Shogi Yearbook 2015

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Shogi Yearbook 2015

SHOGI24.COM SHOGI YEARBOOK 2015

Title match games, Challenger’s tournaments, interviews with
WATANABE Akira and HIROSE Akihito, tournament reports, photos,
Micro Shogi, statistics, …
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Shogi Yearbook 2015 Content

Content

Content .................................................................................................................................................... 2
Just a few words ... .................................................................................................................................. 5
64. Osho .................................................................................................................................................. 6
64. Osho league ................................................................................................................................... 6
64th Osho title match ........................................................................................................................... 9
Game 1 ............................................................................................................................................. 9
Game 2 ........................................................................................................................................... 12
Game 3 ........................................................................................................................................... 15
Game 4 ........................................................................................................................................... 18
Game 5 ........................................................................................................................................... 21
Game 6 ........................................................................................................................................... 23
Game 7 ........................................................................................................................................... 26
Summary ........................................................................................................................................ 28
40. Kio .................................................................................................................................................... 29
40. Kio Challenger’s tournament........................................................................................................ 29
Challenger’s finale .......................................................................................................................... 29
39. Kio title match .............................................................................................................................. 33
Game 1 ........................................................................................................................................... 33
Game 2 ........................................................................................................................................... 35
Game 3 ........................................................................................................................................... 37
Summary ........................................................................................................................................ 40
73th Meijin ............................................................................................................................................. 41
73th Meijin A-Class ............................................................................................................................ 41
Play-off 1 ........................................................................................................................................ 41
Play-off 2 ........................................................................................................................................ 42
Play-off 3 ........................................................................................................................................ 45
73th Meijin title match ........................................................................................................................ 49
Game 1 ........................................................................................................................................... 49
Game 2 ........................................................................................................................................... 51
Game 3 ........................................................................................................................................... 53
Game 4 ........................................................................................................................................... 56
Game 5 ........................................................................................................................................... 59
Summary ............................................................................................................................................ 63
86. Kisei ................................................................................................................................................. 64
86. Kisei challenger’s tournament ...................................................................................................... 64

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Challenger’s finale .......................................................................................................................... 64
86. Kisei title match ............................................................................................................................ 67
Game 1 ........................................................................................................................................... 67
Game 2 ........................................................................................................................................... 70
Game 3 ........................................................................................................................................... 73
Game 4 ........................................................................................................................................... 76
Summary ............................................................................................................................................ 78
56. Oi ..................................................................................................................................................... 79
56. Oi challenger league .................................................................................................................... 79
Challenger’s finale .......................................................................................................................... 79
56. Oi title match ................................................................................................................................ 83
Game 1 ........................................................................................................................................... 83
Game 2 ........................................................................................................................................... 86
Game 3 ........................................................................................................................................... 89
Game 4 ........................................................................................................................................... 92
Game 5 ........................................................................................................................................... 94
Summary ............................................................................................................................................ 97
63. Oza .................................................................................................................................................. 98
63. Oza Challenger’s tournament ...................................................................................................... 98
Challenger’s finale .......................................................................................................................... 98
63. Oza title match ........................................................................................................................... 101
Game 1 ......................................................................................................................................... 101
Game 2 ......................................................................................................................................... 104
Game 3 ......................................................................................................................................... 107
Game 4 ......................................................................................................................................... 109
Game 5 ......................................................................................................................................... 111
Summary .......................................................................................................................................... 113
28. Ryu-O ............................................................................................................................................ 114
28. Ryu-O Challenger’s tournament ................................................................................................ 114
Challenger’s finale / 3rd game ....................................................................................................... 114
27th Ryu-O title match ..................................................................................................................... 117
Game 1 ......................................................................................................................................... 117
Game 2 ......................................................................................................................................... 120
Game 3 ......................................................................................................................................... 122
Game 4 ......................................................................................................................................... 125
Game 5 ......................................................................................................................................... 127
Summary .......................................................................................................................................... 130
Denou-sen Final: Time for revenge! .................................................................................................... 131
Game 1 ............................................................................................................................................ 131

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Game 2 ............................................................................................................................................ 134
Game 3 ............................................................................................................................................ 136
Game 4 ............................................................................................................................................ 139
Game 5 ......................................................................................................................................... 141
Summary .......................................................................................................................................... 141
WOSC/ESC 2015 in Prague ................................................................................................................ 142
Shogifestival 2015 in Ludwigshafen/Germany .................................................................................... 145
A little bit chess, but not too much … .................................................................................................. 152
Shogi variant – Micro Shogi ................................................................................................................. 154
Shogi24.com Player of the Year 2015/2016 ........................................................................................ 155
Statistics .............................................................................................................................................. 156
Title match statistics ......................................................................................................................... 156
Top 10 shogi24.com-rating ….......................................................................................................... 156
Top 10 players who played the most games ................................................................................... 157
Top 10 players who gained the most wins ....................................................................................... 157
Top 10 players who showed the highest winning percentage ......................................................... 157
Top 10 players who made the longest straight wins ........................................................................ 158
Shogi - Schach der Samurai Einführung in das faszinierende japanische Schach ............................ 159

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Shogi Yearbook 2015 Just a few words ...

Just a few words ...

Dear shogi friends,

Let’s make it really short this time…

I want to thank
WATANABE Akira and HIROSE Akihito for the interviews,
Frank Rövekamp for the translation,
Bernhard C. März for the permission of using his software 'BCM Games',
Jan Mazuch and others for the permission of publishing their photos of the ESC/WOSC 2016
and MANABU Terao for the permission of using articles he published first in the forum of
81squareuniverse.

Ideas, photos, reports for next year’s edition? Feel free to send them to [email protected] .

Enjoy the game!

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Shogi Yearbook 2015 64. Osho

64. Osho

64. Osho league

The Osho league saw Habu and Goda with 4 wins and 2 losses at the top. The showdown was a
playoff game to determine the challenger of title holder Watanabe.

Playoff
2014-12-25
Sente: HABU Yoshiharu
Gote: GODA Masataka

1.P7g-7f 17.G5h-6g
2.P8c-8d 18.G6a-5b
3.S7i-6h 19.S6h-7g
4.P3c-3d 20.S4b-3c
5.P6g-6f 21.B8h-7i
6.S7a-6b 22.B2b-3a
7.P5g-5f 23.P3g-3f
8.P5c-5d 24.P4c-4d
9.S3i-4h 25.S4h-3g
10.S3a-4b 26.B3a-6d
11.G4i-5h 27.B7i-6h
12.G4a-3b 28.G5b-4c
13.G6i-7h 29.K6i-7i
14.K5a-4a 30.K4a-3a
15.K5i-6i

31.K7i-8h
16.P7c-7d 32.S6b-5c

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33.P1g-1f 65.B6fx7e
34.K3a-2b 66.P*7f
35.P1f-1e 67.S7gx7f
36.P9c-9d 68.S*6d
37.L1i-1f 69.B7e-3i
38.P9d-9e 70.S6ex7f
39.R2h-1h 71.G6gx7f
40.S3c-2d 72.S*6e
41.S3g-2f 73.G7f-7g
42.P4d-4e 74.P*7f
43.P3f-3e 75.G7g-6g
44.P3dx3e
45.S2fx3e

76.S6ex5f
77.G6gx7f
46.S2dx3e 78.S6d-6e
47.B6hx3e 79.G7f-7e
48.S5c-4d 80.P*7d
49.P6f-6e 81.G7ex6e
50.B6d-7c 82.S5fx6e
51.B3e-5g 83.S*7g
52.P8d-8e 84.P5e-5f
53.B5g-6f 85.N3g-2e
54.P*3d 86.P8e-8f
55.S*3f 87.P8gx8f
56.P5d-5e 88.P2c-2d
57.P7f-7e 89.P*3c
58.P7dx7e 90.N2ax3c
59.S3fx4e
60.S*7d

91.N2ex1c+
92.L1ax1c
61.N2i-3g 93.P1e-1d
62.S7dx6e 94.L1cx1d
63.S4ex4d 95.L1fx1d
64.G4cx4d 96.N*7f

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Shogi Yearbook 2015 64. Osho

97.K8h-8g 108.G3bx2c
98.P*8h 109.+L1cx2c
99.L*8e 110.N7fx8h+
100.R8b-4b 111.K8gx8h
101.G7hx8h 112.P*8g
102.G4d-5d 113.K8h-7i
103.L1d-1c+ 114.G*6i
104.K2b-3a 115.Resigns
105.S*2c

106.R4bx4g+
107.P*4d

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Shogi Yearbook 2015 64. Osho

64th Osho title match

Game 1
2015-01-11/12
Sente: WATANABE Akira, Osho
Gote: GODA Masataka, Challenger

1.P7g-7f 30.K4a-3a
2.P8c-8d
3.P2g-2f
4.P8d-8e
5.B8h-7g
6.P3c-3d
7.S7i-8h
8.G4a-3b
9.G6i-7h
10.B2bx7g+
11.S8hx7g
12.S3a-4b
13.S3i-3h
14.S7a-7b
15.P9g-9f

31.N2i-3g
32.P4c-4d
33.S4g-5f
34.P7c-7d
35.P6g-6f
36.S4b-3c
37.P2f-2e
38.G5b-4b
39.K7i-8h
40.K3a-2b
41.G5h-6h
42.N8a-7c
43.P4f-4e
44.B*4f
16.P9c-9d 45.B*2f
17.P4g-4f
18.P6c-6d
19.S3h-4g
20.S7b-6c
21.K5i-6h
22.S6c-5d
23.G4i-5h
24.G6a-5b
25.P3g-3f
26.K5a-4a
27.P1g-1f
28.P1c-1d
29.K6h-7i

46.P6d-6e
47.P4ex4d
48.P6ex6f
49.S7gx6f

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50.P8e-8f 80.P*9f
51.P8gx8f 81.P*8g
52.P*8e 82.G7fx8g
53.P8fx8e 83.N7ix8g
54.P9d-9e 84.P9fx9g+
55.P9fx9e 85.N8ix9g
56.N7cx8e 86.P*9f
57.P*8f 87.S*7g
58.P*6e 88.L*7f
59.S6f-5e 89.G*8e
60.S5dx5e 90.L7fx7g+

61.S5f-4g 91.G6hx7g
62.B4fx3g+ 92.R8f-7f
63.B2fx3g 93.G7gx7f
64.P5c-5d 94.N6dx7f
65.P5g-5f 95.P2e-2d
66.N*6d 96.S*6f
67.G7h-8g 97.P2dx2c+
68.P7d-7e 98.G3bx2c
69.P7fx7e 99.B3g-4f
70.S*7f 100.G*6g
71.P5fx5e 101.K7h-6i
72.S7fx8g+ 102.P*2g
73.K8hx8g 103.R2hx2g
74.G*7f 104.S6f-5g
75.K8g-7h 105.R2gx2c+

76.N8e-9g 106.K2bx2c
77.L9ix9g 107.L*2i
78.R8bx8f 108.R*2d
79.N*7i 109.L2ix2d

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