The 14th final of the Asahi Cup Shogi Open Shogi, Souta Fujii 2 crowns (throne, Kisei = 18) and Hiroyuki Miura 9th Dan (46) took place on the 11th at the “Yurakucho Asahi Hall” in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Fujii won with 101 moves and won the championship for the first time in two years.

Miura, who made his first appearance in the final, kept a temporary pace in the middle of the race, but was cornered by Fujii’s steady record. At the end of the game, when Fujii pointed to the game “First move 4 Shikoku”, he leaked “Hie” and held his head. After the event, Miura revealed that she “pointed to a hand that she hadn’t read at all.” He looked back regretfully at the game he had won and said, “It can’t be helped because it’s Mr. Fujii.”

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◆ Open battle of the Asahi Cup sponsored by Asahi Shimbun. It was founded in 2007 (Heisei 19) as a successor to the Asahi Open Championship, which ended in 2006 (Heisei 18). All players, amateur powerhouses, and female shogi players participate. The first and second qualifying rounds, the main race with 16 players and all tournaments will take place. The time control is 40 minutes each. Winning prize of 7.5 million yen.