2023-09-03 02:00:00
Just lightning speed. The surroundings became noisy with the great come-from-behind victory of the absolute champion.The 2nd round and 4th match of the main tournament of the shogi world’s early-pointing group competition “ABEMA Tournament 2023”, the match between Team Fujii and Team Saito, was broadcast on September 2nd. In the 3rd station, which was greeted with 1 win and 1 loss for both sides, a leader showdown between Sota Fujii Ryuo and Meijin (King, Eio, Kioh, Osho, Kisei, 21) and Shintaro Saito 8th Dan (30) was realized. From beginning to end, the pace of Saito 8th Dan was progressing, but Ryuo Fujii, a master, caught a momentary gap in the final stage and won a big come-from-behind victory. Yuya Saito (26), a senior teammate of Ryuo Fujii and Meijin, who was a teammate of Ryuo Fujii and Meijin, mightn’t help but smile wryly, saying, “I’m glad we’re on the same team…”.
In the third game, which predicts the future of the top 4, Ryuo Fujii, Meijin, and Saito 8th Dan clash. In order to take the second victory first, Ryuo Fujii, Meijin, took off his jacket early and was full of fighting spirit. With Saito 8th Dan as the first mover, the fighting style is “Aikakari”. Due to the difference in formation, Saito 8th Dan expanded the lead as it was, when the pace became slightly ahead. ▲ 3 Ryuo Fujii, who stepped in strongly from 7 gold, seemed to drive in without receiving the ball of Ryuo Fujii, Meijin, but in the final stage, Ryuo Fujii, Meijin pulled out a move of △ 8 Hachihisei, as if to catch a momentary gap.
The commentator, Hidefumi Muranaka, 7th Dan (42), immediately sensed the “abnormality”. When I raised my voice, “Isn’t this a dead end?”, screams echoed from the waiting rooms of both teams. Both Ryuo Fujii and Meijin are Saito 8-dan, who is also a master of Tsume Shogi, and when he immediately noticed the reversal, he bowed his head to 13 from △ 9 Shichigin, and conceded.
Muranaka 7th Dan said, “Something like this has happened… I think Ryuo Fujii’s shogi master is really amazing, but I think this shogi was also a terrible thing. It was lightning speed.” Team Fujii’s Shingo Sawada, 7th dan (31), was at a loss for words, saying, “It’s a perfect match. Along with the chaos of both armies, the fans are also surprised. “Gyaa” “Huh!?” “Seriously www” “Hyaa!” It was,” “Amazing,” “Another legend,” “Goosebumps,” “It’s too dangerous,” and “I won’t know unless I watch the replay.”
Ryuo Fujii, Meijin, who won a dramatic come-from-behind victory in the main game, said, “It was clearly difficult from the middle stage, and the situation was quite tough, but I think I won at the very end. When I cut the rook and thought regarding it when I was on the same ball, I thought that maybe I might go with △ 9 Shichigin.” However, when he returned to his teammates, he said with a mischievous smile, “If it was an official game, I would have conceded in the middle of the game (laughs).” Saito 4th dan, a fellow student who has watched over Ryuo Fujii and Meijin’s vivid victories countless times, mightn’t help but laugh, saying, “I’m glad we’re friends (laughs).”
◆ ABEMA Tournament 2023 The 1st and 2nd rounds will be individual competitions, and the 3rd round will be group competitions, and this is the 6th time. 14 leader shogi players participate in the draft meeting, nominate 2 people each, and make a team of 3 people. The remaining 1 team will hold a tournament in which the players who have not been nominated will be divided into 3, and the 3 winners will participate as the “entry team”, making it a total of 15 teams. The qualifying league is divided into five leagues of three teams each, and the top two teams advance to the main tournament. All matches are played in 9 matches with 5 wins first, and the game is played with a time limit of 5 minutes and a Fisher rule that adds 5 seconds for each move. The winning prize is 10 million yen.
(From ABEMA/Shogi Channel)
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