIMIZU pushed the 3rd file Pawn and jumped the right Knight to prepare an attack . KAI completed Kata mino gakoi and SHIMIZU advanced her Silver to conquest the 5th file .

SHIMIZU advanced her Bishop with 17.B-5e and tried to attack KAI's camp . After the Rook exchange , KAI dropped a Rook with 20...R*3h to attack SHIMIZU's Funa gakoi .

During the moves of the Bishop exchange , KAI got a material advantage . dropped a Pawn with 25.P*5g trying to remove a defect of her camp . SHIMIZU KAI sacrificed a Pawn with 25...P*5f and jumped her left Knight to attack SHIMIZU's camp

(diagram 3)

27.B*4f Rx3f+
28.R*2a G4a-5b
29.Rx1a+ N*3e
30.Bx6d S*6c
31.B-3a+ P*5g
32.G5h-5i +Rx5f
33.L*6d Nx4g+
34.Lx6c+ Gx6c
35.P*4h P-5h+
36.Px4g +Px5i
37.Gx5i P*5g
38.N*7e G6c-6b
39.S*6i L*5a
40.P*5b Lx5b
41.+B-6d P-5h+
42.P*5g +Px5g
43.P-4f +Px6g
44.K-8h +Rx5i
45.Sx5i Lx5i+
46.Px4e S*7i
47.resigns
(diagram 3)

After 92 moves , KAI won the game .