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Tanigawa beats Habu badly

In the 6th game of the Oi title match between Habu and Tanigawa, Habu was beaten so quickly that even Shukan Shogi had a hard time filling a page with the game and comments. Here is the evidence that Habu is human after all:

See the text version of the game with comments or play through the game in a Java viewer.

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