60th Osho Match Game 3
[Black "Toyoshima Masayuki, Challenger"]
[White "Kubo Toshiaki, Osho"]
[Event "60th Osho-sen, Game 3"]
[Date "February 9th and 10th 2011"]
1.P2g-2f 00:00:00 00:00:00
2.P3c-3d 00:00:00 00:00:00
3.P7g-7f 00:03:00 00:00:00
4.P5c-5d 00:03:00 00:02:00
5.P2f-2e 00:05:00 00:02:00
6.R8b-5b 00:05:00 00:05:00
No surprises in the opening in this Osho match. Kubo plays his favorite opening with
white, the Gokigen Nakabisha, like in the first game.
7.S3i-4h 00:06:00 00:05:00
8.P5d-5e 00:06:00 00:12:00
9.K5i-6h 00:07:00 00:12:00
10.B2b-3c 00:07:00 00:15:00
11.P3g-3f 00:09:00 00:15:00
12.K5a-6b 00:09:00 00:21:00
13.S4h-3g 00:10:00 00:21:00
14.K6b-7b 00:10:00 00:32:00
15.S3g-4f 00:11:00 00:32:00
Like in the first game, Toyoshima moves up the left silver early, which is the most
popular strategy against the Gokigen Nakabisha at the moment.
16.S3a-3b 00:11:00 00:48:00
17.K6h-7h 00:12:00 00:48:00
18.P5e-5f 00:12:00 00:48:00
This is different from the first game. There, Kubo played 18.K8b in this position.
19.B8hx3c+ 00:20:00 00:48:00
20.S3bx3c 00:20:00 00:48:00
21.P5gx5f 00:41:00 00:48:00
22.R5bx5f 00:41:00 00:48:00
23.P2e-2d 00:42:00 00:48:00
24.P2cx2d 00:42:00 00:48:00
25.B*6e 00:43:00 00:48:00
26.R5f-5a 00:43:00 00:49:00
27.B6ex4c+ 00:43:00 00:49:00
28.P*4e 00:43:00 00:49:00
29.S4f-3g 00:48:00 00:49:00
30.B*3b 00:48:00 00:51:00
31.+B4cx3b 01:10:00 00:51:00
32.G4ax3b 01:10:00 00:51:00
33.R2h-5h 01:10:00 00:51:00
This is still opening theory. In general, exchanging the rooks is good for the
Furibisha side, but this is an exception. After 34.Rx5h+ G6ix5h! it is actually
the white position that has more holes for a rook drop, so white cannot play
the rook exchange here.
34.P*5e! 01:10:00 00:56:00
This is the move that Kubo prepared. Here, 34.P*5f is the most natural looking
move and this is what was played in earlier games. However, then white has a serious
problem after 35.G6h K8b P*5b! and after both Rx5b B*4a R6b Rx5f or Gx5b Rx5f, white
loses the important pawn on 5f. The idea behind Kubo's 34.P*5e is to defend against
P*5b. After all, if black again plays 35.G6h K8b P*5b then Gx5b is possible because
Rx5e fails to B*4d, so black cannot touch the pawn on 5e.
35.G6i-6h 01:39:00 00:56:00
36.K7b-8b 01:39:00 01:10:00
37.S7i-8h 02:51:00 01:10:00
Played after 1 hour and 12 minutes. After the game, Toyoshima explained that he really
wanted to play 37.P*5d here, but that he abandoned this idea because he didn't like
38.G6b Rx5e B*4d R5i Bx9i+ S8h +B9h B*7g L*8d.
38.S7a-7b 02:51:00 01:20:00
39.S8h-7g 02:51:00 01:20:00
40.P6c-6d 02:51:00 01:55:00
41.P9g-9f 03:23:00 01:55:00
42.P5e-5f 03:23:00 02:13:00
43.P*5b 03:39:00 02:13:00
44.R5ax5b 03:39:00 02:14:00
45.B*4a 03:39:00 02:14:00
46.R5b-4b 03:39:00 02:14:00
47.B4a-8e+ 03:39:00 02:14:00
48.S3c-4d 03:39:00 02:15:00
49.R5hx5f 03:53:00 02:15:00
50.P4e-4f 03:53:00 02:16:00
51.S3gx4f 03:55:00 02:16:00
52.B*2h 03:55:00 02:26:00
53.P*5d 03:56:00 02:26:00
54.P*5b 03:56:00 03:05:00
55.N2i-3g 04:07:00 03:05:00
56.B2hx1i+ 04:07:00 03:06:00
57.+B8e-7e 04:07:00 03:06:00
58.R4b-4a 04:07:00 03:27:00
The sealed move. This is a rather complicated position. White has won material by
taking the lance on 1i, but black has compensation because his promoted bishop is
much better placed than the white one. Neither player felt very confident about
its own position, but it is clear that black is the one who has to force the attack,
because he cannot give white time to activate the promoted bishop. If white can
succeed in doing that, black will just be down in material.
59.+B7ex6d 04:08:00 03:27:00
60.P3d-3e! 04:08:00 03:37:00
This gives white a clear plan to develop the bishop and also creates an important
weakness on the head of the knight.
61.P3fx3e 04:13:00 03:37:00
62.+B1i-1h 04:13:00 03:40:00
White wants to get this bishop to 3e. Black has to move quickly to avoid this.
63.G4i-5h 04:59:00 03:40:00
64.+B1hx1g 04:59:00 03:49:00
65.P*2b 05:13:00 03:49:00
66.G3bx2b 05:13:00 04:06:00
67.S4f-5e 05:13:00 04:06:00
68.L*6b 05:13:00 04:20:00
69.+B6d-8f 05:23:00 04:20:00
70.P*6f! 05:23:00 05:02:00
An important pawn sacrifice. 71.Px6f is impossible because it opens the diagonal
to the king after which +Bx3e is not only developing the promoted bishop, but also
strongly threatening +B3d next.
71.S7gx6f 05:25:00 05:02:00
72.S4dx5e 05:25:00 05:06:00
73.S6fx5e 05:28:00 05:06:00
74.P*3f 05:28:00 05:28:00
Sacrifices the rook, but Kubo has seen that he gets more than enough in return.
75.S*4b 05:50:00 05:28:00
76.R4ax4b 05:50:00 05:28:00
77.+B8fx4b 05:50:00 05:28:00
78.P3fx3g+ 05:50:00 05:28:00
79.P5d-5c+ 05:50:00 05:28:00
80.P5bx5c 05:50:00 05:28:00
81.P*5b 05:50:00 05:28:00
82.S*6e 05:50:00 06:00:00
83.R5f-4f? 06:03:00 06:00:00
This cannot be even called a big mistake, but it is a decisive one. Toyoshima should
have played 83.P5a+ instead. Of course he had seen this move, but he thought that
white could ignore it. However, the post-mortem analysis showed that after 84.Sx5f
+Px6a Sx6a R*4a the white king cannot be properly defended. Therefore, Kubo said that
he intended to play 84.G7a, but then 85.R4f is much better than in the game. We will
see a little later why that is the case.
84.P*4e 06:03:00 06:01:00
85.R4fx4e 06:03:00 06:01:00
86.+P3g-4h 06:03:00 06:08:00
87.P5b-5a+ 06:50:00 06:08:00
Too late, but black didn't have much choice. The alternative 87.Gx4h N*5f is too
strong. After that, it is best to save the king side gold with G7g, but after +B2g
R4c+ G3c the inactive gold on 2b enters the fight strongly and white has the better
position. In this variation we can see the difference if 83.P5a+ G7a is played before
R4f. With the gold on 7a, the pawn on 5b is no longer defended, so G3c can be answered
by +Rx5b, resulting in a difficult position after +B6c G5h.
88.+P4hx5h 06:50:00 06:13:00
89.G6hx5h 06:50:00 06:13:00
90.G6a-7a 06:50:00 06:28:00
91.+B4bx5c 06:52:00 06:28:00
92.S6ex7f 06:52:00 06:33:00
93.+P5a-5b 06:53:00 06:33:00
94.P*6a 06:53:00 06:35:00
95.+P5bx6b 07:10:00 06:35:00
96.G7ax6b 07:10:00 06:43:00
97.+B5c-8f 07:10:00 06:43:00
98.P*5g 07:10:00 06:52:00
99.G5hx5g 07:12:00 06:52:00
100.+B1g-3i 07:12:00 06:59:00
101.S5e-6f 07:12:00 06:59:00
102.N*6e 07:12:00 07:11:00
103.+B8fx7f 07:37:00 07:11:00
104.N6ex5g+ 07:37:00 07:11:00
105.L*6e 07:37:00 07:11:00
106.G*6h 07:37:00 07:23:00
107.K7h-8h 07:37:00 07:23:00
108.+N5gx6g 07:37:00 07:24:00
109.P*6c 07:37:00 07:24:00
110.G6bx6c 07:37:00 07:34:00
111.R4e-4b+ 07:42:00 07:34:00
112.P*5b! 07:42:00 07:37:00
This defensive tesuji decides the game. 113.+Rx5b is answered by 114.G*6b and the
white defense is very hard to break down. However, even if black doesn't take the
pawn on 5b, the attack is slowed down too much.
113.K8h-9h 07:47:00 07:37:00
114.+B3ix6f 07:47:00 07:40:00
115.+B7fx6f 07:53:00 07:40:00
116.+N6gx6f 07:53:00 07:40:00
117.B*4d 07:56:00 07:40:00
118.G*8h 07:56:00 07:43:00
119.K9h-9g 07:56:00 07:43:00
120.G8hx8g 07:56:00 07:43:00
121.K9gx8g 07:56:00 07:43:00
122.S*7f 07:56:00 07:43:00
123.K8g-9g 07:56:00 07:43:00
124.S*8f 07:56:00 07:43:00
Resigns 07:57:00 07:43:00
Nice mate after 125.Kx8f B*7e Kx7e +Nx6e K8f L*8d K9g Lx8g+ so Toyoshima resigned
here. Kubo didn't seem to be rattled by dropping the second game to the young challenger,
because he played a flawless game to take the lead in the match again. Now the pressure
is on Toyoshima to convert with the white pieces in game four or face a tough 1-3 deficit.