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Title
10th Amateur OH-SHO Chanpionship, Final round
Player
Toshiaki TANIGAWA vs. Yuuji KIKUTA
Date
Nov 28 1993
Place
Gamagori city, Aichi pref. Japan
Anotation : Toshiaki Tanigawa
translated by Hitoshi Nakayashiki <nakayash@inherit.biosig.kobe-u.ac.jp>

Conversation after ending the game.
Mr. Kikuta
"It's impossible to crush my defense with such moves."
Mr. Tanigawa
"To begin with, I've never thought such things as Right-side King go well."

Anyhow
B-5c was an alternate plan by Mr. Kikuta. He originally intended to have played G-3c which, if answered by P-2d..P*2b, would have left him in a difficult position. "A chance was given to me at the position of B-5c. Although it seems strange, S-1e might have been effective at the time. Actually, I pushed the Pawn as P-4f aiming to make an assault by moves beginning from P-4e if possible, but it seemed difficult to break in immediately."

At the position of White's P-8e, Black was unexpectedly in want of an attacking strategy. White's pieces were developing gradually and it was becoming clear that the attack to the front of the King would be carried out later with the ranging Rook at the 8 file.

The situation was becoming difficult. Instead of Black's P*4e: pressing Pawn, N-4e might have been a better move if the following moves went as white's Sx4e, S4dx4e; R-4e, S-4e; B2h+, R*4a although that would result in being down one knight in hand.

At white's S-5c of this sequence of moves, even if I aimed to promote the Bishop with P*3d;Sx3d, B1a+, I couldn't find a further attack answered with N-3c by White after B1a+. This left me with no choice but to make an assault with the exchange of the Bishop for a Silver at 3c.

When the countdown was started, I played P-9e regardless of the lack of Pawns in hand. Anyway, I was somehow satisfied as I could play the edge attack, P-9e: A blow of the Devil. It is needless to say that the edge attack aimed P*9b;Lx9b, N*8d. If the moves go exactly so, the situation might have been reversed. But White's N*8d was a steady and good move as the proverb says "Drop where your opponent wants to drop".

Subsequently Mr. Kikuta developed his Rook along the 8 file according to his scenario and brought the game to a victorious end at a stretch after settled tangling attacks by White at the 9 file. B-8f is the winning move.

Mr. Kikuta remarked
This time I'm hitting my stride gradually compared to a recent date. I've been suffering from a slight cold, but its affect was rather desirable because it made me play cautiously.

Mr. Kikuta will join our team from next April. I slightly regret that I couldn't show off the senior's strength of the team to him, however this result is satisfactory to me as I could survive through the tournament match to higher rank after a long interval.
Footnote by translator
A blow of the Devil
This specially termed edge attack is famous amaog amateur shogi players, and even professionals in Japan as Mr.Toshiaki Tanigawa uses the edge attack so well and sometimes win a game after defeat seems certain.

The Moves

1 P-7f P-3d 2 P-2f P-4d
3 S-4h S-4b 4 P-5f P-5d
5 P-3f G-3b 6 G4i-5h S-6b
7 P-2e S-4c 8 K-6h B-3c
9 K-7h P-6d 10 S-6h P-7d
11 P-9f P-9d 12 S-3g S-6c
13 S-2f B-4b 14 P-3e B-5c
15 Px3d Sx3d 16 R-3h G-3c
17 P-4f R-4b 18 P*3e S-4c
19 S-3g K-6b 20 S-3f K-7b
21 N-3g G-6b 22 P-4e P-6e
23 R-2h L-1b 24 S-5g N-7c
25 G6i-6h P-8d 26 S-4f B-6d
27 G5h-5g P-8e 28 Px4d Sx4d
29 P*4e S-5c 30 P-2d Px2d
31 Bx3c+ Nx3c 32 P-3d N-2e
33 Nx2e Px2e 34 P-9e N*8d
35 Rx2e R-4a 36 Px9d P*9e
37 P-3c+ R-8a 38 +P-4c P-8f
39 +Px5c Bx5c 40 P-9c+ Lx9c
41 G*9b R-8c 42 R-2a+ P*3a
43 Px8f Nx7f 44 G-7g Bx8f
45 Gx7f B-5i+ 46 P*8d Rx8d
47 P*8e Nx8e 48 S*6h B*8g
49 Kx8g +Bx6h 50 +Rx3a N-7g+
51resigns.