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Source: Reijer Grimbergen's translated
highlights of the week from the magazine Shukan Shogi, posted
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Grimbergen's site.
Sato
hangs on to win
This week in Shukan Shogi the third
game of the Meijin match between Sato and Maruyama. A pressure
game for Sato, as a loss would mean he would go 3-0 down, which
would almost certainly mean the loss of his Meijin title. Sato came
through and won the game, but the way it happened will not do his
confidence much good. After the opening Maruyama's position was
completely in ruins and Maruyama even considered resigning very
early. He played on and surprisingly managed to get back in the
game after a couple of Sato mistakes. In the end it was not enough
to win, as Sato just had enough composure to find a strong endgame
sequence. Here is the game with comments:
See the text
version of the game with comments or play through the
game in a Java
viewer.
Habu
in great form
Habu
took a major step to adding the Kisei title to his four crowns
by beating Moriuchi in the final of the challenger knock-out. For
Moriuchi it was the second year in a row that he lost the final
game and losing to Habu must be extra frustrating. There was not
much he could do about it this time, since Habu showed that he is
in great form these days. Moriuchi was outplayed after a middle
game with good chances for both players. In the end Habu decided
the game with a rook sacrifice that slowed Moriuchi's attack enough
to win.
It
is a long time since Habu became challenger for a major title:
four years! He must be considered the favourite against Tanigawa,
since Habu won his last ten tournament games. A fifth crown in the
making?
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- Reijer Grimbergen
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