Shogi Sota Fujii 7th Dan to update the youngest record in the title challenge June 2nd 19:46
Shogi Sota Fujii's 7th Dan won the game in about 50 days after the declaration of emergency was lifted, and won the title challenge.
Sota Fujii 7th Dan (17) was unable to play at the end of April 10 due to the spread of the new coronavirus, but on the 2nd of Tokyo after the cancellation of the emergency declaration, I played the game at Shogi Kaikan for the first time in about 50 days.
The game is one of the eight major titles, the semifinals of the tournament that decides the challenger of the game of holy chess, and the opponent is Akihiko Sato (32), the top chess player who has won the "master" for the third term.
The game started at 10am, and the leading Fujii 7th Dan gradually gained the upper hand with precise control, and after 7:30pm, he had to finish Sato 9th Dan by 111th hand.
If the winning Fujii Nandan also wins the final held on the 4th, he will play his first title challenger in the fifth game of the game of Seigi starting on the 8th of this month, and the youngest record of the title challenge will be 31 years. It will be updated for the first time.