Sente MASUDA shiki ISHIDA ryu

Shogi game record : Daiwa shouken cup ; The 4th Saikyou sen


A shogi game of the Daiwa shouken cup Saikyou sen between KUBO Toshiaki and SATO Yasumitsu started 8:00 P.M. (JST) , 1 August 2010 on the Net .


Sente : KUBO Toshiaki (Osho , Kio)
Gote : SATO Yasumitsu (9 dan)

(diagram 1)

1.P-7f P-3d
2.P-7e P-8d
3.R-7h P-8e
4.K-4h S-6b
5.K-3h K-4b
6.K-2h K-3b
7.S-3h R-8d
8.R-7f Bx8h+
9.Sx8h S-2b
10.G-7h P-9d
11.S-7g S-3c
12.P-1f P-1d
13.S-6f P-6d
14.S-5e S-6c
15.P-9f G6a-5b
16.N-7g K-2b
17.R-6f P-5d
18.S-4f G-3b
19.R-7f P-4d
20.P-3f R-8b
21.S4f-3g G5b-4c
22.L-1h S-2d
23.P-2f P-1e
(diagram 1)

With 2.P-7e , KUBO selected ISHIDA ryu opening in this game . KUBO naturally made Kata mino gakoi . SATO floated his Rook with 7...R-8d to prevent KUBO's 7th file Pawn exchange and KUBO also floated his Rook with 8.R-7f .

SATO exchanged the Bishops with 8...Bx8h+ to prevent KUBO's ;R-3f . KUBO advanced his left Silver with 14.S-5e and SATO pushed the 5th file Pawn with 17...P-5d to drive away the Silver .

KUBO backed his left Silver with 21.S4f-3g making Kabuto mino and SATO made Yagura gakoi . After some moves SATO pushed the 1st file with 23...p-1e to start attacking .

(diagram 2)

24.P-2e Sx2e
25.Px1e P-3e
26.Px3e P-5e
27.R-6f P-5f
28.Rx5f R-5b
29.B*4a Rx5f
30.Px5f B*5b
31.R*5a P*3f
32.S-4f Bx4a
33.Rx4a+ R*8i
34.P*2d G4c-3c
35.B*6a Px2d
36.Bx2e+ Px2e
37.P-3d G3c-2c
38.S*4c P-3g+
39.S4fx3g Gx4c
40.P*2d Gx2d
41.+Rx4c P*3b
42.G*4b S*2c
43.+Rx6c Rx9i+
44.S*3a K-1b
45.P-1d P*1e
46.Gx3b Sx3b
47.P-1c+ Nx1c
48.P-3c+ G*2a
49.+Px3b Gx3b
50.P*1d P*3c
51.+R-5b K-2c
52.Px1c+ Lx1c
53.S*1b K-1d
54.+Rx3b B*4e
55.+Rx3c B*5g
56.N*3f L*2f
57.P*2g +Rx4i
58.Lx1e resigns
(diagram 2)

After 115 moves , KUBO won the game .