HABU won the 4th game (Meijin sen)

Shogi News ; The 70th Meijin sen ; 7 games title match


The 4th game of the Meijin sen title match between MORIUCHI Toshiyuki and HABU Yoshiharu has just started 9:00 A.M. (JST) , 22 May 2012 at Fugetsurou , Shizuoka city , Shizuoka .


9:15 P.M. (JST) , 23 May 2012 , after 143 moves , HABU won the game . Then the score of this match "MORIUCHI 2 --- 2 HABU" .

The 5th game of this match will start 9:00 A.M. (JST) , 31 May 2012 at the Westin Hotel Miyako Kyoto , Kyoto city , Kyoto .


You can see the original game record on the Net , after paying some fee .
http://www.meijinsen.jp/
(The official site of the Meijin sen)


Sente : HABU Yoshiharu (Oi , Kisei)
Gote : MORIUCHI Toshiyuki (Meijin)

(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 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 B-7c
19.P-1f P-1d
20.P-2f P-9d
21.R-3h S-2d
22.L-1h P-9e
23.P-6e N-3c
24.P-5e
(diagram 1)

(diagram 2)

24...Px5e
25.P-2e Nx2e
26.Nx2e Sx2e
27.P-3e Px3e
28.P-1e Px1e
29.Rx3e P-2d
30.R-3i P*3d
31.P*3e P-8e
32.Px3d Sx3d
33.Lx1e Lx1e
34.S-3e Sx3e
35.Rx3e N*2c
36.R-3h P*3e
37.P*2e G4c-3c
38.P*3f S*2g
39.R-3i B-8d
40.P-7e Px7e
41.Px3e P*3f
42.N*2f P-7f
43.S-6f S-1f+
44.P-3d G3c-4c
45.S*3c G4cx3c
46.Px3c+ Kx3c
47.G*3d K-4b
48.P*5d Sx5d
49.Gx4d +Sx2f
50.Gx5d +Sx2e
51.B-4f N*4c
52.S*4d L*5a
53.P*5c S*3c
54.Sx3c+ Gx3c
55.S*4d R-7b
56.R-2i P*4e
57.B-6h N2c-3e
58.Sx3c+ Kx3c
59.G*8c Bx6f
60.Gx6f R-7d
61.P-6d P-3g+
62.Gx4c Kx4c
63.B*6e K-3d
64.Bx7d L-1h+
65.N*2f +Sx2f
66.Rx2f S*2e
67.S*4c Kx4c
68.Rx2e Px2e
69.Bx3e K-3d
70.S*4d G*2c
71.B-6e R*4a
72.R*3a resigns
(diagram 2)