81st Kisei Match Game 3
[Black "Habu Yoshiharu, Kisei"]
[White "Fukaura Koichi, Challenger"]
[Event "81st Kisei-sen, Game 3"]
[Date "June 26th 2010"]
1.P7g-7f 00:00:00 00:00:00
2.P3c-3d 00:00:00 00:00:00
3.P2g-2f 00:02:00 00:00:00
4.G4a-3b 00:02:00 00:00:00
5.P2f-2e 00:04:00 00:00:00
6.B2bx8h+ 00:04:00 00:00:00
7.S7ix8h 00:04:00 00:00:00
8.S3a-2b 00:04:00 00:00:00
9.S3i-4h 00:06:00 00:00:00
10.S7a-6b 00:06:00 00:02:00
11.P3g-3f 00:07:00 00:02:00
12.S2b-3c 00:07:00 00:02:00
13.S4h-3g 00:08:00 00:02:00
14.P6c-6d 00:08:00 00:02:00
15.S3g-4f 00:12:00 00:02:00
16.S6b-6c 00:12:00 00:02:00
17.K5i-6h 00:12:00 00:02:00
18.P4c-4d 00:12:00 00:05:00
19.K6h-7h 00:15:00 00:05:00
20.R8b-4b 00:15:00 00:29:00
Habu has a 2-0 lead, so he has no reason to change anything. Therefore, the point
of this game would be Fukaura's opening strategy. He picked the Kakugawari with tempo
loss. Habu countered with the popular silver push to 4f which is an aggressive strategy.
Fukaura doesn't shy away from sharp opening strategies (as we saw in game 2), but here
he goes for the defensive 20.R4b. This forces the black silver back into its own
position after 21.P5f P4e S5g (as played in this game). After this, black has no strong
attacking strategy and will continue to strengthen his position, for example by building
a Silver Crown formation (as Habu does in this game). For white the issues of the position
are the closeness of the rook and king and the fact that the two general pairs are
separated.
21.P5g-5f 00:23:00 00:29:00
22.P4d-4e 00:23:00 00:34:00
23.S4f-5g 00:23:00 00:34:00
24.P7c-7d 00:23:00 00:34:00
25.P8g-8f 00:24:00 00:34:00
26.G6a-7b 00:24:00 00:39:00
27.S8h-8g 00:26:00 00:39:00
28.N8a-7c 00:26:00 00:40:00
29.N8i-7g 00:27:00 00:40:00
30.K5a-4a 00:27:00 00:50:00
31.K7h-8h 00:29:00 00:50:00
32.K4a-3a 00:29:00 00:53:00
33.G6i-7h 00:30:00 00:53:00
34.P8c-8d 00:30:00 00:54:00
35.P9g-9f 00:45:00 00:54:00
36.P6d-6e 00:45:00 00:59:00
37.P9f-9e? 00:55:00 00:59:00
After the game, Habu said that he regretted this push on the edge. It seems to give
black a small but significant advantage, because the black king has more space to run,
but the upcoming white attack with S6d followed by P7e and P8e is too strong. Habu said
he should have played 37.B*3g here to deny the white silver the square 6d. If then
38.P9d G5h R4a G5h-6h and "Now the issue is whether black runs out of moves or not,
but in this type of position the Silver Crown is strong." (Habu).
38.S6c-6d 00:55:00 01:02:00
39.G4i-5h 01:01:00 01:02:00
40.G7b-6c 01:01:00 01:03:00
41.N2i-3g 01:13:00 01:03:00
42.P7d-7e 01:13:00 01:25:00
43.P7fx7e 01:16:00 01:25:00
44.P8d-8e 01:16:00 01:25:00
45.P8fx8e 01:17:00 01:25:00
46.S6dx7e 01:17:00 01:38:00
47.P*7f 01:18:00 01:38:00
48.P*8f 01:18:00 01:38:00
49.P7fx7e 01:19:00 01:38:00
50.P8fx8g+ 01:19:00 01:38:00
51.G7hx8g 01:19:00 01:38:00
52.S*3i 01:19:00 01:44:00
53.R2h-2f 01:30:00 01:44:00
54.N7cx8e 01:30:00 01:52:00
55.P3f-3e 01:31:00 01:52:00
56.N8ex7g+ 01:31:00 02:03:00
57.K8hx7g 01:32:00 02:03:00
58.P*7f? 01:32:00 02:15:00
Up until this point Fukaura has played the attack very well. There is not much left
of the strong black castle, but Fukaura has to be careful, because if his attack
runs out of steam, the silver on 3i will be very painful. 58.P*7f is too greedy,
going for the final defending general. Correct was 58.B*4d, which forces black to
drop back the bishop on 5e, because 59.N*5e fails to P5d. Therefore, 59.B*5e but
then 60.Bx3e R2i N*6d Rx3i P5d wins the bishop. Black can get two pieces for one
by playing Bx3c+ here, but this is an unusual case where this is not good enough,
because the bishop drop on 4d is too strong.
59.G8gx7f 01:41:00 02:15:00
60.N*6d 01:41:00 02:15:00
61.N*5e 01:47:00 02:15:00
62.G6c-5d 01:47:00 02:31:00
63.B*6a! 02:00:00 02:31:00
Strong attack in Habu's typical flexible style. This bishop doesn't look very powerful,
but it hits the white soft spot on 4c perfectly.
64.B*4d 02:00:00 02:54:00
65.P2e-2d! 02:19:00 02:54:00
Essential follow-up. This makes sure the white king cannot escape into the castle.
66.P2cx2d 02:19:00 02:55:00
67.P*2c 02:21:00 02:55:00
The point. White cannot take this pawn because the gold on 3b cannot leave the defense
of 4c.
68.R4b-8b 02:21:00 03:07:00
69.P*8d 02:23:00 03:07:00
70.R8b-6b 02:23:00 03:11:00
71.B6a-8c+ 02:26:00 03:11:00
72.G5dx5e 02:26:00 03:11:00
73.P5fx5e 02:28:00 03:11:00
74.B4dx5e 02:28:00 03:11:00
75.P6g-6f 02:28:00 03:11:00
76.B5ex3g+ 02:28:00 03:12:00
77.+B8c-7c 02:34:00 03:12:00
78.R6b-4b 02:34:00 03:13:00
79.R2f-1f 02:41:00 03:13:00
80.P*7b 02:41:00 03:20:00
81.+B7c-5a 02:51:00 03:20:00
This allows white to finally take the gold on 7f, but Habu has seen that his king cannot
be caught and that his attack is stronger.
82.N6dx7f 02:51:00 03:20:00
83.S*5b 03:03:00 03:20:00
Threatens mate starting with G*4a.
84.G*4a 03:03:00 03:21:00
Drop where your opponent wants to drop, but it is not enough to save the white position.
85.S5bx4a+ 03:06:00 03:21:00
86.R4bx4a 03:06:00 03:21:00
87.+B5ax4a 03:06:00 03:21:00
88.K3ax4a 03:06:00 03:21:00
89.G*6c! 03:07:00 03:21:00
Accurate until the end. This gold looks a bit far away from the king, but white is
threatening to escape up the board with K5b-K4c, which is prevented by G*6c.
90.G3b-4b 03:07:00 03:39:00
91.P3ex3d 03:09:00 03:39:00
92.S*8h 03:09:00 03:41:00
93.K7g-8f 03:16:00 03:41:00
94.P*8e 03:16:00 03:50:00
95.K8fx8e 03:16:00 03:50:00
96.N*7c 03:16:00 03:53:00
97.K8e-7d 03:17:00 03:53:00
98.S3cx3d 03:17:00 03:53:00
99.P2c-2b+ 03:22:00 03:53:00
100.B*8e 03:22:00 03:53:00
101.K7d-8c 03:22:00 03:53:00
102.B8ex6c 03:22:00 03:53:00
103.R*6a 03:22:00 03:53:00
104.N*5a 03:22:00 03:53:00
105.R6ax9a+ 03:22:00 03:53:00
106.+B3g-5e 03:22:00 03:54:00
107.G*6b 03:25:00 03:54:00
108.G*5b 03:25:00 03:56:00
109.G6bx6c 03:25:00 03:56:00
110.G5bx6c 03:25:00 03:56:00
111.P*5b 03:26:00 03:56:00
Resigns 03:26:00 03:58:00
Habu has managed to get an entering king, and this pawn drop leaves white without
defense. The simple threat is of course +Rx5a mate, but white has no good defense.
112.Kx5b B*6a K6b Bx3d+ or 112.Gx5b B*3b K4b Bx2a+ are both easy wins for black.
Fukaura must have seen this immediately, but he still took two minutes to resign.
He must have been very disappointed with himself to lose the match in straight games
after taking Habu to seven games in the last three matches they played (two Oi matches
and an Osho match, winning the Oi match twice). Habu, on the other hand, takes his
third straight Kisei title (9 overall) and edges closer to Oyama's all-time record of
80 major titles. Habu now has appeared in exactly 100 major title matches, winning 77
of them.