51st Oza Match Game 4 (Replay)
[Black "Habu Yoshiharu, Oza"]
[White "Watanabe Akira, Challenger"]
[Event "51st Oza-sen, Replay Game 4"]
[Date "October 7th 2003"]
1.P7g-7f 03:56:00 00:00:00
The replay starts after only a 30 minute recess. Not much you can do
in that time, and Watanabe actually already set down at the board 15
minutes before the game would start.
2.P3c-3d 03:56:00 04:00:00
3.P2g-2f 03:56:00 04:00:00
4.P8c-8d 03:56:00 04:00:00
5.P2f-2e 03:56:00 04:00:00
6.P8d-8e 03:56:00 04:00:00
7.G6i-7h 03:56:00 04:00:00
8.G4a-3b 03:56:00 04:00:00
9.P2e-2d 03:56:00 04:00:00
10.P2cx2d 03:56:00 04:00:00
11.R2hx2d 03:56:00 04:00:00
12.P8e-8f 03:56:00 04:00:00
13.P8gx8f 03:56:00 04:00:00
14.R8bx8f 03:56:00 04:00:00
15.R2dx3d 03:56:00 04:00:00
16.B2b-3c 03:56:00 04:00:00
17.R3d-3f 03:56:00 04:00:00
18.S3a-2b 03:56:00 04:00:00
19.P*8g 03:56:00 04:00:00
20.R8f-8e 03:56:00 04:00:00
So the 4th game becomes a Yokofudori after all. Who will have studied
this the deepest?
21.R3f-2f 03:56:00 04:00:00
22.K5a-4a 03:56:00 04:00:00
23.K5i-6h 03:56:00 04:00:00
24.S7a-6b 03:56:00 04:00:00
25.S3i-3h 03:56:00 04:00:00
26.P7c-7d 03:56:00 04:00:00
27.P3g-3f 03:56:00 04:00:00
28.N8a-7c 03:56:00 04:00:00
29.N2i-3g 03:56:00 04:00:00
30.G6a-5a 03:56:00 04:00:00
31.P4g-4f 03:56:00 04:00:00
32.R8e-5e 03:56:00 04:00:00
33.P4f-4e 03:57:00 04:00:00
34.R5e-5d 03:57:00 04:00:00
35.B8hx3c+ 03:57:00 04:00:00
36.N2ax3c 03:57:00 04:00:00
37.P6g-6f 03:57:00 04:00:00
38.P*2d 03:57:00 04:00:00
39.B*8b 03:58:00 04:00:00
40.B*6d 03:58:00 04:00:00
41.G4i-4h 03:58:00 04:00:00
42.N3cx4e 03:58:00 04:00:00
43.N3gx4e 03:58:00 04:00:00
44.B6dx1i+ 03:58:00 04:00:00
45.B8bx9a+ 03:58:00 04:00:00
46.L*4d 03:58:00 04:00:00
47.N*3g 03:58:00 04:00:00
48.L4dx4e 03:58:00 04:00:00
49.P*4f 03:58:00 04:00:00
50.L4ex4f 03:58:00 04:00:00
51.P*4g 03:58:00 04:00:00
52.N*6d 03:58:00 04:00:00
53.G7h-6g 03:59:00 04:00:00
54.+B1i-1h 03:59:00 04:00:00
55.P4gx4f 03:59:00 04:00:00
56.+B1hx1g 03:59:00 04:00:00
57.R2f-2i 03:59:00 04:00:00
58.+B1g-1h 03:59:00 04:00:00
59.R2i-4i 03:59:00 04:00:00
60.P2d-2e 03:59:00 04:01:00
61.+B9a-9b 03:59:00 04:01:00
Habu is the first one to change the moves. Up until now the position
was still known and both players hardly took any time to play their
moves. Habu used only 3 minutes, while Watanabe used only 1 minute.
62.P2e-2f 03:59:00 04:38:00
But here Watanabe takes his time. Thinking for 37 minutes about a move
when you have only one hour for the whole game could be considered a
serious think.
63.L*2i 03:59:00 04:38:00
64.+B1hx3f 03:59:00 04:38:00
65.+B9bx9c 04:02:00 04:38:00
66.P*9b 04:02:00 04:43:00
67.+B9c-8d 04:10:00 04:43:00
68.P*8c 04:10:00 04:43:00
69.+B8dx8c 04:10:00 04:43:00
70.R5d-3d 04:10:00 04:43:00
A difficult position. Habu is a lance up, but his promoted bishop is
boxed in. Freeing it here is of course impossible, as 71.+Bx7d fails
to Nx7f. Watanabe seems to have a nasty threat here. After P2g+, Lx2g
fails to P*2f and Sx2g to +Bx3g. As this looks hard to defend against,
most professionals in the press room thought Habu was in trouble.
71.P6f-6e! 04:32:00 04:43:00
Habu just ignores the threat and goes for the knight. Very well judged
indeed.
72.N7cx6e 04:32:00 04:45:00
73.P*6f 04:32:00 04:45:00
74.P*8h 04:32:00 04:46:00
75.S7ix8h 04:34:00 04:46:00
76.N6ex5g+ 04:34:00 04:54:00
77.K6hx5g 04:42:00 04:54:00
78.P2f-2g+ 04:42:00 04:54:00
79.S3hx2g 04:44:00 04:54:00
80.+B3fx3g 04:44:00 04:54:00
81.P*3e 04:44:00 04:54:00
82.R3d-5d 04:44:00 04:55:00
83.P*5f 04:44:00 04:55:00
84.P*3f? 04:44:00 04:56:00
This is an important mistake. Better was 84.+B1i, threatening P*2h next.
85.L*3d! 04:45:00 04:56:00
The point. Because white has dropped a pawn on 3f, this lance can not
be blocked by a pawn.
86.P*2h 04:45:00 04:59:00
87.L3dx3b+ 04:50:00 04:59:00
88.K4ax3b 04:50:00 04:59:00
89.G4hx3g 04:50:00 04:59:00
90.P3fx3g+ 04:50:00 04:59:00
91.N*3d 04:51:00 04:59:00
92.S2b-3a 04:51:00 04:59:00
93.B*1e! 04:53:00 04:59:00
"That was painful" (Watanabe). Now black, who had been on the defense
for most of the time, suddenly launches a very powerful attack.
94.P*3c 04:53:00 04:59:00
95.P*2c 04:53:00 04:59:00
96.L*2a 04:53:00 04:59:00
97.G*2b 04:54:00 04:59:00
98.L2ax2b 04:54:00 04:59:00
99.P2cx2b+ 04:54:00 04:59:00
100.S3ax2b 04:54:00 04:59:00
101.N3dx2b+ 04:54:00 04:59:00
102.K3bx2b 04:54:00 04:59:00
103.L*2e 04:54:00 04:59:00
104.N*2c 04:54:00 04:59:00
Again white is hampered by his own pawns. Without the pawn on 2h, white
could have easily defended here with P*2c.
105.B1ex3g 04:54:00 04:59:00
Picks up an important pawn. The threat is P*2d and white does not have a
good defense. The rest of the game is a display of Habu's extraordinary
attacking skills.
106.G*1d 04:54:00 04:59:00
107.L2ex2c+ 04:55:00 04:59:00
108.K2bx2c 04:55:00 04:59:00
109.L2ix2h 04:55:00 04:59:00
110.P*2d 04:55:00 04:59:00
111.S*4e 04:55:00 04:59:00
112.N*4d 04:55:00 04:59:00
113.P3e-3d 04:56:00 04:59:00
114.P3cx3d 04:56:00 04:59:00
115.P*3c 04:57:00 04:59:00
116.N4dx5f 04:57:00 04:59:00
117.S4ex5d 04:57:00 04:59:00
118.P5cx5d 04:57:00 04:59:00
119.R*3a 04:57:00 04:59:00
120.G*4a 04:57:00 04:59:00
121.R3a-2a+ 04:57:00 04:59:00
122.S*2b 04:57:00 04:59:00
123.+B8c-6a 04:57:00 04:59:00
124.G4a-3a 04:57:00 04:59:00
125.+B6ax6b 04:57:00 04:59:00
126.G3ax2a 04:57:00 04:59:00
127.+B6bx5a 04:57:00 04:59:00
128.L*5e 04:57:00 04:59:00
129.+B5a-4a 04:57:00 04:59:00
130.K2c-1b 04:57:00 04:59:00
131.P3c-3b+ 04:57:00 04:59:00
132.R*7h 04:57:00 04:59:00
133.+P3bx2b 04:57:00 04:59:00
Resigns 04:57:00 04:59:00
Mate after 134.Gx2b G*2c Gx2c S*2a Kx2a S*3b K1b Sx2c+ K2a +B3b. Habu
just barely survives this fourth game and gets a chance to defend his
Oza title in the decisive 5th game. Watanabe will feel sorry about his
decision to settle for sennichite, but still can become the third
teenager to win a major title (after Habu and Yashiki) by winning game 5.