The 5th round of the "Ryuo Battle", the highest peak of the 8 major titles of Shogi, was held in Fukuoka Prefecture, and Sota Fujii's five crowns (20), who is one win away from defending his fourth title this year, finished the first day's game. rice field.
The venue for the 5th round of the “Ryuo Battle” was set up at a shrine in Fukutsu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, and at 9:00 am, the challenger Akito Hirose 8th Dan (35) started the game.
In the early stages, the same development as the 3rd game was shown until the middle, but Hirose 8th Dan was the first to attack, and Fujii Gokan, who was the second, responded to the attack while interweaving long thoughts.
After 6:00 pm, Hirose 8th Dan wrote the next move on a piece of paper and handed it over to the observer, and the first day's game ended.
The Fujii five crowns have won the "Eio match", "Kisei match", and "Throne match" to maintain the "Five crowns", and the "Ryuo match" is the fourth title defense match this year.
On the other hand, Hirose 8dan is aiming to win the title of "Ryuoh" for the first time in four years.
In this "Ryuo Battle", after Hirose 8th Dan won the first game, Fujii Gokan won 3 consecutive victories.
Whether Fujii Gokaku wins and defends the title, or Hirose 8th Dan returns one win and stays on, the game on the second day will be resumed at 9:00 am on the 26th by opening the "sealing hand", winning and losing. is expected to be decided on the afternoon of the 26th.