Shogi player Sota Fujii (21) = Ryuo, Meijin, Oza, Kioh, Osho, Kisei = challenge Akira Watanabe (40), 9-dan Akira Watanabe, in the 7th game of the Itoen Oi Ocha Cup Championship 65 (Sponsored by Tokyo Shimbun) Began the first game again at 9:00 am on the 7th at Tokugawa-en in Nagoya City, where the hand was brought down, and at 3:44 pm, a thousand-day hand was established with up to 80 moves. The replay began 30 minutes later at 9:13 pm.
The Sota Fujii throne staring at the table at the Tokugawa Garden in Higashi Ward, Nagoya (photo by Yoshiki Katanuma)
Watanabe’s time for repointing was 2 hours 20 minutes and Fujii’s 1 hour. Both players have 1 minute left. The second round will be held on the 17th and 18th at Yumoto Takuboku-tei in Hakodate, Hokkaido.
The repointing stance became his battle style. Watanabe exchanged 2 Ni Kaku Sei (25th move), then hit the corner and turned the rook, successfully landing 8 San Do Hi Sei (53rd move). Fujii counterattacked by hitting the 7 two angles (54th move) and his own attack and defense angles. As the clock ticked down, I did 4 Rokuryu (86th move) and tried my best to catch up. The first player showed just the edge and seemed to make it, but Watanabe’s last move was a miss, and Fujii made a huge comeback and won the fierce battle.
A witness, Takeshi Fujii (53), said, “I thought Watanabe 9-dan would be ahead and they would win.
In the Sennichi-te game, Watanabe adopted a standby strategy by setting up on the right ball, but Fujii, who was playing first, was unable to break out of the situation.
◆”I thought it was a dead end in the end” “I thought we won, but…”
The story of Sota Fujii’s throne(In the repointing position) I thought it would be difficult early on and try to be persistent, but with Sandou Hisei’s 8 (53rd move), that became difficult. At the end, I thought I was stuck (with my own balls). Although I was happy with the result, there were a lot of things I needed to think about.
Story of Akira Watanabe 9-poemI thought I was a bit good with 8 Sandou Hisei (53rd move) (in the repointing station), but I lost track on 6 4 steps (56th move) and couldn’t make a good move after that. I thought I had won in the end, but I had to point out if there was a hitch.
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