Third game of 57th Oza-sen

You can watch and replay the game here with English annotation.

http://live3.shogi.or.jp/ouza/kifu-en/20090925-en.html

Here is a reference game between Yamasaki and Oikawa played on June 10, 2009. Sente is Yamasaki while Oikawa is Gote. Yamasaki won the game.

Code:

 1.P-2f  P-3d    2.P-7f  P-8d    3.P-2e  P-8e    4.G-7h  G-3b 
  5.P-2d  Px2d    6.Rx2d  P-8f    7.Px8f  Rx8f    8.Rx3d  B-3c 
  9.R-3f  S-2b    10.P*8g  R-8e    11.R-2f  K-4a    12.S-4h  S-6b 
 13.P-3f  G-5a    14.N-3g  P-7d    15.Bx3c+  Nx3c    16.P-3e  B*4d 
 17.B*7g  Bx3e    18.R-3f  P*3d    19.P-8f  R-6e    20.S-6h  N-7c 
 21.K-6i  P-9d    22.G-5i  P*2f    23.P*2h  P-9e    24.B-6f  R-6d 
 25.K-7i  S-2c    26.N-2e  Nx2e    27.Bx1a+  B-4d    28.+Bx4d  Px4d 
 29.Rx2f  P*2d    30.L*6f  R-5d    31.B*8b  G-5b    32.Bx9a+  P-4e 
 33.R-5f  Rx5f    34.Px5f  N*4d    35.Lx6c+  Gx6c    36.L*6f  L*6e 
 37.Lx6e  Nx6e    38.L*6d  Nx5f    39.Lx6c+  Sx6c    40.R*6a  K-5b 
 41.+B-7c  S-5d    42.P*5e  Nx6h+  43.G5ix6h R*4i    44.N*6i  Rx4h+ 
 45.Px5d  B*3e    46.R-5a+  K-4c    47.Px5c+  resigns


Thanks for posting this kifu, Takodori. I saw the comments talking about this game and I was wanting to look over it.

The opening is quite similar to the Ouza game. I saw in the comments that this is called New Yamasaki Style. Does this mean that he is the first person to use this strategy in professional games?

Yes, he is according to 7-dan Chuza's comment.