Ryuo sen title match has just started !

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The 25th Ryuo sen ; 7 games title match


The  1st  game  of  the  Ryuo  sen  title  match  between  WATANABE  Akira  and  MARUYAMA  Tadahisa  has  just  started  9:00 A.M. (JST)  ,  15  September  2012  ,  at  Hohoemino yado Takinoyu ,  Tendou city  ,  Yamagata  .


You  can  see  the  game  nearly  real  time  on  the  Net  .
http://live.shogi.or.jp/ryuou/kifu/25/ryuou201210150101.html
(Flash  version  ,  written  in  Japanese  language)


http://live.shogi.or.jp/ryuou/
(The  official  site  of  the  Ryuo  sen ,  written  in  Japanese  language)
http://kifulog.shogi.or.jp/ryuou/
(The official blog of  the  Ryuo  sen  ,  written  in  Japanese language)


WATANABE  Akira (Ryuo)
MARUYAMA  Tadahisa (9 dan)

HABU got back the Oza title !

Shogi News ; The 60th Oza sen ; 5 games title match


10:09 P.M. (JST)  ,  3  October  2012  ,  the  4th game of this match  ended  in  draw  .  After  30  minutes  interval  ,  next  game  started  .  2:02  A.M. ,  4  October  2012  ,  after  147  moves  ,  HABU  won  the  game  .

Then  the  score of this match  becomes  "WATANABE 1 --- 3 HABU"  , and  HABU  got  back  the  title  .



You can see the original  game record  on the Net .
draw game
http://live.shogi.or.jp/ouza/kifu/60/ouza201210030101.html
(Flash version , written in Japanese language)

replay game
http://live.shogi.or.jp/ouza/kifu/60/ouza201210030102.html
(Flash version , written in Japanese language)

http://live.shogi.or.jp/ouza/index.html
(The official site of the Oza sen)
http://kifulog.shogi.or.jp/ouza/
(The official blog of the Oza sen)


(draw game)
Sente :   WATANABE Akira (Ryuo , Oza)

Gote : HABU Yoshiharu (Oi , Kisei)


  1.P-7f   R-3b     2.P-2f   S-4b     3.K-6h   P-3d     4.K-7h   K-6b  
  5.P-2e   K-7b     6.S-4h   B-3c     7.P-5f   K-8b     8.S-5g   S-7b  
  9.G4i-5h P-9d    10.P-9f   P-6d    11.P-8f   G4a-5b  12.K-8g   P-4d  
 13.S-7h   S-4c    14.P-3f   P-7d    15.S-6f   G-6c    16.B-7i   R-2b  
 17.S6f-7g P-6e    18.P-6f   Px6f    19.G-5g   N-7c    20.Gx6f   P*6e  
 21.G-6g   P-8d    22.B-4f   P-4e    23.B-3g   P-5d    24.P*6f   Px6f  
 25.Gx6f   S-4d    26.P-7e   P-5e    27.Px5e   S-8c    28.Px7d   Sx7d  
 29.P*7e   S-8c    30.S-7f   P-4f    31.Px4f   P*6e    32.G-5f   Sx5e  
 33.Gx5e   Bx5e    34.N-7g   G*6d    35.R-5h   P*5g    36.Rx5g   B-6f  
 37.R-5i   P*7d    38.P-4e   Px7e    39.S7f-6g R-7b    40.Sx6f   Px6f  
 41.B*4c   G-7a    42.P*6h   N-3c    43.K-8h   P*5d    44.S*8g   Nx4e  
 45.Bx6d   Gx6d    46.Rx5d   Gx5d    47.Bx5d+  P-6g+   48.Px6g   N-5g= 
 49.G-7i   R*5i    50.G*6c   B*4f    51.G*8i   N-6i+   52.Gx7b   Sx7b  
 53.+Bx7b  Gx7b    54.Gx6i   Rx2i+   55.S*6a   N*7f    56.K-9g   +Rx6i 
 57.N*7d   K-9c    58.Sx7b=  B*7i    59.G*8h   G*9b    60.Sx6i   Nx8h+ 
 61.Gx8h   S*6f    62.Px6f   G*8i    63.R*7h   Gx8h    64.Rx8h   G*8i  
 65.G*7h   Gx8h    66.Gx8h   G*8i    67.G*7h   Gx8h    68.Gx8h   G*8i  
 69.G*7h   Gx8h    70.Gx8h   G*8i    71.G*7h   Gx8h    72.sennichite



(replay game)
Sente : HABU Yoshiharu (Oi , Kisei)

Gote : WATANABE Akira (Ryuo , Oza)


  1.P-7f   P-8d     2.S-6h   P-3d     3.P-6f   S-6b     4.P-5f   P-5d  
  5.S-4h   S-4b     6.G4i-5h G-3b     7.G-7h   K-4a     8.K-6i   G-5b  
  9.S-7g   S-3c    10.B-7i   B-3a    11.P-3f   P-4d    12.G5h-6g P-7d  
 13.S-3g   B-6d    14.B-6h   G5b-4c  15.K-7i   K-3a    16.K-8h   K-2b  
 17.S-4f   S-5c    18.N-3g   P-9d    19.P-1f   P-1d    20.P-2f   S-2d  
 21.R-3h   P-8e    22.L-1h   S-4b    23.P-9f   N-3c    24.P-6e   B-7c  
 25.S-6f   P-4e    26.Nx4e   Nx4e    27.Sx4e   N*5c    28.Sx3d   Gx3d  
 29.P-5e   G-4d    30.P-3e   Gx5e    31.P-3d   S*4c    32.P-1e   Px1e  
 33.P*1d   P*3g    34.R-2h   Sx3d    35.P*3e   S2dx3e  36.Lx1e   P*1b  
 37.R-1h   S-2d    38.N*2e   P*4f    39.Px4f   P-3h+   40.P-4e   P*3e  
 41.Sx5e   Bx5e    42.B-7g   Bx7g+   43.G6gx7g B*2g    44.P*3c   Gx3c  
 45.P-1c+  K-3b    46.B*2a   K-4a    47.Nx3c+  S2dx3c  48.+P-2b  Sx2b  
 49.Lx1b+  S2b-3c  50.Bx5d+  Bx1h+   51.G*3b   K-5a    52.+B-5e  +B-2h 
 53.+Bx8b  +Bx8b   54.P*5d   K-6b    55.Px5c+  Sx5c    56.N*6f   K-7c  
 57.Gx3c   S*6i    58.Gx3d   R*4h    59.R*5b   +B-8c   60.Rx5c+  K-8d  
 61.S*5i   Sx7h+   62.Gx7h   R-4f+   63.S*7g   B*5f    64.S*6g   Bx4e  
 65.G-4d   B-3f    66.G-5d   +P-4h   67.Gx6c   Bx6c    68.+Rx6c  G*7c  
 69.B*5a   G*7b    70.S*7e   Px7e    71.G*7d   +Bx7d   72.+Rx7d  K-9c  
 73.Bx7c+  Gx7c    74.B*8d   resigns

The 4th game has just started ! (Oza sen)

Shogi News ; The 60th Oza sen ; 5 games title match


The 4th game of  the  Oza  sen  title  match  between  WATANABE  Akira  and  HABU  Yoshiharu has jsut  started  9:00 A.M. (JST) , 3  October  2012 at  Jin'ya  ,  Hadano  city  ,  Kanagawa  .


Now  the  score of this match  is  "WATANABE 1 --- 2 HABU" .  And  HABU  needs  only  one  more  win  to  get  the  Oza  title  .  In  the  other  hand  ,  WATANABE  needs  2  continuous  wins  without  any  other  loses  to  defend  the  title  .





You can see the original  game record  on the Net .
http://live.shogi.or.jp/ouza/kifu/60/ouza201210030101.html
(Flash version , written in Japanese language)

http://live.shogi.or.jp/ouza/index.html
(The official site of the Oza sen)
http://kifulog.shogi.or.jp/ouza/
(The official blog of the Oza sen)

Sente :   WATANABE Akira (Ryuo , Oza)


Gote : HABU Yoshiharu (Oi , Kisei)

HABU won the 3rd game ! (Oza sen)

Shogi News ; The 60th Oza sen ; 5 games title match



8:42 P.M. (JST)  ,  19  September  2012  ,  after  99  moves  ,  HABU  won  the 3rd  game  of  this  match  .  Then  the  score of this match becomes  "WATANABE 1 --- 2 HABU" .

The 4th game of this  match will  start  9:00 A.M. (JST) , 3  October  2012 at  Jin'ya  ,  Hadano  city  ,  Kanagawa  .





You can see the original  game record  on the Net .
http://live.shogi.or.jp/ouza/kifu/60/ouza201209190101.html
(Flash version , written in Japanese language)

http://live.shogi.or.jp/ouza/index.html
(The official site of the Oza sen)
http://kifulog.shogi.or.jp/ouza/
(The official blog of the Oza sen)

Sente :  HABU Yoshiharu (Oi , Kisei)

Gote : WATANABE Akira (Ryuo , Oza)

 (diagram 1)

  1.P-7f   P-8d   
 2.S-6h   P-3d   
 3.P-6f   S-6b   
 4.P-5f   P-5d 
  5.S-4h   S-4b   
 6.G4i-5h G-3b   
 7.G-7h   K-4a   
 8.K-6i   P-7d 
  9.G5h-6g S6b-5c 
10.P-2f   P-8e   
11.P-2e   P-8f   
12.Px8f   Rx8f 
 13.P*8g   R-8b   
14.P-2d   Px2d   
15.Rx2d   P*2c  
16.R-2h   K-3a 
 17.S4h-5g P-4d  
 18.S-7g   S-4c   
19.B-7i   G-5b  
 20.B-6h   P-6d 
 21.K-7i   N-7c  
 22.P-3f   P-6e  
 (diagram 1)

 (diagram 2)

 23.Px6e   Nx6e  
24.S5g-6f Nx7g+
 25.Nx7g   P-1d 
  26.P*2d   Px2d  
 27.N-3g   N-3c  
 28.N*1f   B-1c 
 29.K-8h   R-8a 
  30.N-6e   S-4b  
 31.B-4f   K-2b  
 32.B-7c+  P-1e 
 33.Nx2d   G-2c  
 34.P*6c   Bx2d  
 35.P-6b+  P*2g 
  36.Rx2g   Gx6b 
 37.+Bx6b  P*8f  
 38.Px8f   N*9d  
 39.+B-6c  R-8d  
 40.G*9e   P*8g 
 41.Gx8g   Rx8f  
 42.Gx8f   Nx8f  
 43.K-7g   P-9d  
 44.N-5c+  S*7h 
 45.P-7e   Px7e  
 46.Kx8f   Sx6g=  
47.+Nx4b  S-7f+  
48.K-8e   G*8c 
 49.Sx7e   G*6e  
 50.S-8d   resigns
(diagram 2)

3rd game has jsut started ! (Oza sen)

Shogi News ; The 60th Oza sen ; 5 games title match



The 3rd game of the  Oza  sen  title  match between  WATANABE  Akira  and  HABU  Yoshiharu  has  just  started  9:00 A.M. (JST) , 19 September 2012 at Hotel-Taikan , Morioka city , Iwate .

Now  the  score of this match is  "WATANABE 1 --- 1 HABU" .



You can see the  game nearly  real  time  on the Net .
http://live.shogi.or.jp/ouza/kifu/60/ouza201209190101.html
(Flash version , written in Japanese language)

http://live.shogi.or.jp/ouza/index.html
(The official site of the Oza sen)
http://kifulog.shogi.or.jp/ouza/
(The official blog of the Oza sen)

Sente :  HABU Yoshiharu (Oi , Kisei)

Gote : WATANABE Akira (Ryuo , Oza)

MARUYAMA becomes the challenger ! (Ryuo sen)

Shogi News ; The 25th Ryuo sen ; tournament final ; challenger deciding 3 games match


9:07 P.M. (JST) , after 106 moves , MARUYAMA won the game . Then the score of the match becomes "MARUYAMA 2 --- 1 YAMASAKI", and MARUYAMA becomes the challenger of the 25th Ryuo sen .


The 25th Ryuo sen title match between WATANABE Akira and MARUYAMA Tadahisa will start 9:00 A.M. (JST) , 15 October 2012 at Hohoemi-no-yado Takino-yu , Tendo city , Yamagata .




You can see the original game record on the Net .
http://live.shogi.or.jp/ryuou/kifu/25/ryuou201209110101.html
(Flash version , written in Japanese language)

http://live.shogi.or.jp/ryuou/
(The official site of the Ryuo sen , written in Japanese language)
http://kifulog.shogi.or.jp/ryuou/
(The official blog of the Ryuo sen , written in Japanese language)


Sente : YAMASAKI Takayuki (7 dan)
Gote : MARUYAMA Tadahisa (9 dan)

(diagram 1)

1.P-2f P-3d
2.P-7f Bx8h+
3.Sx8h S-2b
4.P-2e S-3c
5.S-3h S-7b
6.P-3f P-6d
7.S-3g S-6c
8.K-6h S-5d
9.K-7h P-4d
10.G-6h G6a-5b
11.S-4f P-8d
12.P-5f K-4b
13.P-3e S-4c
(diagram 1)

(diagram 2)

14.Px3d S4cx3d
15.P*3f P-8e
16.S-3e Sx3e
17.Px3e K-3b
18.S-7g G4a-4b
19.P-5e P-7d
20.B*5f P-1d
21.P-3d S-2b
22.P-4f N-7c
23.Bx7d P-8f
24.Px8f P*8e
25.S*8c R-6b
26.Px8e N-6e
27.G4i-5h G5b-4c
28.S-8f Gx3d
29.R-3h S-3c
30.P*3e Gx2e
31.P-3d S-2d
32.P-8d P*8b
33.B-9f Px8c
34.Px8c+ S*4i
35.P-3c+ Sx3c
36.R-2h Sx5h+
37.Gx5h S*3i
38.R-3h B*4i
39.R-1h B-2g+
40.P*3d Sx3d
41.S*5a +Bx1h
42.Lx1h R*2h
43.P*3h Rx3h+
44.B*4g +Rx1h
45.P*3h +Rx2i
46.Sx6b= N*9d
47.S-5a= Nx8f
48.K-8g G*9e
49.G-6h S-4h+
50.B-6i S*7h
51.Bx7h Nx7h+
52.Kx7h Gx9f
53.Px9f L*8e
54.resigns
(diagram 2)

The 3rd game has just started ! (Ryuo sen challenger deciding match)

Shogi News ; The 25th Ryuo sen ; tournament final ; challenger deciding 3 games match


The 3rd game of the Ryuo sen challenger deciding match between MARUYAMA Tadahisa and YAMASAKI Takayuki has jsut started 10:00 A.M. (JST) , 11 September 2012 .

Now the score of the match is "MARUYAMA 1 --- 1 YAMASAKI" . The winner of this game will become the challenger of the Ryuo sen .




You can see the original game record on the Net .
http://live.shogi.or.jp/ryuou/kifu/25/ryuou201209110101.html
(Flash version , written in Japanese language)

http://live.shogi.or.jp/ryuou/
(The official site of the Ryuo sen , written in Japanese language)
http://kifulog.shogi.or.jp/ryuou/
(The official blog of the Ryuo sen , written in Japanese language)


MARUYAMA Tadahisa (9 dan)
YAMASAKI Takayuki (7 dan)

YAMASAKI won the 2nd game ! (Ryuo sen challenger deciding match)

Shogi News ; The 25th Ryuo sen ; tournament final ; challenger deciding 3 games match


10:58 P.M. (JST) , 6 September 2012 , after 145 moves , YAMASAKI won the game . Then the score of this match becomes "MARUYAMA 1 --- 1 YAMASAKI" . The winner of the next game will become the challenger of the Ryuo sen .


The 3rd game of this match will start 10:00 A.M. (JST) , 11 September 2012 .


You can see the original game record on the Net .
http://live.shogi.or.jp/ryuou/kifu/25/ryuou201209060101.html
(Flash version , written in Japanese language)

http://live.shogi.or.jp/ryuou/
(The official site of the Ryuo sen , written in Japanese language)
http://kifulog.shogi.or.jp/ryuou/
(The official blog of the Ryuo sen , written in Japanese language)


Sente : YAMASAKI Takayuki (7 dan)
Gote : MARUYAMA Tadahisa (9 dan)

(diagram 1)

1.P-2f P-8d
2.P-2e P-8e
3.G-7h G-3b
4.P-2d Px2d
5.Rx2d P*2c
6.R-2h P-9d
7.P-9f S-7b
8.S-3h P-3d
9.S-2g P-8f
10.Px8f Rx8f
11.P*8g R-8e
12.S-6h P-9e
(diagram 1)

(diagram 2)

13.Px9e P*9f
14.Lx9f Lx9e
15.P-8f R-6e
16.P*9g Lx9f
17.Px9f P*9e
18.P-7f Px9f
19.P-6f P-9g+
20.Nx9g R-9e
21.P*9f Rx9f
22.G-8g R-9d
23.P*9f B-3c
24.P-8e S-2b
25.B-7g P-2d
26.S-3f S-2c
27.P-5f R-4d
28.K-5h K-4b
29.S-5g P*8d
30.Px8d P*8e
31.B-9e L*8b
32.P-7e Rx8d
33.Bx8d Lx8d
34.P*8c Sx8c
35.G-7f P-8f
36.P*8e Lx8e
37.L*8d Sx8d
38.R*8b B*7b
39.Rx8d+ L*8c
40.+R-9e P-6d
41.+R-9b K-3a
42.Nx8e P-8g+
43.P-5e Lx8e
44.Gx8e +P-7g
45.L*7i Bx5e
46.L*5f B-4d
47.Lx7g P-3e
48.S-2g N*6e
49.S-6h Nx7g+
50.Sx7g P-5d
51.S*4f L*5a
52.K-6g P-5e
53.Lx5e P*5d
54.K-7f Px5e
55.P*8c P-5f
56.P-8b+ B-6c
57.P*5e L*2e
58.N*2f Lx5e
59.+Px8a P-5g+
60.N*1e S-1b
61.G-8d +P-5f
62.P-7d Px7d
63.K-8e +Px4f
64.Px4f L-5g+
65.K-9d +L-6g
66.S-7f Bx6f
67.Sx6g Bx8d
68.Kx8d G-7b
69.L*8e S*7c
70.K-9c P*8d
71.N-3d K-4a
72.R-5h P*5e
73.P*5c resigns
(diagram 2)

HAbu WON the 2nd game (Oza sen)

Shogi News ; The 60th Oza sen ; 5 games title match


10:22 P.M. (JST) , 5 September 2012 , after 144 moves , HABU won the game . The score of this match becomes "WATANABE 1 --- 1 HABU" .


The 3rd game of this match will start 9:00 A.M. (JST) , 19 September 2012 at Hotel-Taikan , Morioka city , Iwate .



You can see the original game record on the Net .
http://live.shogi.or.jp/ouza/kifu/60/ouza201209050101.html
(Flash version , written in Japanese language)

http://live.shogi.or.jp/ouza/index.html
(The official site of the Oza sen)
http://kifulog.shogi.or.jp/ouza/
(The official blog of the Oza sen)

Sente : WATANABE Akira (Ryuo , Oza)
Gote : HABU Yoshiharu (Oi , Kisei)

(diagram 1)

1.P-7f P-3d
2.P-2f R-4b
3.K-6h Bx8h+
4.Sx8h K-6b
5.K-7h S-2b
6.S-4h K-7b
7.G4i-5h S-3c
8.S-7g P-4d
9.P-5f K-8b
10.K-8h S-7b
11.G-7h G4a-5b
12.S-5g P-7d
13.P-6f P-6d
14.G5h-6g G-6c
15.P-5e P-9d
16.P-9f N-7c
17.P-2e P-8d
18.P-3f P-1d
19.P-1f S-8c
20.L-9h G-7b
21.K-9i K-9b
22.S-8h K-8b
23.G-7i K-9b
24.S-6h K-8b
25.N-3g K-9b
26.P-4f K-8b
27.R-4h L-1b
28.R-2h K-9b
29.P-2d

(diagram 1)

(diagram 2)

29...Px2d
30.P-1e Px1e
31.P-3e B*5b
32.Px3d Bx3d
33.R-2f K-8b
34.P-4e P-9e
35.Px9e P*9g
36.Sx9g Px4e
37.P*4c Bx4c
38.G-8h N-8e
39.S-8f P*9g
40.Nx9g P*9f
41.Nx8e Px8e
42.Sx8e Lx9e
43.Lx9f Lx9f
44.Sx9f P*9e
45.Sx9e L*9a
46.P*9f Lx9e
47.Px9e N*8d
48.L*7i P-2e
49.R-2i S-4d
50.P-9d R-3b
51.P*3c Rx3c
52.P*3h Sx9d
53.B*5a G6c-6b
54.K-8i R-3b
55.P-5d N-9f
56.S-7g Nx8h+
57.Kx8h Bx5d
58.P*9c P*3f
59.Rx2e Px3g+
60.P-9b+ K-7c
61.+P-9c S-9e
62.N*8e K-6c
63.L*7c G-6a
64.Lx7b+ Gx5a
65.N-7c+ K-5b
66.N*4f P*8f
67.+L-6b Gx6b
68.+Nx6b Kx6b
69.Nx5d Px5d
70.B*7a Kx7a
71.Rx2a+ G*3a
72.+Rx3b Px8g+
73.resigns
(diagram 2)

2nd game has just started ! (Ryuo sen challenger deciding match)

Shogi News ; The 25th Ryuo sen ; tournament final ; challenger deciding 3 games match


The 2nd game of the Ryuo sen challenger deciding match between MARUYAMA Tadahisa and YAMASAKI Takayuki has just started 10:00 A.M. (JST) , 6 September 2012 .


You can see the original game record on the Net .
http://live.shogi.or.jp/ryuou/kifu/25/ryuou201209060101.html
(Flash version , written in Japanese language)

http://live.shogi.or.jp/ryuou/
(The official site of the Ryuo sen , written in Japanese language)
http://kifulog.shogi.or.jp/ryuou/
(The official blog of the Ryuo sen , written in Japanese language)


Sente : YAMASAKI Takayuki (7 dan)
Gote : MARUYAMA Tadahisa (9 dan)

2nd game has just started ! (Oza sen)

Shogi News ; The 60th Oza sen ; 5 games title match


The 2nd game of the Oza sen title match between WATANABE Akira and HABU Yoshiharu 　has just started 9:00 A.M. (JST) , 5 September 2012 at Yokohama Royal Park hotel , Yokohama city , Kanagawa .

The score of this match is "WATANABE 1 --- 0 HABU" .

You can see the game nearly real time on the Net .
http://live.shogi.or.jp/ouza/kifu/60/ouza201209050101.html
(Flash version , written in Japanese language)

http://live.shogi.or.jp/ouza/index.html
(The official site of the Oza sen)
http://kifulog.shogi.or.jp/ouza/
(The official blog of the Oza sen)

Sente : WATANABE Akira (Ryuo , Oza)
Gote : HABU Yoshiharu (Oi , Kisei)

WATANABE won the 1st game ! (Oza sen)

Shogi News ; The 60th Oza sen ; 5 games title match


9:46 P.M. (JST) , 29 August 2012 , after 104 moves , WATANABE won the game . The score of this match becomes "WATANABE 1 --- 0 HABU" .

The 2nd game of this match will start 9:00 A.M. (JST) , 5 September 2012 at Yokohama Royal Park hotel , Yokohama city , Kanagawa .


You can see the original game record on the Net .
http://live.shogi.or.jp/ouza/kifu/60/ouza201208290101.html
(Flash version , written in Japanese language)

http://live.shogi.or.jp/ouza/index.html
(The official site of the Oza sen)
http://kifulog.shogi.or.jp/ouza/
(The official blog of the Oza sen)

Sente : HABU Yoshiharu (Oi , Kisei)
Gote : WATANABE Akira (Ryuo , Oza)

1.P-7f P-8d

2.S-6h P-3d

3.P-6f S-6b

4.P-5f P-5d
5.S-4h S-4b

6.G4i-5h G-3b

7.G-7h K-4a

8.K-6i P-7d

9.G5h-6g S6b-5c

10.P-2f P-8e

11.P-2e P-8f

12.Px8f Rx8f
13.P*8g R-8e

14.P-3f P-5e

15.P-4f Px5f

16.S-4g S-5d
17.Sx5f P-6d

18.P-2d Px2d

19.Rx2d P*2c

20.R-2h N-7c
21.K-7i G-5a

22.N-3g K-3a

23.P-9f P-9d

24.B-9g P-6e

(diagram 1)

(diagram 2)

25.N-7g Px6f

26.G-5g R-8c

27.P*2d Px2d

28.Rx2d P-9e
29.Bx4b+ G5ax4b

30.P*2c B-4d

31.N-4e Px9f

32.S*2b K-4a
33.Sx2a= G-3a

34.P-2b+ Gx2b

35.N*3c K-3a

36.P*2c G2bx3c
37.Nx3c+ Gx3c

38.S-4e N*6g

39.Sx6g Sx4e

40.Sx6f P-9g+
41.P-2b+ K-4b

42.+P-3b Gx3b

43.Sx3b+ Kx3b

44.N*2e S*2c
45.G*3a Kx3a

46.Rx2c+ S*3b

47.Px4e G*8h

48.Gx8h +Px8h
49.K-6i Sx2c

50.Px4d R*3i

51.S*5i B*7h

52.K-5h R-3h+
53.resigns
(diagram 2)

Oza sen title match has just started !

Shogi News ; The 60th Oza sen ; 5 games title match


The 1st game of the Oza sen title match between WATANABE Akira and HABU Yoshiharu has jsut started 9:00 A.M. (JST) , 29 August 2012 at Hotel Metropolitan Sendai .


You can see the game nearly real time on the Net .
http://live.shogi.or.jp/ouza/kifu/60/ouza201208290101.html
(Flash version , written in Japanese language)

http://live.shogi.or.jp/ouza/index.html
(The official site of the Oza sen)
http://kifulog.shogi.or.jp/ouza/
(The official blog of the Oza sen)


WATANABE Akira (Ryuo , Oza)
HABU Yoshiharu (Oi , Kisei)

HABU defend his title Oi !

Shogi News ; The 53rd Oi sen : 7 games title match


6:06 P.M. (JST) , 23 August 2012 , after 95 moves , HABU won the 5th game of this match . Then the score of this match becomes "HABU 4 --- 1 FUJII " and HABU succeeded to defend his title Oi .


You can see the original game record on the Net .
http://live.shogi.or.jp/oui/kifu/53/oui201208220101.html
(Flash version , written in Japanese language)

http://live.shogi.or.jp/oui/
(The official site of the Oi sen , written in Japanese language)
http://kifulog.shogi.or.jp/oui/
(The official blog of the Oi sen , written in Japanese language)


Sente ; HABU Yoshiharu (Oi , Kisei)
Gote ; FUJII Takeshi (9 dan)

(diagram 1)

1.P-7f P-3d
2.P-2f P-4d
3.S-4h R-4b
4.K-6h P-9d
5.K-7h S-7b
6.P-5f B-3c
7.G4i-5h P-6d
8.P-2e G4a-5b
9.S-5g S-3b
10.P-3f K-6b
11.B-5e S-6c
12.P-3e
(diagram 1)

(diagram 2)

12...Px3e
13.S-4f P-4e
14.Bx3c+ Nx3c
15.Sx3e P*3d
16.P-2d Px2d
17.Sx3d P-4f
18.Px4f R-4d
19.B*1f P-2e
20.R-3h P*3g
21.Rx3g Rx4f
22.Sx3c+ P*3f
23.R-2g Sx3c
24.Rx2e P-3g+
25.Nx3g Rx5f
26.R-2a+ B*5e
27.P*5d Bx9i+
28.S-8h L*7g
29.Sx7g S*9h
30.K-6h Sx8i+
31.S-6f Rx1f
32.Px1f B*4f
33.G-5g N*5f
34.K-5h Bx3g+
35.Gx5f P*4f
36.R*3a N*5a
37.K-6h Sx5d
38.Rx3c+ +B-4g
39.L*5h S-6e
40.Gx6e Px6e
41.+R2a-3bPx6f
42.+Rx5c K-7a
43.S*8b Kx8b
44.+R5cx5bS*7b
45.+Rx7b Gx7b
46.+Rx7b Kx7b
47.N*6d K-8b
48.S*7a resigns
(diagram 2)

THe 5th game has jsut started ! (Oi sen)

Shogi News ; The 53rd Oi sen : 7 games title match


The 5th game of the Oi sen title match between HABU Yoshiharu and FUJII Takeshi has just started 9:00 A.M. (JST) , 22 August 2012 , at Isuien , Tokushima city , Tokushima . I am going to go there at 23 August .

Now , the score of this match becomes "HABU 3 --- 1 FUJII " . HABU needs only one more win before 3 continuous loses to defend his title . In the other hand , FUJII needs 3 continuous wins without any other loses to get the title .


You can see the original game record on the Net .
http://live.shogi.or.jp/oui/kifu/53/oui201208220101.html
(Flash version , written in Japanese language)

http://live.shogi.or.jp/oui/
(The official site of the Oi sen , written in Japanese language)
http://kifulog.shogi.or.jp/oui/
(The official blog of the Oi sen , written in Japanese language)


Sente ; HABU Yoshiharu (Oi , Kisei)
Gote ; FUJII Takeshi (9 dan)

MARUYAMA won the 1st game ! (Ryuo sen challenger deciding match)

Shogi News ; The 25th Ryuo sen ; tournament final ; challenger deciding 3 games match


10:34 P.M. (JST) , 16 August 2012 , after 107 moves , MARUYAMA won the 1st game of this match .

The 2nd game of this match will start 10:00 A.M. (JST) , 6 September 2012 .


You can see the original game record on the Net .
http://live.shogi.or.jp/ryuou/kifu/25/ryuou201208160101.html
(Flash version , written in Japanese language)

http://live.shogi.or.jp/ryuou/
(The official site of the Ryuo sen , written in Japanese language)
http://kifulog.shogi.or.jp/ryuou/
(The official blog of the Ryuo sen , written in Japanese language)


Sente : MARUYAMA Tadahisa (9 dan)
Gote : YAMASAKI Takayuki (7 dan)

(diagram 1)

1.P-2f P-3d
2.P-7f Bx8h+
3.Sx8h S-2b
4.S-4h S-3c
5.K-6h S-7b
6.S-7g P-6d
7.P-3f S-6c
8.P-2e G-3b
9.S-3g P-4d
10.S-4f R-4b
11.N-3g S-5d
12.P-5f R-6b
13.K-7h K-4b
14.S-5e S-4c
15.G-4h P-7d
16.P-4f P-5d
17.S5e-6f P-6e
18.S-5g B*6d
19.B*8f Bx8f
20.Sx8f G-5b
21.P-4e
(diagram 1)

(diagram 2)

21...Px4e
22.Nx4e S3c-4d
23.P*4f K-3a
24.P-2d Px2d
25.Rx2d P*2c
26.R-2e K-2b
27.G4h-5h P-8d
28.P-9f P-6f
29.Px6f P*6e
30.G6i-6h Px6f
31.P*6c Gx6c
32.P-3e P-5e
33.Px3d G-5d
34.P*6c Rx6c
35.B*7b R-6d
36.Bx8a+ Px5f
37.Sx5f P*5g
38.G5hx5g P*5e
39.S-4g Sx4e
40.Px4e N*5f
41.G6h-5h P*4f
42.Sx4f P-6g+
43.G5hx6g Rx6g+
44.Gx6g P*6f
45.+Bx5d Px6g+
46.Kx6g Sx5d
47.S*3c Nx3c
48.Px3c+ Kx3c
49.R-3e P*3d
50.Rx3d K-2b
51.Rx3b+ Kx3b
52.P*3c K-4a
53.R*6a K-5b
54.N*6d resigns
(diagram 2)

1st game has just started ! (Ryuo sen challenger deciding match)

Shogi News ; The 25th Ryuo sen ; tournament final ; challenger deciding 3 games match


The 1st game of the Ryuo sen challenger deciding match between MARUYAMA Tadahisa and YAMASAKI Takayuki has jsut started 10:00 A.M. (JST) , 16 August 2012 .


You can see the game nearly real time on the Net .
http://live.shogi.or.jp/ryuou/kifu/25/ryuou201208160101.html
(Flash version , written in Japanese language)

http://live.shogi.or.jp/ryuou/
(The official site of the Ryuo sen , written in Japanese language)
http://kifulog.shogi.or.jp/ryuou/
(The official blog of the Ryuo sen , written in Japanese language)


MARUYAMA Tadahisa (9 dan)
YAMASAKI Takayuki (7 dan)

HABU won the 4the game (Oi sen)

Shogi News ; The 53rd Oi sen : 7 games title match


7:13 P.M. (JST) , 9 August 2012 , after 112 moves , HABU won the 4th game of this match . Then , the score of this match becomes "HABU 3 --- 1 FUJII " .

The 5th game of the match will start 9:00 A.M. (JST) , 23 August 2012 , at Isuien , Tokushima city , Tokushima . I am going to go there .


You can see the original game record on the Net .
http://live.shogi.or.jp/oui/kifu/53/oui201208080101.html
(Flash version , written in Japanese language)

http://live.shogi.or.jp/oui/
(The official site of the Oi sen , written in Japanese language)
http://kifulog.shogi.or.jp/oui/
(The official blog of the Oi sen , written in Japanese language)


Sente ; FUJII Takeshi (9 dan)
Gote ; HABU Yoshiharu (Oi , Kisei)

(diagram 1)

1.P-7f P-3d
2.R-6h S-6b
3.K-4h K-4b
4.K-3h K-3b
5.K-2h P-8d
6.S-3h P-8e
7.Bx2b+ Kx2b
8.S-8h L-1b
9.S-7g K-1a
10.R-8h S-2b
11.G6i-5h P-7d
12.B*6e G6a-5b
13.Bx7d R-8d
14.B-5f P-5d
15.P-4f P-5e
16.B-4g B*3c
17.S-6f S-5c
18.N-7g P-5f
19.Bx5f S-4d
20.P-8f Px8f
21.P*8e R-5d
22.B-8c+ S-5e
(diagram 1)

(diagram 2)

23.Sx5e Bx5e
24.S*6f Bx4f
25.+B-4g R-4d
26.+B-5f S*4e
27.+Bx4f Sx4f
28.P*4g P-8g+
29.Rx8g Sx4g+
30.Sx4g Rx4g+
31.Gx4g B*6i
32.R*7a P*5a
33.R-8h Bx4g+
34.Rx8a+ P*8g
35.R-6h S*7i
36.R-3h +Bx3h
37.Gx3h S-6h+
38.+Rx9a +Sx6g
39.L*5d +Sx6f
40.Lx5b+ S*4i
41.B*8c Gx5b
42.S*3b R*7h
43.P*4h L*4d
44.G*3i G*5h
45.K-1h Lx4h+
46.N*1e +Lx3h
47.Gx3h Sx3h+
48.Bx3h+ Gx5g
49.L*3i G*3c
50.B*4a G*4b
51.Nx2c= Gx2c
52.Bx5b+ Gx3b
53.+B-4a P*2f
54.Px2f N*3e
55.P*4h Gx4h
56.+Bx3b Gx3h
57.resigns
(diagram 2)

The 4th game has just started ! (Oi sen)

Shogi News ; The 53rd Oi sen : 7 games title match


The 4th game of the Oi sen title match between HABU Yoshiharu and FUJII Takeshi has jsut started 9:00 A.M. (JST) , 8 August 2012 , at Nakanobou zui-en , Kobe city , Hyogo .

Now , the score of this match becomes "HABU 2 --- 1 FUJII " .



You can see the game nearly real time on the Net .
http://live.shogi.or.jp/oui/kifu/53/oui201208080101.html
(Flash version , written in Japanese language)

http://live.shogi.or.jp/oui/
(The official site of the Oi sen , written in Japanese language)
http://kifulog.shogi.or.jp/oui/
(The official blog of the Oi sen , written in Japanese language)


Sente ; FUJII Takeshi (9 dan)
Gote ; HABU Yoshiharu (Oi , Kisei)

HABU won the 3rd game (Oi sen)

Shogi News ; The 53rd Oi sen : 7 games title match


6:46 P.M. (JST) , 2 August 2012 , after 99 moves , HABU won the 3rd game of the Oi sen title match . Then the score of this match becomes "HABU 2 --- 1 FUJII " .

The 45h game of the match will start 9:00 A.M. (JST) , 8 August 2012 , at Nakanobou zui-en , Kobe city , Hyogo .


You can see the original game record on the Net .
http://live.shogi.or.jp/oui/kifu/53/oui201208010101.html
(Flash version , written in Japanese language)

http://live.shogi.or.jp/oui/
(The official site of the Oi sen , written in Japanese language)
http://kifulog.shogi.or.jp/oui/
(The official blog of the Oi sen , written in Japanese language)


Sente ; HABU Yoshiharu (Oi , Kisei)
Gote ; FUJII Takeshi (9 dan)

(diagram 1)

1.P-7f P-3d
2.P-2f R-4b
3.S-4h K-6b
4.K-6h Bx8h+
5.Sx8h K-7b
6.K-7h S-2b
7.S-7g K-8b
8.K-8h S-3c
9.G-7h P-2d
10.P-4f S-7b
11.S-4g P-3e
12.P-3f Px3f
13.Sx3f R-2b
14.G-5h S-4d
15.P-4e R-3b

(daigram 1)

(diagram 2)

16.Px4d Rx3f
17.S*3g R-3c
18.R-4h P*3f
19.S-2h Px4d
20.B*2b B*5e
21.P-5f P-3g+
22.Nx3g Bx3g+
23.Sx3g Rx3g+
24.Rx4d G-3a
25.Bx1a+ S*6i
26.G5h-6h Sx7h+
27.Gx7h +R-3h
28.B*1f +R-2h
29.S*6h S*6i
30.G-7i S-5h+
31.P*3b G*6i
32.Gx6i +Sx6i
33.P*4h +Rx1i
34.Px3a+ N*8f
35.Px8f L*8g
36.K-7h +Sx6h
37.Kx6h Lx8i+
38.R-4b+ N*6e
39.S-6f S*7g
40.K-5h Sx6f=
41.+Bx6f S*5g
42.+Bx5g Nx5g+
43.Kx5g B*7i
44.K-4g P*4e
45.+Rx4e +Lx9i
46.N*6f L*7d
47.L*8e +Rx1g
48.G*2g +Rx1f
49.Gx1f P*4f
50.K-3g resigns
(daigram 2)

3rd game has just started ! (Oi sen)

Shogi News ; The 53rd Oi sen : 7 games title match



The 3rd game of the Oi sen title match between HABU Yoshiharu and FUJII Takeshi has just started 9:00 A.M. (JST) , 1 August 2012 , at Hotel New Nagasaki , Nagasaki city , Nagasaki .

Now the score of this match is "HABU 1 --- 1 FUJII " .


You can see the game nearly real time on the Net .
http://live.shogi.or.jp/oui/kifu/53/oui201208010101.html
(Flash version , written in Japanese language)

http://live.shogi.or.jp/oui/
(The official site of the Oi sen , written in Japanese language)
http://kifulog.shogi.or.jp/oui/
(The official blog of the Oi sen , written in Japanese language)


Sente ; HABU Yoshiharu (Oi , Kisei)
Gote ; FUJII Takeshi (9 dan)

FUJII won the 2nd game ! (Oi sen)

Shogi News ; The 53rd Oi sen : 7 games title match


6:45 P.M. (JST) , 25 July 2012 , after 115 moves , FUJII won the 2nd game . Then the score of this match becomes "HABU 1 --- 1 FUJII " .


The 3rd game of this match will start 9:00 A.M. (JST) , 1 August 2012 , at Hotel New Nagasaki , Nagasaki city , Nagasaki .


You can see the original game record on the Net .
http://live.shogi.or.jp/oui/kifu/53/oui201207240101.html
(Flash version , written in Japanese language)

http://live.shogi.or.jp/oui/
(The official site of the Oi sen , written in Japanese language)
http://kifulog.shogi.or.jp/oui/
(The official blog of the Oi sen , written in Japanese language)


Sente ; FUJII Takeshi (9 dan)
Gote ; HABU Yoshiharu (Oi , Kisei)

(diagram 1)

1.P-7f P-3d
2.R-6h S-6b
3.K-4h K-4b
4.K-3h K-3b
5.K-2h P-8d
6.S-3h P-8e
7.P-7e P-1d
8.P-1f P-9d
9.P-9f R-8d
10.Bx2b+ Sx2b
11.S-8h P-8f
12.Px8f Rx8f
13.G-7i G6a-5b
14.S-7g R-8d
15.B*7f P*8e
16.R-8h N-9c
17.P-9e
(diagram 1)

(diagram 2)

17...Px9e
18.Lx9e P*9d
19.P*9b Px9e
20.Px9a+ P-7d
21.B-6e S-3c
22.+P-9b P-8f
23.Rx8f Rx8f
24.Sx8f L*6d
25.B-5f B*7f
26.L*6i Px7e
27.+Px9c P*8h
28.Gx8h R*7i
29.R*5i B-6e
30.Bx6e Lx6e
31.L-6h Rx5i+
32.Gx5i R*7i
33.R*6i Rx6i+
34.Gx6i P-3e
35.G8h-7h P-3f
36.Px3f B*5e
37.B*3g B-9i+
38.G6i-7i +B-4d
39.+P-8c P-6d
40.+P-7b S-6c
41.R*9b S-5d
42.+P-6b G5b-4b
43.N*5f +B-5e
44.G-6i +Bx3g
45.Nx3g P-1e
46.Nx6d Px1f
47.P*1h B*9f
48.B*8e Bx8e
49.Sx8e R*8f
50.+P-5b Rx8i+
51.+Px4a Kx4a
52.G*5b K-3b
53.Gx4b Sx4b
54.B*4a Kx4a
55.N-5b+ K-3b
56.+Nx4b K-3c
57.+N-3b K-4d
58.S*3e resigns
(diagram 2)

2nd game has just started ! (Oi sen)

Shogi News ; The 53rd Oi sen : 7 games title match


The 2nd game of the Oi sen title match between HABU Yoshiharu and FUJII Takeshi has jsut started 9:00 A.M. (JST) , 24 July 2012 , at Hanabishi Onsen , Hakodate city , Hokkaidou .


The score of this match is now "HABU 1 --- 0 FUJII" .


You can see the game nearly real time on the Net .
http://live.shogi.or.jp/oui/kifu/53/oui201207240101.html
(Flash version , written in Japanese language)

http://live.shogi.or.jp/oui/
(The official site of the Oi sen , written in Japanese language)
http://kifulog.shogi.or.jp/oui/
(The official blog of the Oi sen , written in Japanese language)


Sente ; FUJII Takeshi (9 dan)
Gote ; HABU Yoshiharu (Oi , Kisei)

HABU becomes the challenger ! (Oza sen)

Shogi News ; The 60 the Oza sen : Challenger deciding game


The challenger deciding game of the Oza sen between HABU Yoshiharu and NAKAMURA Taichi started 10:00 A.M. (JST) , 20 July 2012 at Shogi kaikan , Sendagaya , Shibuya Ku , Tokyo .


9:53 P.M. (JST) , 20 July 2012 , after 93 moves , HABU won the game and he becomes the challenger of the 60th Oza sen title match .


You can see the original game record on the Net .
http://live.shogi.or.jp/ouza/kifu/60/ouza201207200101.html
(Flash version , written in Japanese language)

http://live.shogi.or.jp/ouza/
(The official site of the Oza sen , written in Japanese language)
http://kifulog.shogi.or.jp/ouza/
(The official blog of the Oza sen , written in Japanese language)


Sente : HABU Yoshiharu (Oi , Kisei )
Gote : NAKAMURA Taichi (6 dan)

(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.P*8g R-8d
11.R-2f K-5b
12.K-5h S-6b
13.P-3f G-7b
14.S-3h P*8f
(diagram 1)

(diagram 2)

15.Px8f Rx8f
16.P-3e R-8e
17.S-3g Rx3e
18.S-4f R-8e
19.P*8g P*2d
20.R-3f R-2e
21.P*2f R-9e
22.G-3h R-9d
23.Bx3c+ Sx3c
24.B*6f R-7d
25.S-6h Rx7f
26.S-7g R-7d
27.N-3g P*3d
28.P-2e Px2e
29.S-4e L-1b
30.P*2c Gx2c
31.Nx2e P-3e
32.R-2f P*2d
33.Nx3c+ Nx3c
34.R-4f P*8h
35.S*3b Nx4e
36.Rx4e P-4d
37.Bx4d G-3d
38.Bx5c+ Sx5c
39.R-4a+ K-6b
40.S-4c+ N*4f
41.K-6h P*5a
42.+Sx5c Kx5c
43.+Rx5a P*5b
44.S*4b K-4c
45.N*5e K-3b
46.Px4f Px8i+
47.N*1e resigns
(diagram 2)

HABU won the 1st game ! (Oi sen)

Shogi News ; The 53rd Oi sen : 7 games title match


2:52 P.M. (JST) , 10 July 2012 , after 66 moves , the game ended with draw by repetition . After 30 minutes , next game started .

7:55 P.M. (JST) , 20 July 2012 , after 100 moves , HABU won the replayed game .

Then the score of this match becomes "HABU 1 --- 0 FUJII" .


The 2nd game of this match will start 9:00 A.M. (JST) , 24 July 2012 , at Hanabishi Onsen , Hakodate city , Hokkaidou .

You can see the original game record on the Net .
http://live.shogi.or.jp/oui/kifu/53/oui201207100101.html
(Flash version , written in Japanese language)

http://live.shogi.or.jp/oui/
(The official site of the Oi sen , written in Japanese language)
http://kifulog.shogi.or.jp/oui/
(The official blog of the Oi sen , written in Japanese language)


Sente ; HABU Yoshiharu (Oi , Kisei)
Gote ; FUJII Takeshi (9 dan)

(diagram 1)

1.P-7f P-3d
2.P-2f R-4b
3.S-4h K-6b
4.K-6h Bx8h+
5.Sx8h K-7b
6.K-7h S-2b
7.S-7g S-3c
8.G4i-5h P-2d
9.P-4f R-2b
10.S-4g K-8b
11.S-5f S-7b
12.P-9f G4a-5b
13.P-7e P-3e
14.K-8h S-4b
15.P-7d P-5d
16.Px7c+ Sx7c
17.G-7h S-5c
18.P-6f P-6d
19.P-1f G-7b
20.P-1e G5b-6c
21.S-6g S5c-6b
22.P-9e P-3f
23.Px3f P*3h
24.B*1f P-3i+
25.Bx4c+ +Px2i
26.Rx2i B*3h
27.R-3i B-2g+
28.+B-4d R-1b
29.+B-4c R-2b
30.+B-4d R-1b
31.+B-4c R-2b
32.+B-4d R-1b
33.+B-4c R-2b
34.sennichite
(diagram 1)



Sente ; FUJII Takeshi (9 dan)
Gote ; HABU Yoshiharu (Oi , Kisei)

(diagram 2)

1.P-7f P-3d
2.P-6f P-8d
3.R-6h S-6b
4.P-1f K-4b
5.S-3h K-3b
6.S-7h P-5d
7.S-6g G6a-5b
8.G6i-5h S-5c
9.P-4f P-8e
10.B-7g P-7d
11.K-4h B-5e
12.P-4e P-1d
13.K-3i S-2b
14.K-2h P-2d
15.R-7h B-3c
16.P-5f P-2e
17.G-4g P-6d
18.P-3f S-2c
19.N-3g G4a-4b
20.L-9h P-9d
21.P-9f L-1b
22.B-6h P-8f
(diagram 2)



23.Px8f P-6e
24.Px6e B-9i+
25.N-9g +B-8i
26.N-8e R-6b
27.B-4f Rx6e
28.P*6f +Bx7h
29.Sx7h Rx6f
30.P-5e P-1e
31.Px5d Sx5d
32.Bx9a+ R-6h+
33.B*8g Px1f
34.P*6i P-1g+
35.K-3i +R-6a
36.P*1c Lx1c
37.Nx2e P*1h
38.P-7e P*5c
39.+B-4f Px1i+
40.L*6d P*6c
41.P*5e Sx5e
42.+Bx5e L*5d
43.+Bx1i P*2f
44.Px2f P*2g
45.Nx1c+ P-2h+
46.+Bx2h +Px2h
47.Kx2h Nx1c
48.L*1i P*1d
49.P*5e Px6d
50.Px5d P-6e
51.resigns
(diagram 2)