May 11, 2012

MORIUCHI won the 3rd game (Meijin sen)

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


The 3rd game of the Meijin sen title match between MORIUCHI Toshiyuki and HABU Yoshiharu has just started 9:00 A.M. (JST) , 8 May 2012 at Spa Resort Hawaiians , Iwaki city , Fukushima .


9:46 P.M. (JST) , 9 May 2012 , after 157 moves , MORIUCHI won the game . Then the score of this match "MORIUCHI 2 --- 1 HABU" .

The 4th game of this match will start 9:00 A.M. (JST) , 22 May 2012 at Fugetsurou , Shizuoka city , Shizuoka .


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

(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.S-7g P-5e
12.Px5e Bx5e
13.B-7i B-7c
14.B-4f S-6d
15.P-7e R-8d
16.Px7d Rx7d
17.P*5f K-3a
18.P-2e G-5a
19.P*7f S-3c
20.P-6e
(diagram 1)

MORIUCHI selected Yagura as the opening of this game and HABU accepted it . The game advanced along a typical Ai Yagura line until HABU's 9...S6b-5c . HABU made his camp AKUTSU ryu Kyusen form .

Replying HABU's 5th file Pawn exchange , MORIUCHI turned his Bishop onto 4f and started attacking with 20.P-6e .

(diagram 2)

20...Sx6e
21.Bx7c+ Nx7c
22.B*8b P-8f
23.Px8f P*8h
24.Gx8h B*4i
25.P*6h K-2b
26.Bx9a+ G5a-4b
27.L*5h Sx7f
28.Gx7f Rx7f
29.Sx7f P*8g
30.Gx8g G*2g
31.Rx2g Bx2g+
32.G*3i P*7g
33.P*7i R*2f
34.+Bx7c +B-2h
35.Gx2h Rx2h+
36.S*5i P*5g
37.Lx5g +Rx1i
38.R*7a +Rx2i
39.Gx7g G*4i
40.K-7h Gx5i
41.Sx5i +Rx5i
42.P-2d Px2d
43.P*2c Gx2c
44.G*3a L*4a
45.Gx4a Gx4a
46.Rx4a+ G*3a
47.+R-5b S*3b
48.+B-8d N*4e
49.L*4f P*5a
50.+R-9b Nx5g+
51.Lx4c+ P*4b
52.+Lx3c Gx3c
53.P*2c Kx2c
54.N*1e K-1b
55.P*2c Sx2c
56.P*2b Kx2b
57.+Bx5a L*4a
58.B*7e S*6d
59.Bx9c+ P*7e
60.S-8e +Nx5f
61.S*5b L*7f
62.K-8g P*9e
63.Sx7f Px7f
64.Kx7f P*8d
65.+B9cx8dS*7c
66.K-8e Sx8d
67.Kx8d B*4h
68.K-8c +N-6f
69.+Bx4a G3c-3b
70.+R-8a Gx4a
71.Sx4a= +Nx7g
72.G*4d P*5a
73.Sx3b+ Sx3b
74.P*2c Sx2c
75.S*3a Kx3a
76.Nx2c= K-3b
77.G*3a K-2b
78.Gx2a Kx2a
79.P*2b resigns
(diagram 2)

After 157 moves , MORIUCHI won the game .

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