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Habu takes Oza title

As reported earlier, Habu won the decisive game in the Oza match against Fujii, winning the match 3-2. This week's Shukan Shogi features this game and it turned out to be another proof that Habu is playing a different kind of shogi than all the others. He won the game by playing a slow attack far away from the king that neither Fujii or any of the other professionals considered. Habu showed that he was right and got another Oza title as a reward.

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