Team Fujii and Team Saito’s Fierce Battle in the ABEMA Tournament 2023: A Look Back at the Exciting Match

[Video]Looking back on the fierce battle Team Fujii and Team Saito

　The 2nd round and 4th match of the main tournament of the shogi world’s early-pointing group competition “ABEMA Tournament 2023”, the match between Team Fujii and Team Saito, was broadcast on September 2nd. Undefeated in this tournament, Souta Fujii Ryuo/Meijin (Oi, Eio, Kioh, Ohsho, Kisei, 21) led the team with two wins from two games and excellent stability. He defeated Team Saito with a final score of 5 wins and 2 losses. As a result, Team Fujii advanced to the semi-finals. The top four were Team Fujii, Team Nagase, Team Tenhiko, and the previous champion Team Inaba. Team Fujii will face Team Inaba, who are aiming for consecutive victories in the next round.

[Video]Looking back on the fierce battle Team Fujii and Team Saito

Ryuo Fujii, Meijin, aiming for V5 for the first time in two terms, showed the presence of the absolute champion and led the team to the best 4. Shingo Sawada 7th dan (31) lost in the 1st game and started with a loss, but in the 2nd game Yuuya Saito 4th dan (26), who is also a student of Ryuo Fujii and Meijin, won a hot battle with Sennichi retouching. and win. The third station was entrusted to the leader in order to take the lead from both sides’ 1 win and 1 loss.

The third station, which can be said to be the climax of the early stages, is a leader showdown between Ryuo Fujii, Meijin and Shintaro Saito 8th Dan (30). Saito 8th Dan held the pace from beginning to end in the match between Aikakari and Ryuo Fujii, Meijin, who had a momentary gap in the final stage. Both the enemy and the allies were in an uproar with the come-from-behind victory, which was defeated in a perfect clash.

Riding on this momentum, Saito 4th Dan pitched again in the 4th game, but suffered a painful loss to his opponent Seiya Tomita 4th Dan (27), resulting in 2 wins and 2 losses. Sawada 7th dan faced a rematch with Takayuki Kuroda 5th dan (26) in the 5th game, which he never gave up, and he got his revenge in a match. In the following 6th station, Ryuo Fujii and Meijin pitched for the second time. Tomita 4th dan, who was the first match since the 3rd dan league, developed from a rivalry to a companion Anaguma match. Slowly putting pressure on 4th-dan Tomita, who was on the back, and took control of the pace, Ryuo Fujii, Meijin, did not panic and gradually expanded his lead. He put a “checkmark” on the team’s victory with a rock-solid turn.

In the 7th game, Saito 4th Dan ran as if he would decide the match. He headed for a “Saito” showdown with his opponent leader Saito 8dan. From the beginning of the three-way rook to the companion Anaguma. After a fight, when Saito 4th Dan attacked first, he did not allow Saito 8th Dan’s tenacity and shook off to win. It is said that the senior student defeated an A-class shogi player who also has a title experience, and Ryuo Fujii, a master, was overjoyed with his hands on his head, saying, “I won, I won!”

In addition to the success of leader Fujii, Saito 4th Dan won 2 and Sawada 7th dan won 1, all advancing to the semi-finals. Ryuo Fujii, Meijin, said with a smile, “This time it was a back and forth, but I’m glad that we were able to work together and win.” Ahead of the semi-finals against the previous champion Team Inaba, “Since we have all the members who won last year’s championship, I think they are a formidable opponent. I will,” he said enthusiastically.

◆ ABEMA Tournament 2023 The 1st and 2nd rounds will be individual competitions, and the 3rd round will be group competitions, and this is the 6th time. 14 leader shogi players participate in the draft meeting, nominate 2 people each, and make a team of 3 people. The remaining 1 team will hold a tournament in which the players who have not been nominated will be divided into 3, and the 3 winners will participate as the “entry team”, making it a total of 15 teams. The qualifying league is divided into five leagues of three teams each, and the top two teams advance to the main tournament. All matches are played in 9 matches with 5 wins first, and the game is played with a time limit of 5 minutes and a Fisher rule that adds 5 seconds for each move. The winning prize is 10 million yen.
(From ABEMA/Shogi Channel)

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2023-09-03 01:30:00

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