WATANABE becomes the challenger of the 36th Kio sen title match !

Shogi News ; The 36th Kio sen ; challenger deciding match


8:25 P.M. (JST) , 6 January 2010 , after 150 moves , WATANABE won the game and he becomes the challenger of the 36th Kio sen title match .


The 36th Kio sen title match will start 9:00 A.M. (JST) 6 February 2011 at Utsunomiya grand hotel Utsunomiya city , Tochigi .


You can see the original game record on the Net .
http://live.shogi.or.jp/kiou/kifu/kiou110106.html
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(Java version , written in Japanese language)


Sente : HIROSE Akihito (Oi)
Gote : WATANABE Akira (Ryuo)

(diagram 1)

1.P-7f P-8d
2.P-5f P-8e
3.B-7g P-5d
4.R-5h S-6b
5.K-4h K-4b
6.K-3h P-3d
7.S-6h K-3b
8.K-2h G6a-5b
9.P-1f S-5c
10.P-1e P-4d
11.P-5e G-4c
12.S-3h Px5e
13.Rx5e B-3c
14.R-5i K-2b
15.S-5g G-3b
16.S-5f P*5d
17.P-4f L-1b
18.P-3f K-1a
19.N-3g S-2b
20.G6i-5h P-7d
21.G-4g R-7b
22.P-4e P-7e
(diagram 1)

HIROSE selected Nakabisha in this game with 4.R-5h . WATANABE made Funa gakoi and developed it to Ibisha Anaguma . In the other hand , HIROSE advanced the 1st file Pawn and made Kata mino gakoi .

HIROSE joined his left Gold with the kakoi to make it Taka mino gakoi . Then WATANABE slid his Rook with 21...R-7b , aiming at the 7g-Bishop's head . HIROSE started attacking with 22.P-4e and WATANABE also started attacking with 22...P-7e .

(diagram 2)

23.P*5e Px7f
24.B-6f B-2d
25.Px5d Gx5d
26.S-5e G-6e
27.Sx4d S-4b
28.B-5g Bx5g+
29.Rx5g P-7g+
30.Nx7g P*5f
31.R-5i Rx7g+
32.B*5d G-3a
33.Bx6e +Rx6g
34.Bx5f +R-6h
35.P*6i +Rx5i
36.Gx5i P*4c
37.R*7a Px4d
38.Rx8a+ B*6f
39.G-4i N*5e
40.B-8c+ Bx9i+
41.G-5g P-3e
42.G*4f L*3b
43.Px3e R*7g
44.+B-5f S*6e
45.+Bx5e Rx5g+
46.+Bx9a Px4e
47.G-4g +R-5d
48.P*4c Sx4c
49.P*4b P*7a
50.+Rx7a +B-4d
51.+Rx3a Sx3a
52.P-4a+ S-2b
53.N*3f +Bx3e
54.P*3c Lx3c
55.P*4d +Bx3f
56.Gx3f Lx3f
57.Px4c+ Lx3g+
58.Sx3g N*1f
59.K-1h N*2e
60.S*2f G*4f
61.Sx2e Gx3g
62.+Bx3g S*2h
63.+Bx2h Nx2h+
64.Kx2h R*4g
65.G*4h G*3g
66.Gx3g Rx3g+
67.Kx3g B*4f
68.K-2f G*3e
69.K-1g Gx2e
70.N*2h +R-5g
71.G*3h S*3g
72.B*3i B-3e
73.K-1h Sx3h=
74.Gx3h G*1g
75.K-2i P*3g
76.resigns
(diagram 2)

After 150 moves , WATANABE won the game .