shogismive (or smiffy12321) vs concombre

http://www.playok.com/en/game.phtml?gid=sg&pid=351797&app=1

enjoy and comment on my mistakes and whatnot

It's a good game for both players to show fighting spirits. I think being agressive is important to learn a lot more various things through actual games to grade up to be an intermediate player.

A simple but important question in the endgame on this game. How would you react if Gote dropped a Silver on 5i(26. S*5i) checking your King instead of 26. G4i-5i? Do you think the same K-5h as you played in the actual game would work as well?

Code:

[Sente "smiffy12321"]
[Gote "concombre"]
[Date "2009.09.14"]
[Event "?"]
[Round "-"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SenteGrade "1281"]
[GoteGrade "1320"]

1. P7g-7f R8b-3b 2. S7i-6h P3c-3d 3. S6h-7g P3d-3e 4. S3i-4h P3e-3f 5. P3gx3f
B2b-5e 6. S4h-3g R3bx3f 7. G4i-4h R3fx7f 8. G6i-6h B5ex7g+ 9. G6hx7g R7f-7d 10.
B*6e G4a-5b 11. B6ex7d P7cx7d 12. G7g-7h S*3i 13. R2h-3h S3ix4h+ 14. R3hx4h
B*3c 15. B8hx3c+ N2ax3c 16. B*5e B*4d 17. B5ex4d P4cx4d 18. B*5e B*5d 19.
B5ex9a+ B5dx2g+ 20. +B9ax8a N3c-2e 21. P*2h N2ex3g+ 22. N2ix3g +B2gx3g 23. L*3h
+B3gx4h 24. K5ix4h R*2i 25. L3hx3a+ G*4i 26. K4h-5h G4i-5i 27. K5h-6h G5i-6i
28. K6h-7g N*6e 29. K7g-8h S*7i 30. K8h-9h R2ix2h+ 31. B*7c G6a-6b 32. R*4a 1-0


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Mate would exist if your King escaped to 5h to react it such as S*5i K-5h Rx2h+(!) K-6i G*6h Gx6h +Rx6h(mate). It would need to escape to 3g alternatively to be alive. The endgame of shogi is often tricky enough to exchange a winner and a loser easily like this.