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Even though Japan is famous for its lack of holidays, even here there is a summer vacation season. Most Japanese only have a three day holiday this week during O-bon, but it seems that most professionals have more than a week off, as there are almost no results of interest from professional games in Shukan Shogi this week.

Of course, there is no rest for Habu and Tanigawa, who continue to slug it out this season. Last week they played the third game of the Oi match. Tanigawa was very close to taking the lead in the match, but in the end Habu used some of his magic to escape and win.

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Other shogi news

As said, not much interesting going on in other tournaments.

In the quarterfinals Suzuki Daisuke beat Kondo in a vicious battle that lasted for 364 moves in two sessions after the first game has ended in jishogi.

Also, Habu and Tanigawa played two other games in the Kachinuki-sen and in the Ginga-sen. Both are minor tournaments, but beating Habu would have done Tanigawa's confidence a lot of good. It was not to be, as Habu won both games. In the Kachinuki-sen this was his eleventh straight and this is only one win short of the alltime record, which is held by... Tanigawa.