50th Osho Match Game 4
Black: Habu Yoshiharu, Osho
White: Tanigawa Koji, Challenger
50th Osho-sen, Game 4, February 8th and 9th 2001
1.P7g-7f 0/0 0/0
2.P3c-3d 0/0 2/2
3.P2g-2f 1/1 0/2
4.P4c-4d 0/1 1/3
5.P2f-2e 2/3 0/3
6.B2b-3c 0/3 0/3
7.S3i-4h 1/4 0/3
8.S3a-3b 0/4 3/6
9.P5g-5f 5/9 0/6
10.R8b-4b 0/9 3/9
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 4/13 0/9
12.S7a-7b 0/13 6/15
13.K6h-7h 5/18 0/15
14.S3b-4c 0/18 5/20
15.G4i-5h 39/57 0/20
16.P9c-9d 0/57 10/30
17.B8h-7g 3/60 0/30
18.P9d-9e 0/60 42/72
19.K7h-8h 27/87 0/72
20.P7c-7d 0/87 49/121
21.L9i-9h 27/114 0/121
22.N8a-7c 0/114 9/130
23.K8h-9i 28/142 0/130
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 0/142 24/154
25.S7i-8h 9/151 0/154
26.S7b-6c 0/151 2/156
27.P6g-6f 20/171 0/156
28.G4a-3b 0/171 10/166
29.G5h-6g 7/178 0/166
30.R4b-6b 0/178 16/182
31.S4h-5g 12/190 0/182
32.G6a-5b 0/190 19/201
33.G6i-7h 28/218 0/201
34.K5a-4a 0/218 21/222
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 21/239 0/222
36.S6c-5d 0/239 18/240
37.B7g-5i 45/284 0/240
38.K4a-3a 0/284 3/243
39.P1g-1f 3/287 0/243
40.P1c-1d 0/287 6/249
41.B5i-3g 4/291 0/249
42.P4d-4e 0/291 11/260
43.P4g-4f 15/306 0/260
44.R6b-6a 0/306 18/278
45.R2h-4h 25/331 0/278
46.P4ex4f 0/331 19/297
47.S5gx4f 0/331 0/297
48.P6d-6e 0/331 8/305
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 2/333 0/305
50.P*6f 0/333 58/363
51.G6g-6h 0/333 0/363
52.N7cx6e 0/333 1/364
53.P*4d! 57/390 0/364
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 0/390 36/400
55.P*4e 5/395 0/400
56.B4d-3c 0/395 0/400
57.P5f-5e 0/395 0/400
58.S5d-6c 0/395 0/400
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 16/411 0/400
60.P1dx1e 0/411 0/400
61.P3f-3e 0/411 0/400
62.P7d-7e 0/411 7/407
63.P4e-4d 17/428 0/407
64.B3cx4d 0/428 0/407
65.L1ix1e 0/428 0/407
66.L1ax1e 0/428 0/407
67.B3gx1e 0/428 0/407
68.P*1d 0/428 3/410
69.B1e-2f 0/428 0/410
70.P7ex7f 0/428 5/415
71.L*4e 0/428 0/415
72.L*7g 0/428 8/423
73.L4ex4d 3/431 0/423
74.S4cx4d 0/431 3/426
75.P3ex3d 0/431 0/426
76.P*4c 0/431 1/427
77.P*7i! 3/434 0/427
Strong defence. White's attack is now losing a lot of steam.
78.L7gx7h+ 0/434 4/431
79.P7ix7h 0/434 0/431
80.L*6g 0/434 1/432
81.B2fx4d 12/446 0/432
82.P4cx4d 0/446 0/432
83.L*3c 0/446 0/432
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 0/446 10/442
85.P3dx3c+ 0/446 0/442
86.G3bx3c 0/446 0/442
87.P*3d 1/447 0/442
88.G3cx3d 0/447 1/443
89.B*5f 3/450 0/443
90.L6gx6h+ 0/450 12/455
91.R4hx6h 1/451 0/455
92.G*7g! 0/451 7/462
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 2/453 0/462
94.P7fx7g+ 0/453 0/462
95.B5fx3d 3/456 0/462
96.+P7gx8h 0/456 3/465
97.R6hx8h 0/456 0/465
Black's king seems a little safer than white's king, but things are
far from easy.
98.S*7i 0/456 0/465
99.G*7h 1/457 0/465
100.S7ix8h+ 0/457 5/470
101.G7hx8h 0/457 0/470
102.G*7g 0/457 0/470
103.S*7i 10/467 0/470
104.G7gx8h 0/467 1/471
105.S7ix8h 0/467 0/471
106.G*3b! 0/467 3/474
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 4/471 0/474
108.G3bx3c 0/471 0/474
109.L*3g 0/471 0/474
110.K3a-4b 0/471 1/475
111.G*7c 1/472 0/475
112.R*4h 0/472 0/475
113.B3d-5f? 7/479 0/475
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 mat, while 114.Kx5b
Lx3c+ is a hisshi and white has no mate.
114.P*3d 0/479 2/477
115.L3gx3d 0/479 0/477
116.G3cx3d 0/479 0/477
117.N*2f 0/479 0/477
118.G3dx2e? 0/479 1/478
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+ 0/479 0/478
120.P5c-5d 0/479 0/478
121.P5ex5d 0/479 0/478
122.S6cx5d 0/479 0/478
123.P*5e 0/479 0/478
124.S5d-6c 0/479 0/478
125.S*6d 0/479 0/478
126.R6a-3a 0/479 0/478
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+ 0/479 0/478
128.G5bx6c 0/479 0/478
129.G7cx6c 0/479 0/478
130.R4hx8h+ 0/479 0/478
131.K9ix8h 0/479 0/478
132.S*7i 0/479 1/479
133.K8hx7i 0/479 0/479
134.R3a-3i+ 0/479 0/479
135.P*6i 0/479 0/479
136.S*6h 0/479 0/479
137.K7i-8h 0/479 0/479
138.B*7g 0/479 0/479
139.N8ix7g 0/479 0/479
140.S6hx7g+ 0/479 0/479
141.K8h-9i 0/479 0/479
142.+R3ix6i 0/479 0/479
143.R*8i 0/479 0/479
Resigns 0/479 0/479
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.