| Quest of the lost systems |
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| Chapter Four: Aigakari |
| Section 2: Tsukata Special |
White has gained a Pawn up to this stage, but its R is in a difficult
position to work effectively. All in all, Black seems to enjoy a slight
advantage. After this, however, Habu tried hard to make the game even-positioned,
until he made a fiasco past the middlegame, which eventually inflicted a
defeat on him.
Moves afterwards: (from White)
P-3d; P-9f, S-4b; K-3i, K-4a; R-8d, P-3e;
B-9g, R-4e; P-5f, P-9d; B-8h, R-4d; S-5g, P-1c;
S-4f, Px1d; Sx3e, R-5d; R-8f, P-1e; B-7i, P-6e;
K-2h, P-1f; P*1e, P-6f; Px6f, Lx1e; P*1h, B-1c;
P-6e, N-3c
The last move, (w)N-3c was the irrevocable mistake. Then followed
P*2d, P*3d; S-2f, Bx2d; Bx2d, Px2d; Sx1e
Habu's pure loss of L on 1e tolled his funeral.
Tsukata Special (5)
The following is from the final round of the B-2 Jun-i-sen in 1986, in which
Tsukata and Nakamura were competing with each other for a B-1 berth. Only
they didn't play each other in their final games. The situation was, Tsukata's
win would automatically give him the ticket, while Nakamura would need a
win plus Tsukata's loss for his promotion.
9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
+--------------------------------------------+ White in hand:
| wL | wN | | wG | wK | | wS | wN | wL | a +------------------+
+--------------------------------------------+ | 2Ps |
| | wR | | wS | | | wG | wB | | b | |
+--------------------------------------------+ +------------------+
| wP | | wP | | wP | wP | wP | | | c
+--------------------------------------------+
| | | | wP | | | | bR | wP | d
+--------------------------------------------+
| | | | | | | | | | e
+--------------------------------------------+
| | | bP | | | | | | bP | f
+--------------------------------------------+
| bP | | | bP | bP | bP | bP | | | g
+--------------------------------------------+ Black in hand:
| | bB | bG | | | | bS | | | h +------------------+
+--------------------------------------------+ | 2Ps |
| bL | bN | bS | | bK | bG | | bN | bL | i | |
+--------------------------------------------+ +------------------+
Diagram 5. Tsukata(b) vs Yoshida(w), up to R-8b.
