"My impression is that Osho title holder Watanabe is versed in strategy, with excellent strategy in the opening and middle game. Next year, each game of the Osho championship match will be played over two days for the first time for both players. Last year Fujii claimed the Kisei title from Watanabe by winning the best-of-five championship match 3-1, and this year Fujii defended the title with three straight wins.
It is rare for Watanabe, who holds three of Japan's eight major shogi titles - Osho, Meijin and Kio - to have a lopsided losing record against another opponent.
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Watanabe and Fujii have faced off in nine games to date, with Fujii winning eight of the encounters (excluding TV games not aired). Ryuo shogi title holder Sota Fujii reflects on his win over seventh-dan player Seiya Kondo in the Osho challenger league at Shogi Hall in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward, on Nov. Looking back, I think perhaps I was able to produce an outcome beyond my ability." Previously the youngest challenger was Masayuki Toyoshima, who did so in 2011 at the age of 20 years and eight months, when he held a sixth-dan ranking.Ĭommenting on his advancement, Fujii said, "I couldn't produce many results in the Osho league, so I'm happy to secure the challenger title. When the Osho championship match begins in January, Fujii will be aged 19 years and five months, making him the youngest ever challenger for the title. He will go up against Watanabe in the Shizuoka Prefecture city of Kakegawa in the first game of the title match to be held over two days from Jan.
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The victory kept Fujii at the top of the table and secured his place as Osho challenger before the league had run its full course.įujii only recently won the Ryuo tournament to become the youngest player to hold four of the main titles in shogi, or Japanese chess. Playing in the 71st ALSOK Cup Osho League to determine the Osho title challenger, Fujii, 19, faced 25-year-old seventh-dan player Seiya Kondo in his fifth game at Shogi Hall in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward, and won in 91 moves.
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