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50th Osho-sen, Game 4
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27 February 2001
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Everything is not enough
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Black: Habu Yoshiharu, Osho
White: Tanigawa Koji, Challenger
50th Osho-sen, Game 4, February 8th and 9th 2001
1.P7g-7f
2.P3c-3d
3.P2g-2f
4.P4c-4d
5.P2f-2e
6.B2b-3c
7.S3i-4h
8.S3a-3b
9.P5g-5f
10.R8b-4b
For the third time in this match a Furibisha game. It is hard to imagine that a couple of years ago neither Habu nor Tanigawa would have played this opening in an important game.
11.K5i-6h
12.S7a-7b
13.K6h-7h
14.S3b-4c
15.G4i-5h
16.P9c-9d
17.B8h-7g
18.P9d-9e
19.K7h-8h
20.P7c-7d
21.L9i-9h
22.N8a-7c
23.K8h-9i
In this game Habu is moving into the anaguma as quickly as possible, without moving up the silver on 4h or closing the bishop diagonal with P6f to defend against N6e.
24.P6c-6d
25.S7i-8h
26.S7b-6c
27.P6g-6f
28.G4a-3b
29.G5h-6g
30.R4b-6b
31.S4h-5g
32.G6a-5b
33.G6i-7h
34.K5a-4a
Moving the king to the right in a Gangi (snowroof) type formation is often played by Sugimoto. He has had good results with it, so that is probably why Tanigawa studied it for this game.
35.P3g-3f
36.S6c-5d
37.B7g-5i
38.K4a-3a
39.P1g-1f
40.P1c-1d
41.B5i-3g
42.P4d-4e
43.P4g-4f
44.R6b-6a
45.R2h-4h
46.P4ex4f
47.S5gx4f
48.P6d-6e
Habu has managed to complete his anaguma, and was quite happy with his position here. Tanigawa realises that this is his only chance to fight. Moving the silver to 4f has weakened the 6th file and also blocks both the rook and the bishop, so it is now or never.
49.P6fx6e
50.P*6f
51.G6g-6h
52.N7cx6e
53.P*4d!
Good move. The simple 53.P*4e would have led to disaster after 54.P6g+ G6hx6g Bx8h+ Gx8h P*6f G6h S*5i. Habu sacrifices a pawn to stop the white attack.
54.B3cx4d
55.P*4e
56.B4d-3c
57.P5f-5e
58.S5d-6c
This retreat is quite painful. White now needs time to regroup and this gives black the chance to attack. Black has the advantage here.
59.P1f-1e
60.P1dx1e
61.P3f-3e
62.P7d-7e
63.P4e-4d
64.B3cx4d
65.L1ix1e
66.L1ax1e
67.B3gx1e
68.P*1d
69.B1e-2f
70.P7ex7f
71.L*4e
72.L*7g
73.L4ex4d
74.S4cx4d
75.P3ex3d
76.P*4c
77.P*7i!
Strong defence. White's attack is now losing a lot of steam.
78.L7gx7h+
79.P7ix7h
80.L*6g
81.B2fx4d
82.P4cx4d
83.L*3c
A very strong looking attack. Tanigawa does not seem to have anything quick and on the monitor in the press room one could see how Habu played the last couple of moves with obvious confidence. The game looked almost over...
84.N2ax3c
85.P3dx3c+
86.G3bx3c
87.P*3d
88.G3cx3d
89.B*5f
90.L6gx6h+
91.R4hx6h
92.G*7g!
Tanigawa shows why he is the best attacker in the world. The bishop on 5f is attacking knight and gold and 92.G*6g is too slow as even after Gx6h white does not even have a check. After 92.G*7g white only needs one more piece to have a mate after Gx8h, so Habu can not attack blindly.
93.P7hx7g
94.P7fx7g+
95.B5fx3d
96.+P7gx8h
97.R6hx8h
Black's king seems a little safer than white's king, but things are far from easy.
98.S*7i
99.G*7h
100.S7ix8h+
101.G7hx8h
102.G*7g
103.S*7i
104.G7gx8h
105.S7ix8h
106.G*3b!
Cool defence. Tempting was to try and go for sennichite with 106.G*7g, but Habu intended to take that gold with the knight. After 107.Nx7g Px7g+ Sx7g white has no mating threat (not even with P*7f), so black wins.
107.P*3c
108.G3bx3c
109.L*3g
110.K3a-4b
111.G*7c
112.R*4h
113.B3d-5f?
Habu took his final seven minutes to find the win here, but couldn't find it. He is lucky that this is not the losing move. It would have been a perfect performance if he would have played 113.Bx5b+ and 114.Sx5b Lx3c+ Kx3c G*3d Kx3d N*2f leads to mate, while 114.Kx5b Lx3c+ is a hisshi and white has no mate.
114.P*3d
115.L3gx3d
116.G3cx3d
117.N*2f
118.G3dx2e?
Tanigawa misses his chance. Best would have been 118.P*3c Nx3d
Px3d B*6e S*5d! S*3a! and now Kx3a G*3c wins for black, but after
Rx3a Px5d P6g+ the game is too close to call.
119.B5fx2c+
120.P5c-5d
121.P5ex5d
122.S6cx5d
123.P*5e
124.S5d-6c
125.S*6d
126.R6a-3a
By bringing this extra rook into the attack, it seems like white
has turned the tables. "I thought it was a win" (Tanigawa). Unfortunately for him, the giant bishop on 2c can just hold the black position together.
127.S6dx6c+
128.G5bx6c
129.G7cx6c
130.R4hx8h+
131.K9ix8h
132.S*7i
133.K8hx7i
134.R3a-3i+
135.P*6i
136.S*6h
137.K7i-8h
138.B*7g
139.N8ix7g
140.S6hx7g+
141.K8h-9i
142.+R3ix6i
143.R*8i
Resigns. Time: 07:59:00 07:59:00
And no mate after 144.+Rx8i +Bx8i or 144.+S8h Kx8h. Tanigawa did
everything in this game to win, but Habu just managed to bring his opening lead over the finish line. He now needs only one win from three games to get his 6th consecutive Osho title.
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