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63rd NHK Cup (shogi)

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The 63rd NHK Cup, or as it is officially known the 63rd NHK Cup TV Shogi Tournament (第63回NHK杯テレビ将棋トーナメント, dairokujūsankai enueichikeihai terebi shōgi tōnamento) was a professional shogi tournament organized by the Japan Shogi Association and sponsored by Japan's public broadcaster NHK. Play began on April 7, 2013, and ended on March 23, 2014. The 50-player single elimination tournament was won by Masataka Gōda. All of the tournament games were shown on NHK-E. The host (司会者, shikaisha) during the NHK-E broadcasts was female professional Rieko Yauchi.[1]

Participants

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Preliminary tournaments

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A total of 130 professional shogi players competed in 18 preliminary tournaments to qualify for the main tournament. These tournaments were non-televised one-day tournaments held at the Tokyo Shogi Kaikan and the Kansai Shogi Kaikan. Each tournament consisted of seven or eight players. The initial time control for each player was 20 minutes followed by a 30-second byōyomi.[2]

The female professional seed was Hatsumi Ueda. Brackets from two of the preliminary tournaments are shown below.

7-player preliminary tournament won by Taichi Takami 4d
8-player preliminary tournament won by Kōta Kanai 5d

Main tournament

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The first time control for main tournament games was ten minutes per player. Once this was used up, a second time control of 10 one-minute periods of "thinking time" (考慮時間, Kōryō Jikan) began. Each player was given 30 seconds to make their move. If they did so, then no thinking time periods were used. If, however, they did not, a thinking time period began and they then had up to one minute (more specifically 59 seconds) to make a move before entering the next thinking time period. This process was repeated until a player had used all ten thinking time periods when the final byōyomi time control of 30 seconds per move began.[3] Sente was determined prior to each game by piece toss.

The 50 players listed below qualified for the main tournament.

No. Name Rank/Title
A1 Akira Watanabe NHK Cup
A2 Shōji Segawa 5d
A3 Akihito Hirose 7d
A4 Yasuaki Murayama 6d
A5 Kōru Abe 4d
A6 Amahiko Satō 7d
A7 Takayuki Yamasaki 7d
A8 Yasumitsu Satō ōshō
A9 Tomohiro Murata 6d
A10 Masayuki Toyoshima 7d
A11 Kazuhiro Nishikawa 4d
A12 Hatsumi Ueda W3d[a]
A13 Kōji Tanigawa 9d
A14 Kōichi Fukaura 9d
A15 Kōhei Funae 5d
A16 Tetsurō Itodani 6d
A17 Daisuke Nakagawa 8d
A18 Ayumu Matsuo 7d
A19 Toshiyuki Moriuchi Meijin
A20 Michio Takahashi 9d
A21 Taichi Nakamura 6d
A22 Hirotaka Nozuki 7d
A23 Kōji Horiguchi [ja] 7d
A24 Takuya Nagase 5d
A25 Masataka Gōda Kiō
No. Name Rank/Title
B1 Yoshiharu Habu 3 crown[b]
B2 Kensuke Kitahama 7d
B3 Kazuki Kimura 8d
B4 Masahiko Urano 8d
B5 Tadashi Ōishi 4d
B6 Hisashi Namekata 8d
B7 Manabu Senzaki 8d
B8 Nobuyuki Yashiki 9d
B9 Mamoru Hatakeyama 7d
B10 Keiji Mori [ja] 9d
B11 Hiroki Nakata 8d
B12 Yūki Sasaki 4d
B13 Takanori Hashimoto 8d
B14 Tadahisa Maruyama 9d
B15 Taichi Takami 4d
B16 Eiji Iijima 7d
B17 Keita Inoue 9d
B18 Kōta Kanai 5d
B19 Toshiaki Kubo 9d
B20 Hiroyuki Miura 8d
B21 Chikara Akutsu 7d
B22 Isao Nakata 7d
B23 Hiroki Iizuka 7d
B24 Issei Takazaki 6d
B25 Daisuke Suzuki 8d

Notes:

  • "No." represents the bracket position of the player in their respective block and "Rank/Title" represents the rank or titles held by the player when the original bracket finalized. A dan/kyū (段級, dankyū) grading system is used for ranking players.
  • Players whose names are in bold were seeded directly into the main tournament as follows:[c]
  1. 62nd NHK Cup (four players): Watanabe (champion), Habu (runner-up), Suzuki (semifinalist) and Gōda (semifinalist).
  2. Seven major titleholders (two players): Moriuchi (Meijin) and Satō (ōshō)[d]
  3. Class A (six players): Miura, Tanigawa, Yashiki, Takahashi, Hashimoto and Fukaura
  4. Class B1 (twelve players): Maruyama, Kubo, Akutsu, Kimura, Namekata, Yamasaki, Inoue, Matsuo, Nakata, Hatakeyama, Hirose and Iizuka
  5. Other tournament winners (one player): Nagase (Shinjin-Ō)
  6. Women's professional (one player): Ueda Women's 3 dan (Mynavi Women's Shogi Open Champion)
  7. Others with outstanding records (six players): Iijima (Class B2), Toyoshima (Class B2), Murayama (Class C1), Itodani (Class C1), Nakamura (Class C1), Ōishi (Class C2)[e]
Among these 32 seeds, the following 14 were given byes in round 1 and began play in round 2: Watanabe, Habu, Suzuki, Gōda, Moriuchi, Satō, Miura, Tanigawa, Yashiki, Takahashi, Hashimoto, Fukaura, Maruyama, and Kubo.
  • The remaining players qualified by winning preliminary tournaments.

The bracket at the start of the tournament is shown below.

 63rd NHK Cup TV Shogi Tournament bracket (start)

Results

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Winners are listed in bold. "Date" refers to the date the game was broadcast. Dan and titles are as of the date the game was broadcast. "Guest Analyst" refers to the kishi who provided expert commentary during the broadcast.[1] "No. of moves" refers to the total number of moves played in the game.[f]

Round 1

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A total of 18 games were played in round 1. Play began on April 7, 2013, and ended on August 8, 2013. The 18 preliminary tournament winners were paired against 18 seeded players.

No. Block Sente Gote[g] No. of moves Date Guest Analyst
1 A Taichi Nakamura 6d Hirotaka Nozuki 7d 165 April 7, 2013 Chikara Akutsu 7d
2 B Eiji Iijima 7d Taichi Takami 4d 97 April 14, 2013 Kiyokazu Katsumata 6d
3 A Kōji Horiguchi 7d Takuya Nagase 5d 106 April 21, 2013 Osamu Nakamura 9d
4 B Keiji Mori 9d Mamoru Hatakeyama 7d 109 April 28, 2013 Bungo Fukusaki 9d
5 B Hiroki Nakata 8d Yūki Sasaki 4d 105 May 5, 2013 Kazuo Ishida [ja] 9d
6 A Daisuke Nakagawa 8d Ayumu Matsuo 7d 184 May 12, 2013 Takahiro Toyokawa 7d
7 B Tadashi Ōishi 5d Masahiko Urano 8d 113 May 19, 2013 Isao Nakata 7d
8 A Amahiko Satō 7d Takayuki Yamasaki 7d 155 May 26, 2013 Akira Inaba 6d
9 B Hisashi Namekata 8d Manabu Senzaki 8d 119 June 2, 2013 Yoshiharu Habu 3 crown
10 B Kensuke Kitahama 8d Kazuki Kimura 8d 150 June 9, 2013 Nobuyuki Yashiki 9d
11 B Isao Nakata 7d Chikara Akutsu 7d 120 June 16, 2013 Masahiko Urano 8d
12 B Kōta Kanai 4d Keita Inoue 9d 119 June 23, 2013 Tadao Kitajima 6d
13 A Yasuaki Murayama 6d Kōru Abe 4d 143 June 30, 2013 Taichi Nakamura 6d
14 A Tetsurō Itodani 6d Kōhei Funae 5d 176 July 7, 2013 Takayuki Yamasaki 7d
15 B Issei Takazaki 6d Hiroki Iizuka 7d 119 July 14, 2013 Daisuke Nakagawa 8d
16 A Akihito Hirose 7d Shōji Seigawa 5d 151 July 21, 2013 Eiji Iijima 7d
17 A Tomohiro Murata 6d Masayuki Toyoshima 7d 138 July 28, 2013 Takashi Abe 8d
18 A Hatsumi Ueda W3d Kazuhiro Nishikawa 4d 112 August 4, 2013 Makoto Tobe 6d

Round 2

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A total of 16 games were played in round 2. Play began on August 11, 2013, and ended on November 24, 2013. The 18 winners from round 1 were joined by the 14 players who had received round 1 byes.

No. Block Sente Gote No. of moves Date Guest Analyst
1 B Keiji Mori 9d Nobuyuki Yashiki 9d 96 August 11, 2013 Michio Takahashi 9d
2 A Toshiyuki Moriuchi Meijin Ayumu Matsuo 7d 125 August 18, 2013 Hirotaka Nozuki 7d
3 A Taichi Nakamura 6d Michio Takahashi 9d 104 August 25, 2013 Kōichi Fukaura 9d
4 B Eiji Iijima 7d Tadahisa Maruyama 9d 88 September 1, 2013 Akira Watanabe NHK Cup
5 A Amahiko Satō 7d Yasuaki Murayama 6d 120 September 8, 2013 Kazuki Kimura 8d
6 B Kōta Kanai 5d Toshiaki Kubo 9d 117 September 15, 2013 Takeshi Fujii 9d
7 B Daisuke Suzuki 8d Issei Takazaki 6d 212 September 22, 2013 Manabu Senzaki 8d
8 A Masayuki Toyoshima 7d Yasumitsu Satō 9d 103 September 29, 2013 Kōji Tanigawa 9d
9 A Akira Watanabe NHK Cup Akihito Hirose 7d 98 October 6, 2013 Amahiko Satō 7d
10 B Hiroki Nakata 8d Takanori Hashimoto 8d 117 October 13, 2013 Ayumu Matsuo 7d
11 A Kōji Tanigawa 9d Kazuhiro Nishikawa 4d 124 October 20, 2013 Toshiaki Kubo 9d
12 B Yoshiharu Habu 3 crown Kazuki Kimura 8d 131 October 27, 2013 Yasumitsu Satō 9d
13 A Masataka Gōda 9d Takuya Nagase 6d 105 November 3, 2013 Taku Morishita 9d
14 B Hiroyuki Miura 9d Chikara Akutsu 7d 99 November 10, 2013 Hisashi Namekata 8d
15 B Tadashi Ōishi 6d Hisashi Namekata 8d 77 November 17, 2013 Kensuke Kitahama 8d
16 A Kōhei Funae 5d Kōichi Fukaura 9d 85 November 24, 2013 Mamoru Hatakeyama 7d

Round 3

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Play began on December 1, 2013, and ended on January 26, 2014. Out of the 18 preliminary tournament winners, only the following four made it to round 3: Kanai 5d, Nishikawa 4d, Takazaki 6d and Funae 5d

No. Block Sente Gote No. of moves Date Guest Analyst
1 B Tadahisa Maruyama 9d Kōta Kanai 5d 149 December 1, 2013 Masataka Gōda 9d
2 A Akihito Hirose 7d Yasuaki Murayama 6d 124 December 8, 2013 Daisuke Suzuki 8d
3 A Masataka Gōda 9d Michio Takahashi 9d 81 December 15, 2013 Osamu Nakamura 9d
4 B Yoshiharu Habu 3 crown Tadashi Ōishi 6d 126 December 22, 2013 Takayuki Yamasaki 8d
5 B Hiroyuki Miura 9d Issei Takazaki 6d 163 January 5, 2014 Akihito Hirose 7d
6 B Nobuyuki Yashiki 9d Hiroki Nakata 8d 129 January 12, 2014 Akira Shima 9d
7 A Toshiyuki Moriuchi 2 crown[h] Kōhei Funae 5d 117 January 19, 2014 Takashi Abe 8d
8 A Masayuki Toyoshima 7d Kazuhiro Nishikawa 4d 154 January 26, 2014 Akira Inaba 7d

Quarterfinals

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The eight remaining players were paired off against each other with play beginning on February 2 and ending on February 23, 2014. Only one major titleholder, Moriuchi 2 crown, made it as far as the quarterfinals.

No. Block Sente Gote No. of moves Date Guest Analyst
1 A Toshiyuki Moriuchi 2 Crown Masataka Gōda 9d 120 February 2, 2014 Yasumitsu Satō 9d
2 B Tadahisa Maruyama 9d Hiroyuki Miura 9d 117 February 9, 2014 Kazuki Kimura 8d
3 A Yoshiaki Murayama 6d Kazuhiro Nishikawa 4d 117 February 16, 2014 Chikara Akutsu 8d
4 B Tadashi Ōishi 6d Nobuyuki Yashiki 9d 102 February 23, 2014 Masayuki Toyoshima 7d

Semifinals

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The two remaining players from each block with paired against each other to determine the respective block winners. The 1st semifinal game between Kazuhiro Nishikawa 4d (sente) and Masataka Gōda 9d (gote) was broadcast on March 2, 2014. Gōda won the game in 128 moves, thus stopping Nishikawa's NHK Cup winning streak at six.[i] The guest analyst was Kunio Naitō 9d. The 2nd semifinal game was between Tadashi Ōishi 6d (sente) and Tadahisa Maruyama 9d (gote). The game was broadcast on March 9, 2014, and won by Maruyama in 104 moves. The guest analyst was Daisuke Katagami 6d.

Finals

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After 112 preliminary tournament games and 48 main tournament games involving 162 players, Tadashisa Maruyama 9d and Masataka Gōda 9d met in the final broadcast on March 23, 2014. This was the second NHK Cup final appearance for both players: Maruyama defeated Akira Watanabe to win the 55th NHK Cup (2005) and Gōda was runner-up to Daisuke Suzuki in the 49th NHK Cup (1999). The piece toss before the game resulted in Maruyama being sente. Gōda won the game in 82 moves, thus winning the tournament for the first time and becoming the 63rd NHK Cup Champion.[6] The guest analysts for the final match were Toshiyuki Moriuchi 2-crown and Keita Inoue 9d and the hosts of the final were NHK announcer Ryō Nagano [ja] and women's professional Rieko Yauchi.

63rd NHK Cup Final (82. Sx7g+)
Gote: Masataka Gōda 9d
☖ pieces in hand: Pieces-in-hand: 桂(2)
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☗ pieces in hand: 角 金 桂 歩(2)
Sente: Tadahisa Maruyama 9d

The game score and a diagram showing the final position is given below.[7]
Sente: Tadahisa Maruyama 9d
Gote: Masataka Gōda 9d
Opening: Yokufudori
1. P-2f, 2. P-3d, 3. P-7f, 4. P-8d, 5. P-2e, 6. P-8e, 7. G-7h, 8. G-3b, 9. P-2d, 10. Px2d, 11. Rx2d, 12. P-8f, 13. Px8f, 14. Rx8f, 15. Rx3d, 16. B-3c, 17. K-5h, 18. K-4a, 19. P-3f, 20. G-5a, 21. N-3g, 22. S-6b, 23. S-3h, 24. S-2b, 25. P-9f, 26. P-9d, 27. N-4e, 28. P*3g, 29. Sx3g, 30. Bx8h+, 31. Sx8h, 32. B*5e, 33. B*7g, 34. Rx7f, 35. R-8d, 36. Bx3g+, 37. Rx8a+, 38. R-7e, 39. G-4h, 40. +Bx4h, 41. Kx4h, 42. Rx4e, 43. B*3d, 44. R-7e, 45. K-5h, 46. S-3c, 47. B-1f, 48. N*6e, 49. P*2d, 50. P*2b, 51. +Rx9a, 52. Nx7g+, 53. Sx7g, 54. B*3g, 55. N*3e, 56. P*3d, 57. L*4f, 58. S*4b, 59. P*7b, 60. Px3e, 61. P-6f, 62. N*8e, 63. P-7a+, 64. Nx7g+, 65. Nx7g, 66. S*7f, 67. N*8i, 68. G*5i, 69. K-6h, 70. B-4h+, 71. +P-7b, 72. +B-5h, 73. K-7i, 74. +B-6i, 75. K-8h, 76. +Bx7h, 77. Kx7h, 78. G*6g, 79. K-8h, 80. Gx7g, 81. Nx7g, 82. Sx7g+, sente resigns (diagram)

The final tournament bracket is shown below.

63rd NHK Cup TV Shogi Tournament bracket (final)

Other

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  • Sente won 27 (a little more than 55%) of the 49 games.
  • The average number of moves for the main tournament games was 122. The most moves played in a single game was 212 (Rd. 2, Suzuki 8d vs. Takazaki 6d) while the fewest moves played was 77 (Rd. 2, Ōishi 6d vs. Namekata 8d).
  • There were no replays resulting from repetition (千日手, sennichite) or impasse (持将棋, jishōgi), and there were no disqualifications due to illegal moves[8] or time forfeits.
  • The age breakdown (age at start of the tournament) for the players who qualified was as follows: 10–19 years old, 3 players; 20–29 years old, 14 players; 30–39 years old, 15 players; 40–49 years old, 15 players; 50–59 years old, 2 players; 60+ years old, 1 player. The oldest player was Keiji Mori 9d (67 years old) and the youngest player was Kōru Abe 4d (18 years old).

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ "W3d" stands for "Women's professional 3 dan".
  2. ^ The Japanese character means "crown" and is commonly used as an honorific suffix attached to the names of multiple major titleholders; Therefore, "3 crown" (三冠, sankan) means that the player currently holds three major titles. Players holding only one major title are commonly referred to by their title. Non major titleholders are referred to by their rank ("dan").
  3. ^ Players overlapping multiple categories are only listed once.
  4. ^ The other major titleholders at the end of the previous year were Habu (ōza, ōi, and Kisei), Watanabe (Ryūō), and Gōda (Kiō).
  5. ^ Based upon JSA 2012 calendar year rankings in the following three categories: games played, games won, and winning percentage.[4]
  6. ^ Unlike in chess where moves are numbered in pairs, moves in shogi are numbered individually. So, a game that lasts 51 moves means that sente made 26 moves and gote made 25 moves.[citation needed]
  7. ^ Gote (後手) refers to "the player who moves second".
  8. ^ Challenger Moriuchi defeated defending champion Watanabe in Game 5 of the 26th Ryūō Tournament on November 29, 2013, to take the Ryūō title and, thus become a "2 crown".[5]
  9. ^ Nishikawa won three games to win his preliminary tournament, and then his first three main tournament games.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Dai Rokujūsankai NHK Terebi Shōgi tōnamento" 第63回NHKテレビ将棋トーナメント [63rd NHK TV Shogi Tournament] (in Japanese). NHK. Archived from the original on August 6, 2013. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  2. ^ "Dai Rokujūsankai NHK Haisen Yosen" 第63回NHK杯戦予選 [63rd NHK Cup preliminaries] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. 2013. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  3. ^ "Taikyoku no Ruru" 対局のルール [Game rules] (in Japanese). NHK. Archived from the original on August 6, 2013. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  4. ^ "Nisenjūninendo Kishi Seiseki・Kiroku" 2012年度棋士成績・記録 [2012 Shogi Year Player Rankings and Records] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  5. ^ "Dai Nijūrokki Ryūōsen" 第26期竜王戦 [26th Ryuo Tournament] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved April 18, 2014.
  6. ^ "Gōda Kudan, Hatsu V Shōgi NHKhai" 郷田九段, 初V 将棋NHK杯 [Gōda 9 dan, First-time Champion, Shōgi NHK Cup]. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). March 25, 2014. Archived from the original on March 25, 2014. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  7. ^ "NHKhai Terebi Shōgi Tōnamento Kifu, 2014nen 3gatsu 23nichi Dai 63kai NHKhai Kesshō" NHK杯テレビ将棋トーナメント棋譜, 2014年3月23日第63回NHK杯決勝 [NHK Cup TV Shogi Tournament game score, 63rd NHK Cup Final (March 23, 2014)] (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  8. ^ "Hansoku ni Tsuite" 5.反則について [Rules violations] (in Japanese). 日本将棋連盟 [Japan Shogi Association]. Archived from the original on September 26, 2014. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
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