| Quest of the lost systems |
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| Chapter Four: Aigakari |
| Section 2: Tsukata Special |
Tsukata Special (11)
9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
+--------------------------------------------+ White in hand:
| wL | wN | | wG | wK | | wS | wN | wL | a +------------------+
+--------------------------------------------+ | P |
| | | wS | | | | wG | wB | | b | |
+--------------------------------------------+ +------------------+
| wP | | wP | | wP | wP | wP | wP | | c
+--------------------------------------------+
| | | | wP | | | | | wP | d
+--------------------------------------------+
| | | | | | | | | | e
+--------------------------------------------+
| bP | wR | bP | | | | | bR | bP | f
+--------------------------------------------+
| | | bN | bP | bP | bP | bP | | | g
+--------------------------------------------+ Black in hand:
| | bB | bG | | | bK | bS | | | h +------------------+
+--------------------------------------------+ | 2Ps |
| bL | | bS | | | bG | | bN | bL | i | |
+--------------------------------------------+ +------------------
Diagram 11. Up to P-9f
As I studied more game records, I discovered an interesting pattern on
White's part. At the above phase, shown in the diagram 11, most of the White
players simply pulled their R back to 8b, or did so after making P-9d first,
thereby giving Black an advantage of saving one move of R-3f. But why? Wasn't
this what Black was hoping for? Why play right into the opponent's hands?
The reasons I can think of are:
- White just wanted to avoid P*2d, even if he had to give Black a one-move
advantage.
- White was no longer afraid of the hineri-bisha, since the Left-Kin
Mino formation( with S-4b & G-3b) got popular spreading the idea that
it demolishes the hineri-bisha.
But now, the hineri-bisha popularity is again on the rise, and those
who play White against it have to give a serious thought as to its countermeasures.
Let me give you a few examples how the hineri-bisha prevails these days.
The eighth round of the A-class Jun-i-sen played on Feb.,8, 1995 saw two
exactly the same hineri-bisha openings in Tanigawa(b)-Shima(w) and Yonenaga(b)-Minami(w)
games. They couldn't have known that the other pair was playing exactly
the same manner up to 42nd move, since their rooms were separated. The play-off
to decide the meijin challenger for that year played by Nakahara(b)-Morishita(w),
was also a hineri-bisha game. It was quite rare that hineri-bisha should
be used so frequently in the A-class Jun-i-sen games, which usually stick
to the double-ibisha openings.
