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Fujii beats a rare opening system

This week in Shukan Shogi the third game of the Ryu-O match between Fujii and Habu. Habu tried to confuse Fujii again by playing an opening system that is rarely seen in professional shogi, but Fujii did not blink. With some subtle opening play (including breaking down his own castle) he got his usual advantage after the opening and this time he was able to win the game from there.

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