Quest of the lost systems

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Chapter Two: Furibisha

Section 5: Masuda-shiki Ishida-ryu

Masuda's Ishida-ryu (8)

The diagram below (Diagram 1) is from the final match of TV Haya-zashi Tournament, played by Kenji Kobayashi(b) and Koji Tanigawa(w), Feb. 4, 1995.

   9    8    7    6    5    4    3    2    1
+--------------------------------------------+       White in hand:
| wL | wN |    | wG |    | wG | wS | wN | wL |  a   +------------------+
+--------------------------------------------+      |                  |
|    | wR |    |    |    |    | wK | wB |    |  b   |                  |
+--------------------------------------------+      +------------------+
| wP |    | wP | wP | wS | wP |    | wP |    |  c
+--------------------------------------------
|    |    |    |    | wP |    | wP |    | wP |  d
+--------------------------------------------+
|    | wP | bP | bP |    |    |    |    |    |  e
+--------------------------------------------+
|    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    | bP |  f
+--------------------------------------------+
| bP | bP |    |    | bP | bP | bP | bP |    |  g
+--------------------------------------------+      Black in hand:
|    | bB |    | bR |    |    | bS | bK |    |  h   +------------------+
+--------------------------------------------+      |                  |
| bL | bN | bS | bG |    | bG |    | bN | bL |  i   |                  |
+--------------------------------------------+      +------------------+
Diagram 1  b:Kobayashi,  w:Tanigawa;   Up to bP-6e

It began just like a normal fourth file Rook, but pushing the Pawns quickly up to a mid-position along the 6th and 7th files was the very idea of Tateishi-ryu, which demands an exchange of Bishops. The idea of welcoming the Bishop exchange , unlike the usual furi-bisha, is at one with Masuda-shiki.

From the Diagram 1: (from white)

      S3a-4b;    G-7h, P-3e;     P-9f, P-9d;      Bx2b+, Kx2b;
N-7g, G-3b;      R-6f, P-4d;     R-7f  (Diagram 2)

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