Gote Gokigen Nakabisha ; Go-Hachi Kin migi Chokyusen line

Shogi News : The 36th Kio sen ; 5 games title match


5:08 P.M. (JST) , 26 February 2011 after 79 moves , WATANABE won the 2nd game of the Kio sen title match . The score of this match becomes "KUBO 1 --- 1 WATANABE" .

The 3rd game of this match will start 9:00 A.M. (JST) , 6 March 2011 at Misaki Kan , Kashiwazaki city , Niigata .


You can see the original game record on the Net .
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Sente : WATANABE Akira (Ryuo)
Gote : KUBO Toshiaki (Osho , Kio)

(diagram 1)

1.P-2f P-3d
2.P-7f P-5d
3.P-2e R-5b
4.G4i-5h P-5e
5.P-2d Px2d
6.Rx2d P-5f
7.Px5f Bx8h+
8.Sx8h B*3c
(diagram 1)






Until 3...R-5b , KUBO selected Gokigen Nakabisha as the opening of this game . WATANABE moved up his right Gold with 4.G4i-5h to select Go-Hachi Kin migi chokyusen line .

KUBO accepted the line and the game became very rough one . KUBO's Bishop drop ; 8...B*3c forked the 2d-Rook and the 8h-Silver .

(diagram 2)

9.Rx2a+ Bx8h+
10.N*5e K-6b
11.+Rx1a +Bx9i
12.B*3c S*4d
13.Bx4d+ Px4d
14.L*6f S-7b
15.S*8b B*2g
16.Sx9a+ L*5c
17.+Sx8a Lx5e
18.Px5e Sx8a
19.+Rx1c
(diagram 2)



WATANABE captured the 2a-Knight with 9.Rx2a+ and KUBO captured the 8h-Silver with 9...Bx8h+ . WATANABE dropped a Knight with 10.N*5e blocking the 8h-Bishop line and threatening the Bishop drop on 3c .

KUBO moved up his King with 10...K-6b to avoid the line ;B*3c . After both players captured the opponent's Lance , WATANABE dropped a Bishop with 12.B*3c . KUBO immediately dropped a Silver with 12...S*4d to prevent the line ;Nx6c+ Kx6c ; Bx9i+ .

WATANABE exchanged his Bishop for the 4d-Silver and dropped a Lance with 14.L*6f threatening the 6c square . KUBO moved up the right Silver with 14...S-7b to defend the 6c .

WATANABE dropped a Silver with 15.S*8b and captured the 9a-Lance and the 8a-Knight . KUBO dropped a Bishop with 15...B*2g and removed WATANABE's attacking pieces . WATANABE captured the 1c-Pawn with 19.+Rx1c to add one more attacking pieces for 6c .

(diagram 3)

19...+Bx6f
20.Px6f L*5f
21.L*5g Lx5g+
22.Gx5g P*5f
23.Gx5f S*6g
24.P*2h Sx5f=
25.Px2g L*6g
26.G-5h N*3e
27.B*3f K-7a
28.N*7e S-4e
29.B-1d Rx5e
30.P*5g P*5f
31.Nx8c= K-8b
32.B*9a Kx8c
33.L*8f N*8e
34.Bx4a+ G-7b
35.Lx8e Rx8e
36.L*8f Rx8f
37.Px8f Px5g+
38.Gx5g L*5d
39.+Bx6c Lx5g=
40.K-4i resigns
(diagram 3)

After 79 moves , WATANABE won the game .