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
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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
