WATANABE won the 5th game of the Ryuo sen title match !

Shogi News : The 23rd Ryuo sen ; 7 games title match


At 7:43 P.M. (JST) , after 155 moves , WATANABE won the 5th game of the Ryuo sen title match . The score of this match becomes "WATANABE 3 --- 2 HABU" .

Then WATANABE needs only one more win to defend his title , Ryuo . In the other hand , HABU needs 2 continuous wins without any other loses to get the Ryuo title .

The 6th game of this match will start 14 December 2010 at Hotel Associa Takayama Resort , Takayama city , Gifu .

You can see the original game record on the Net .
http://live.shogi.or.jp/ryuou/kifu/ryuou20101201-02.html
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Sente : WATANABE Akira (Ryuo )
Gote : HABU Yoshiharu (Meijin , Kisei , Oza)

(diagram 1)

1.P-7f P-3d
2.P-2f P-8d
3.P-2e P-8e
4.G-7h G-3b
5.P-2d Px2d
6.Rx2d P-8f
7.Px8f Rx8f
8.Rx3d B-3c
9.R-3f S-2b
10.K-5h K-4a
11.G-3h R-8d
12.P*8g R-2d
13.S-2h G-5a
14.P-7e R-8d
15.R-8f P*8e
16.R-5f S-6b
17.P-3f P-5d
18.P-3e B-4b
19.S-3g S-5c
20.S-4f S-6d
21.S-4e P-5e
22.R-2f P*2c
23.N-3g K-3a
24.P-1f
(diagram 1)

The game restarted with opening WATANABE's sealed move ; 24.P-1f .

(diagram 2)

24...P-7d
25.Px7d Rx7d
26.P-9f P-9d
27.P*7f P-1d
28.S-6h N-7c
29.P-3d G-5b
30.B-9g G-5c
31.R-4f R-8d
32.N-2e P-9e
33.P-3c+ Nx3c
34.Nx3c+ Sx3c
35.N*2e S-2d
36.P*3c G-2b
37.S-3d N*5a
38.Bx6d Rx6d
39.S*3b Gx3b
40.Px3b+ Kx3b
41.P*3c K-4a
42.Sx2c+ P*3a
43.R-3f K-5b
44.P-3b+ Px3b
45.+Sx2d Rx2d
46.P*3c Rx2e
47.Px3b+ B-2d
48.P*2f R-4e
49.R-3d S*2c
50.R-8d Sx3b
51.R-8b+
(diagram 2)

HABU exchanged the 7th file Pawns and WATANABE prepared an attack in the 3rd file . HABU attacked WATANABE's 9g-Bishop with 32...P-9e , and WATANABE started attacked HABU's camp .

After exchanging Knights in the 3c , WATANABE sacrificed his Bishop with 38.Bx6d to continued attacking . After some moves , WATANABE succeeded to make his Rook promoted and still continued attacking .

(diagram 3)

51...K-4a
52.G*3d B*4b
53.S*3f R-4d
54.Gx4d Px4d
55.P-2e B-1c
56.R*7b N*5b
57.Rx7c+ P-5f
58.G-4h P*3g
59.N*4f G*2f
60.+R7c-6bP-3h+
61.Gx3h Gx3f
62.+R8b-7aS*4c
63.P*3g G-3e
64.N-7g P-4e
65.+Rx9a Px4f
66.N-6e S*6d
67.Nx5c= Sx5c
68.+R6b-7aPx4g+
69.Gx4g G-4f
70.L*2d Gx4g
71.Kx4g N*5e
72.K-5h G*4g
73.K-6i Px5g+
74.G*6a B4bx2d
75.Px2d Bx2d
76.Gx5a K-4b
77.Gx5b Sx5b
78.B*5a resigns
(diagram 3)

After 155 moves , WATANABE won the game .