One of the eight major titles of shogi, Souta Fujii (19) won the first match in the "ranking match" where the right to challenge the "master match" is required, and made a good start toward breaking the youngest record for acquiring the "master". turned it off.
"Jun'isen" is a league match that decides the challenger to the longest-running "master match". rice field.
The opponent was Yasumitsu Sato 9th Dan (52), the chairman of the Japan Shogi Association.
Then, at 0:02 am on the 23rd when the date changed, Sato Kudan finished by 101 moves.
Gokan Fujii got off to a good start towards the challenge of "master battle".
After the game, Gokan Fujii said, "The point of reflection is that some miscalculations overlapped in the middle stage. I want to take good care of each station from the second station onward so that I can challenge the master battle."
On the other hand, the defeated Kudan Sato said, "The development was different from what I expected from the middle, and there was no situation that seemed to be good when I looked back. I wanted to make it a little more tenacious."
The youngest record to acquire a "master" is "21 years and 2 months" by Koji Tanigawa, a 60-year-old master, and this term is the first and last time for the 19-year-old Fujii Gokan to break this record. It will be a chance.
Tatsuya Sugai 8th Dan (30) is scheduled to play in the second round of the Fujii Gokan, which is a "ranking match" that gives the right to challenge the "master".