One of the eight major titles of shogi, "Oshosen", opened in Shizuoka Prefecture, and the first day of the first station, where Yoshiharu Hanyu, 9-dan (52), challenged Sota Fujii's five crowns (20), who holds the title, has ended.
The 7th match of the "Oshosen" began on the 8th, and after the challenger Hanyu 9th Dan entered the venue in Kakegawa City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Fujii Gokan sat in front of the board and the game began at 9:00 am.
In the morning, after exchanging Okoma's "horns", Fujii Gokan launched an attack, and Hanyu 9th dan responded.
After that, they took a long time to think about each other and waited for an opportunity to attack, and after 6:00 pm, Hanyu 9-dan wrote the next move on paper and handed it to the witness. I'm done.
The Fujii five crowns have already successfully defended their titles of "Eio", "Kisei", "Throne" and "Ryuo" this year.
"Oshosen" is the 5th title defense match this year.
On the other hand, Hanyu 9-dan has set numerous records, such as achieving the first “seven crowns” in history and reaching 1,500 wins in official matches, and boasts the highest number of titles won in total, 99 times, and will win this Osho match. And I'm going to ride the 100th period.
The two have played eight times in official matches so far, and Fujii has won seven times, but in the title match, it is the "first meeting".
The seventh match of the “Osho Battle” will be scheduled until March this year, and the first to win four wins will win the title.
The first game is expected to be decided on the afternoon of the 9th.